The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-17

of the matters which will receive
careful attention in the S8th Con-
gress is Foreign Aid. The President
has moved David Bell from the
Budget Bureau to head the adj
ministration of Foreign Aid, and
Bell has indicated an objective APP
proach. Then too. General Lucius
Clay, who heads President Ken
nedy's new advisory committee. is
expected to take a realistic. hard
headed attitude in defining terms
of future assistance efforts, both
military and economic. The end re-
suit could, and probably will, be a
redirection of aid as a facet of
American foreign policy-and les
ser appropriations, a most well
come prospect.
Congo Unity: Aim of Unlimited
Nations armed forces have been
battling Katanga forces in an eff
fort to end the secession of Ka-
tanga Province and establish Con-
go unity, and it looks now as though
the UN has won, with President
Tshombe of Katanga indicating
willingness to negotiate settle
ment. Tshombe is being offered
scheme of federation which would
leave Katanga with considerable
autonomy and a good part of her
rich mining revenue. 1t is no secret
that Katanga Province alone pro-
vides the answer to an economical
ly viable Congo; the inclusion of
Katanga in the new Congo coun-
try is vital to that country. The
United Nations is committed to
policy of forcing Katanga to join in
the central government The policy
of unifying the Congo is based on
a series of resolutions by the Sc
curity Council and the General AS
sembly. dating back to July. 1860.
when the world organization first
interviewed to restore order. The
mandate of the Secretary-Gen. has
always included the ask of unity
ing the strife-torn country and pre-
serving its territorial integrity. The
United States has supported the
UN policy.
There is a feeling on the part of
many Americans that we have been
trapped into supporting military
action which is against fundamental
American principles of indepcnd-
encc. The argument is also made
that the UN has been fighting an
outstanding anti-Communist. Presi-
dent Tshombe and supporting a
"neutraliSt" regime. Dr. Albert
Schweitzer. the medical mission
airy who has spent nearly so years
in Africa. advised us not to force
Katanga to join in a central Con-
go government. He says No for
eign state can claim the right to
compel one of these two independ-
ent states to submit to the other"
There are the two sides to the
argument Were we right in back
ing the UN in its commitment to
unity the Congo and establish an
orderly government there, or should
we have opposed the campaign to
deprive Katanga Of her independ-
ence. even though that should have
meant the collapse of the central
Congo government.
Cuban Situation Far From Set
tled-For many months through
the medium of my weekly letter.
Senate Cloakroom", I warned of
the danger of the Soviet military
build-up in Cuba. l gave facts and
figures about the unloading at
Cuban docks of Soviet war-mak-
ing material I, along with other
United States Senators, called for
firm action to stop this growing
threat to our people. The Admins
tration denied that there was any
Soviet military build-up in Cuba
and said that the Senators who
were calling for action didn't know
what they were taking about. But,
on October %, 1862, in a television
appearance before the American
people the President virtually adj
mitted that everything we had been
saying was true: he even said that