Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-30
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appealed today for restoration
of foreign aid funds slasheC
by the House, saying freedom
does not come easily or cheap
ly" and the full program Ii
needed at a time Of very in.
tense" peaceful coexistence.
Standing with Mr.. Kennedy
at an impromptu press confer
ence, Gen. Lucius Clay sale
that in slicing 5000 million
from the aid authorization bill
the House has gone too fal
and seriously endangered the
program"
Gen. Clay, chairman of g
committee that earlier this
year recommended gradual re.
duction of aid programs, sale
he was particularly disturbed
about reductions in funds fol
military assistance and the AL
lance for Progress.
Mr.. Kennedy said, ut is i'm.
| portant that the American
people understand that thi.
affects security and the bal.
ance of power all over the
world"
Cut Hurts u. S. Influence
He argued that if Congress
does not restore the money
this means the United States
will not fulfill its obligations
of the Alliance for Progress
it would limit very much our
ability to influence events"
Asked If he wanted the full
S4.5 billion he asked originally,
Mr.. Kennedy said he wants to
get as much of that amount
as he can but recognizes some
reductions are inevitable.
Mr.. Kennedy at first planned
to seek $40 billion for aid but
voluntarily Topped $400 million
from that amount after the
Clay committee recommended
a cutback. The House then cut
the total to $3.5 billion.
Mr.. Kennedy, Gen. Clay, AID
Director David E. Bell and a
presidential assistant. Ralph
DUNCAN, conferred for more
than an hour on a sunporch at
Mr.. Kennedy's seaside summer
home here.
Asked what kind of strategy
they had mapped to seek re-
versal of the House action, Mr.,
Kennedy said it was not a mat
ter Of strategy but of trying to
point out the significance Of
the program to the American
people.
He said Gen. Clay and his
committee would make an
effort to bring this home to the
American people"
The President said it was no
accident that three successive
IPresidents-Truman, Eisenhow-
er and himself-all feel the aid
program is important, effec-
tive and essential"
The Alliance for Progress in
wolves aid for Latin America.
BlameS House G. o. p.
A week ago Mr.. Kennedy
issued a singing criticism of
the House action in cutting aid.
He placed primary RESPONSE
bility for the reduction on
House Republicans, saying only
9 per cent of the Democrats
voted with them.
Asked If he feels the public
is losing enthusiasm for foreign
aid Mr.. Kennedy said they
know that freedom does not
come easily or cheaply."
He said taxpayers don't en-
JOY carrying this burden" but
should realize that, "in the
final analysis, it is as impor-
tant as appropriations for ma
tional defense"
Mr.. Kennedy said the need
for aid has by no means ended.
The Nation he added, faces "a
very difficulS struggle" in the
: 1960s, a time of peaceful CO.
existence that will be very in
tense"
Some Republicans, notably
Senator Goldwater Of Arizona,
have suggested that Mr.. Ken
nedy, as a member of Con-
gress, did not show this de-
gree of fervor for foreign aid
and sometimes voted against
appropriations.
! Mr.. Kennedy was asked If he
has changed his attitude.
Il supported it very strong
ly in Congress and as a mem
Der of the Foreign Relations
Committee" he replied.
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