Evening star., 1961-11-30
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Market Urged
By ]. A. OTEARY
Star staff Writer

Self interest dictates that the
United States coordinate its
trade and economic policies
with the growing European
Common Market. in the opinion
of two experts who studied the
subject for the House-Senate
Economic Committee.
/ The experts-Robert R. Bowie
/ of Harvard University and
Theodore Geiger of the National
Planning Association-filed a
report last night in which they
/ pictured the Common Market
as a thriving area which is
destined to grow stronger when
Great Britain and other coun-
tries become members.
The report was made public
by Representative Hale Boggs,
Democrat of Louisiana, chair
man of a Subcommittee on
Foreign Economic Policy. which
will hold two weeks of hearings
starting Monday on the new
reciprocal trade policies Con-
gress will be asked to consider
this winter.
Call Cooperation Vital
President Kennedy, at his
press conference yesterday,
stressed the Importance of
United States cooperation with
with the Common Market to
protect our own trade interests.
Mr.. Kennedy has not revealed
the exact foreign trade legis-
lation he will recommend in
January, but he made it clear
that the administration is not
proposing that the United
States join the Common Market.
Historic Turning Point
"The European Community
common marke) could be q
crucial turning point in the his
tory of our century" the Bowie
Geiger report begins. IF it con-
tinues to develop, the commun-
ity will unity Europe's vast re-
sources for common action at
home and abroad, and can be-
come a full partner of the
United States in creating and
defending a viable world order
congenial to free societies"
The report recalls that in the
past Atlantic cooperation oft
en- has been strained by the
unequal size of the United
States and its partners in
NATO. The disparity has pro-
duced friction, ill-feeling and
Illustration, the report said.
But as the countries of West
ern Europe merge their econ
omieS they will for the first
time be able to play the role of
an equal partner with the
United States, sharing equi-
tably in the responsibilities and
burdens which have hitherto
rested mainly upon this coun-
try" the report adds.
Trade Growth Noted
The report gives figures to
show that the trade of the Eu-
ropean Economic Community
has been growing at a much
faster pace than that of either
Great Britain or the United
States in the last seven years.
Great Britain, which up to now
has been cooperating with the
so-called "outer seven" nations
not in the Common Market, has
taken the first steps toward
joining the Inner six" COM
prising the Common Market. 1t
is expected the "outer seven"
organization will come to an
end and that at least some of
those countries will join the
Common Market.
Representative Boggs an
nounced today that Christian
Herter, former Secretary of
State, will be one of the first
witnesses Monday.
Others to be heard on the
opening day are Alfred c. Neal,
head of the Committee on
Economic Development, and
Jacob Viner, professor emeritus
of Princeton University.
Mr.. Boggs said that after
making brief opening state
ments the witnesses each day
would discuss the problem as a
panel.