The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
MAY
CUT FOOD LOAN.
ITO s50,OO0,OOO.
House Committee Likely.
To Slash $f25, 900, 900
Recommendation.
DEMOCRATS CONCUR
Sentiment Forming to Let
! Europe Pull Her Own
| Chestnuts Out"
DEMOCRATS. CONCUR

The Administrators revised
recommendations Of a sl25.0oo.ooo loan
for food relief in Europe is ev-
pected to be cut down to s50.000.0 900
by the House Ways and Means Com
mittee today.
Republican members Of the COM
mittee yesterday reached a tenta-
tive agreement on that amount, and
a meeting Of the full committee to
finally decide on a bill to be sub
mitted to the House was called for
this morning.
The Democrats on the committee.
II was indicated by Representative
Kitchin. of North Carolina. will
concur in the motion to limit the
loan to $4,000. 900.
The majority members of the
committee came to this informal un-
derstanding after conference
earlier in the day with the Repub-
lican Steering Committee. No defi-
mite assurances were given by the
Steering Committee that it would
approve legislation for $50. 900. 900.
but the Ways and Means members
gained the impression that such a
recommendation will not be blocked.
Received Conndential Information.
1t was reported that the Republi-
can leaders had received confidential
information that S44.O00.0O0 would be
sufficient 10 take care Of the famine
situation in Austria. Armenia and the
city of Budapest. This would leave
only s6,OOe,eo0 for distribution among
Poland and the other districts said
to be in need of assistance.
1t is possible that the bill to be re-
ported out by the Ways and Means
Committee may specify the division
of the loan so as to prevent any of
it going to Poland. IL this course is
followed 1T will be justified on tthe
ground that the danger in the oEssh
snuation Is directed towards Great
, Britain. France and the other Eu-
ropean countries, and not towards the
United States.
The allied nations, therefore. should
go to the rescue of Poland. it is
thought by some of the Republican
leaders. Especially is this true. it is
contended, in view of the fact that
the allies are responsible, through
their insistence upon dismemberment
of the Austrian empire, for making
the existing Austria a perpetual
/, poorhouse," and now will not go to
her relief. II the United States is
going to take care of the Austrian
people, the allies should be made TO
support Poland. through which their
own safety is threatened.
Poles Must Have Food.
Gen. Bliss and Secretary Baker
recently told the Ways and Means
Committee that if the Poles are
not supplied with food their army
will not be able to hold back the
Russian Bolshevists. Poland. they
declared. is the one bulwark be-
! A"tth Culopt anu anu
/ once the Boishevists break through
paratively easy task for them to
sweep over the Balkans and other
parts of the continent.
1t is known. too. that sd men,
| bers of the committee NJ not
favorably impressed by the revela-
tion of Gen. Bliss that the Poles
200 miles beyond their border lines
as tentatively fixed by the peace
conference. They feel that the
Poles are out there harassing the
Ukranians and other peoples and
may provoke the Bolshevists to at
tempt retaliation.
But in any event the danger con-
fronts the European governments
and it is not up to the United
States to pull their chestnuts ou,
of the fire.
Austria News $4,000. 600.
According to the information re-
t; ported to have been received by the
Republican leaders. s3o0Oo.000 will
| provide the necessary relief for Aus
ria and SIS, ,O00.00 will suffice for the
! lCity of Budapest. Armenia needs
! 81 500. 900 a month. at which rate the
assistance recommended for sis
months will require 100000.
If s50.000,0O0 is definitely decided
upon. the legislation to be reported
! out will provide that the relief bt
extended through the United States
Grain Corporation, which has thi.
amount in profits.
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