Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-05-08
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ton plea for perhaps SIS ZOO, 00t
to reinforce Southern Kores
confronted Congress today q.
the House entered the voting
stage of its fight over helping
Greece and Turkey resist Com.
muniSt domination.
After two full days spent in gen.
eral discussion of the $400, 900 ,00t
Greek Turkish aid bill, the HOUSE
turned to specific proposals for re.
stricting the program and changing
its terms. Chief among the amend,
ments likely to be put to a show.
down test before nightfall is one tt
shift the burden to the United Ma.
tons.
To hushed House near the clos.
Iof yesterdays debate, Minority
Leader Rayburn cried out against {
return to "isolationism.
Sees Responsibility to Help.
In imprisoned tones he declared
God help us, God help this world
If we do not accept our responsible.
ity to help countries that do no.
want to be smothered by coinmu,
nism."
From across the aisle, where tn,
Republicans havs been divided or
the issue since it first was posed by
President Truman nearly two
months ago. Representative Wads.
worth, Republican, of New York
voiced the answer of those in GOE
ranks who have lined up behind the
administrations expanding foreign
policy.
Il am convinced Mr.. Wadswortf
said, that when we defend nbert,
the world over we are defending oul
own liberty. This measure is 9
fortnight declaration in the sup
port of Righteousness. The struggle
for liberty is never finished. We
must stand up on our feet and sup
port liberty"
Gag" on Debate Protested.
Several opponents of the measure
protested what Representative
Smith, Republican. of Wisconsin
called the gag" imposed by sup
porters Of the measure in limiting
general debate to nine hours.
Representative Owen, Republican
Of Illinois termed it mighty unfair
to have only "one minute allotted tc
the State of Illinois"
Mr.. Rayburn had pictured for his
colleagues the possibility that Rus
sia--once it had attained control
over Greece and Turkey--would
move on to other lands around the
Mediterranean and in Europe and
Asia. IF $40o,00o,000 will help us
stop that thing, for one am willing
to appropriate it, he said, adding:
IF Greece and Turkey need help,
they need it now. not go days from
now, not 80 days or year from now.
1t might be too late.
"It might be too late" Mr..
Rayburn repeated slowly for en-
phasis.
Marshall Maps Korean Plans.
Even as the House was weighing
the price and measuring the prob
lens of hating the march of Com
munism, Secretary Of State Marshall
was telling a news conference.-the
first since returning from Moscow
that Congress would be asked very
shortly to authorize a Korean pro-
gram.
He said the State Department is
going ahead with its own plans in
Korea obviously as insurance
against the possibility that the
United States and Russia, which
occupies Northern Korea, will fail
to reach an agreement on setting
up provisional government. He
offered no estimate of the cost.
But other officials said 1t would
call for first year outlay of $75,-
000, 900 in addition to $135 ,000, 900 or
more for regular occupation ex-
penses. The money would be used
largely to reviving war damaged
consumer good industries-now op-
Grating at only 10 to 20 per cent
of capacity-and to repairing pub
lie utilities.
1t has been the cost of the aid-to-
free-peoples foreign policy-plus the
impact of singlehanded American
action in foreign capitals-that has
dominated opposition arguments
against the Greek Turkish aid
measure.
Issues Before House.
The same arguments were ex-
pected to crop UP today as the
House turned to debating and vot-
ing on: .-.
1. Transferring the whole prob
lem to the u. N.
2. A requirement that Greece rid
herself of the monarchy before get
ting any aid.
3. A reduction in the $500, oo0, 600
total.
4. Elimination of any assistance
for Turkey.
S. Restricting the Greek aid to
civilian relief, rather than the lin
tied military help which the pending
program also would provide.
The administration counted heav-
lily on nearly rs per cent of the
House Democratic minority, plus
about half of the Republican major
ity, to fight off the amendments
and approve the bill, possibly to-