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To Ease Impact
On Gold Busis

Objective No. 4: To lighter
any adverse impact of the aic
program on our own balance Of
payments and economy. A few
years ago, more than half Of
United States economic aic
funds were spent abroad, con-
tributing to the drain on our
dollars and gold.
OF our current commitments
over 80 per cent will be spent
in the United States, contribut-
ing to the growth of ouI
economy and employment
opportunities. This proportion
is rising as further measures
are being taken to this end.
I might add that our balance
Of payments position today is
being significantly helped by
the repayment Of loans made to
European countries under the
Marshall Plan and by the Ex-
port = Import Bank. -.
Our economy is also being
helped by the expansion of COM
mercial exports to countries
whose present growth and pros
perity were spurred by United
States economic assistance In
earlier years. Over the last dec
ade. our exports to Western
Europe and the United Kingdom
have more than doubled, and
our exports to Japan have In
creased four-fold. 80.
Objective No. S: To continue
to assist In the defense Of
countries under threat of ex-
ternal and internal Communist
attack. Our military assistance
program has been an essential
element in keeping the boun-
dairy of Soviet and Chinese mil
itary power relatively stable for
over a decade. Without its pro-
lection the substantial eco
nomic progress made by under
developed countries along the
Soviet Sine periphery would
hardly have been possible. As
these countries build economic
strength, they will be abe to
assume more of the burden OF
their defense.
But we must not assume that
military assistance to these
countries - or to others pri.
marily exposed to subversivt
internal attack - can be ended
in the foreseeable future. Or
the contrary. while it will bt
possible to reduce and termi'
nate some programs, W.
should anticipate the need fol
new and expanded programs.
India is a case in point. Tit
wisdom Of earlier Unite
States aid in helping the In
dian subcontinent's considerabl,
and fruitful efforts toward prog
eress and stability can hardl!
now be in question. The threa
made plain by the Chinese at
tack on India last fall may re-
quire additional efforts on GU.
part to help bolster the securit!
of this crucial area, assuming
these efforts can be matched
in an appropriate way by tn
efforts of India and Pakistan.
But overall, the magnitude
of military assistance is small
in relation to our national Sc
curity expenditures; In this fiS
cal year 1t amounts to about
per cent of our defense budget
Dollar for dollar" said tn
Clay committee with particula
reference to the border areas
these programs contribut
more to the security Of tn
free world than correspondent
expenditures In our defense ap
preparations. These coun
tries are providing more thai
two million armed men ready
for the most part. for an
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To Support Nations
Adherinq to Charter

Our own intention is TO con-
centrate our support In Latin
America on those countries adj
herring TO the principles estab-
lished in the Charter OF Punta
del Este. and TO work with our
neighbors 10 indicate more pre-
cisely the particular policy
changes, reforms and other self
help measures which are neces-
sary TO make our assistance
effective and the Alliance a
success. The Clay Committee
recommendation that we con-
tinue TO expand our efforts to-
encourage economic indignation
within the region and the ex-
pansion Of trade among the
countries OF Latin America has
great merit. The determination
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Reviewing Aid
To Military Groups

In the Alliance for Progress
In particular, and increasingly
in other aid programs, empha-
sis is placed upon self-help and
self-reform by the recipients
themselves. E. Finally, in ad-
dition to emphasizing primarily
economic rather than military
assistance, wherever conditions
permit, we are taking a sharp
new look at both the size and
purpose Of those local military
forces which receive our assist
ance.
Our increased stress on in
ternal security and civic action
In military assistance is in keep
ing with our experience that in
developing countries, military
forces can have an important
economic as well as protective
role to play. For example, in
Latin America, in fiscal year
1868, military assistance funds
allocated for the support of
engineer, medical and other
civic action type units more
than doubled.
Objective No. 2: To achieve a
reduction and ultimate elimi-
nation Of United States assist
ance by enabling nations to
stand on their own as rapidly
as possible. Both this Nation
and the countries we help have
a stake in their reaching the
point Of self-sustaining growth
- the point where they no
longer require external aid to
maintain their independence.
Our goal is not an arbitrary
cutoff date but the earliest pos
sible take off" date - tn e
date when their economies will
have been launched with suf-'
ficient momentum to enable
them to become self-sup-
porting. -.
Objective No. 3: To secure
the increased participation of
other industrialized nations in
sharing the cost of interna-
tional development assistance
The United States is no longer
alone In aiding the developing
| countries, and its proportionate
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Partial Text Aid Serves Our Interest," Kennedy Says

