The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-28
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 27

Is Tile IIldJOT target Oh d DlpdTLl-
san group in the House Foreign
Affairs Committee bent on cut
tin more than 81 billion from
President Kennedy's $40 billion
foreign assistance program.
In private sessions with adj
ministration officials. these COM
mitteemen have singled out for
budget slasheS around $3.50 mil
lion in aid for Egypt and AL
geria in the form of surplu S
farm commodities. loans and
outright grants.
The lawmakers bluntly told
Administrator David Bell that
aid to these two pro-C Castro
'neutraliSt" countries should be
drastically cut, as it is being
used to counter U. S. interests
in the Middle East.
"As 1 check some of these
countries we are helping" Rep
resentative Edward Derwinski,
R-Ill., informed Bell, II find
that our money is being put to
work at cross-purposes of our
own national interests. Our aid
to the United Arab Republic is
working against funds we are
supplying to Jordan and Israel.
believe a majority OF the COM
mittee members feel that aid to
Nasser should be eliminated or
drastically reduced"
1T is our Judgment we should
assist all these countries on the
4 assumption that our aid will
mitigate tensions among them, .
| contended Bell.
| If that is the basis Of our
policy" retorted Representative
Leonard Farbsteir, D N. Y.
how can we Justify aid Il
Egypt when it goes to help build
up all armament industry for
use g a i n S t Jordan. Saudi
Arabia and Israel, all friends of
the U. So"
II we were persuaded that
Egypt was planning to destroy
its II e g h bors, we obviously
wouldn't be giving aid" replied
Bell.
4 What do YOU think they are
trying to do to Jordan and
Israeli" demanded FarbStain
Our policy doesn't make sense.
Nasser SAYS he is going to dc
stroy these countries and yet,
despite his statements, you re-
port we are planning to give
him another 500 million in food
stuffS and loans, as we'll as
grants this year Of up to so
million"
After not one meiaber of the
committee said a word in sup
port of aid to Egypt. Represen-
tative Wayne Hays, D-Ohio. OBJ
/ served, Maybe it is tine We
try to influence events in the
Middle East by cutting off ali
aid to Nasser.'
ANOTHER CASTRO - Repre-.
sentative H. r. Gross. R-IoWa
long-tim champion of economy
IN government spending, raised
the issue of large-Scale aid &c
Algeria, no in G particularly
Premier Ben Bella ) warm ties
with Fidel Castro.
DO l understand that we are
going to give more aid to Ber
Bella?' asked Gross.
Yes" replied Bell. we are
preparing a substantial aid pro
gram for Algeria.
How in the world can yor
justify giving aid to that kind OF
a government" d e m a n d e c
Gross. Ben Bella is another
Castro. He came to this country
and then went directly to Cuba
and pledged his undying support
tor that Communist regime. Now
Castro is going to Algeria, and
both are training guerrilas fol-
the invasion Of Portuguese An.
COLA ard Latin America. WHY
are We giving a single thin dime
to Algeria under the circum.
Stances?"
AS far as the basic political
relationship between the U. S
and Algeria is concerned, must
say | am not too fully in
formed. reptile d Bell. Ben
Bella is seeking economic prog
ress for the people Of his coun.
try. and we are helping him
achieve that with our aid
That is what Khrushchev and
Castro say they are doing y
snapped Gross. IF you think
this committee is going to vote
nearly 500 million for Ben Bella
on that argument, l believe you
are in for a big surprise
Both Gross and Derwinski will
make strenuous efforts to bar
aid for Egypt and Algeria when
the committee votes on the
Presidents foreign aid program.
They will seek to write specific
restrictions against that into this
legislation.
/ Other members are planning
/ to seek substantial reductions in
aid ALLEGATIONS proposed by the
administration for india, Indo-
nesia, Yugoslavia, Poland and
South Wet Nam.
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