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CONGRESSMAN JONES EXPLAINS WHY HE VOTES AGAINST FOREIGN AID PROGRAMS As most of you know, Congress " was in recess last week; there fore, no report on Congressional legislation. One of the most controversial and7 costly programs of your Gov ernment is that of foreign aid. Some members of Congress con tinue to question the validity of the program in its present form. Obviously, we have acquired few, if any, new friends in the family of nations. The original ■concept of assisting the hungry and the poor among nations has been since forgotten. 'Representative Otto Passman, from Louisiana, for many years has been Chairman of the Sub committee on Foreign Operation of the Appropriations Commit tee. He recently released some figures which are startling and also justify a reappraisal of our entire foreign aid program. I am including as a part of this report to you, portions of Con gressman Passman’s statement.” “New budget requests made sinc6 January 1, 1969, for addi tional authority for foreign as sistance covering loans, grants and credits — Ten billion, five hundred and twenty-eight million dollars. “Unexpected balances in pipe line from prior years — eighteen billion, seven hundred and eight million dollars. “If all new requests are ap proved by the Congress, the tot al funds available, new and from prior years, will amount to Twenty-nine billion two hun dred and thirty-six million dol lars. “Net cost of the foreign as sistance program since its in ception (1946-69), including in terest on what we have borrow ed to give away, amounts to One hundred eighty-two billion, five hundred and eighty-three million dollars. Our wealth has been distributed among the entire WHAT IS THE ANSWER? by Henry E. Garrett, Ph.D. PROFESSOR EMERITUS, COLUMBI. UNIVERSITY PAST PRESIDENT. AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Q: Dr. Garrett, I see J. Edgar Hoover reports Negro crime rate rising six times as fast as White crime rate. Are Criminals •"made" or "bom"? A: Both. If a youth with defec tive inheritance is exposed to crime and to criminals, or is un trained at home, he is predispos ed to crime. The nearest thing to a “born” criminal is the re cidivist, a person who is arrest ed over and over. The nearest thing to a “made” criminal is the person who is faeed by al most intolerable temptation to steal, say, and sees no other way out _ BLAND IN COAST GUARD Seaman Apprentice Clarence M. Bland Jr., USOG, son of Mrs. Jennie Bland .of Route 2, Kina top, was graduated from basic training at the Coast Guard Training Center, Cape May, N., J. Under the guidance of experi enced-Coast Guard petty offic ers, he successfully completed a rigid training program design ed to transform him from a civ ilian into a trained Coast Guards man. A graduate may apply, if eligible, for advanced training in one of the Coast Guard's many occupational fields or be mpy be assigned to a Coast Guard unit in the US. or over 3.5 billion population of the world, with the exception of a mere 36 million people. “During this world-wide spend ing spree, our, gold holdings have been reduced from Twenty two billion, eight hundred and seventy-nine million dollars to ten billion, three hundred and sixty-seven million dollars. “Our balance of payipents sit uation, since this worldwide spending spree started, has be come serious. We have sent to foreign nations of the world Thirty-six i billion, eight hund red and ninety-six million dollars more than they have returned to us. “The freewheeling spending program covering the face of the earth has helped push the U.S. public debt to a figure! fifty-seven billion eighty-one mil lion dollars above the combined public ,debt of all other nations of the world. ‘‘Many believe that we have substituted dollars for a sound foreign policy. Indeed we have substituted aid for trade. We have became so addicted to this new formula that to be able to continue it we are now borrow ing money from more than thirty foreign nations of the world. “We are borrowing money from the American people to pay fox commodities and services which are given free to foreign nations. At the same time we are borrowing money from for eign nations in order to improve temporarily our balance of pay ments situation. One example is as follows: “Thailand is the recipient of over ONE BILLION DOLLARS of our aid, both commodities and services. The United States bor rowed the money to pay for these services and commodities we have given to them. Dur ing the same period, Thailand, out of its own resources, created a surplus in its foreign exchange and gold reserves of over One billion dollars. Now the shock er! “After long diplomatic wrang ling, strong argument and arm twisting, Thailand reluctantly but finally agreed to make the United States a loan of one hun dred million dollars. Terms: Four and one-half years at 6 per cent interest! “This is just one of the many examples of the mess we are get ting into with our freewheeling, world-wide spending program.” I hope the above statistics ex i plain why I have voted against the foreign aid bills since be- coming a member of Congress. , 'Suddenly I’m supposed to be rich, eh?’ Thought for the Week “If our Nation’s millionaires were taxed 100 per cent of their incomes each year, the revenue would run the Federal Govern ment only 29 hours. If all the income from individuals making over $25,000 per year was tak en as tax, it would run the gov ernment for less than three days. In fact, if all personal income over $10,000 were confiscated, it would run the government only 18% days. This might be one reason why the majority of Americans, at least those who are paying the bill, want to re duce the size, cost and control of Federal Government.” —Rep. 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