Word: stopgaps
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...case of foreign aid, he had faced realities. His whole foreign program (the stopgap aid and the long-term Marshall Plan which would inevitably be discussed at the same time) involved calculable risks. All U.S. funds to Europe might be a dead loss. Mr. Truman had accepted the calculable risk...
...Concentration of Authority." Caught in a crossfire from Gaullists and Communists, Premier Ramadier blasted back in both directions and looked behind him for shelter. Shelter there was: immediate stopgap aid from the U.S., Marshall Plan aid behind it, unwavering support from a large and determined minority of Frenchmen who are not yet impelled to choose between De Gaulle and Stalin...
Problem Personified. But the threat of chaos and Communism over Europe would impel Washington to act. This week, President Truman indicated that he would ask Congress for $580 million in stopgap help for France and Italy...
Ever since his return from Rio, President Truman had tried to make up his mind whether or not he should call a special session of Congress. There was increasing pressure on him to call one. Without some stopgap, immediate help, some European nations might not be able to hold out. But there was no telling what...
Nobody relished the idea of a special session of Congress. But last week the U.S. had the word of Secretary of State Marshall that Congress alone could give Western Europe the stopgap help it needs "to meet the immediate threat of intolerable hunger and cold." The situation, said George Marshall, requires "urgent consideration." This was taken to mean: a special session some time in November, at the latest...