Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-24
Dulles Warns
OF Job Cut in
Aid Reduction
Testifies IS Pct.
Of Appropriations
Are Spent in U. S.
BY J. A. O'LEARY
Star star Writer

A cut in foreign aid at this
time would aggravate the un-
employment situation at home
Secretary Of State Dulles said
today.
Testifying before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
he took note of the danger that
Congress may slash President
Eisenhower's $50 billion foreign
aid request to provide more
funds for public works.
provide more funds for public
works.
He stressed the fact that
three-fourths Of all foreign aid
appropriations are spent in the
United States, creating jobs for
farmers and workers.
THE remainder" he contin-
ued, after aiding the economy
of one of our allies, returns
sooner or later, and mostly
sooner. to be spent in the United
States for the product of United
States industries and agricul-
ture. To cut these funds would
be to cut employment here at
home-aS well as to endanger
our security"
Recognizes Needs
Mr.. Dulles recognized the
current demand for more roads,
schools, reclamation projects
and other facilities. here at
home.
But we will gain little and
lose much if in our drive for
them we recklessly tear down
the very structure of the free
world which makes it possible
for us to enjoy in peace and
freedom the material blessings
we now have" he added.
The Secretary of State said
he is asked often If this pro-
gram will have to go on for
ever. His reply was:
II hope and believe that the
concept of collective security is
here to stay"
Pointing out that within ma
tons people rely on a collective
police force and fire department
to protect their homes. he said
only the society of nations has
been so backward and primitive
as to go on practicing the obso-
lete security conception of each
nation standing alone" He said
the result has been recurring
wars. He expressed hope that
in time the United Nations may
be able to provide collective
security on a worldwide basis,
but thus far the Soviet Union
has used the veto power to pre-
vent that.
Trend to Freedom
Mr.. Dulles said there has
been an increasing demand for
independence in Communist
dominated countries. He said
this trend has already altered
somewhat the complexion OF
Communist rule in Russia and
has openly challenged that
rule in such captive countries
as Hungary, Poland and East
Germany"
Mr.. Dulles testified that
without the mutual security
program the United States
could not cooperate with the
movement of colonial peoples
toward independence, nor hold
lin check 1.-The still-aggressive
and predatory ambitions of in
ternational communism.
Both the House and Senate
committees hope to finish the
foreign aid hearings before
Easter, but it probably will be
late in April before the bill is
voted on in the House or Sen
ate.
Wrong Accent Seen
Senator Kennedy, Democrat
! of Massachusetts,, told Mr.
Dulles he thinks the American
foreign aid program is too heav-
lily weighted on the military side
and not enough on the eco
nomic side in relation to what
Russia is doing.
The Secretary said it is
necessary to give some mill
tary aid to the smaller under
developed countries to keep UP
their morale.
! Sanotor Smith Paniihlicoy ,,