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The string terms in which the President defended his foreign aid budget reflected his realization that this program, whatever its true importance to national defense and the^strength of the free world." is becoming increasingly difficult to “sell” jto the people. He knows the Congress, elected by the people, will not be inclined to approve the appropriation without considerable .study.
Under one name or another, we have been providing foreign aid in considerable amounts each year since before our entry into World War II. During the war, of course, we "helped our allies in the mutual, effort. Since the dosing months of World Wat II. we have provided approximately $70 billion in military and economic assistance to other countries. ■
Without debating at this time the principles' involved, in foreign' aid, or examining in detail the President’s money requests, perhaps it would be worthwhile to review the manner in which this program is divided.
First, there is military assistance, whereby we supply military , equipment and training to "those nations we believe would be on oar side in a showdown with the Kremlin. Most of thic’help goes to the countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),
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