Evening star., 1949-12-26

have health and sanitation, edu-
cation and food missions at work,
In Chile and Brazil, similar mis-
sions are helping raise the basic
standards of living.
Appropriations to extend these
programs to Africa are unnec-
essary. --
The British, French. Belgians
and Portuguese are able to af-
ford them and, in most instances,
already have such programs in
existence.
The s35.OoO,OOO asked by Presi-
dent Truman duplicates what we
have today and leads Americans
and their Congress to believe that
a kind Of "global new deal' is
being born.
American companies operating
aboard will do these things for
which appropriations are asked.
They will do them better than
American bureaucrats or better
than the governments involved.
No schools. hospitals and resi-
dences are any better than those
operated by Firestone in Liberia,
Anaconda in Chile, Standard Oil
in Venezuela, the British-owned
Alpargatas in Argentina and in
scores of similar instances.
Views From Truman Address.
1--WE must embark upon q bold
new program" said President
Truman in his inaugural address
in January, "for making the bene-
fits of our scientific advances and
our industrial progress available
for the improvement and growth
of undeveloped areas : Our aim
should be to help the free peoples
of the world through their own
efforts to produce more food, more
clothing, more material for hous-
ing. and more mechanical power
to tighten their burdens"
And then again last June "a in
a message to Congress. President
Truman stated:
"''' We believe that investors
will send their capital abroad on
an increasing scale only If they
are given assurance against risk
of loss through appropriation
without compensation, unfair and
discriminatory treatment. destruc-
ton through war or rebellion or
the inability to convert their earn
ings to dollars -.
"On the other hand, unless we
aid the newly awakened spirit in
these peoples to find the course
of fruitful development, they may
fall under the control of those
whose philosophy is hostile to
human freedom, thereby prolong-
ing the unsettled state of the
world and postponing the achieve
ment Of permanent peace"
Trend in Full Swing.
Regardless of the fate of Point
Four in Congress, the trend to-
ward ever increasing American in
vestments abroad is going to con-
tinue in full swing.
Manganese is coming from
Northern Brazil and South Africa,
coca from the Gold Coast and
Nigeria. iron ore from Liberia.
timber from the Ivory Coast. min
erals from Peru and Mexico, rub
ber from Brazil and Liberia, cop
per and nitrates from Chile, hides
from Argentina and on down the
line. -.
Factories are being built using
American machinery and techni-
clans, backed by local capital in
mixed corporations, owned par
TALLY in the United States and
partially on the spot.
This Is one time when the
United States can combat commu-
nism without gifts of money and
produce, without loans and tn,
building of such uneconomic mon
strosities as Brazil's Volta Re
donda Steel Mill. That mill wa.
constructed with American capita
to please the vanity Of ex-Dictai
tor Getulio Vargas despite tn,
fact that its steel cost twice a
much as it should.
This is a program that shoult
cost the American taxpayer moth