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...committeemen hoped to get a peek at the Wedemeyer report, they were disappointed. The President, explained General Wedemeyer, had bound him to secrecy. But as an "ordinary observer," Fact-Finder Wedemeyer made no bones about his personal opinions...
...time General Wedemeyer had finished, most committeemen seemed convinced. Committee Chairman Styles Bridges promptly wrote into the interim aid bill a $20 million appropriation for China, as "a gesture to show Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government that we are interested," settled for $18 million in the final version (see The Congress). The State Department had already admitted that the U.S. is prepared to grant export licenses to China for U.S.-made arms and ammunition.*For almost-forgotten China, it was not much. But it was a start...
Election of committeemen will take place tomorrow at lunch and dinner in the Union and at lunch in Dudley Hall. A check-off balloting system will be used to select eight man from the 30 names which appear below...
...reported out its $590 million relief bill (including a $67 million cut in the Administration's program, a $60 million dividend for China). Before it could reach the House floor, it had to be routed through the Rules Committee, headed by Illinois' Isolationist Leo Allen. The Rules Committeemen had their crowbars poised and ready...
...rage, Foreign Affairs Chairman Charles Eaton argued back. "We might just as well face the fact that Russia proposes to conquer the world by infiltration, by revolution or by force of arms. . . . If we don't send this aid the price will be much more than this." The committeemen engaged in six hours of futile wrangling before they sent the bill to the House...