Evening star., 1951-08-18
Hope Put in Senate
To Restore Part Of
Billion Aid Slash
By J. A. O'Leory

oy ). a. ~ Leory
Administration leaders looked
to the Senate today to restore
part of the billion-dollar cut the
House made in foreign aid before
passing the $75 billion measure
late last night.
The President asked for $8.5
billion to continue military and
economic help this year to free
nations in all parts of the world.
The first sign of how the Senate
1eels about the amount will come
next week, when a Joint Foreign
Relatlons-Armed Services Com
mlttee votes on the House meas
ure.
House leaders had resigned
themselves to accepting a cut of
So5l 10000 the Foreign Affairs
Committee made before reporting
the bill, but on the floor last night
they lost an 11th-hour battle to
hold the bill at the committee
total of $7.8 billion.
Deeper Cuts Defeated.
All day yesterday the leader
ship blocked Republican motions
to make deeper cuts. one of whicn
would have brought the total
down below 81 billion.
The surprise upset, cutting an
other $3.50 million from economic
aid to Western Europe, came
shortly before II pm, on a mo-
ton by Representative Reece. Re-
publican, of Tennessee, to re-
commit the bill to the Foreign
Affairs Committee, with such in
StructionS.
The recommittal motion car /.
ried, 1856 to 1T. This was a roll
call vote, and 81 Democrats
Joined l49 Republicans in order
ing the further cut. Voting against
the new cut were 1862 Democrats
and IA Republicans.
Representative Richards, Demo-
crat, of South Carolina, commit
tee chairman made the cut and
reported the bill back Immediately,
so it could pass last night. The
vote on final passage was 260 to
l01.
Bill Would Abolish ECA.
AS it goes to the Senate. the bill
also would abolish the Economic
Cooperation Administration and
set up a new Mutual Security Ad-
ministration to supervise all for
elgn aSsistance-military and eco :
.nomic. The agency would be !
headed by a single administrator.
who would work in consultation
with the Secretaries of State and
Defense.
The pending bill is merely an
authorization and actual funds
Will have to run the gamut of the
House and Senate Appropriations
Committees before Congress ad-
journs. AS it now stands here is
what it would authorize:
Europe-Military aid of a little +
more than S5 billion. and 1885 mil $
lion of economic aid. About 5000 !
million of the 81 billion lost in {
the House came from Europe's
share.
Refugee Funds Boosted. (
Near East and Africa Military ]
aid of S415 million, and SITS mil i
lion of economic aid, including an
increase of $50 million for re-
Mobilization of Jewish refugees.
Asia and the Pacific area-Mil-
itary aid of $3.50 million. cut of
S25 million, and S112 million for
Korean rehabilitation. The House
committee cut S10l million from
the Korean item on the theory .
that the Korean war is not over.
For expansion of strategic ma
terialS development-S55 million
for the whole program. instead of
earmarking it largely for Western
Europe.
The House accepted an amend
ment by Representative Vorys,
Republican, of Ohio, to make GER
tain the President could not dele
gate to new organizations of his
own choosing, or to existing
agencies. any of the powers the
House conferred on the new for .
eign aid administrator.
Approved also was an amend
ment by Representative Kersten,
Republican of Wisconsin, to en-
courage men in countries behind
the Iron Curtain to escape and
join the Western European de-
tense force. 1t would authorize {
Gen. Eisenhower to form such s
refugees into national units. The
amendment is discretionary.
Ken Amendment Approved.
Meanwhile the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee reported to '
the Senate yesterday a separate
bill, already passed by the House,
to give the President discretion
airy power to cut off military or
economic aid to any country al
lowing strategic materials to move
in trade behind the Iron Curtain.
1t would replace an earlier. more {
rigid, law known as the KEN t
amendment, operation of which {
the President has suspended tenn