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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Sept. 21, 1962
U.S. Still Carries Foreign Aid Burden
United Press International
The United States is not alone in contributing to foreign aid and the defense of the Western World, but there is no doubt that it is first.
The shares borne by America's allies and other nations of the West vary from country to country.
But even if Thursday's $1.1 billion slash in President Kennedy's $4.7 billion foreign aid request by the House of Representatives were to stand, the remainder still would amount to three times what France sent to underdeveloped countries last year.
FRANCE RATES itself the West's second highest contributor in the field of foreign aid. In 1961, the last year for which figures are available, the greater part of its expenditures went to former African possessions that are now independent countries.
There was little immediate official reaction. But recent statements by Western officials and government statistics indicated few countries were prepared to volunteer to spend more.
Almost certainly, figures like these helped to spur Kennedy's appeal to other nations to take on more of the burden of free world defense and foreign aid. He made the request Thursday "on the hard and factual grounds of self-interest and common sense."
The primary exception seemed to be Italy, in the midst of a booming prosperity powered at least partly by the European Common Market.
ITALY HAS expressed some willingness to help out. She already is giving some loans and technical assistance to other countries, and has been reported taking a "positive" attitude to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson's request for help to less wealthy nations, particularly Greece.
French officials said they welcomed Kennedy's appeal. They said French foreign aid last year amounted to two per cent of the country's gross national product. On defense alone, the officials said France spends more than any other NATO country except the United States, Britain and West Germany
With the end of the long and bloody Algerian war, France embarked on a major program for modernizing its defense forces. Military elements are being retrained for possible nuclear warfare and the indications are that France will have its own atomic weapons ready for delivery by 1964, the officials said.
Britain, with defense costs running about 7.4 per cent of its gross national product and some 25 percent of its total expenditures, was reported reluctant to spend more money.
BRITISH DEFENSE efforts are costing about $4.75 billion a year. Officials have not barred some modifications, but have pressed for a redistribution of the burden in relation to some of the other NATO countries.
Britain favors extending aid to underdeveloped countries, and says it is making an effort to do more even though its means are limited. Treasury figures show $453 million in assistance last year, plus $420 million more in private British investments in developing countries
Senator Wants Question Time
WASHINGTON - (UPI) -- Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, D-Minn, suggested in a Senate speech prepared for delivery today the possibility of setting up a "question period" for Administration officials. The Democratic whip said the practice, patterned after the British parliamentary system, would have senior cabinet officials appearing to answer questions from the senate floor.
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West Germany spent $800 million on foreign aid last year, and expects about the same outlay in 1962.
But Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard said recently that Germany cannot contribute more, and Economic Cooperation Minister Walter Scheel is expected to say the same thing to American officials in Washington this Sunday.
"WE CANNOT give more, but we intend to make what we will give count for more," Scheel said last week.
A government publication said West Germany expects to cut its budget for next year by about $1 billion. But "two key measures of policy in the free part of Germany—cooperation with Atlantic defense and aid to the developing peoples—will not be cut below this year's level," it said.
Many smaller European countries—like Finland and Austria—channel all their foreign aid through various U.N. agencies. In The Hague, officials said Dutch commitments this year total $34 million and that for its comparatively small size, Holland makes substantial contributions through the European Community Development Fund and the U.S. Special Development Fund.
KU's congested football day traffic will be watched from helicopter tomorrow if weather permits.
Local Cops Up in Air
Lawrence Police Chief Bill Cox said today he plans to study the main thoroughfares into Lawrence and the campus especially around the stadium from a helicopter.
"We haven't gotten word from turnipke authorities for permission to use the national guard helicopter, however we expect to get permission later this afternoon." Cox said. "We used it last year."
Joseph Skillman, Campus Police Chief, said the main traffic arteries were observed by helicopter last year and this improved traffic routes set up.
"The main purpose tomorrow." Skillman continued. "is to get aerial pictures of the overall traffic problem to see what further improvements are needed."
From 33,000 to 35,000 football fans are expected to jam into the stadium area around gametime.
Skillman urged spectators to use the free parking in zones O and N, north and east of Allen Field House. Markers will indicate a pedestrian route from these parking lots across the campus to the stadium.
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The words, "TRY FOR PEACE" have been placed in 13-inch high white letters on a window of Templin Hall's seventh floor.
Phillip S. Rhoades, Overland Park sophomore, made the sign from index cards and masking tape.
"About 1,400 people walk by here every day," he said. "I thought somebody might see it."
Rhoades is a member of the Student Peace Union (SPU), an international student peace movement concerned with nuclear armament and threats of destruction. "Several people have commented on the sign. Most of them thought I was crazy or that the idea of trying for peace was too idealistic to work," he said.
"We study the alternatives to war," Michael S. McCabe, Topeka junior and a member of the SPU executive committee, said.
The SPU will begin meeting weekly after Oct. 1, and the organization is planning to sponsor a series of films on debates about the SPU and its activities.
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