Evening star., 1947-06-13
British and u. 5. Stud,
Marshall Program
To Revive Europe

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partment to explore ways for
carrying out Secretary OF State
Marshalrs suggestion for joint
European economic revival pro-
gram which may require from
SIS, 900 900 900 to $24 ,000, ,000, 900
during the next three or four
years, it was learned today.
Embassy officials are said to be
seeking clariflcation of Gen. Mar
shall's ideas before deciding whether
to urge London to take the irlitia-
tive in getting the European coun-
tries together.
Gen. Marshall, calling for an end
to .'piecemear' aid by this country
to other nations, said in a speech
at Harvard last week that the initia-
tive in developing a comprehensive
program Of joint requirements must
come from Europe.
Next Step Up TO Europe.
At q news conference yesterday
he re-emphasized the next step Is
up to Europe, which he defined as
embracing Russia on one side and
Britain on the other. and refused
to ssy anything further about this
Governments plans, which might
be interpreted as debating pro-
cedure.
Soviet Ambassador Nicolai v.
Novikov conferred today with I'm
dersecretary of State Clayton and
said afterward they discussed 'an
economic matter" He told re-
porters they did not talk about the
ideas advanced by Secretary Mar
shall.
The amount OF aid that might
be needed was indicated by Ben
jamin v. Cohen, State Department
counsellor, in speech at Long
Beach, Calf, late yesterday.
Those who have been studying
Europe's. rudimentary rehabilitation
needs" Mr.. Cohen said, tell us that
Europe, including Great Britain,
may require as much as S., 900, ,000,-
900 or 5000, ,0O0, 900 year for an
other three or four years to meet
those needs
Declaring European recovery Is
essential for the economic health
of a peaceful world" he said that
unless adequate assistance can be
obtained it may be diff1cult for some
European countries to avoid polit-
ical unrest and the danger of die
Itatorships."
He added this country must face
the fact" that. large as its aid has
been already, it Is clearly insuffi-
cient to enable Europe to get back
on her feet"
Mr.. Cohen asserted priority should
be given to programs serving to re-
vive European economy as 8 whole.
He mentioned specifically programs
to increase coal production and facil-
itate its transport, and possible
project to finance trade within
Europe.
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Several foreign diplomatic repre-
sentatives here said privately that
they fear the type of program sug-
gested by Gen. Marshall may take
too long to work out to be effective
These officials are thinking In
terms of complicated inter-govern-
ment conferences which might re-
quire many months to work out spe-
cific proposals, while dollar crises
are foreseen for several European
countries by fan.
There also is some critical dip
lomatic comment OF the lack of spe-
cific proposals by Gen. Marshall.
Some foreign officials. who asked
that their Identities be withheld
said this amounts to asking Europe
to put her economic cards on the
table in exchange for an indefinite
American promise that 1T may ask
an economy minded Congress to ap-
propriate funds, providing the Amer
lean Government approves the Eu-
ropean plan.
In this connection. however, Amer
ican officials have said the plan was
left vague purposely to avoid any
possible suspicion abroad that the
United States was trying TO dictate
to other countries