The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-04-04

his pocket to the tune of about
100000 100000 for foreign aid To
help pass this years foreign aid
appropriation bill, the Kennedy
Administration appointed a "citi-
zens committee to assess the aid
program The 10-man committee,
headed by General Lucius D Clay,
has just reported It's a tough re-
port Among the many noteworthy
observations were these the
United States is trying to do too
much for too many in extending
foreign aid to 95 countries and
territories; too much money is
spent TO get military bases in
some countries. and such aid
should be cut; military assistance
to foreign nations should be re-
duced progressively; the burden
of foreign aid lis falling unfairly
upon the L. S."-Western Europe
"can and should do more; aid to
the new countries of Africa should
be sharply curtailcd and limited,
particularly in the Congo; cconom-
ic aid should be withheld from
Indonesia unless it puts its in
tcrnal house in order" Those are
few of the recommendations.
Here are few footnotes on
foreign aid which do not appear
in the Clay report. President Goul-
art of Brazil. to whom the United
States has given many hundreds
of millions of dollars in foreign
aid. on March 18 angrily demanded
personal apology from President
Kennedy for the Stale Depart
mcnt's assertion that Communists
had infiltrated the Brazilian gov
crnment Four days after we had
signed an emergency loan agree
ment to provide the Government
of Indonesia with 100000 worth
of goods. President Sukarno pur-
chased 8 new Jet airlincrs. costing
as much as we had loaned his
government. As the Baltimore Sun
commented. Indonesia's problems
are "a kind that no amount of
high-speed transportation will
solve0 Senator Stephen Young,
Democrat. of Ohio. reports that,
on his flight TO Europe to attend
a UN conference on science and
| technology for underdeveioped ma
tions. he had to fly tourist class
as a L. 6. delegate. while rep
lresentatives from the underdevel-
oped nations, to whom we were
giving foreign aid, all flew first
class. Small potatoes, YOU say?
Wei, multiply this by thousands
and you will begin to get the pic
ture
In President Kennedy's letter of
thanks to General Clay for the
committees comprehensive study
and detailed report on foreign aid,
he said:
you must be sure that the com
mittce's recommendations. includ-
ing greater selectivity, stricter
self-help standards. greater par
ticipation by the developed cOun-
tries in aid efforts. and continued
improvements in administration
viii be carefully applied in our
continuing review of this program.
The Sacrificing" Peace Corps
Some 100 executives Of the Peace
Corps will fly from Washington
all $50 of them IL to spend two
weeks in Puerto Rico. reports
Deputy Director William Meyers
The idea is to spend two weeks
in close and familiar setting
with the volunteers and also tC
balk desk flabbiness," explain,
Meyers. While in the Caribbean
the 100 Washington executives Of
the Peace Corps will collect theil
regular salaries the lowest o.
which is over $1,000 a year, ant
will have their expenses paid. ant
I venture to guess that the time
on the Caribbean island will no.
Re deducted from their annua
vacation time.
Spending And Debt: Where vii
1t End?-Here's a table showing
and how Federal spending has in