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...face of previous commitments by both chambers of Congress, the House lopped off more than $2 billion from funds already authorized for ECA and other foreign aid. The cuts were made by New York's John Taber, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, a man always vigilant to pare a cheese. He sliced $170 million off China aid, $75 million off aid to Greece and Turkey, $150 million off occupation funds, and $1,745 million off ECA...
...Corporation last week voted an indefinite leave of absence to Milton Katz '27, Byrno Professor of Administrative Law, enabling him to accept an appointment to the staff of ECA. Previously, W. Avorill Harriman, ECA Ambassador, had asked Professor Katz to handle the legal problems of the program...
Prodded by the general's political supporters, the Senate Appropriations Committee asked him to testify on ECA appropriations for the Far East. Within 24 hours came the reply from Tokyo. The style was lengthy and lacy. But the thought was straightforward and statesmanlike. It showed that General Mac-Arthur had given up all desire of mixing in the political campaign...
...brothers gather their gossip and opinion by a busy round of telephoning, lunching and buttonholing sources. Then they meet to decide who writes the next column, or whether they should do it jointly. Their contacts are largely second-level Government men like Harvardman Charles ("Chip") Bohlen and ECA's Dick Bissell, an old Grottie of Joe's class. The Alsops think press conferences a waste of time, go to Harry Truman's only a couple of times a year, just "to see what the President looks like...
...shoot in the low 703) and take a three-month trip to Europe. But last week 64-year-old Roger Lapham decided to leave his clubs in the locker room and forswear the Grand Tour. The reason: Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul Hoffman had tapped him for chief of ECA's $338 million China aid mission. It was one of the toughest jobs going...