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Foreign Aid

The Foreign Aid Bill which will soon go to the White House will mark the end of one skirmish in a struggle which is by no means over. As finally enacted into law the bill will represent a compromise, reluctant on both sides, whereby the President receives less than he originally asked and more than many congressional leaders wanted to give. The next decision may be made by the voters at the November polls. House members and some Senators who supported the President all the way are facing an uphill battle for re-election. The unpopularity of indiscriminate foreign aid is amply attested by congressional mail. It may have little effect in the Presidential contest, but on the congressional level it is an issue on which the voters can make their protest effective.

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Foreign Aid

The Foreign Aid Bill which will soon go to the White House will mark the end of one skirmish in a struggle which is by no means over. As finally enacted into law the bill will represent a compromise, reluctant on both sides, whereby the President receives less than he originally asked and more than many congressional leaders wanted to give. The next decision may be made by the voters at the November polls. House members and some Senators who supported the President all the way are facing an uphill battle for re-election. The unpopularity of indiscriminate foreign aid is amply attested by congressional mail. It may have little effect in the Presidential contest, but on the congressional level it is an issue on which the voters can make their protest effective.