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YOUR
CONGRESSMAN
REPORTS
B- .'v-V Burr P. Harrison
- Washington—Pre.-dent Eisem hower has told Congrpss the United States should spentj $3.5 billion ■ in military and economic foreign _ aid—or> mutual security—-during the fife'll yar beginning July 1. He. els' h.... recommended nearly $4 billion ir new buying authority for the n utfin! security program— addition;., purchasing which would be authorized for the new .fiscal year but not ne.ee-sr.nify paid for during the-year.
Mr. Eisenhower announced appointment of a “committee of outstanding citizens with experience in government, the armed forces and business to appran'se the military assistance program and rhe relative emphasis the United States should place on military and economic aid.” j * vHow should military and economic ' assistance be balanced? What is the mirwmuip amount we must spend on helping other countries to achieve what Mr. Eisenhower calls our primary concern— “to insure the free World’s ability to, deter war and toi retaliate against attack if deterrence fails”? These arc critical questions with which the Congress I must try to cope in considering the mutual security 'ut'ior zation aind appropriation^^. ' (
Leaving aside such basic policy decisions, the most disturbing aspect of our foreign aid program is the picture of continuing mismarv
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