Evening star., 1952-05-24
Administration Hopes
Senate Will Restore
Cuts in Foreign Aid
By J. A. O'LeoH

Aid bill yesterday.
Disregarding the advice of Gen
Eisenhower and Speaker Rayburn
the House authorized only $6,174,.
100000 for the year Startin,
July /, instead of $7.9 billion re.
queSted by the President.
After the Foreign Affairs Com.
m1ttee had cut nearly 81 billion
the House itself chopped off an.
other $726.5 million. Nearly all O,
the House cut of SIT billion wa.
taken from the NATO countries O.
Western Europe.
representative Vorys of Ohio
led the Republican drive for flool
cuts. but he could not have wor
without substantial aid from thu
Democrats.
The first Vorys motion tool
$615.3 million from the defens.
support fund for Western Europe
After being tentatively approved
Thursday, it was sustained yes.
terday on a roll call of 221 to 1877
Second Heavy Cut.
The second VoryS motion tool
s111.2 million from economic aie
for countries in Asia resistins
communism. This won by thu
smaller margin Of 1872 to 1865.
This was the closest test. Il
found go Democrats joining with
132 Republicans. Only So Re-
publicans stood with 129 Demo.
Gratis against the cut in Asia.
The vote on final passage was
245 to 10. Twenty Democrats
and 80 Republicans voted against
the bill as a whole. The sup
porterS consisted of 167 Democrats
and Is Republicans.
The Senate begins debate on
the issue Monday. It's Foreign
Relations Committee also has
started out with a 81 billion cut.
For the moment the bill before the
Senate allows 500 billion as
against the House figure of SCI
billion.
But before the House voted
three separate motions were filed
in the Senate for further cuts.
Alternative Motion.
Senator Welker of Idaho and
10 other Republicans moved to
take off another 81 billion, which
would go below the House, to $50
billion. They also offered an al
tentative motion for $500 million,
which would be slightly smaller
than the House cut.
The most moderate Senate re-
duction was the $40O million
amendment of Senator Long,
Democrat, of Louisiana. This mo-
tion came within one vote of
carrying in the Armed Services
Committee early in the week. If
this should be adopted in the Sen
ate it would mean restoring about
1925 million of the House cut.
The House bill reduced military
aid for Western Europe from SAL
billion to $3.3 billion. All of this
cut was made in committee.
The House bill reduced So
called defense support for Europe
Items the NATO countries need
to run their own defense factories
from $1.8 billion to little more
than 81 billion.
w. John Kenney, Deputy Di-
rector of Mutual Security, said
in a statement last night this cut
of $797 million in defense sup
port for Europe would have dis
aStrous" effects on the defense
build-up of the North Atlantic
Treaty area. 1t will require drastic
curtailment of defense plans made
at Lisbon, he said, adding:
1--WE have proof that each dollar
spent on defense support pro-
duces an average equivalent of
$3.50 to $3.50 worth of defense
strength in Europe. This curtail-
ment will mean loss of European
divisions, aircraft squadrons and
naval units we cannot afford to
lose.
Sacrificing European military
manpower and equipment to save
dollars is not economy. It means
we must be satisfied with less
defense than that recommended
by Eisenhower or that we must
make larger expenditures in direct
assistance to Europe. I hope that
further action will be taken by
Congress to permit adequate de-
fense support funds for our allies
in Europe"
Had Optional Authority.
When the bill came from the
House committee it contained
optional authority for the Penta-
gon to turn over up to 81 billion
worth of this country's own mill
tary equipment for foreign aid,
in addition to the new money be-
ing authorized. This had the ef-
feet of possible offset against
the original 81 billion committee
cut in new funds.
On the floor yesterday, however,
the House amended this provision
to require that the Pentagon be
reimbursed out of Foreign Aid
appropriations for any equipment
it turns over. The motion was
made by Representative Scriv-
ener. Republican of Kansas. This
made all the cuts real. The re-
endorsement clause was in the
law this year, and Representative
-Mahon, Democrat, Of Texas, in
charge of Defense Appropriations,
said it's restoration was favored
by the Defense establishment.