FOLLOWING Is a partial tert
OF President Kennedy'S mes
sage to Congress today on
foreign aid:
peace hath her victories NJ
less renowned than war;" wrote
Milton. And no peace time vic,
tory in history has been as far
reaching in its impact, MOI
served the cause Of freedom 81
we'll, as the victories scored II
the last II years by this Ma.
tons mutual defense and as
sistance programs. -.
The United States today is
spending over 10 per cent of its
gross national product on pro-
grams primarily aimed at i'm
proving our national security
Somewhat less than l/20th OF
this amount, and less than or
per cent of our GIMP, goes into
the Mutual Assistance Program
Roughly half for economic de-
velopment, and half for mill
tary and other short-term as
sistance. The contribution of
this program to our national
interest clearly outweighs its
cost.
The RICHEST nation in the
world would surely be justified
in spending less than l per cent
of its national income on as
sistance to its less fortunate
sister nations solely as a matter
of international responsibility;
but inasmuch as these pro-
grams are not merely the right
thing to do, but clearly in our
national self-interest, all criti-
cisms should be placed in that
perspective.
That our aid programs can
be improved is not a matter Of
debate. But that our aid pro-
grams serve both our national
traditions and our national in
terest is beyond all reason
able doubt.
History records that our aid
programs to Turkey and Greece
were the crucial element that
enabled Turkey to stand up
against heavy-handed Soviet
pressures, Greece to put down
Communist aggression and
both to re-create stable societies
and to move forward in the di-
rection of economic and social
growth.
History records that the Mar
shall Plan made 1t possible for
the nations of Western Europe,
including the United Kingdom,
to recover from the devastation
of the worlds most destructive
war, to rebuild military
strength, to withstand the ex-
pansionist thrust of Stalinist
Russia. and to embark on an
economic renaissance which
has made Western Europe the
second greatest and richest in
dustrial complex In the world
today - a vital center of free
world strength, itself now con-
tributing to the growth and
strength Of less developed coun-
tries.
History records that our mil.
itary and economic assistance
to nations on the frontiers of
the Communist world - such
as Iran, Pakistan. India, Wet
Nam and Free China-has
enabled threatened peoples to
stay free and independent, when
they otherwise would have
either been overrun by agrees
sive Communist power or fallen
victim of utter chaos, poverty
and despair. -.
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rencies have been loaned +
private business firms.
I believe much more should
be done, however, both admin
istratively through more vigor-
GUS action by the Agency fol
International Development, ano
legislatively by the Congress. :.
In particular, am concerned
that the investment guaranty
program is not fully operative
in some countries because Of the
failure of their governments to
execute the normal inter
governmental agreements relat-
ing to investment guarantees
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credit also should apply to REIN
vestment of earnings in such
countries.
Officials said the Treasury
Department still is working on
this legislation. They expect
it to call for a higher tax
credit than the 7 per cent
adopted last year on domestic
investment on new plants and
equipment.
Asks Investment Help
Mr.. Kennedy also urged
legislation to enlarge and
clarity" a program under which
the United States Government
guarantees private investments
in underdeveloped countries.
Such investment guarantees
now amount to more than 5000
! million.
The proposed legislation
would raise the ceiling on So
called specific risk guarantees
from $1.3 billion to $2.5 billion;
on extended risks from $3.50
million to $500 million, and on
housing guarantees in Latin
America from $50 million to
$3.50 million.
Another legislative recon-
mendation called for repeal of
a provision in last years Trade
Expansion Act denying equal
tariff treatment to imports
from Yugoslavia and Poland.
Six Key Points
In trimming the program,
the President said he acted on
the basis Of six key recon-
mendations on which there was
fundamental agreement by the
Clay committee and Mr.. Bell:
/. Stricter standards OF Sc
lectivity and self-help in aiding
developing countries.
2. Efforts to reduce and ulti-
mately eliminate American aid
by enabling nations to stand
on their own feet as rapidly as
possible.
3. Securing increased par
ticipation Of other industrial
lied nations in sharing the cost
Of aid TO developing countries.
4. Tightening any adverse
impact Of the aid program on
the United States balance OF
payments. To this end, over
80 per cent OF the foreign aid
money is spent In the United
States under current commit
ments, with the proportion
rising.
5. Continuing TO assist IN de-
Tense Of countries under threat
OF Communist attack.
8. Increasing the role Of pri-
vate investment and other nom
Federal resources in assisting
developing nations.
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up to achieve major gains in ths
cause of freedom.
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AID
AID
Reductions Based
On Gen. Clay Report
Continued From Page Al

