Evening star., 1948-03-27
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OF War Exports
7oReds'Sought
Mundt Presses Plan
To Give Veto Power
To ERP Director
BY the Associated Press

An administration clamp
down on exports of war goods to
Russia failed today to stifle de-
mands in Congress for extra
controls.
Representative Mundt, Republic
can. of South Dakota said he in
tends to 60 right ahead with an
amendment to the $6,205, 900, 900
House foreign aid bill which would
give the director of the European
Recovery Program veto power over
war potential" exports.
Representative Riley, Republi-
can. of Oklahoma said the House
Expenditures Subcommittee he
heads is going to dig deeper into
the disposal of World War II sur
plus supplies ito the soviets.
Ships to Be Checked.
Committee investigators, Mr.
Ridley told a reporter, are going
to New York to check goods being
loaded onto Russia bound ships.
He said they also will look into
reports that spectators are SELL
ing export licenses.
Chairman Shafer of House
Armed Services subcommittee said
Commerce Department officials will
be quizzed next week on shipments
to the U. S. S. R.
For months congressional COM
mittees have been digging up in
formation about oil and ships-and,
in the last few days. airplane en-
gines-Russia has been getting from
this country.
President Truman stepped into
the export dispute yesterday. He
issued a proclamation Tightening
controls, particularly on exports of
plane engines and radar equipment
Finland's Bid Held Up.
Following that move:
l. Secretary of Commerce Harri-
man told news conference Russia
and her satellites are getting no ex-
ports except those the Army and
Navy approve.
2. The War Assets Administration
said it is delaying for at least 30
days taking Finland's high bid of
S1,666,90O for IS unused steam
locomotives. Finland and Russia are
talking over a military treaty, but
WAA didn't mention that, or any
other reason for its action.
Mr.. Hartman said the new policy
on shipments to Russia has been in
effect since March /. He said the
idea is to keep Russia and the satel-
lites from getting American goods
that might build up their war po-
tential."
All export licenses for any such
goods, he said, now are reviewed by
a Special Advisory Board. Repre-
sented on it are: The Army, Navy,
Air Force, Atomic Energy Commits
sion. National Security Resources
Board and the Departments of State,
Commerce, Agriculture and Interior.
Mundt Praises Move.
Mr.. Mundt said in a statement
that this is gratifying. construc-
tive move" But he added it is IAN
: open admission that their program
of export controls to date has been
inadequate and inept."
Mr.. Mundt is a member of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee,
which takes the Sc ,2O5 600, 900 foreign
aid bill to the House floor for
amendments Monday. The measure
is designed to supply global economic
and military aid to backstop efforts
Of Europe and China to ward off
communism.
The bill, slated for passage
Tuesday or Wednesday, was one
tough issue left unsettled: How far
Congress should go in seeing to it
that the United States and Western
Europe cut down on exports to Rus
sia and her satellites.
Mr.. Mun6t already has put into
:he bill a section intended to per-
Iade free Europe against building
p Russian strength. 1t says in
feet:
Nations getting help from us
hould not Use American materials .
70 make and sell to the Soviets and !
satellites goods which this country
refuses to sell to them.
Eaton Opposes Outright Ban.
Chairman Eaton of the Foreign
Affairs Committee told reporters he
is against letting Russia have any
more war materials. But he said he
also is against an outright ban on
ali exports to Russia.
Barring exports is extreme" he
said. because we are not prepared |
to set up economic warfare with |
Russia or any country with which
we can have legitimate trade"
Yet Mr. Mundt said he looks for a !
strong effort to block all exports
to the Soviets. Representative
Colmer, Democrat, of Mississippi
another Foreign Affairs Committee
member, says he is going to put it,
squarely up to the House to saw
yes or no to such economic sane
tions."
Secretary Hartman said yester-
day he is against complete export
ban. He gave much the same rea-
sons as former President Hoover:
Trade with Eastern Europe is neces-
&ary to the recoverv of yxJes+.rx,