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...something" that Acheson referred to was Article 3 of the treaty, which commits all members to "selfhelp" and "mutual aid." Once the Senate approved the North Atlantic Treaty, said Acheson, it could not consistently repudiate the treaty's commitment to assist Western Europe with arms, but it could reserve the right to determine how much aid the U.S. should provide. The arms program, said Acheson, would be only one-sixth to one-seventh of what the treaty nations would provide for themselves...
These were signs that Europe was getting off relief, and getting to the point where the U.S. could demand considerable selfhelp. ECA aid was coming into a second stage, where immediate food and fuel supplies could be replaced by the machinery and equipment to produce a permanent recovery...
...Boston. Last of a long line of rabbis, Liebman was a lecturer on Greek philosophy at 19, became rabbi of Boston's Temple Israel in 1939, the same year went on the air to become one of radio's top religious broadcasters. In Peace of Mind-a "selfhelp" book-he tried to make religion's peace with psychoanalysis, argued their compatibility, urged his readers toward a "shockproof balance . . . inside the soul...
These regional pacts, the resolution stipulated, must be based on "selfhelp and mutual aid." The Western Union countries would have to show they meant business. Said Vandenberg: the resolution "applies to security the same formula we have applied to economic recovery...
Clash of Economies. Last week Spaak said bluntly that he did not think the Western nations have done enough to blend their economies in selfhelp. "All the Western European powers have been practicing a fairly individualistic, not to say selfish, economic policy. We have all tried to save ourselves in very different ways. Some have pursued a policy of austerity [Britain], others a policy of abundance [Belgium], or dirigisme [The Netherlands]. Others, in their search for recovery, do not hesitate to fling themselves into purely monetary manipulations [France...