Laurel outlook., 1948-06-09
SAYS ALL IN j. s. To
FEEL MARSHALL PLAN

All persons in America and all
businesses are likely to feel effects
of the Marshall plan, o. M. Void
told Laurel Rotarians at their meet
ing Tuesday. He described in some
detail how the program will operate
and what it is expected to achieve.
At the business session preceding
the program several visiting Ro-
tarians from Billings were intro
duced by o. X. Chapman. L. J..
Wallace was elected a new member
of the club.
Rev. w. P. Gauer, program COM
mitteeman, introduced the speaker,
Void.
The huge program for rehabilitat-
ing a large group of nations who
have agreed to cooperate with the
United States and each other is
without precedent in history. That
it was considered urgently essential
is indicated by the fact it was
launched in an election year and
had the approval of the opposition
party in congress. Void said he
thought it was a demonstration of
the unity of the American people
in wanting to help the rest of man.
kind. Although the diplomats will
do the steering, the actual work
will have to be done by all Ameri-
Hence every town, farm,
factory, business and individual will
in money or work or
both and will be pinched by short
ages.
The speaker said he thought the
Marshall plan would be administer
ed in a business like tanner. The
administrator, borrowed from private
business, has a rating equivalent to
1 cabinet officer and will have from
700 to 1900 people working for
lin. i
Goods will be sent, not money, ]
or it is food to eat, clothes to !
and machines to make and '
transport things that the people of /
he 16 countries need. The needs
will not be the same, for some ]
ave more than others. The assist v
nee from America will be adjusted S
yccordingly. All will be paid for
Y U. S. dollars as a gift or loan. v
Goods from here will be handled
regular commercial chan r
els, with food probably occupying I
10. l position in bulk and import ]
nee the first year. Many of the r
ountries will need raw materials
-hich Americans can supply. These |
nd heavy machinery will be requir-
/ in varying amounts so the ravag-
! and depleted countries may get F
p the steam necessary for self p
clip. v
Some countries need only a little CT
s~sistance, but England with prob O.,
bly, the greatest deficit is likely Il
need the most help. There are q,
'untries who will not require gifts ri
loans and who will pay cash. n
he outright grants are expected to le
confined mostly to the first Is
ar of the Marshall plans opera Sc
IN. n,
Void said he thought the food ~,
ices in America would stay up. ~
ting the pinches that may be ex- 70
cted, he mentioned farm machin- On
Y. Europeans need farm machin- ex
v to increase their food produc- lel
m and undoubtedly will receive in
rye consignments. At the same fe,
ne the American farmers who will
ed the people overseas will find an
ey cannot buy all the machinery tal
ey want for performing their CO.
are of the world recovery job Iiv
at America has undertaken. Ct,
AS to oil and oil products, it is wi
t likely that any will be sent NJ;
I'm here. The oil fields and re- If
cries abroad should be able to
re care of that situation. The NO,
neral policy IS to not send any ON
ng the beneficiary countries have hill
can make. inc