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an immediate appropriation Of
s22S million for the fund.
Other highiiehts Of the OPEN
ing session we're:
Representative Fulton, Re.
publican Of Pennsylvania drew
from Mr.. Herter Q statement
that 'in general terms" the
United States has no intention
Of weagenine It's stand IN Dc,
Tense Of Its rights In Berlin.
Representative Hays. Demo.
crat Of Ohio. demanded to
know why . shield Of Allied
ground forces Is being MAIN
tanned in Europe II, ss Presi.
dent Eisenhower ssid last week,
We could not or would not fght
. ground war IN Europe.
Representative Mareuerite 8.
Church. Republican Of Illinois,
suggested . psychologist be
added to the stan Of the
agency administering foreign
aid to find out why the peo-
Piles Of the world are not more
appreciative Of what this coun-
try has done.
Cites Personnel Problem
Representative Judd. Repub.
lican Of Minnesota, said his
biggest concern Is how to Inn
prove the operation Of the IN
ternational Cooperation Ad.
mlnistration and enable II TO
maintain competent personnel.
Mr.. Herter said 1t is difhcult
to get the personnel when the
program is authorized for only
one year. 1t Q time.
Mrs. Church said she could
not buy that argument" While
there Is annual talk Of reduc-
ing the program. she said no
one exuects 1t to be abolished.
Mr.. Hays said he has sup.
portsd the program for 10 years
on the assurances Of q long
lire Of generals, starting with
Gen. Eisenhower. that It was
necessary. He said that IL the
ground forces In Europe are
net Q shield and II We are
thinking only Of nuclear war.
he will need new assurances
before supporting the program
another year, He said the Pres.
ident's recent statements need
elsriAcation.
50 Per Cent Cut Urged
The proposal that foreign aid
be slashed by 80 per cent was
made yesterday by Q citizens
committee which includes bust.
nessmen. lawyers and former
public oihcials. They said they
fear inhatien second only TO :
hot war:
The committee urged Con.
gress to cut % billion from Mr.
Eisenhower's SIS billion budget.
1t also suggested further re.
auctions In the next two years
and asked that the cash.help
program be ended entirely
within three years.
The committee Is headed by
Walter Harnischfeger, Q Nil.
Yankee industrialist.
Among other members are
T, Coleman Andrews, former
chief Of the Internal Revenue
Service: Robert 3. Weed, re,
tired chairman Of Sears. Roe.
buck q Co.: Former AIphas-a.
aers Sprpille Braden and
JAMES 5. Kemper, former Sep.
ators Whesler Of Montana and
Nye Of North Dakota. and Guy
dabrielson, former chairman
Of the Republican National
Committee.
Mr. HarniSchfeger told re-
poyters ct . news conference
In Chicago that the groups
prime motive Is fear Of inha.
ton.
Next to Q hot war;" he said.
"the worst thing that could
lappsn to America is imitation"
Booklet Issued
The committee which has 80
members. issued Q 32-paSe
booklet which contended: !
Our Government intends
that our foreign aid shall be
continuous and global.
Foreign aid speeds rather
than retards the growth Of
communism.
ut is destroying our foreign I
and increasing unem-
pioyment among American
workers, .-,...
Our forces. deployed global-
". are oyerextsnded.
"Our own continental de-
lenses against bombers and
is INADEQUATE" |
Mr.. Harnischfeger said mem
bers Of the recently organized
committee are willing to ap-
pear before congressional com.
mlttees and probably viii make