The New York herald., 1920-01-31
FOOD RELIEF FUND
SET AT S5O,OOO,O0O
Republicans of House Cut
Down Figure Asked by
Wilson.
TAKE FINAL ACTION TO-DAY
AuStrians and Armenians Among
Those Expected TO Benefit
by BreditS.

WASHINGTON. u. c.. Friday.-Repub-
lican members Of the House Ways and
Means Committee in conference late to-
day informally agreed to favor legislation
authorizing the Treasury to extend addi-
tional credits of 100000 to certain r7,,-o-
pean countries for food relief
The specific countries which are ~ r-,s-
eft by the food credits will be e.ciged
upon at later meeting OF the m orHty
members of the committee Poland.
Armenia ana Austria were included .i sns
original proposal of Secretary Glass ylacs
supported in letter from Presiden VIII
son, for credits Of l5O0O0O00, late r. rceS
TO sl25,Oeoooo by Mr.. Glass.
Final Action Today.
After the informal agreement bs ~
reached Chairman Fordney called Ylscs.
ing for tomorrow Of tho full comm vi
consoider final action. Leading Lsro4
cratic committeeman. including hsr.s-
sentatives Kitchen North Carolina) and
Garner Texas. who were among the first
to suggest the 100000 as a maximum
authorization. are counted on by the Re-
publican members to support the $50 900 00J
loan which also has approval of some
members of the Republican legislative
steering committee.
The agreement among the Republican
committeeman came after an earlier con-
ference with the steering committee, at
which varied opinions the Treasury
proposal Of larger loan authorization was
expressed, including opposition to any
new loans. Some Of the Republicans
favored larger sum than s50Oo0,00o but
the majority opinion seemed 10 support
that amount.
While no agreement was attempted a$
either of the conferences to determine
-.
countries to get the loans, some effort in
this direction may be made at the Ways
and Means Committee meeting tomorrow.
Proponents Of the $4,000 0G0 fund suggest
ed that amount primarily to relieve star
walton in Austria, to supplement private
charity 10 the Arncnians and alleviate
distress in Budapest.
Europe Can Not Help.
Confidential information received by
committeeman through official channels
was understood to be to the effect that
European countries. including France and
En- gland could not be expected to con-
tribute to a relief fund for Austria, their
inclination being to aid Poland in its fight
against the Russian Boshevik govern
ment Objection to extended aid by the
United States 70 Poland was made by
some committeeman on the ground that the
Polish army is now more than one hundred
However the 0c0 fund is expected
to afford some relief for Poland. IL being
pointed out by those who advocate limiting
the relief to certain countries. that the
requirements for Austria amour TO
$50, ,ooo 0co, for Budapest s., 10000 and Ar
menia s1.5o00co 4 month. There was no
indication today Of the strength of the
committeeman desiring 10 specify the coun-
tries TO get the relief. but 1t was thought
by members that the majority sentiment
favored legislation specifying that the re-
lief should he for populations in the coun-
tries of Europe or countries contiguous
thereto
Besides finally deciding on the amount Of
the loans. the committee tomorrow must
determine the method of administration
'he general opinion being that it would be
through the United States Grain Corpor-
alton which would be authorized TO use It's
funds for buying food in this country.
Profits OF approximately $4,000 have
been made by the corporation from its
grain sales TO Europe. according TO infor-
nation given the committee recently by
Herbetr Hoover.