Front:
PHOENIK
29
SEP
1991
85026 U.S. supports allies with Lend-Lease Act
LEND-LEASE ACT,
Chis Calle
AID TO OUR ALLIES
AZ
Back:
LEND-LEASE ACT
First Day of Issue: September 3, 1991
First Issue Location: Phoenix, Arizona
It was after U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's
homey analogy of lending a neighbor a garden hose to
put out a fire that Americans came around to the
concept of Lend-Lease. Though some agreed with
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana that the Lend-
Lease agreement would “plow under every fourth
American boy," Congress passed the Lend-Lease bill in
March 1941. Thus, the United States became the life-
support system for democracy and freedom. In all, more
than $50 billion was distributed to the Allied countries
during World War II. The bulk of this went to the British
Empire, which included Australia, Canada, India and
New Zealand. The Soviet Union, France and China
were also given aid. Smaller countries received more
than $1 billion in Lend-Lease goods. Among these
forces were Mexico, countries in the Caribbean and
some of the smaller European countries. This was what
British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill referred to
as “the most unsordid act in the history of any nation."
No. 91-61
©1991 The Maximum Card Collection
A division of Unicover Corporation . Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
® Original painting for the Maximum Card by Chris Calle
