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purchase of such commodities either
commercially or through the Ex-
port Import Bank or the World
Bank.
Incentives Lacking.
Here the committee said "one of
the chief impediments to increasing
European production of vitality need
ed commodities is the lack of con-
sumers goods which can serve as
incentives to labor to work harder
on the job and reduce absenteeism
and to farmers to raise more food
and deliver more of their product to
market"
8. Local curencies collected by
recipient nations for the supplies
sent by the United States should be
used in part to increase production
Of strategic and critical materials for
the United States. These materials
should be held in "sterilized stock
piles" in this country. out of normal
business competition, and not be
used except in the case of the ma
tional emergency declared by Con-
gress"
4. Foreign needs should be prop
erly scrutinized" and other safe
guarding measures taken so that the
American economy can "be main
tanned at it's present high levels and
imitation avoided" The greatest
service" this Nation can render the
world. the committee concluded,
lies in maintaining strong and
powerful system of free enterprise
in the United States
L. S. Needs Minerals.
In a study on the relation Of for
eign aid to exhaustion of our natural
resources, the Herter committee
found we are dependent on imports
not only for metals and minerals
not produced here in any quantity,
but for nearly all our present COM
mercial needs of minerals like chro-
mite, manganese, asbestos, mercury,
platinum. tungsten and antimony"
for all of which we have four-year
supply or less at the prewar rate
of use.
The committee said that without
stockpiles there is no secure re-
lance for a nation bent upon guar
anteeing it's own survival by reason
able foresight" 1t criticized do
mestic producers of low grade ores
who attempt to block imports. Also
criticized were current high tariffs
on mineral products.
The House group suggested that
approximately sl42,000000 worth of
ores annually could be imported un-
der a stockpiling program tied to
the foreign aid plan. Of this amount
'S42 42,86O000 would be from British
Empire sources, another s37 100000
! from British dominions and S56,-
875 900 from French, Belgian and
Dutch empire sources.
/ No figure was given for uranium
imports from the Belgian Congo
and Canada due to lack Of avail
able data. the committee reported.
In a report on various admins
trative plans suggested to handle
the long-ter aid program, the
committee compared in detail four
such suggestions, its own and three
others not identified but understood
to include that suggested by the
Hartman Committee, one submit
ted by the State Department and a
fourth plan which would center ad-
ministration in the State Depart
ment rather than creating new
agency.
In discussing the administrative
problem, the Herter Committee said
it is bigger than relief and smaller
than war. 1t is too big for COM
plete decentralization and not big
enough for an OWMR."
The committees own plan would
life all powers from their present
resting points and deposit them,
with appropriate research and
screening accessories, In a strong
new agency At present Commerce
and Agriculture are determining the
division of supplies between home
and abroad where they have the au-
thOrity
Under the Herter plan. food. fuel
and fertilizer would be handled by
the new agency while the Export
Import and World Banks would
handle raw materials and capital
equipment. respectively. Foreign as
sets in this country would be used
as security for loans.
Disagree on Organization.
! Disagreement among the four
draft plans is complete when it
comes to the foreign aid organiza-
/ ton abroad.
The State Department would rely
chiefly on its existing organization,
while the Hartman group, at the
other extreme, wants the new agen-
cy's Representatives to be able to
bypass American Ambassadors
abroad.
The Herter Committee said there
/ is need" for IAN essentially business
organization which respects at all
essential points the prerogatives of
the Secretary of State" But it took
no definite stand on the exact re-
lationship of the new agencys staff
to our embassies abroad other than
to suggest the staff work through
the embassies in major matters.
1t did note the certain difficult
ties" in Greece between the Ameri-
can Ambassador and the head of
the relief mission there, former Gov
ernor Griswold, where each group
is independent of the other
U. s. Chamber Issues Statement.
The United States Chamber of
Commerce, meanwhile, issued a
statement by its Board Of Directors