Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-07
100000 Set
ForInquiiry Into
ForeignAid
Senate Group Backs
ReopproisoI Move
In Red Policy Shift
BY ] A. O'LEARY

To-Day approved a request Tor
a thorough investigation of the
future scope of the foreign aid
program.
Meanwhile. the adminiStra-
TONS request for $40 billion
for the next IL months will con-
tinue its stormy path through
the House and Senate next week,
with indications it will wind up
below the 81 billion mark.
Although House and Senate
conferees agreed yesterday on a
81 billion ceiling in the authori-
cation bill. the House Appropria-
tons Committee recommended
only $3.4 billion in the Separte
foreign aid money bill. The
appropriations group Softened
this blow somewhat by reap
propriating $241 million of
unobligated balances. making a
total of $3.7 billion available.
Rooney to Lead Fight
Friends of the program, led by
Representative Rooney. Demo-
crat of New York. will make a
floor flfigfiht in the House Mon
day to increase the appropria-
ton bill, but the outcome is
problematical.
Senator Mansfiefild, Democrat
of Montana, went before the
Rules Committee this morning
to explain why the Foreign Re-
lations Committee wants to make
a thorough restudy of all forms
of foreign aid. to see what
changes should be made next
year in view of the switch in
Russian tactics.
Senator Mansfield said this in
quiry must be independent of any
review the administration may
order. The Senate last week re-
jected a Republican effort to
have the investigation conducted
by a Hoover-type commission,
representing both Congress and
the executive branch.
The authorization bill should
become law before Congress votes
any appropriation. but House
leaders decided to have both
bills moving through the legis-
lative mill simultaneously to save
time.
To Call Conference Report
House leaders will call up the
conference report on the authori-
cation bill Monday before it
tackles the appropriation bill.
The authorization bill merely
fixes ceiling figures. which the
appropriation committees may
or may not grant in full. In
the authorization bill the House
voted originally for $3.8 billion.
The Senate raised that to S4.5
billion, or an increase of $742
million.
The conferees split this money
difference yesterday, keeping
$3601 million of the Senate in
creases, which meant the House
retained 1882 million of it's orig
inal cut.
The conference agreement puts
the ceiling on military aid at
$2.2 billion instead of the Presi-
dents request for SO billion.
The remainder of the foreign
aid authorization is for:
/. Defense support. which also
goes to countries receiving direct
military aid, S1.1 billion.
2. Development a ssiStanc e
which goes to Asia, Africa, the
Middle East and Latin America
1928 million.
3. Point Four technical assist
ance for underdeve;oped areas
$157.5 million.
The authorization bill also
contains a variety of smaller
amounts for various forms of in.
ternational relief to refugees
and children.
Discretion on YugOsIavia
The final conference agree.
ment leaves it to the discretion
of President Eisenhower to de-
eide within 80 days to continue
aid to Yugoslavia if he finds thai
country is not under the domino.
ton of Russia and that it is ir
the interests of the United
States.
The conferees agreed on &
statement of policy designed t
enable the President to encour.
age enslaved peoples in Commu.
mist satellite countries to con.
tinue to work for freedom, but
cut out a SIS million fund thu
Senate had earmarked for thai
purpose.
Although the conference
agreement does not earmark SAL
million for Spain, as voted b,
the House, the conferees will sa,
in their report that they eXpec