Continued From Page Al
damage to the national inter-
est"
He also reported that more
than 500 million Of economic
aid funds available but not
used in the current fiscal year
will remain available for lend
ing in the future.
The combined effect of re-
auctions in some aid programs
and savings carried forward in
some areas brought the net
$500 million cut from the jan
uary foreign aid appropriations
request even though there are
unavoidable increases" over
1868 totals in some areas.
Loans Face Trim
The $400 milliCn reduction
brought cuts of SIS million in
military assistance, making the
total for this form Of aid $1.4
billion, and Of $345 million in
economic assistance, making
this total $3.l billion.
The largest reduction in spe-
cific items was Of $l88 million
in development loans, but Off
cials said about half Of this
would be made up by funds
carried over from this year.
The total funds asked Cor the
Alliance for Progress were cut
by $50 million, from 5000 mil
lion to $3.50 million-compared
TO $3.50 million actually appro-
/ priated for the current year.
The President cut the request
for his contingency fund, for
which Congress provided $3.50
million. from $500 million to
$500 million.
Military Goal Set
Military assistance and other
funds carried over will provide
what AID officials call a pro
gram" figure Of $40 billion II
Congress approves the S4.5 bill
lion appropriation request. This
total program figure en- the
basis Of the $40 billion Janu-
airy appropriation estimate was
SSH billion.
on the basis OF the Presi-
dents request today, officials
estimate actual expenditures In
fiscal 1864 would be about S3.7
billion, only about $50 million
less than estimated IN January,
Primary new initiative" In
this years program, the Presi-
dent said, involves increased
efforts 10 encourage investment
Of private capital In undevel-
oped countries.
He urged a tax law change
for an unspecified trial period
TO give Americans 4 tax credit
for new investments in develop
ling countries, He said some tax
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FOLLOWING Is a partial tert
OF President Kennedy'S mes
sage to Congress today on
FOREIGN aid:
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VIZ OOINOLOD NON
In closing, let me again
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
Fire Races
New Homes,
Arson Hinted

A $4,000 fire destroyed three
incomplete duplex homes and
damaged two others late yes
terday at Seat Pleasant, Md,
in an area next to the Holly
Park subdivision.
The two-family units were 80
per cent complete and empty
when fire Of undetermined
origin broke out in the houses
at Seventy-second avenue and
G street shortly after 4 pm,
Fire Inspector william Wise
of Prince Georges County, who
is investigating, said arson was
a possibility.
He said the fire RACED the
buildings because their framing
was open with flammable in
sulation installed and there was
a breeze to spread the fire
quickly. Such insulation when
enclosed is not a fire hazard,
he said.
The inspector said the condi-
tons were comparable to a fire
that destroyed six vacant apart
ment buildings under construc-
ton in the Pembroke Terrace
development in Suitland in
January. Arson was suspected
there.
Robert Hudson, assistant
chief of the Seat Pleasant
Volunteer Fire Department, es.
timated the loss in yesterdays
2-alarm blaze was "in excess of
$50, 000."
However, Jefferson Smith. a
vice president of the Twinbrook
Development Corp, builders OF
Holly Park, said the three
buildings destroyed were worth
100000, and the other two re-
ceived $4,000 in damages.
The fire, which broke out In
the center building of the three
destroyed, apparently had been
under way for q short period
before 1t was reported at 4:35
pm, Asst. Chief Hudson said.
The blaze left only the foun-
dations of three buildings. II
melted aluminium siding and
caused other damages to the
two nearby units. It took fire.
men an hour to extinguish the
blaze.
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Fenwick FuVors
Cutting Bank Tax

