Evening star., 1947-12-20
Annual Study Of
Nations Needs
Wins Support
Partial tert OF Presidents Message
on Page A-9.)

Sharp attacks from both Re
publican and Democratic ranks
today forecast rough going for
the four-year, $1,000, ,000, 900
Marshall plan when Congress
comes back to work January 6.
Republican leaders - excluding
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan
apparently were lining up behind a
proposal by Senator Taft, Republi-
can, of Ohio that any formal pledge
of European aid be limited to one
year.
Senator Taft wants Congress to
review the program annually and
decide whether it should be con-
tinued. This found favor with at
least one Democrat, Senator john ,
son of Colorado who told reporter !
Il am opposed to this Congress
committing future Congresses.
doubt very much that we have
enough surplus food supplies to per-
init us safely to export more than
half of the amount the President re-
QuSSCSo duI IiS liiC ilShH IL iAAoiieAN''
Program Would Begin April 1.
President Truman, in special
message yesterday, asked for So
8OO,OO0,000 outlay in the Is months
beginning April /, when stopgap
relief for France. Italy and Austria
will end. He asked a total authori-
zation of Sl7O00,000000 including
the $6,S0O,OOOOO0 appropriation, to-
aid 16 Western European nations
through June, 1852.
Congress provided 1922, 100000 to
send food, fuel and fertilizer to
France and Austria in legislation
approved just before the end OF the
special session last night.
Approval of this measure, gener-
ally accepted as the forerunner of
the Marshall plan, indicated that
eventually the lawmakers will agree
to furnish some form of economic
aid to the l6 n-Communist ma,
tions.
Moscow Radio Ignores Message.
The Moscow radio ignored both
ll1c lllCoooSC ollSA oSSAS-
tary of State Marshall's report on
the collapse of the Foreign Min
isters' Conference.
The morning Moscow broadcast
contented itself with detailing vari-
GUS factors of what it called Amer
lean imperialism" in Greece, Italy,
Austria, Germany, France, Britain
a.l -, Eoroioo NfiY,ictorc' moot. |
ing.
The British press generally COM
mented favorably on the Presidents
statement, but Lord Beaverbrook S
Daily Express devoted nearly col
umn to explaining why it thought
Britain should not become bene-
ficiary" of the Marshall plan.
The Express voiced the opinion
that Britain could work her way
out of her present difficulties, and
cited as another argument that the
plan is presented to Congress as an
Communist device
Reaction Divided.
In general, European reaction was
divided along the hardening lines of
East-West theological differences.
A British Foreign Office spokes-
man volunteered "a word of well
come" for Mr. Truman's presenta-
ton of the European recovery pro-
gram and it's conditions, terming
the program "a tremendous event
in the history of postwar Europe .
He said the conditions appear, for
the most part, to be those agreed
upon" at the Paris Conference.
In Germany, newspapers licensed
by the western powers hailed the
inclusion of Western Germany in
the plan as offering hope for recov-
cry and peace The Soviet-con-
trolled press in Germany continued
to attack the Marshall plan as a
measure of "enslavement of West
ern Europe by Wall Street
Most of the Italian non-Com-
munist press praised the program,
II Tempo, a conservative independ-
ent newspaper, said it would enable
Europe "to escape hunger and tyr
amy"
Possibility of Retreat.
There was some indication here
that the administration might be
willing to retreat from the Presi-
dent S request for approval of plan
covering the full four years.
Senator Hatch, Democrat, of New
Mexico. a close personal friend of
Mr.. Truman and a strong supporter