‘NOTEXPECTING APPLAUSE'

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31043, 26 April 1966, Page 17

‘NOTEXPECTING APPLAUSE'

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) NEW YORK, April 25. There had been too many “Yankee go home” signs, denunciations of America and riots, for the country to expect applause for its efforts to raise living standards and contain Communism in countries overseas, said the United States Vice-President (Mr Humphrey) today.

! Mr Humphrey said three great, inter-related tasks faced • the United States —finding • peace, narrowing the gap be- • tween rich and poor nations, I and maintaining a strong econt omy to meet future burdens. , In Asia, “peace is at stake ' ... in the struggle of peasants 1 against a millenium of pov- . | erty, disease and despair.”

In South Vietnam the struggle was against the classic power tactics of communism. “We must not lose the peace in either struggle,” he said. “If someone has a substitute for foreign aid, I'd like to hear about it. The investment we make in foreign aid is certainly less than that necessary to treat the symptoms of massive economic crisis, disorder and war,” Mr Humphrey said. The expectation was that aid recipients would some day be able to pay back their assistance, as have Western European nations which benefited from Marshall Plan aid.

Staff Increase.—Whitehall, the home of Britain’s Civil Service, has a staff of 423,510 —just over 10,000 more than last year, say the 1966-67 estimates published as a White Paper.—London, April 24.