Evening star., 1948-06-16
Taber Launches
|AttackAgainst
SenateAid Bill
House Fund Sufficient,
He Says; Measure Due
For Conference Fight
BY the Assoeioted Press

Chairman Taber of the House
Appropriations Committee open
ed a fight today on the Senate's
! $6,125, ,710,228 foreign aid bill.
\ He said the previously-passed
House bill, providing millions less
for global aid, was sufficient" and
demanded a halt to arbitrary
action" to boost the funds.
Mr.. Taber issued his statement a
few hours after the Senate approved
the s6,125, ,710,228 figure by a 6O-to-9
vote at a session lasting until early
today.
1t was Mr.. Taber who sparked the
original House drive to slash the
aid funds. His statement today
bolstered predictions that the House
would reject the Senate version
They would leave it up to a joint
conference to work out some ac-
ceptable compromise before Satur-
days scheduled adjournment.
Mr.. Taber also took a couple OF
cracks at some newspapers and de
luded' columnists who had criti-
cized the House cuts. He termed it
a ''hysterical exhibition by those
newspapers.
Taber Attacks Newspapers.
Take for instance" he said, "the
sorry spectacle of the New York
Herald Tribune. That paper almost
had nervous breakdown over the
House action. For several days last
week it became nothing more or
less than a handbill for we'll
organized New York pressure
groups"
AS for some of the columnists
Mr.. Taber said. they had taken it
for granted that the House would
abdicate its functions in order to
appease the worldwide relief plan
nerS."
The Senate action added we'll over
billion dollars to the House.
approved bill 1t did this chiefly by
restoring the worldwide assistance
program to a 12-month spending
basis instead of the Is months de-
manded by the House. In actual
cash, the Senate bill boosted the
House amount by only S145,000,00
and still was $408, 100000 short of
the amount President Truman asked.
Both Senator Vandenberg, Repub-
lican. of Michigan and Secretary Of
State Marshall had urged the Senate
to restore all House cuts. Senator
Vandenberg charged that the House
had used q "meat-ax technique
which "guts the enterprise"
Navy Appropriation Voted.
Chairman Bridges of the Senate
| Appropriations Committee esti-
mated the increase to be in excess
of 81 100, 100000.
Before it's vote on the foreign
spending bill the Senate took still
another step bearing Importantly
on American foreign policy. BY a
voice vote it approved a 1886, ,733,-
$50 appropriation for the Navy,
starting July l. This measure also
goes back to the House for action on
a Senate increase of more than
s125, 100000
Earlier, the Senate also had dis
posed of a $43,422,061 Government
corporation bill which carried,
among other things, a $30,972 0el
appropriation for the Tennessee
Valley Authority. 1t provided more
than s5,000,000 in increases over the
House measure, including a hotly
debated s4,O00,000 item to start
building IVA steam plant to
generate electricity.
The House refused again today to
agree to the steam plant and sent
the bill to conference.
Little Debate on Aid Bill.
The gigantic foreign bill eased
through the Senate with compar-
atively little debate. Six Republicans
Senators Capehart, of Indiana;
Jenner, of Indiana; KEN, of Mis-
souri,: LANCER of North Dakota;
Hawkes., of New Jersey, and Malone,
of Nevada voted against it on
final passage They were joined
by three Democrats - Senators
Johnston, of South Carolina; O'Dan-
lei, of Texas, and Taylor. of Idaho.
The measure passed its major
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