<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article is written like a personal reflection or opinion essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings about a topic . Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style . (April 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article is written like a personal reflection or opinion essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings about a topic . Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style . (April 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Cash and carry was a policy requested by US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at a special session of the United States Congress on September 21, 1939, subsequent to the outbreak of war in Europe . It replaced the Neutrality Acts of 1936 . The revision allowed the sale of materiel to belligerents, as long as the recipients arranged for the transport using their own ships and paid immediately in cash, assuming all risk in transportation . However, the sale of war materials was not allowed . </P> <P> Though "Cash and Carry" concepts had been introduced in the Neutrality Act of 1936, it only pertained to materials that could not be used in war efforts, which allowed them to aid warring countries . Originally presented to Congress by Senator Key Pittman (D - NV) earlier in 1939, the bill was designed to replace the Neutrality Act of 1937, which had lapsed in May 1939 . The bill had been defeated repeatedly by the Senate and the House on more than one occasion as Isolationists feared that passing the bill would draw the US into the conflict in Europe . However, President Roosevelt felt that further help was needed in Europe after Germany invaded Poland in September 1939 . The bill passed in late October, gaining approval from the House on November 5, 1939 . The President gave his signature the same day . </P>

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