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to lot. an amendment requiring
ECA to spend 81 billion OF next
years total on agricultural pro-
ducts in this country. This may
be harder to reverse. 49,.
The testimony indicated ECA
expected to use more than 81 bill
lion for food and other farm prod
ucts next year, but hackers of the
program deemed it unwise to tie
the administrators hands as to
such a large part of hts friends.
Members of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, in charge of
the bill, appeared to have lost con-
troll IN the floor battle. They
headed into new lights today over
the $45 million fund for President
Truman's Point Four program and
the s1oO million allotment for
Korea.
London did not get excited over
the Irish" amendment, according
to the Associated Press. The
newspapers avoided editorial COM
ment. apparently assuming the
action would not stick.
The feeling here, however, was
that, even If the amendment is
dropped, the free-swinging atti-
tude of the House toward the
whole foreign aid bill this week
will not help Americas foreign
policy of drawing the anti-Com-
munist areas of the world closer
together.
Not content with having cut
$3.50 million from the original
Marshall Plan estimate Of 1885,
100000 two days ago. the House
economy bloc made plans today
to strike out another $3.50 million
OF carry-over funds from this
years unspent ECA money.
Representative Taber, Republi-
can, of New York spearheaded
this new attack. He said ECA
overestimated its needs for the
current year, which ends June 30,
and has not figured it's needs for
the coming year either properly
or intelligently." -" .-.
=. House members OF Irish ances-
try. Of whom there are a goodly
number on the Democratic side of
the aisle, rejoiced as they saw the
chamber adopt the amendment
designed to end partition of the
Emerald Isle. But even as they
cheered, they were not hopeful of
making it stick.
Mildmannered Representative
Kee, Democrat, of West Virginia
in charge of the bill for the For
eign Affairs Committee, had asked
This colleagues not to adopt the
amendment. When it carried any
how. he quickly moved to halt
consideration of the bill overnight
In offering the Irish amend
ment, Representative Fogarty pre-
dicted that If 1t stayed in the bill,
Britain would act in "a hours to
give Ireland a chance to vote on
the kind of government it wants
Delaying Action Seen.
/ The foreign-aid bill has taken
much longer on the House floor
than leaders had expected. Some
observers believe Republicans are
fighting a delaying action on this
measure to make sure that there
will be no action before the Easter
recess on the big omnibus appro-
priation bill to run all Govern
ment agencies.
One COP lieutenant indicated
the Republicans have q feeling
that if House members go home
for Easter before voting on the big
money bill. they will come back
more economy minded.
The Point Four program may
bear the brunt of the battle today
Even some supporters of bi-parti-
san foreign policy have questioned
the $45 million figure in; this bill
for technical assistance to under
developed areas-the main objec-
tive OF Point Four.
Representative Herter, Repub-
lican, of Massachusetts said he
would vote to cut $40 million from
the Point Four fund.
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