Evening star., 1952-05-29
Further Cuts Likely
In Foreign Aid Funds
|By Conference Action
BY the Associated Press

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BY the Associated Press
The Senate has overwhelmingly
passed SGT billion foreign aid
bill but the Mutual Security Pro-
gram is almost sure to be cut
further before any money actually
becomes available.
The final Senate vote on passage
last night was ga to 10. with 80
Democrats and Is Republicans
joining in support of the measure
to aid Americas friends all over
the world. Nine Republicans and
one Democrat, Senator Olin
Johnston, of South Carolina. said
mo"
But the bill now goes into con-
ference with the House which
voted last Friday, 245 to 110, to
lauthorize the spending of SCI bill
lion in the fiscal year starting this
July /.
This $537 million difference
between the two branches means
that an additional cut in the
Senate total is almost inevitable
Then, after the compromise au-
thorization measure is passed. the
lawmakers will get another crack
at the program when an ap-
preparations bill actually making
the money available is debated.
Had Asked S7.9 Billion
President Truman asked fol
1919 billion, declaring this was tn,
minimum needed for America
security. He has been sharply
critical of the cuts voted by tn,
House.
The bulk of the money in the
authorization bill is for direct
military assistance designed tC
equip the forces of American al.
lies in Western Europe and else
where.
Administration forces in the
Senate beat down all efforts tc
cut the 500 billion voted by Sen
ate committees until late in yes
terday'S session.
Then Senator Long, Democrat
OF Louisiana. was able to gel
through a 5000 million reduction
by 37-to-34 vote, partly because
half dozen Senators voting
against cuts had gone home. Ear.
lier, Senator Longs proposal fol
a $400 million cut lost, 40 to 81.
/ However, some Republican Sen.
ators had been confident that th'
Senate would vote at least a half
billion slash on the floor. Al
amendment by Senator Welker
Republican. of Idaho, to do thi
was defeated, Al to 80.
Several G. o. P. Senators sup
porting Gen. Eisenhower for tn
Republican presidential nomina
ton joined with majority O
Democrats to defeat all but tn
1922 million cut.
Gen. Eisenhower had advise,
Congress against any subStantia
, reductions beyond the 81 billiol
voted in Senate committee.
Senator Taft of Ohio, Ger
Eisenhower's leading opponen
for the nomination, voted for al
of the reductions proposed yester
day.
Over half of the money in tn
Senate bill. or $3,515,229 500.
for direct military help to Amer
ica's North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization partners in Western
Europe.
The next biggest chunk, $1,542,
866, 900 is for defense support o
/ economic aid to Western Europe
This is designed to assist tn
NATO countries in using thei
own production facilities FOR thei
defense buildup.
5 Two amendments placing re
, strictions on the Mutual Securit
! program were adopted over tn
: protests of the bills sponsors.
One, by Senator KEN, Republi
can of Missouri, was designed t
cut off all aid to any nation whicl
ships military ornaments or ma
terials useful in war to Russia o
Iany other Communist nation.
The administration proteste
strongly a similar KEN amend
e ment adopted last year on
money bill and it eventually wa
repealed. y
The other, by Senator Dwor
= shak, Republican, of Idaho. woul
ban use of any funds in the bil
! to propagandize the Mutual Sc
= curity program within the Unite
3 States. It also would prohibit us
D of any money to pay for trave
= abroad of any private Unite
Estates citizens with the idea o
S s|getting them to publicize the pro
gram in this country.