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able to the House and Senate
Foreign Relations Committees when
they fixed the original authorize
tions. He said it was argued at
that time that later crop reports
would throw more light on the
actual needs.
The drive for the full appropria-
ton picked up bipartisan support.
Senator Pepper, Democrat, OF
Florida, who has been sharply crit
ical of administration foreign policy
at times, said he is confident" the
Senate will restore many of the
House cuts.
Il think if we are going to carry
out the program it should be done
adequately" he said. 1T was a
great mistake for the House to have
done what it did"
Senator Baldwin, Republican, of
Connecticut said he favors going
back to the amounts proposed orig
inally
"It was a grave mistake to reduce
the figure" he said. I'VE shouldn't
back down now on what the people
of Europe-and our own people
understand as a commitment"
Senator Maybank, Democrat, Of
South Carolina said that as he
sees it, "the House action makes. no
sense"
Russell Warns Of Failure.
Senator Russell Democrat, of
Georgia. said today that "once we
haye embarked on the, program, we
can't afford to see it fail"
Senator Reed, Republican, of Kan
sas, said that if the House has a
good basis, I'll go along. If I don't
think they have a good basis, I
won't" Senator Ferguson, Repub-
lican, of Michigan, took similar
tack. He said he wanted to take a
thorough look and see what should
be done"
Senator Revercomb. Republican,
Of West Virginia said he has "the
utmost confidence in what the House
has done" Senator Dworshak, Re-
publican, of Idaho commented that
it would be bad to give European
countries too extravagant help.
Senators disagreed as to the ef-
feet the fund battle will have on a
resolution by Senator Vandenberg
to pave the way for this country to
extend military aid to European
nations which form alliances to
combat Communism.
But some said that if the Mlchi-
gan Senator is successful in getting
most of the House fund cuts restored
he will have less difficulty in getting
his resolution through.
Meanwhile, it was reported the
AFL and CIO have settled their
disput over labor's part in the for
eign aid plan and are agreed on
giving it joint support.
The programs overseas labor
chief, Boris Shiskin, said the big
labor organizations are "in complete
agreement" on a program of the
Economic Cooperation Adminsitra-
ton which includes:
l. Increasing the output OF the
individual foreign worker, by enlist
ing the help of Europe's trade
unions.
2. Combating Communist resist
ance to the recovery program within
European worker groups.
3. Dovetailing the movement OF
recovery goods and workers so that
skilled manpower is on hand for
quick, productive action at the point
of destination.
4. Breaking down Europe's bar
riers to the movement of labor
across national borders. Thousands
of Polish farm hands, for instance,
might move into German coal mines
after the harvest.
Efforts Seem Stymied.
Efforts of ECA Administrator
Hoffman to get such program
rolling with AFL-CIO cooperation
seemed stymied last month. AFL
President William Green said AFL
could not work with CIO while the
latter remained part of what he
called the "Communist-dominated
World Federation of Trade Unions.
Now this jam was broken Mr..
Shishkin did not disclose.
Mr.. Shishkin, chief AFL econo-
mist, will head the Labor Division
at ECAs Paris headquarters, and.
as twin advisers to Mr.. Hoffman in
this country, Bert M. Jewell, inter-
national representative of the Rail-
way Executives Association and
former AFL railway chief, and
Clinton S. Golden. assistant to
President Murray Of the CIO United