Word: congress
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...could thrive on its differences of opinion-and the fact of Khrushchev's visit itself brought on such differences. Boston's Richard Cardinal Gushing denounced all Russians as spies, urged Catholics to recite the rosary and pray during Khrushchev's twelve-day visit. The leaders of Congress hastily moved toward adjournment so they could avoid the necessity of asking Khrushchev to address a joint session...
Beating the Backlog. In last week's report, the final one to be made by the group, the Draper Committee's deepest worry was that the U.S. might be fooled into thinking that Congress had not cut dangerously into foreign-aid programs. Overall spending figures, the committee explained, are deceptive. During the Korean war, the U.S. built up an $8.5 billion backlog of military-aid appropriations. But since 1954 the U.S. has been delivering about $2.5 billion worth of arms to its allies-while congressional appropriations averaged only $1.5 billion a year'. The difference has been made...
...Democratic Congress considers foreign aid bad politics. The House last month slashed Ike's "rock bottom" $1.6 billion military-aid request to $1.3 billion, sent it to the Senate. Fighting back, Ike last week sent along Draper's strong report, demanded repairs on the "dangerously low" aid bill. Draper, more explicit, called the congressional cuts "a serious security danger for the United States." His committee found that military aid, along with economic aid, is basic to the U.S.'s "entire forward strategy and hope for the future...
...Instead of promoting state enterprises, let's foster the private side." As head of the Development Loan Fund, he intends to stress private enterprise more than the fund has done, give more loans to foreign businesses instead of governments. He also hopes to get more money from Congress. Right now the fund has $53 million to give out in loans, but the loan applications total $1.4 billion...
...Army marched on the Capitol; in Laguna Beach, Calif. A combat general in World War I, Glassford faced the sternest test of his career when 11,000 ragged, jobless veterans descended on Washington to demand bonuses not due them until 1945. He controlled them with tact and courage while Congress marked time, dug $773 out of his own pocket to buy them food...