The Glacier reporter., 1956-05-04
New Foreign Aid Fight -
Cut Of z Billion Seen -
Surprise In London -
japanese Trade Issue -

Surprise In London -
japanese Trade Issue -
Washington, May 2 The
House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee is now engrosscd in regular
sessions to determine what kind
of foreign aid bill it will recon-
mend to members of the lower
legislative body.
President Dwight Eisenhower
has asked Congress for almost
five billions. part of that military
aid, to wage an economic and
military - buildup fight against
the Communists. Last year the
President requested a lesser
amount and wound up with IL
billion dollars in economic aid
and l billion in military aid.
Thus, the total aid voted last
year was 2.7 billion. Chances
are that this year the figure will
be hiked - but nowhere near the
approximately $4,000, 100000, Ell.
scnhOwcr is asking.
The Administration believes
the center of gravity in the world
competition between capitalism
and communism is shifting into
the economic sphere. Therefore,
requests for foreign aid have
gone up. But many Congress.
men are fed up with large eco.
nomic aid programs. The mill.
tary aid proposals are not com.
ing in for as much criticism as
the economic aid program.
a good guess based on an in.
terview with Chairman James =.
Richards Of the Foreign Affairs
Committee. by this newspapers
Washington office. is that for.
eign aid this year will total be.
tween three and four billions.
That would be perhaps a billion
and a half short of the Admins.
tratiOn's request but maybe al.
most a billion more than last
years appropriation.
This year the House committee
is acting on the aid program
first. Chairman Richards is re.
tiring at the end of this term,
and need not worry about the
unpOpularity of the program.
On the other side of Capitol Hill.
however. Senator Walter George.
the chairman of the Senate For.
cign Relations Committee. is in
a hot political battle with Her.
man Talmadgc.
He will place as little cmpha.
sis as possible on the unpopular
features of the foreign aid pro.
gram. and leave the initial re.
spOnsibility of recommending so
much for the aid program with
the House committee.
Soviet leaders visiting London
were surprised to some extent
by the cool reception they re.
ccivcd in many sectors of that
country. They were often boocd
and some pretty insulting qucs.
tions were asked the top two.
some from Moscow. the so.callcd
Observation-Disclosures team.
khruShchev seemed TO be
stung slightly by several Incl.
dents and he once told his audi.
cncc that they should not shake
a fist in the face of a Russian.
At another point. he seemed to
warn Britisicrs stcrnly. when he
noted that Russia would soon
have lOns.rangc atomic missiles.
and were now ahead of the rest
Of the world in this field.
But the smile technique was
still the main technique of the
Red twosomc. II just wasn't
working very we'll in England.
The English are a people of fair
play and they do not think much
Of the Soviet record Of fair play
over recent years. Perhaps the
average Britishcr feels more
strongly on this subject than
some suspect.
At any rate. reports from
London indicate the cool rcccp.
ton obviously irritatcd many
lesser Soviet figures in the visit.
ing party. Bulganin and khrush.
chev put up a good front.