Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...undergraduate organizations banded together last night to form the Interclub Committee on Foreign Affairs, under the chairmanship of Martin G. Silverman '60, president of the U.N. Council...
Silverman stated that the committee was designed to increase student interest in foreign affairs through "greater efficiency in the dissemination of information and elimination of overlapping functions of the six organizations...
...avoid the ill-feeling which results from nationally oriented assistance programs it has been suggested that an international foreign service be established to administer technical assistance programs throughout the world. This group of experts would staff organizations such as the International Development Authority or would direct regional--not national--projects for industrial, medical, educational, or scientific advancement...
Either under the control of the United Nations or of an independent, non-profit group, such an international civil service could attract the top men in diverse fields by offering them continuity in assistance programs and an esprit de corps comparable perhaps to the Foreign Legion. Of course, the concepts of an international group administering aid programs implies a loss of national control which is likely to be offensive to American officials. If the new corps is to gain American acceptance, it will probably have to sacrifice some of its desire for continuity in assistance projects by hiring itself...
...most one can say against the idea is that in the present belligerent mood of Congress it is idealistic. No one can expect a Congress which makes such a point of scrutinizing every expenditure for foreign aid to relinquish its control immediately. But UN Secretary-General Hammarskjold is very eager to get plans for such a pool of experts underway. If he can convince the State Department and if it can convince Capitol Hill, a valuable replacement for present unsatisfactory aid programs can be initiated...