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January 17, 1940

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ROOSEVELT IN PLEA; Urges Congress to Study Method for Financing Purchases Here $25,000,000 LOAN HINTED Called Breach of Neutrality --Plan to Use Federal Agencies Denounced

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Roosevelt urges Cong to study method to aid Finland; suggests Export-Import Bank and RFC as means to extend credit; text; Finns disappointed; Sen debate; cotton trade hinted; Sens Danaher and Gillette offer resolutions; Repr Fish backs Roosevelt proposal; Hook urges House to consider his loan bill; Repr Celler proposes legis to provide sum for Finnish purchases of war materials in U S

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Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni

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Kipchoge Keino

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Tabaré Vázquez

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