Evening star., 1952-05-10
EI|ender and GEORGE
Back Foreign Aid Fund
Slash 10 S. Billion
By J. A. OIeou

A"o ASAAoSA oCAS 0cldLOIS COOk
the position today that the for
eign aid bill. already cut 81 bill
lion. could be trimmed another
billion without endangering the
military buildup abroad.
In taking this view, Senators
Ellender of Louisiana and George
OF Georgia agreed with Senator
Taft. Republican, of Ohio, who is
on record for reducing the Presi-
dents $7.9 billion request to $6
billion.
Meanwhile, the Senate Armed
Services Committee was waiting
today for further word from Gen.
Eisenhower as to how much Of a
cut he thinks the program can
stand.
Gable" Sent to Senators.
The general cabled the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee two
days ago that any cut materially
greater than the 81 billion already
taken off by that committee might
endanger the proposed military
buildup he considers essential to
the security Of the United States.
The retiring commander of
NATO also said, however, that
moderate cuts could be absorbed
without critical damage, but did
not indicate what he would regard
as moderate cuts.
Before the Eisenhower message
to the Foreign Relations Commit
tee was received, Chairman Rus
sell of the Armed Services Com
mittee also had cabled the general
for his views. That committee
hopes to have a reply before it
meets Monday morning to vote on
the measure.
Senator George said he inter-
preted Gen. Eisenhower's state
ment to mean he thinks a cut of
more than 81 billion would be
disastrous. Although he does not
believe a 50 billion reduction would
be serious, Senator George said he
is going to stand by the 81 billion
cut the Foreign Relations Com
mittee recommended. Senator
George made the motion which
brought about that cut in COM
mittee.
Thinks Taft Will Benefit.
Commenting on political aspects
of the disagreement between Sen
ator Taft and Gen. Eisenhower |
on foreign aid, Senator Ellender
said he believes Senator Taft will
benefit most from the issue.
"On the basis of my mail and
the talk I've heard, the over
whelming majority of the people
are in favor of trimming this pro-
gram as deeply as we possibly can.
think most people will like
Taft'S position better than Eisen-
hower's,. Senator Ellender said.
The Taft viewpoint win be op-
posed byAsorne Republicans, how
ever, when the foreign aid debate
starts in the Senate, possibly late
next week. This was Indicated
yesterday, when Senator Wiley of
Wisconsin. ranking Republican onI
Foreign Relations. appealed to his
colleagues not to cut the bill toI
Sc billion.
Senator Wiley also made a gen.
eral plea to Republicans to sup
port bipartisan foreign policy.
Two OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Fer
guson of Michigan and Cain of
Washington - challenged Senator
Wiley to show that the admins
tration has tried to promote bi-
partisan foreign policy.
Senator Ferguson asked if an
arrangement could be made to
have the Republicans consulted
ION the takeoffs in foreign policy
rather than just on the crash
landings"
Senator Wiley said the Presi-
dent must "spearhead" foreign
policy because he is the Executive
while Congress has limited powers.
Senator Ferguson also wanted
to know if the minority has been
consulted on truce terms in
Korea. Senator Wiley replied the
legislative branch cannot go to
Korea to help negotiate truce
terms.
Senator Cain said information
reaching the Armed Service Com
mittee indicates a global war is
not likely. Senator Wiley replied
that when he was neophyte in
the Senate he heard the late
Senator Borah and the late Presi-
dent Roosevelt say that World War
II was not likely. but in few
weeks the war had started. For
that reason he said he was taking
no chances.