Evening star., 1947-06-23
President Appoints 19.
For Nonpartisan Study.
'0f Foreign Aid Policy
Meets Vondenberg Plea
Part Way; Cites Impoct
On Nations Economy
BY the Assecioted Press

President Truman, going par
way with Republican Senator
Vandenberg, called for outsids
help today in weighing America
foreign aid policy with this coun.
try's ability to pay.
Mr.. Truman designated 10 leaders
of business, labor, agriculture, edu.
cation and research as a "nonpar-
tisan" committee to advise him or
how much help can safely anc
wisely" be sent abroad.
The implication was plain: Thai
the United States may find it neces.
sary to stem the flow of dollars
food, fuel and materials to war
damaged nations.
The impact on our domestic
economy" of such aid is of grave
concern to every American" sale
Mr.. Truman's announcement last
night, and merits most careful
study"
Echoes Vandenberg Words.
1t was equally clear that the
President was making a final effort
to prevent the bipartisan foreign
policy from piling up in the veto.
strewn wreckage of his domestic
legislative program.
Mr.. Truman took the words
safely and wisely" from the cal
Senator Vandenberg sounded II
days ago for a council Of Democrat.
and Republicans to help set the
limits within which this Govern.
ment can plan its economic help tx
foreign nations.
But whether Senator Vandenberg
chairman of the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee, and his Repub-
lican colleagues will be satisfied re-
manned to be seen.
The Michigan Senator himself
steered clear of mentioning spe-
cif1c candidates for the study
group, but some of those close to
Senator vandenberg let 1t be known
they wanted former President
Hoover to have a place on the coun-
Gil. Mr.. Truman did not include
him.
"Over- Exporting" Charged.
MIR. Hoover declared earlier this
month that the United States has
been "over- exporting" and cannot
continue to shoulder immense over
seas burdens without weakening
the economy at home.
More recently Congress has heard
criticisms of oil shipments to Rus
sia in the face of predicted short
ages In some areas here and of
foreign meat purchases as a factor
in rising prices.
Besides sthe study of American
resources available for foreign aid,
Senator Vandenberg also proposed
that the bipartisan group deter
mine the basis on which future help
should be undertaken, including
reciprocal considerations" and the
overall requirements in both Eu-
rope and Asia.
Mr. Truman made no specific
mention of these two points.
But backing up the nonpartisah
group, he said, will be two gov
ernmental committees.
Krug to Study Resources.
Secretary of the Interior Krug
will head one to study the drain
of national resources, and the Pres
ident's Council OF Economic Ad-
visers, headed by Edwin G. Nourse,
will study the impact on the
economy.
These two sets of findings-as
well as others already prepared in
the Government-will be available
to the l9-member committee, which
will be directed by Secretary of
Commerce Hartman.
The State Department for weeks
has been surveying global needs in
the wake of war destruction, and
Secretary of State Marshall on June
4 put 1t up to Europe to see what
that continent can do for itself
before asking for more American
help.
Whether all 19 members Of the
(see FOREIGN AID. Page A-10)