Word: eca
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were two other events last week in Washington: the move to arm the Atlantic community, and the Senate's authorization of full ECA aid to Europe. Ernest Bevin, hurrying back to London, called it "a great week's work in the history of the world...
Arms for Europe, he explained, was a logical extension of ECA and the Atlantic pact, the final peg in a policy. But arms assistance was not directly "a product of the pact-an instrument which is not yet in effect." On the contrary, said Acheson, "even without the existence of the North Atlantic pact, the need for assistance and the recommended response of this Government would be the same." So, he concluded emphatically: "These requests and our replies therefore in no sense represent a price tag to be placed upon the pact...
...week the Senate wrangled in disorganized confusion. Members were tired of night sessions, tired of each other and dead tired of Majority Leader Scott Lucas' heavyhanded efforts to keep things moving. The nation's highest deliberative body was debating whether to extend ECA for 15 months. Oregon's Wayne Morse, always one of the quickest to anger, rose in shrill complaint...
...until the 13th day of debate that Lucas could finally bring ECA to a vote. After all the talk, it passed without trouble. The Senate approved the full $5.5 billion authorization by an overwhelming 70-to-7 majority...
Funds from ECA will be made available to Chinese students in American universities who are specializing in certain scientific and technical fields, the State Department has announced. Grants to individuals may be large enough to cover tuition, travel, room, and board...