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$50 Million Fund for
Foreign Aid, Taft Says.
By ]. a. OIeory

A prediction that the Senate will
go along with the administration
request for $3.50. .0o0, 900 for foreign
relief was made by Chairman Taft
Of the Senate Republican Policy
Committee yesterday after the COM
mittee placed the bill high on the
list of must" bills for the re-
mainder OF the session.
The House, which cut this gen.
eral relief program to 5000 ,000, 900
is ready for another foreign policy
debate this week over the separate
$400 200, 900 program for ecdnomic
and limited military aid to Greece
and Turkey to check the spread OF
communism.
House opponents of the Greek
Turkish aid bill are expected to
concentrate on an effort to have
the problem referred to the United
Nations.
Order Of Bills Fixed.
One group of opponents called
on Speaker Martin yesterday to
serve notice any effort to make
the bill party issue on the Repub-
lican side would be resented and
resisted. MIR. Martin is reported
to have informed them no such at
tempt is contemplated, because the
bill Is bipartisan. The call on Mr.
Martin is believed to have resulted
from the prediction the Speaker
made to newsmen Friday that the
bill will pass by substantial
margin.
With the pending labor control
bill due to pass the Senate by the
middle Of this week, the Republican
policy group listed the following
order of important issues to follow
it:
l. The general foreign relief bill
2. The tax reduction bill.
3. Extension of rent control.
Bills on all these matters have
passed the House, but will have to
go to conference for final adjust
ment.
Three other bills listed for Senate
consideration before the session
ends, probably in July, are:
/. The Bulwinkle bill, to permit
railroads and other carriers to confer
on rates, subject to Interstate Com
meree Commission approval, without
being subject to antitrust laws.
Succession Bill in List.
2. The scientific foundation bill,
setting up a council to CO. ordinate
Government research, and to allo-
cate funds made available either by
the Government or private sources.
3. The presidential succession bill,
naming the Speaker of the House
as next in line when there is no Vice
President.
Senator Taft said the Senate will
take up the annual appropriation
bills for the year starting July l as
quickly as possible after each one is
reported from committee. There are
IL such supply bills.
The Senate will turn aside from
the labor control bill tomorrow to
pass the first of these appropriation
bills, for the Department of Labor
and the Federal Security Agency.
The new Congressional Reorgan-
ization Act sets July 81 as adjourn
ment day, unless Congress moves
to postpone it. Sometime before
that date Senator Taft said the
Senate also expects to take up the
peace treaties with Italy, Romania,
Hungary and Bulgaria.
Others May Come Up.
Asked about a possible change in
the adjournment date, Senator Taft
told reporters he has no intention
of Offering any resolution con-
trary to- the spirit of the Reorgan-
ization Act.
The tentative program outlined
yesterday could easily take all of
the Senate's time until July, but
Senator Taft indicated the prepara-
ton of this list does not mean that
all measures not listed have been
sidetracked until next year.
Reminded that no mention was
made of unification of the armed
services, Senator Taft replied that
bill Is not out of committee. With
the exception of the tax reduction
measure, he said, all the bills given
priority yesterday are before the
Senate. House and Senate hear
ings are still in progress on unifica-
ton. Yesterdays developments
would indicate that if merger of
the armed forces is to be accom-
plished this year, it will have to
be reported soon.
Explaining why the foreign re-
lief bill was given the right of way
over tax reduction in the Senate
Senator Taft pointed out that the
UNRRA program has come to an
end, land II this relief is going to