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of foreign affairs over the past
few years.
?. Senator LANCER, Republican
OF North Dakota, will ask the
committees to call Gen. Douglas
Macarthur. retired, as a witness
before the hearings end.
3. Former President Truman
filed with the House Committee
a statement somewhat critical of
past administration policies in
the Middle East but urging Con-
gresS, as he did in a recent news
paper article, to give the Presi-
dent the authority he now re-
quests. Mr.. Truman suggested
Congress may improve the res
olution by amendment, but can
not allow the impression to pre-
vail that any Of us is unwilling
to do all that lies within our
power to protect the interests of
the free world in the vital Middle
East"
4. A subcommittee of the House
Government Operations Com
mittee issued a report sharply
critical of the way a quarter
billion dollars of American tech
nical assistance money has been
spent in Iran since 1851. The
subcommittee. headed by Rep
resentative Hardy of Virginia.
said this aid was administered
sin a loose, slipShod and unbusi-
nesSlike manner"
Series of Steps Urged
The subcommittee recon-
mended a series of steps to gov
ern future foreign-aid programs.
Mr. Hardy said release of the re-
port while the new Middle East
policy is being debated was only
coincidental. But he suggested
the information his subcommit-
tee assembled should be of as
sistance in providing safeguards
in the pending legislation.
One of the five amendments
added by the House committee
was co-sponsored by Representa-
tiveS Hays of Arkansas and Fas-
cell of Florida, both Democrats,
and provides that the authority
being granted the President to
use !, the armed forces shall be
carried out to the greatest extent
deemed practicable by the Presi-
dent through the United Ma
tons" r.
The purpose of this amend
ment was to make 1t clear that,
If possible, the United States
would not go it alone in the
Middle East but seek to defend
that area through U. N. action,
as was done in Korea.
Another amendment offered
BY Chairman Gordon, Democrat
of Illinois. makes it clear that
the 5000 million of economic aid
the administration requested
out Of existing appropriations
would not be carried beyond the
end of this fiscal year. June go.
1t also spells out that the $500
million could be used for 10th
economic and military aid.
Bi-AnnuaI Reports
A third amendment by Repre-
sentative Coffin, Democrat of
Maine. would require the Presi-
dent to make reports to Congress
twice year instead of annually i.
A fourth amendment by Rep
resentative Burleson, Democrat
Of Texas. would enable Congress
to terminate the powers granted
by this resolution whenever both
Houses pass a concurrent reso-
luton. Such a resolution does
not require the Presidents Gig
nature and, therefore, would not
be subject to a possible veto.
House leaders expect that body
to pass the Presidents resolution
by Wednesday or Thursday of
next week. Present indications
are it will be mid-February be-
fore the two Senate committees
handling the issues are ready to
report.
Query Dulles Again
The Senators expect to COM
plete the open session examina-
ton Of Mr.. Dulles today, and
then call him back into closed
session with Admiral Radford,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, Monday or Tuesday to dis
cuss classified phases of the sit
uation in the Middle East.
Mr.. Truman, in his statement
to the House committee, said
that while Congress should give
the President the authority he
requested. it should also make it
clear that Congress does not con-
slider it legally necessary for the
President to go to Congress for
permission to exercise his consti-
tutional powers.
The former President said the
hearings have revealed that the
administration actually has no
definite plan of action in the
Middle East" He said 1t has
failed to define the geographical
area covered by the resolution
and has refused to specify the
means-military or economic-itI
proposes to use. Furthermore,
he said the resolution is not
based on specific appeals to this
Government from the nations
threatened. or from our Atlantic
allies.
In these respects. he added,
this Middle East proposal differs
from the foreign policy programs
which Congress approved during
the past decade. He recalled that
in the case of Greek Turkish
aid the Marshall Plan. NATo and
the Formosa resolution the pro-
posed action was spelled out in
some detail.
Calls for Guides
Another criticism leveled byI
MI. Truman was that the reso.