Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
Demands for Ending
Of All Foreign Aid
Mark Senate Debate
By Robert K. Walsh


Demands for an early ending
of the foreign aid program and
for providing much of the money
as loans instead of grants under
scored Senate debate, today on a
$3.1 billion authorization bill for
military and economic assist
ance.
Republican Leader Knowland
said he hoped the Senate would
act swiftly. The House already
has approved not only an au-
thorization bill but also a fol-
low-up measure appropriating
the money for the current fiscal
year. The House voted yesterday,
266 to 1913, for $2.895,944 in new
cash and $2,312,475,979 in use
of unobligated balances from the
previous fiscal period.
Senate debate that began yes
terday was to be resumed today
with numerous advance warn
ings of conflicting views.
Would Abolish FOA.
Senator Mansfield, Democrat,
of Montana declared in a speech
prepared for delivery that "the
time has come to abolish the
Foreign Operations Administra-
tion." He urged adoption of his
proposed amendment, approved
by the Foreign Relations Com
mittee, to end the military and
economic foreign aid programs
next June.
He complained that the ad-
ministration apparently plans to
continue foreign aid "indefi-
nitely."
Senator Mansfield contended
that Congress and the Ameri-
can people cannot accept the
concept that foreign aid is a
permanent part of the foreign or
military policy of the Nation"
He demanded that it be replaced
by "long-range. clear-cut pro-
grams. such as two-way trade
programs" before it defeats the
very foreign policy it is sup
posed to promote"
Senator H. Alexander Smith,
Republican, of New Jersey. in
a speech prepared for delivery,
conceded that there is a general
feeling that this aid program has
run long enough" But he con-
tended that this is not the
time to cut it off abruptly with
out regard to consequences"
Capehart Favors Loans.
The proposal to provide more
Of the aid on loan instead of
grant basis was made mainly by
Senator Capehart. Republican. of
Indiana. He announced he would
offer an amendment to earmark
$3.50 million, half of the recon-
mended non-military aid, for
loans instead of "hand-out
grants"
Senator Maybank, Democrat.
of South Carolina, promised to
support the Capehart amend
ment.
One of the most extreme
amendment proposals would cut
foreign aid by 81 billion below
the $3.1 billion authorization
recommended by the ! Senate
Foreign Relations and Armed
Services Committees. This
amendment, to be offered by
Senator Long, Democrat. of Lou
isiana, was among a dozen pro-
posed changes already offered
for Senate consideration by indi-
vidual members.
Debate on Specific Items.
Much of the debate yes
terday and the speeches sched-
uled for today dealt not merely
with the authorization bill but
with specifis proposals to amend
the subsequent appropriation
bill.
President Eisenhower said at
his news conference yesterday
that he hopes the Senate restores
an $18 million item for the tech
nical assistance program of the
United Nations. That item was
stricken out by the House APP
preparations Committee. A move
to put it back was defeated in
the House.
The $5,208,419,979 foreign aid
appropriation total passed by
the House was 1912 million less
than Gen. Eisenhower had asked.
Some of the items eliminated
by the House committee will be
restored by the Senate, admin
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