Compromise On Vote For Truman's Foreign Aid Programme
WASHINGTON, May 16 (Recd. 11 , p.m.—The Senate and House Commit- 11 tee today agreed on a 3.121,450,000 |: dollars foreign aid programme for ': the next financial year. The Bill Includes 2,850,000,000 dol- i < lars for the third year of the Marshal] ' i Plan. ! 1 The committee decided on a com- i r romise of 35.000,000 dollars for | President Truman’S point four pro- ■
i gramme. This was 10,000,000 dollars more than the House had recommended, but 10,000,000 dollars Jess 11 han the amount requested by Presl- ! dent Truman and the Senate. The ' overall total agreed on today was i only 1,000,000 dollars less than the i House figure. Congress has yet to appropriate the funds.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 17 May 1950, Page 5
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