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...weeks, roaring old (67) Representative John Taber of Auburn, N.Y., had been whacking away at the Administration's $1,353,000,000 bill for foreign aid. The various expenditures which it included had all been authorized. But Congress still had to appropriate the money, and John Taber was going to finger every dollar. He denounced the bill; he tilted furiously at the "Marshall approach," which he claimed even Marshall could not explain. He likened U.S. efforts in Europe to "a ward heeler trying to catch the floaters with a $5 bill...
...John Taber, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, has held up the emergency aid to Greece for two months while he tries to pare down the $300 million appropriation by roaring haggling questions at State Department witnesses. Even though piecemeal aid to Greece does not make much long-range sense, the crisis in that country is getting worse and John Taber does not seem to have any ideas for coping with it. Last week the Greek Government arrested 4,000 Communists on charges of plotting to take over the country (see FOREIGN NEWS). From Communist-run Albania, a new guerrilla...
Nothing Doing. Taber hinted at cutting down Greek-Turkish aid. Said Marshall: Nothing doing. He wanted the whole $400 million. Russia must be made to understand that the U.S. is not backing down one inch. Who would administer the funds? Said the Secretary: "I'll name that man or men, and not the White House...
...long as he was Secretary. Nor were the Appropriations Committees going to run it. Cooperation, yes-he wanted to get along with Congress. But he wanted them to understand that the Secretary of State, just as much as they, was working for the good of the country. Bridges and Taber, blunt men themselves, departed, impressed...
...Navy's agonized pleas that it would mean a reduction of 82,000 men below authorized strength. But the cuts did not come easy. The truth was that Harry Truman had made most of the easy ones himself in his budget message. But chief G.O.P. axman John Taber strove manfully...