Evening star., 1947-11-10
Two Congress Groups
Given Details of
Interim Program
ROBERT M. LA TOILETTE re-
ported considered to head foreign
aid plan. Page Az
By J. A. O'Leoy
(Tert on Page Az

Secretary of State Marshall
today urged Congress to rush
through an emergency relief
fund of $597, 100000 to carry
France, Italy and Austria
through the winter, without
waiting to work out a long
range recovery program for Eu-
rope.
He told a joint session of the
Senate and House Foreign Com
mittees, meeting a week before a
special session of Congress, that
urgency of the situation is SO
great" that no new agency be set
up to handle this interim aid.
His views conceded with a grow
ing sentiment at the Capitol to let
the special session act speedily on
the immediate needs of Western
Europe, and to put off the more
complicated long-range program for
debate in the regular January ses-
sion.
Gen. Marshall said that in the aid
program the risks are real' but the
chances of success are good in
helping the people of Western Eu-
rope preserve their free society.
He cracked occasionally at Russia,
saying at the start that while Brit
ain, France and the United States
formed policies to restore Europe to
health, sit is now clear that only one
power, the Soviet Union, does not
for its own reasons share this aim" :"
Breakdown of Figures.
Gen. Marshall said the interim
aid fund would be used merely to
enable the people of Europe to "eat,
to work and to survive the winter y
He gave these figures on the $751;
100000 total, which is designed to
last until March 81:
France, $4,000 900; Italy, $227,-
900 900, and Austria, $42,000,000.
Turning to the long-range pro-
gram, Gen. Marshall tentatively
estimated the need at $500, ,000, 600
for the last three months OF this
fiscal year april through June),
and somewhat less than $6,000,000,-
900 for the 1949 fiscal year. His
estimate of the overall total for the
entire program was between $16,-
900 5000 and $20,000,000,000.
His figures for the first year or
so corresponded substantially with
those released Saturday in the re-
port of the Presidents Committee
on Foreign Aid, headed by Secretary
of Commerce Hartman. That re-
port placed Europe's 1948 deficit in
its dealing with the United States
at about $7000.0OO,000. The Harri-
man group however, dealt with 1948
as a calendar year, and said the
cost for that year could be held to
about $5,750 100000 when all f1nan-
cling possibilities are taken into
account.
China Aid Studied.
Gen. Marshall revealed that
definite proposal for aid to China is
being prepared for early submis-
sion. AND, he said, the United
States and all other world powers
recognize the national government
OF Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek
as the sole legal government OF
China
This was the first indication from
any top Government authority OF
Americas future policy toward
China: The secretary has refused
to make public a report by 1t. Gen.
Albert C. Wedemeyer, who went to
China last summer to make a spot
survey of conditions for Mr.. Tru-
man.
Meetings of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee and the House
Foreign Affairs Committee were
called after the Secretary testified
The Senate group met this morning
and afterward Chairman Vanden-
berg said:
I'VE discussed only procedure. 1t
was the opinion of the committee
that our first job is the Stop-gap
bill. but the committee realizes it
cannot pass on that bill in vacuum
and therefore will want to develop
general information on the long
range program for background pur-
poses"
He indicated, however, there was
See FOREIGN AID. Page A-4.)