The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-04
WASHINGTON, D. c. June g.

President Kennedy's little motto
ed proposal to give India more
than 81 billion in additional eco
nomic and military aid is en-
courtering strenuous bipartisan
opposition in the House Foreign
Affairs Committee.
All the backStage indications
are that this key committee will
vote far-reaching restrictions on
this huge foreign aid plan.
Foremost under consideration
is an express requirement that
further assistance to India be
tied directly to that country 5
coming to an agreement with
PaklStan on the long pending
KaShmir issue. ....
In the committees private
deliberations, Republicans and
Democrats voiced blunt impa-
tience with India persistent re-
fusal to settle this War-threaten-
ing dispute. They made no bones
they feel the time has come for
the u S. to demand a peaceful
solution of this controversy be-
fore more aid is dished out to
India.
The committee closed door
hearings brought to light some
startling facts regarding India,
as follows:
In the past several years.
India has received more U. S.
aid than any other country in
the world President Kennedy S
intention is to continue that poll
/ cy in the new foreign aid budget
now under congressional consid-
Grafton. It calls for giving India
nearly ST billion in military aid
alOre.
Krishna Mcnon, the acid
tempered leftist who was fired
as Defense Minister after Red
China attacked India, still is
close to Prime Minister Nehru
and exertS much influence in his
councils.
While India, under insistent
U. S. pressure, did withdraw
some troops from the Kashmir
area, this was offset by immedi-
ately moving in tanks and artil-
lery - with the net result that
India had more fire power than
before.
LAYING 1T ON THE LINE OWN
The administration sent two high
officials to the House Foreign
Affairs Committee in an effort
to Justify the huge Indian aid
plan.
James Grant, deputy assistant
secretary of s t tie for South
Asian affairs, and William Gaud
assistant foreign aid administra
tor for South Asia, did their
best, but they didn't get very
Tar. They We're under heavy fire
from start to finish.
Representative Thomas Nor
gan, D-Pa., chairman started
the critical barrage by pointing
out:
1T is very hard for members
OF this committee to understand
why India insists on the right to
flout us and the United Nations
on the question Of Kashmir. and
to devote large part of her
budget to building up military
defenses against Pakistan. Why
shouldn't the VI S. require that
India make some concessions in
return for the immense amount
OF aid they are getting from
uS?"
Deputy Secretary Grant ac-
knoWledged that There are a
fair number of things in which
we would like to see them act
differently Buo he contended
that in many other ways India
is advancing interests that are
very much to this country's adj
vantage.
Name one" demanded Rep
resentative Wayne Hays, DO.
Representative william Brooms-
field, R.-Mich.. heartily second
ed that with. Yes, name Just
one"
After a long pause, Grant re-
piled, India stands out as an
example of what a country can
do to help itself under demo
cratic concepts
That's a general statement"
snorted Hays. Name something
specific"
THE Indian troops helped in
the Congo" said Grant.
"She got paid for them didn't
she?" retorted Hays.
That was not a mercenary
transaction in any way" argued
Grant. "All UN troops got paid"
Chairman Morgan renewed his
contention that India be com
PEELED to come to terms on
KaShmir.
Il think the time has come to
do some arm twisting ard to
get this problem cleared up" he
told the two administration Of
ficials. "As long as this dispute
between India and PakiStan per-
sists, those two countries are not
going to make real progress de-
spite the tremendous amounts of
money We are uring into