State Senator Charles r
Fenwick of Arlington yesterday
supported q suggestion by State
Senator Harry F. Byrd, jr., that
the State tax on corporate and
partnership bank accounts be
abolished. .
Senator Fenwick said the tax
causes many people to with
draw their funds to esca pc
their tax and then they never
put them back or are very slow
to do So" -. Persons who
avoid the tax are "depriving
the State of funds for expand
ing the economy" he said.
The proposal was made by
Senator Byrd, Of Winchester,
at a meeting of Richmond area
businessmen Thursday. He said
he will ask the 1864 session Of
the General ASS e m bly, to do
away with the tax because 1T
hits only Virginia businesses. "
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cipal of Bancroft Elementary,
said she has two classes with
48 and 40 pupils. II SO othe
those poor teachers every day
and say maybe Congress will
come through today" Miss An
drews said.
The same is true at the John
F. Cook Elementary school
where one class has "A pupils
and others have nearly 40. The
Cook s c no oil has two rooms
empty but no teachers to staff
them.
While the teacher shortage Il
a problem that can be easec
now, school representatives viii
be pushing hard for the con.
struction program as well. Al
one school principal said last
week, both aspects of the situa.
ton, overcrowding as well a
understanding, comprise It h
ingredients for a disaster"
For instance, some schools
which have high teacher-pupi
ratios wo u Id have to lool
around for space to hold an
other class,
New Schools damned
At Bunker Hill Elementar!
School, the principal, Mrs. He
lien Lyman, said she needs twt
more teachers to bring class sizC
down to 80. when that hap
pens I'll have to use the library
and the teachers lunchroom,
she said.
Already the systems two
newest schools are overcrowd-
ed. one before it even opens
The Meyer Elementary School
which opened September 4, has
a capacity of TOO students and
an enrolment Of 900. Evans
Junior High. which opens later
this month, has q capacity Of
894 but will have 1850 stu
dents.
The school syste m could
catch up with the burgeonine
student population II requested
funds were granted. but this Il
not likely.
I'VE ask for what we need
but we never get 1t, SO we never
get the crowding taken cart
Of" Granville w. Woodson, as
sistant superintendent in charge
Iof buildings and grounds. said.
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WORTH BAILEY, aut

WORTH BAILEY, author
Of the National Park Serv-
ice booklet in which an ac-
count is given of the work
of the Historic American
Buildings Survey, had this
to say:
"It is an irony Of our time
that this upsurge Of inter-
est in historic buildings
should be accompanied by
acceler ating destruction.
Urban renewal projects
tearing up portions Of our
historic cities, vast highway
systems flattening the coun-
try places; dams and mum
dations, and the postwar
construction boom generally
are all responsible for a
staggering waste of our ar
chitectural heritage"
In this connection, 1t
should be noted that with
In the renewal process there
does exist great hope for
historic areas. In this pro-
gram, funds are available to
compensate owners. AS yet,
there Is no general agree
ment that urban renewal
has demonstrated its funds
supply the key TO historic
preservation.
But II refinements can be
achieved that fully comply
with requirements OF good
public policy, renewal funds
may provide a hopeful
answer.
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Joins Hunt
For FugitiVes
From JesNp
Mental Patients,
Called Dangerous,
Sought in Woods

