Multiple choice Who compared the Lend Lease Act to "lending a garden hose...? Douglas MacArthur Harry Truman Franklin Roosevelt Dwight D Eisenhower Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself C Correct answer Explanation President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the garden hose analogy to explain the Lend-Lease Act to the American public, suggesting that lending supplies to allies was like lending a hose to a neighbor whose house was on fire.