The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-19
WASHINGTON.

TO Red China are turning sour.
While deliveries of the grain,
which the Canadians peddled
with jealous eagernesS, are con
hnulng on schedule, payment is
not. Perking's installements are
steadily tagging.
Authoritative U. S. sources es-
innate the Communists are
more than 500 million in ar
rearS.
Ottawa is giving no public hint
of this disturbing situation. And
naturally. Picking is saying moth
ing either.
But Canada is sounding out U.
s.. British and World Bank Of
ficials on bailing out Red China
BY lending enough money to
meet its overdue installments on
the $3.50 million wheat debt.
In these hush-hush feelers the
Canadians apparently are think
ing in terms of a loan Of several
hundred million dollars to the
Communists.
So far, these backstage over
lures have gotten no encourage
ment.
What the next move will be
remains to be seen. This matter
has become known to congress
slonal leaders. and they are
watching it closely. Any at
tempt to provide Picking with
funds to pay for the wheat it
brought from Canada, over U. S.
protests, would precipitate a fur
lous uproar.
The Kennedy Administration
already deeply embroiled in
congressional tribulations, is not
likely to risk such a certain VIC
lent explosion.
For Red China, its financial
difficulties come at a highly in
opportune time.
Faced with the absolute need
TO continue importing large
quantities of grain for at least
another five years. the Com
munlst rulers already are shop
ping around for new supplies.
Argentina and Australia are
being preached for deliveries in
1865.
But the spectre of the steadily
mounting lag in payments to
Canada is casting pail On
emma S chances Of doing bust
ness with those countries. They
are limiting at cash-on-t the bar
relhead terms.
Canada sold its grain for a
. per cent down payment and
the balance in installments over
IL months after delivery.
WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT -
White House and State Depart
ment leaders are voicing "shock
and dismay" at the vehement
Senate opposition to continued
large-scale foreign aid spending,
particularly by longtime sup
porters. The administrationites
seem utterly unable to under
stand why they should have
turned against it.
To find an answer, all they
have to do is give heed to Yer
mont's veteran Senator George
Aiken, second-ranking Republi-
can on the potent Foreign Rela-
tons Committee.
For years, he has earnestly
gone down the line for multi
billion dollar foreign aid bud
gets He has pursued a genuine
bipartisan course on these meas
ures. But now he favors apply
ing the brakes, and his reasons
ale significant clue to what is
happening in the Senate on this
stormy issue.
Following are revealing high
lights of what Aiken is thinking
and saying:
/ have always been a supper
ter Of foreign aid. was voting
Tor 1t when President Kennedy,
as a member of Congress was
voting to reduce it. Every mem
Der of Congress. Democrat or
Republican, has the right to ask
whether our foreign aid is being
properly administered to ask
such questions as:
rs the money we appropriate
actually being used for the bene-
lit Of those for whom it is in
tended? Why do we provide
arms to a friendly nation which
continually threatens the Secur-
lty Of another friendly nation
to which we also furnish arms?
How long can the United States
continue to spend large sums in
other countries, with our own
financial situation going from
bad to worse and the President
asking for $40 billion tax
cut?'
These are a few questions to
which every member Of Con
gress is entitled to an honest
answer.
Castro thumbed his nose at
the UN, the U. S.. and the
USSR. The UN backed down.
Russia backed down and the y.
S. backed down. and to this day
we don't know whether any Rus
sian missiles remain in Cuba or
not. What we do know is that
not long after the 1862 election,