The Federal Bureau of In
vestigation last night Joined
the search for two fugitives
from the maximum security
ward Of a State mental hos
pital at Jessup, Md.
: The pair Of escapes, consid-
cred to be dangerous, fled the
Clifton Perkins Hospital Friday
night after saving their way
through the bars Of q window
with a hacksaw. They were in
their bare feet.
State police said the fugitives
were Thomas A. Hadder, 81, a
Richmond, Va, man accused Of
killing a Prince Georges Coun-
ty policeman, and Stanley N
Slagle, 80, charge d with the
armed robbery Of q Baltimore
finance company.
Sergt. Joseph McIsaac at the
Waterloo Barracks said an all
day search by UP to rs police
men, three police dogs and
spoilers in q helicopter yester-
day failed to disclose the
whereabouts of the two men.
Sergt. McISaacs said they are
believed to be hidden in the
wooded area bounded by State
Route 80, U. s. Route /, State
Route ITS and the Baltimore
Washington Parkway near Jes-
sup.
In Washington, a spokesman
for the FBI said local authort-
ties had requested aid by the
Federal agency in the search.
A Federal fugitive warrant
was issued for Hadder, an FBl
spokesman said, and Federal
agents joined the search.
Hadder, described as s.
foot-9, ITO pounds. with blonc
hair and blue eyes. was under
going psychiatir C tests at the
hospital. He is charged will
shooting police Pvt. AlfreC
Steinat May 2. Slagle Is des
cribed as 6-foot-1, $50 pounds
with brown hair and brown
eyes.
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forum in Arlington, Mr.. Broy-
hill termed statements made
by charter proponents "asi-
nine"
If the council receives a
charter, it would become ell
gible for Federal planning
funds and supplant the Ma
tional Capital Regional Plan
ming Council as the metropoli-
tan areas major planning
agency.
why do we need Federal
planning funds in communi-
ties as prosperous as ours?"
Mr.. Broyhill asked. He said
he knew Of only two prob
lens Of areawide scope-trans-
portation, and sanitation and
pollution control.
Both Under Study
The transportation problem,
he asserted, has been tackled
in plans Of the National Capt.
tai Transportation Agency
Sanitation and pollution con-
troll problems would be "allevi-
ated soon" through projects
already under way, he said.
Schools. parks and plan
ming, and especially coming are
always going to be local issues
unless q Super-sovernment
is established" Mr.. Broyhill
continued In his extemporane-
Gus attack.
His remarks came as he
urged Virginia Republican can
dicateS to stress in their cam.
paigns the necessity Of State
and local governments meeting
their responsibilities to keeE
the Federal Governments Ions
nose out of our business"
Backed by Four Units
In opposing the charter, Mr.
Broyhill finds himself in dis.
agreement with the governing
bodies of four Of the five juris.
dictions he represents. Airing
ton, Fairfax County, Fall
Church and Fairfax City Off
cials have Endorsed the meas
lure.
The Alexandria City council
turned down the proposal A.
last week, but may take an
other look at the charter
Prince Georges County ap
proved the proposal Friday
the District and Loudoul
County have not voted on tn
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issue yet, and Montgomery
County has withdrawn from
council membership.
William H. Moss, one Of two
G. o. p. State Senate candi-
dates from Fairfay, also re-
newed his attack on the pro-
posed Council of Governments
charter at the forum.
Mr.. Moss, q member Of the
Fairfax Board OF County Su-
perviSors and chairman Of the
Regional Planning Council,
charged that If the charters
purpose Is notification. "it has
failed before it begins" because
presSures to get 1t passed have
created arguments among "fel-
low elected officials" and driv-
en- one jurisdiction from menu
bership.
Warns Of Precedent
He warned that a dangerous
precedent" would be established
If Washington area elected Of
ficials bypass their own state
legislatures and ask represent
tatives from California, Massa-
chusetts and New York to pass
on a charter which affects this
area only.
Mr.. Moss said the charter
move was a "back-room at
tempt" by the Kennedy admin
istration to usurp local Off
Gals voice in and authority
over the future Of their own
communities" ~
Defends Strategy
Earlier In his talk, Mr.. Broy-
hill defended the campaign
strategy of Arlington Repub-
lican County Board candidates,
Harold j. Casio and James
Matthews, who have departed
from precedent by refusing to
appear before citizens associa-
lions. The candidates say they
will concentrate their campaign
in a series Of Wednesday night,
area-wide receptions.
Joseph L. Fisher and Mrs.
Irene c. Rock, candidates Of
the Arlingtonians for q Better
County, have charged the Re
lpublicans are refusing to cam
Ipaign openly.
Mr.. Broyhill said he thought
It was poor strategy on ABC's
part to tell the opposition that
its tactics are mo good"