Evening star., 1946-07-14
Final Approval
For British Loan
Voted, 219.155
81 House Republicans
Join Isl Democrats
To Rotify Measure
fRoH Call on Page A. J
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to Great Britain. sending the
legislation to President Truman
by House vote of 219 to 155.
The Senate already had author
lzed the huge fund intended to re-
habilitate England's war-disorgan-
lied international trade.
In closing debate, proponents
shouted that the decision on aic
for the wartime ally would de-
termine whether the world will turr
to Washington or Moscow fol
leadership
Russia loomed large in the lone
and bitter House arguments, which
ended with Speaker Rayburn ap-
pealing for approval of the credit
lest England and Western Europe
"be pushed into an theology I de-
spise."
81 Republicans Back Loan.
Sixty-one Republicans Joined Isl
Democrats and one minor party
member in voting for ratification OF
the loan urged by President Tru-
man. Opposed were 80 Democrats
122 Republicans and one minor
party member.
Final congressional approval came
after the House had beaten back
2l9 to 154, an effort to require Bri-
tain to put up "merchantable' col
lateral, beyond that government s
pledge to pay.
Likewise. the House rejected all
amendments seeking possession
in return for the loan, of British
island bases now held by the United
States on 99-year lease.
Representative Dirksen. Republi-
can, of Illinois. author of the COL
lateral amendment suggested that
in consideration for the credit.
Britain might put up its Middle
East oil resources. its wool, gold
mines, insurance companies and
other security of a merchantable
nature"
Amendment Defeated.
Moving swiftly toward the final
vote, the House also:
/. Shouted down an amendment
by Representative Bender, Republi-
can, of Ohio, to reduce the loan to-
81 ,25o,00O 900.
2. BY 180 to 10 standing vote.
Knocked down motion by Repre-
sentative Celler. Democrat. of New
York, to kill the ratification legis-
lation.
8. Rejected by voice vote an
m n d m e mt by Representative
Mundt, Republican, of South
Dakota, that would have required
Britain to put up the same COL
lateral and pay the same interest
rates as are stipulated by the Ex-
port-1mport Bank.
4. On a 154 to SO vote. defeated
proposal by Representative Reed,
Republican. of New York, that after
England gets the first s1.0O0.O 900 900
sne could get no more unless at
the end of one year she advised
the United States that Britain had
ended "all discriminatory trade
practices"
Land Seizure" Defeated.
5. Downed by voice vote an amend
ment by Representative Woodruff
Republican, of Michigan, proposing
that no payments be made unless
Britain turned over to the United
States for the duration of the
loan such of its Atlantic and Pacific
areas as the President deems useful
to America S defense,
representative Monronev, Demo-
crat, of Oklahoma, told the House
Mr.. Woodruff S amendment proposed
to seize land from friend. when
we have not even seized lands from
our enemies"
8. Also rejected by voice vote a
proposal by Representative Cole. Re-
publican, of New York, that as a
loan condition. Britain sell to the
United States for ST 900 900 the At
tantlc Island areas now leased by
the United States as military bases,
7. The last rejected amendment,
by Representative Smith, Republi-
can, of Ohio, would have stipulated
that Britain could not draw on the
loan until the United States bal
anced Its budget.
Passage of any amendment
would have wrecked the financial
agreement, which was ratified by
the British Parliament last Decem-
Der.
d Financial Juggling Changed.
! The opposition chided proponents
who contended that the loan would
build "a bulwark against Com
munism.' Representative Mundt,
Republican, of South Dakota, de
scribed the loan as Jim Grow"
financial juggling. "a unique kind of
1solationisIn by treating one nation
one way and another another way
He said ,hch a policy might cause
another war.
On the other hand, Representa- =
tive Marcantonio, New York Ameri-
can Labor member, called for ap-
proval OF the loan, saying Il be-
lieve world peace depends on unity
among the Big Three" and without
the loan there would be further
deterioration of unity"
Representative Powell Democrat.
of New York, Negro member, in
opposing the credit, declared, II
can't divorce British imperialism
from this loan"
Before the voting began, Speaker
Rayburn presented the last appeal
for the administration forces.
Clayton Offers Support.
Assistant Secretary of State Clay-
ton said approval of the loan means
that Britain can cooperate with
this country in carrying through the
American program for expanding in
ternational trade.
He said that if Britain had not
Z gotten the loan, her trade policy
would have been "the exact opposite
of what We want it to be-"
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder
expressed qualification over passage
of the loan and added in a state
ment:
The Congress has now expressed
(see BRITISH LOAN, Page A-4J