Committee Want Foreign Aid Cut
(N.Z.p.A-Reuter—Copyright) WASHINGTON, November 7. The powerful Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives last night slashed another $5OO million off American assistance to developing nations.
It approved total funds for 1 the fiscal year 1968 of $2200 1 million—slBoo million in eco- i nomic aid and $4OO million in 1 military assistance to 50 < countries. i Its ceiling is $5OO million t
below the cuts authorised last week by the Senate-House foreign affairs experts after long bickering over President Johnson’s original aid request for $3400 million in aid funds. Sources said the authorisation bill would be brought to the floor of the House as soon as possible to win approval of the higher $2700 million figure, but observers foresaw pressure by the Appropriations Committee for its cuts. The House Appropriations Committee chairman, Mr George Mahon, said the lower figure was approved to help the United States over its “very severe fiscal situation.”
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31521, 8 November 1967, Page 21
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