Word: foreign-aid
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Other Republicans were more sympathetic to the foreign-aid program, but they reacted with resentment and suspicion to the priority which the President gave the price phase of his program. Any discussion of what to do about prices would inevitably stir up the old argument over who was to blame for the present high level of prices. Republicans said that businessmen would oppose any new controls. Said Michigan's Jesse Wolcott: "If he can lower prices without putting controls back on, he's a genius and we'll admit...
...next day, as his personal contribution to the food-saving program, he announced that he would cancel the five customary state dinners at the White House this winter. When asked by a group of editorial writers whether the U.S. would get any credit for its foreign-aid efforts, he replied: "We're not doing this for credit. We are doing this because it's right and necessary...
...Krug concluded: "From the standpoint of preserving both the national security and our standard of living, our economy in general is physically capable of providing the resource requirements of a considerable program of foreign aid. . . . [But] with or without a foreign-aid program, this country faces a pressing urgency for expanding its conservation practices . . . for preserving the fertility of its soil and the future of its forests.. . . and for extending its efforts to discover and develop new sources of supply for many of its basic raw materials...