Evening star., 1953-05-17
2Senafors 10 Survey
Asia's Requirements
For More Foreign Aid
BY the Assoeiofed Press

sharp, new attack on foreign aid
spending yesterday with a de-
cision to dispatch a two-man
subcommittee to the Far East
for a country -by-country survey
of military aid needs.
Senator Bridges, who heads
the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee, said two members, Sena-
tors Dirksen, Republican. of Illi-
nois, and Magnuson, Democrat,
of Washington, will leave May 27
Ito look into the situation in
Japan, Korea, Formosa, Indo-
China and the Philippine Is
lands"
Another subcommittee will be
sent to Europe later.
The committee chairman said
in an interview the subcommit-
tees will be instructed to bring
back firsthand information by
which the members can judge
for themselves what the condi-
tions are in these countries, so
we can know what kind and how
much assistance they need"
Apparent Thrust at StasSen.
He added that the committee
wants to get in the position
where we don't have to take
the word of somebody else about
these things s'-apparently an in
direct thrust at Harold E. Stas-
sen, the Mutual Security director.
Senator Bridges said he ex-
poets deep cuts in aid funds to
result from the firsthand reports.
Backing this up, Senator
Mundt, Republican, Of South
Dakota, said he thinks that a
major portion of the congress
sional economy drive-aimed at
attempts to balance the budget
despite discouraging reports on
this score from cabinet men,
berS-will be directed at foreign
aid funds.
:'They are more susceptible to
reductions than the military re-
quests" Senator Mundt OBJ
served.
Mundt Sees MSA Cuts.
He added that the recent Sen
ate storm over statements of
Clement Attlee and other British
officials critical of the United
States is likely to be reflected by
cuts in MSA funds.
Mr.. Stassen already has told
Congress that direct defense
financing assistance" to Britain
would be cut in half in the fiscal
year beginning July /, with a
further reduction the following
year and early termination" of
all aid to the United Kingdom
expected.
Some angry legislators may
attempt to speed that time
schedule.
Mr.. Stassen said the program
doesn't take into account pos
sible additional economic as
sistance in Korea"
In that connection, Senator
Mccarthy. Republican, of Wis
conSin, has proposed that an at
tempt be made to force greater
contribution by Britain and other
nations to the costs of the
Korean war. He said they are
paying only about five per cent /
Of the cost now.
Mccarthy Plan in Doubt.
But Senator Mundt said he /
doubts the Appropriations Com
mittee will approve an amend |
ment being drafted by Senator
Mccarthy, who engaged in a
bitter long-range exchange with
MI. Attlee.
The Mccarthy amendment |
would drastically reduce the $50 |
million year the United States |
Is contributing to operation of |
United Nations agencies. This
would leave 1t up to other ma
tions to pay much more of these
costs. If they did so, Senator
Mccarthy said he would be will
ing to credit the additional pay
ments to them against Korean
war costs.
Senator Mundt said he doesn't
believe the amendment would be
workable because 1T would hit
lot of countries, such as those
In the Caribbean, that aren't in
volved in the Korean war"
Senators Angry With India.
There was a possibility that
Senators Dirksen and Magnuson
might expand the scope of their
Far Eastern investigations to
take in India, Pakistan and
other countries.
Donald B. Kennedy, director
of the State Departments Office |
of South Asian Affairs, told a
Senate Foreign Relations sub
committee in closed session that
the foreign-aid program would
provide about $139 million in
technical assistance and special
economic help for India, Paki-
stan. Afghanistan and Nepal.
Mr.. Kennedy spoke of "the
Importance of maintaining and
increasing political and eco
nomic stability" Senators an
gered by Prime Minister Nehru's
endorsement of Communist truce
proposals in Korea are not in
clined to be liberal with aid
funds to India at this point.
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At the Model Aircraft World
Championship this August in
Cranf1eld, England, entrants
from more than 20 nations will
compete in rubber driven and