Evening star., 1951-08-29

Churchill Sees Peoce Ringing on Russiu's
Supply of A-Bombs. Poqe AZ
who recently toured Western Eu-
rope, said the country has not
heretofore been told that there is
a gap" between the pending
foreign aid program, even if voted
in full, and the basic military re-
quirements laid down by top eX-
perts when they set out to plan the
defense of the North Atlantic
area.
Senator Moody said President
Truman and Gen. Eisenhower
should be asked to give Congress
the facts, to enable it to ascertain
what it would take to close that
gap
Bradley Testimony Released.
AS the floor debate began, the
Senate had before it newly re-
leased testimony in which Gen.
Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, advised Con-
gress that it is better to pay more
taxes than to lose freedom.
Senator Connally's opening
speech was a recital Of cuts the
joint Foreign Relations and Armed
Services Committee made, amount
ing to nearly 81 billion. from the
Presidents request for $8.5 billion.
The Texas Democrat again op-
posed launching economic aid pro-
grams in the Near East, Africa and
Asia, along the lines Of the Mar
shall Plan in Europe.
These other areas do not need,
and are not ready, to use the in
dustrial machinery supplied to Eu-
rope, Senator Connally said. He
suggested that the Near East, At
rica and Asia "are bottomleSS pit
into which we could pour the re-
sources of the United States With
out limit in an endless and ever
growing stream"
He urged the Senate, however,
to go through with the policy fire.
quently affirmed by Congress of
helping to build the military
strength of other nations fighting
communism.
Senator Moody told his col
leagues that if Congress was fully
informed about what he called the
gap" in existing plans, it could
appropriate what is needed to do
this job right; it could approve
the entire $8.5 billion requested
this year, but require the Euro
pean allies to make greater contri-
button, using more of their own
ECA counterpart funds to build
military equipment in Europe.
Soviet Trade Curb Voted.
The Senate cleared the track
for the foreign aid bill by passing
last night the House-approved
bill to give President Truman dis
cretionary power to withhold
American help from any country
he believes is engaging in harm
full trade with the Soviet bloc.
Gen. Bradley's laconic advice
about taxes versus security was
given in closed-door testimony on
the foreign aid bill. a censored
version of which was released to-
day.
The chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff said it is danger
Gus to try to guess what Russia
will do. and testified that any
reduction in the foreign aid pro-
gram would mean that some of
the overseas units to be formed
would not have equipment"
Nevertheless, the bill came from
a joint Senate committee with a
cut of nearly 81 billion, of which
1920 million came from military
equipment and about $675 million
from economic assistance. The
House two weeks ago cut $1.1 bill
lion from President Truman'S
requested $8.5 billion total.
RecOmmittaI Move Fails.
On the separate issue OF East
West trade, Republicans lost their
fight yesterday for a more rigid
ban on aid to any American al
lies who let strategic materials
pass behind the iron curtain.
A Republican move to send the
trade control bill back to COM
mittee for further study was lost,
46 to %, after which the discre-
tionary bill passed, SIS to 16. 1t
must go to joint conference COM
(See FOREIGN AID. Page A-20
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