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national policy shall so require
Under this Presumption the
administration viii be able tc
4 encourage other nations deter
mined to embark upon develop
ment programs to undertake
the necessary measures Of in
ternal reform and sound eco
nomic management so neces-
sary to- the achievement OF
their growth and stability: ]
hope that the foregoing will
prove helpful in clarifying the
RETAINED powers of Congress"
Javits Asks Addition
Nevertheless, Senator Javits,
Republican of New York, sug-
gested the addition of one SEN
telice to the Hickenlooper
amendment to make sure that
the President would be able to
make contracts and commit
ments without regard to fiscal
year limitations. He, said, this
would make it harder for Con-
gre$ to cuttan the list Of loan
projects when they are SUBJ
mjtted each year. =
To help remove obstacles Re-
publican Senator's Dirksen Of
Illinois and SaltonstalI 81 Mas
sachusetts withdrew their
alnendnehts designed to give
Congress veto power over any
specific foreign loan.
This cleared the way for a
test later today on the Hieken-
leoper proposal. -
A limitation on debate will
TdiSpose of this controversy by
4mid-aftern0on. but mere than
i25 other pending amendments
lmay keep the foreign debate
gong the rsst Of the week.
/ House Debate Continues
! Meanwhile, the House went
into the second day of debate
/ on the measure. (
! House Speaker Rayburn and
Senate Democratic Leade r
Mansfield spoke confidently
about prospects for the bill
after q breakfast conference
with President Kennedy at the
| White House today.
Mr.. Rayburn said he believes
the House will pass "a pretty
good bill that will be workable"
The administration won a
major victory last Friday when
the Senate approved the five
year borrowing program by
beating the effort of Senator
Byrd to require annual ap-
preparations.
! Some liberal Republicans
who provided the margin of
victory for the borrowing au-
thority asked in return for
some machinery by which Con-
gress could check on the over
seas loans from year to year.
Assorted Proposals Offered
Senator Fulbright tried yes
lterday to meet this demand by
proposing that all loans Of more
than SIS million would have to
be submitted to the House and
Senate Committees on Foreign
Relations for examination 80
days in advance.
But the Republicans came UP
with several substitutes, some
of which would enable Congress
to veto any specific loan.
After the Senate had wran-
gled all Of yesterday over these
amendments, Senator Hicken-
looper produced his substitute
which proved even more con-
troversial than the others.
Senators disagreed so widely
over what the language in the
Hickenlooper proposal meant
that they finally recessed over
night to get a legal opinion on
its meaning from Controller
General Joseph Campbell.
Senator Fulbright was will
ing to accept the Hickenlooper
proposal, contending that the
administration had agreed from
the beginning to submit the
list Of loans to the Appropria-
tions Committees each year, as
required by a law passed in
1945. governing all agencies
operating on borrowed FUNDS.
Senator Cooper Objects
But Senator Cooper, Repub-
lican of Kentucky, q strong
supporter of the long range ap-
proach to foreign aid, asserted
the Hickenlooper amendment
would wipe out the victory the
administration won last Friday.
He said it would return foreign
aid to a one-year program, as
in the past.
Administration lawyers agreed
with Senator Fulbright and
tried to assure Senator Cooper
that the substitute would not
harm the lpng range program,
because the intent Of the 1945
law is that Congress will not
change loans from year to year
unless there are unusual cir
cumStances." -
In another; important de-
yelopment : Yesterday, Senator