Word: taber
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...smoldering ember of the new U.S. foreign policy was fanned into brisk flame last week. New York's roaring Representative John Taber discovered-after others had pointed it out to him-that the U.S. had shipped $113 million worth of exports to unfriendly Russia in the first nine months of 1947. Cried he: "A constant and deliberate violation of the law. . . . We are providing with our own funds the things with which Russia can destroy...
...bolster his charge, Congressman Taber produced an impressive list of valuable exports: machine tools, railway stock, electric generators, mining and industrial machinery. It was impressive enough to touch off a House committee hearing this week. But John Taber, as usual, was overstating his case. Shipments to Russia this year were a drop in the U.S. export bucket: 1.1% of the total. He also seemed to have his laws and figures crossed...
...issue which Congressman Taber raised was typical of the new headaches and responsibilities the U.S. had accepted along with the job of trying to bring peace and order into the world. It was true that everything the U.S. shipped to Russia-from electric locomotives to a can of tushonka (stew meat)-was potential grist for the Red Army. It was also true that the U.S., whether it was ready to go as far as economic sanctions or not, was counting on goods from Eastern Europe as a basic part of the Marshall Plan. The chance of sending goods to Russia...
...only if its aims are identical with those of Congress. There is no indication that such is the case. Senator Taft is in favor of the Marshall Plan and aid to Europe, but on a scale far below that which the State Department deems a rock-bottom minimum. Representative Taber, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, is not convinced that France and Italy need help. House Majority Leader Hallcck asserts that Mr. Truman's requests will be "shot full of holes" by the time Congress gets through with them; while Speaker Martin feels the whole thing is "his (the President...
...here. You must realize there is a growing resistance to these programs. I've been out on the hustings and I know. I think we should hear from our committees who are in Europe now. I don't feel that I can commit the House until Mr. Taber and the others return...