Evening star., 1947-09-07
Special Session
Plea Spurredby
European Crisis
Senator Young Calls
Situation 'Desperute'
After Trip Abroad
BONNET EXPECTED to Ask U. s.
for Emergency Loan to Tide
France Over. Page Al.
By the Assoeioted Press

BY the hsSoeiofeo ffeSs
Europe's food situation "is des'
perate and far worse than last
year." Senator Young, Republi.
can, of North Dakota, just back
from a food conference at Gen.
eva, said here yesterday.
-HisSreport came as the State De.
partment gave serious consideration
to the possibility of asking specia
session of Congress for temporary
aid fund" to prevent feared eco.
nomic collapse in Europe about the
end of this year.
The gravity of Europe's need alsc
was emphasized last night by Pau
H. Nitze, acting director of the State
Departments Office of Internationa
Trade Policy, in the weekly Nationa
Broadcasting Co. program on "Oul
Foreign Policy"
Many European countries, In
cluding France and Italy, are near
ing the end of the rope" Mr.. Mite
declared. I'VE believe our time
schedule may have to be stepped ur
in order to get aid to Europe before
the end of the year"
Fund Would Be an advance"
The temporary aid fund beins
talked about in the State Depart
ment would be an advance against
comprehensive assistance projected
under the Marshall plan, which calls
for European countries to work out
a program of effective self-help with
limited American aid. The Mar
shall plan hardly can be developed
before next spring.
Some officials, it was learned yes
terday, consider a temporary ad-
vance an ideal solution for the
problem of emergency help which
they Say is brought on by the fact
that Western Europe is running out
of food and fuel, and the money
to buy it, quicker than had been
expected.
They see the need for supplying
new funds to key countries
Britain, France and Italy-by about
December i if American aid is tc
be effective in preventing collapse
How much might be involved is
speculative. One figure frequently
mentioned is 81, ,000, ,000,0 900, but some
authorities do not believe this much
would be necessary for the tenn.
porary fund.
Need Held Imperative.
Senator Young went to Geneva
with Senator Thomas, Democrat
of Oklahoma, and Representative
Murray, Republican, Of Wisconsin
as congressional delegates to the
Food and Agricultural Organization
of the United Nations.
"The past winter" Senator Young
told reporter, "was the worst that
Europe ever had. This was fol-
lowed by a dry, hot summer. Con-
tinued food aid is imperative"
The North Dakotan said Argen'
tina does not participate with othel
nations in allocating grain ane
added "there is tremendous re-
sentiment in Europe over Argen'
tina selling it's wheat there at more
than S. bushel."
Boyd and Bissell Speak.
James Boyd, chief of the Burea,
of Mines and member of the Presi
dents Committee on Foreign Aid
said during the broadcast with MI
Nitze that:
There does not seem any pros
pect that supplies for our own peo
pie will have to be cut down dan
gerously-or probably even sig
niicantly-in order to help Europe.
Richard Bissell, executive secre
tary of the Presidents committee
noted during the program tina
taxes and prices will not com
down as much or as soon as the,
might If we did not help Europe.
Asked whether this country Cal
afford to undertake the enormou
lob of European reconstruction 1t
self" Mr.. Bissen said:
1--WE cannot afford not to try
and to do all that we possibly car
We cannot afford it from any poin
of view-moral, political or eco
nomic"
Dictatorship Danger.
Mr.. Nitze declared that from
political point of view We canno
allow dictatorship of the right o
left to sweep the world for wan
of help which we may be IN posi-
ton to give"
The problem essentially. as in
formed officials see it, is to provld
some additional dollars for Europ
until the Marshall plan can becom
effective after careful and prolonge
(See EUROPEAN, A-4D