The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-10-11

slashed foreign aid budget faces
further battering in the Senate
despite his urgent pleas.
This foreboding warning has
been served on him by the po-
tent Foreign Relations Commit
tee, which is celebrating the
S3.5 billion foreign aid authorize
ton bill passed by the House
several months ago. In the past.
this Senate committee has been
stronghold of large-scale for
eign aid spending.
But this year the story is very
different One-time staunch for
eign aid champions now are
leading the fight to cut it to the
bone.
Foremost among them ar e
Senator's Wayne Morse, D-Ore.,
Stuart Syrnington. DINO. Albert
Gore. D-Tenn., and Frank Carl
son. R-Kans.
The President is strenuously
appealing to the committee to
restore all or a big part Of the
81 billion the House Topped off
of his SIS billion foreign aid pro-
gram. Senator j. william Full
bright. Dark. chairman. with
six PRIZES in his picket. was
set to ram this through at a
closed door meeting last week.
This backstage plan wa S
abruptly upset by a stern ad-
monition from Senator Morse.
With icy politeness the militant
Oregonian declared the Presi-
dent was being laid open to a
singing public defeat on the Sen
ate floor if Fulbright persisted
in voting his six proxies. Morse
asserted that such a controver-
sial bill reported out by the COM
mittee by close margin through
such a stratagem would boom
erang against the White House
in the full Senate.
The immense funds proposed
in this measure" said Morse,
do not represent the thinking
Of the American people. T h e y
want foreign aid drastically re-
duced. There is a major revolt
against such spending, and it's
growing all the time.
II would strongly advise that
this view be conveyed to the
President with the suggestion
that he withdraw this legislation
for reconsideration and extern
sive revision. l counsel that be-
cause. if he or this committee
doesn't do it, it will certainly
be done on the Senate floor. ]
intend to propose a number Of
cuts and changes myself"
FOR WHOM THE B IL L
TOLLS - Morse's bombshell
drew immediate backing from
Senator'S Symington, Gore and
Carlson.
Chairman Fulbright, thWarted
in his effort to speed the bill
out of his committee so it could
be taken up by the Senate this
week argued that Foreign aid
is necessary for the conduct OF
our foreign policy"
Specifically he aske d
Morse, what do you have in
mind when you demand this
measure be revised?"
For one thing. our policy in
Latin America replied Morse
1--WE have failed to stand up
against a single military coup
there. The plain fact is we have
no policy to support constitu-
tionally elected governments. II
one is overthroWn by a coup,
we Just continue giving aid to
the new government regardless
Of what has happened. There is
no rhyme or reason for the way
our money is being shoveled out
under the Alliance for Progress.
Fulbright admitted the ALI
ance suffers from lack Of ex-
pert and efficient adnlinistra.
ton" But he commended this is
an old problem in the foreign
aid program that we wrestle
with every year"
Then it's about time we dc
something about it this year.
retorted Morse. Il shall offer
an amendment barring all aid
to countries where constitutional
~ elected governments are over.
thrown by coupS. l want a rec
ord vote on that in this com
mittee before the measure goes
to the Senate. That's one of the
things that should be told the
President before we act on this
legislation.
/ Senator Gore spoke up with
another specific suggestion.
| II propose we write an amend
ment into this BILL" declared the
Tennessean. ending all military
assistance to Latin America.
see no reason why We should be
arning forces down there te
over brow elected govern
ments."
Senator Symington thereupor
4 joined in by urging cutting of
aid to Indonesia.
1t doesn't make sense to give
aid to President Sukarno.' as
serted Synlngton, "at the same
4 time that ha ic uo oipo uyo,