U.S. FOREIGN AID

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26539, 29 September 1951, Page 7

U.S. FOREIGN AID

E.C.A. To Be Replaced

fN.Z. Press Association—Copyright) The T WASHINGTON, September 27. L ne Join t Congressional Committee to-day approved 7,483,000,000 dollars Utary and economic aid a Tnmn? mn?lttee reached agreement on dent T? lm miSe 'u Which wiU give Presi--IPC» A, about 1.000,000,000 dollars estahliA? he SOUgHt and wh i c h will theSUnm? agenCy tO administer Economic Co-operatibn AdMarshan pl’ WhiCh • now J handles Marsnan Plan economic aid, will be abolished when the bill becomes law. lhe new organisation, headed bv a € A' level director, will take over Co-operation Administrations functions and will also co-o.dmate military aid and “Point h ° u F. pr ° g rammes, which are operated men? Defen ce , and State Departments respectively. The compromise requires approval thn « 6 * °use of Representatives and r. before it goes to the White “Ouse, but conference committee bills are seldom rejetted. . *“ e hill will only authorise the a, d. outlay. The actual money tion biU Voted * n a se P ara t e appropria-