Evening star., 1951-10-11
House Votes
Fund
0f$4.4Bi||ion
Efforts to Knock Out
Airport for Trumon's
Home Town Defeated
BY the Associated Press

The House passed today a $4.-
428, 357.970 appropriation bill,
chiefly for military construction
and the Atomic Energy Commits
sion. The vote was 300 to 10.
1t refused by roll-call vote of
1872 to 127 to knock from the
measure $12,821 900 for an air.
port at President Truman's home
town, Grandview, Mo.
The measure now goes to the
Senate.
Almost all the money it pro-
vides is for construction of bar
racks. depots and bases in this
country and overseas for the
Army. the Navy and the Air Force.
The Atomic Energy Commits
sion's allotment is 5000 million
for work on the big Savannah
River Is. CO. atomic plant.
Foreign Aid On Agenda.
After passing this bill the House
took up a $l,045, 100000 bill
financing the State. Justice and
Commerce Departments and the
Federal judiciary for the present
fiscal year, ending next June 80.
An $s.299.255,096 foreign aid
money bill was next in line for
debate.
Leaders were driving to get all
three bills through by the days
END.
But a big obstacle to quick ac-
ton loomed in the form of a Re-
publican demand that the foreign
aid funds be cut to around 81
billion.
With the Senate Appropriations
Committee operating in high gear
to get both the foreign aid and
military construction bills through
that branch. House leaders called
the House into session at 10 am,
two hours earlier than usual.
They are aiming at final ad-
journment Of Congress by the end
Of next week. The two big money
measures and tax increase bill
are the major unfinished business
Of both branches.
/ OF the $8,299 ,255 ,096 carried in
the foreign aid bill. $7.482.527,79
represents new cash. The re-
|maining $816.727 ,306 is a reap
Ipropriation Of funds previously
voted for the aid program but not
yet spent. Without action by Con-
lgress. they would have reverted
Ito the Treasury.
President Truman wanted the
Icarry-over reappropriated and
Originally had asked Congress to
provide another $S.5 billion. How
lever, he scaled down his new
money request to conform to the
reduced amount authorized by
Congress in q separate bill.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee approved the bill shortly
after the President late yesterday
signed legislation authorizing con-
tinuance of the economic and
arms aid program until June 80,
1854.
Less Than Requested.
In his message Of approval Mr..
Truman noted that the amount
of money recommended was less
than he had requested, but was a
I"very substantial" contribution in
the campaign Of free nations to
build up themselves militarily and
economically to curb communism
eve must never forget" he said,
that we are just as dependent
on the efforts of other nations as
they are on ours. We are
building ornaments, Of course
we would be fools If we did not,
but we are doing far more than
that. We are joining with and
helping the free nations organize
into stronger international asso-
Citations than ever before"
The White House said Mr.. Tru-
man will appoint W. Averell Har-
riman, presidential foreign rela-
tions adviser. as head of a new
Mutual Security Agency to super
wise the program.
The Republican drive to chop
1.-THE foreign-aid funds was touched
Iof by Representative Taber of
New. York, top G. O. P. member
of the House Appropriations Com
mittee.
Shortly after the committee
approved the bill, Mr.. Taber
started lambasting it.
'It's about SIS billion too
,|heavy." he told reporters. 'It
should be trimmed to about 81
billion and I will offer amend
ments to do that"
The amendments will be aimed
lat all sections Of the bill, Mr.
'lTaber said. with the biggest cuts
being proposed In funds allotted
for military and economic aid for
Europe.
That the Senate intends to lose
lno time on the bill was indicated
Iby the action of its Appropriations
ICommittee in calling Secretary
Iof State Acheson to testify today
usually the Senate defers its
hearings on money bills until
they have passed the House.
In only one respect did the
House committee refuse to 60
lalong with the Presidents recon-
lImendations for aid funds. It de-
lnied the $45 million he sought for
lthe United Nations Korean Re
IconStruction Agency. The COM
lmittee said the agency has $50
: million on hand and won't need
'lmore money until a military set
Element is reached in Korea.
AIbunio Files Protest
!; UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Oct.
l. A. L. L.