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84 3 TUESDAY P M. SEPTEMBER 28, 1954 from the HUMPHREY for SENATOR VOLUNTEERS 1722 HENNEPIN AVENUE, MINNEAPOLIS 3, MINNESOTA Phones: BRidgeport 4112 PRior 7100 America's Point Fo.1r program has been a bulwark of strength in the worldwide struggle against Communism, Senator Hubert H. Humphrey declared in a luncheon address in Red Wing today. "Point Four is one of the few programs that marshalls 01-1r real strength in the fight against Communism not guns and bombs, but faith in people", Senator Humphrey said. "Communism breeds in poverty, grows in misery, and triumphs in despair. These three evils are the Kremlin's most powerful allies. Yet during the past 5 years America has made tremendous advances against them, at relatively small cost, through - 30 - "The elimination or crippling of the Point Fo1Jr or similar work by the UN would be a catastrophe for America, and the whole free world. " "The personnel, the policies and the very name 'Point Four' have been under continued Republican attack. When the Republican controlled House Appropriations Committee completely eliminated all funds for au. S. contrib tion to the United Nations Technical Assistance Program, I called upon the Senate to follow President Eisenho'\oTer 's original recommendation and restore these funds", he said. But, Senator Hu.mphrey warned, "there has been a concerted effort by the Republicans to undermine and destroy the Point Four program". assets for the future", Senator Humphrey said. balance sheet in the profit column, but they certainly can be counted among our "Those Iranian children Point Four sent to school would not show up on a us. great returns for the peace and prosperity of the whole world at very small cost to countries how to best l~e their own reso ~ces. It has been a program which promiseg has been a cooperative enterprise designed to teach the people of underdeveloped "Point Four has not been a program of handouts", Senator H;~phrey said. It for the first time. Two million Indonesians were given protection against malaria." miniature TVA. It enabled 6, 000 children in J st one Iranian city to attend school the Phil pines. The parched deserts of Afghanistan were made to bloom through a "In India, it introd ced a new variety of wheat that enabled many Indian farmere to double their production. It reduced the deaths from beri-beri by 5o% in has made, Senator Humphrey, member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, revealed: As examples to demonstrate what he termed the tremendous strides Point Four tmderdeveloped areas of the world. " our Point Four program which shares the technological know-how of the West with the Sm,TATQR HUMPHREY HAILS POINT FOUR AS WEAPON AGAINST COMMUNISM
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from the HUMPHREY for SENATOR VOLUNTEERS 1722 HENNEPIN AVENUE, MINNEAPOLIS 3, MINNESOTA Phones: BRidgeport 4112 PRior 7100 RESPONSIBLE LEAI?ERSHIP PLEIX7ED IF DEMOCRATS WIN CONTROL QF CORJRESS Responsible leadership, rather than obstructionism, if the Democrats regain control of the next Congress was pledged by Senator Hubert H. H 1 ~phrey last night in an address at the Wabasha high school a 1ditorium. "A Democratic Congress wo 1ld help end the paralysis in foreign policy", Senator Humphrey said. "Most observers agree one of the main reasons we have lost the initiative in many areas of the world, and one of the explanations for 'foreign policy by bl 1 ff', is that the Administration is paralyzed by Old G 1ard domination of Congress and its Committees. Many attribute Secretary Dulles' humiliation at Geneva to the ref 1sal of Old Guard Senators to allow him either to negotiate a settlement or use force in bringing as ccessful conclt sion to the Indo-China war. - 30 - "When Senator McCarthy openly invited Government employees to violate a Presidential directive, it was the Democrats on the MCCarthy-Army Committee who came to President Eisenhower's defense." "House Democrats voted solidly to give Ike the same powers to reorganize the government as President Tr ~ had had, while GOP Committee members voted solidly against him; "House Democrats led Ike's fight for his public housing program. In 1954, House Democrats voted 2 to 1 for Ike while House Republicans voted 3 to 1 against the President. "Senate Democrats insisted on making Ike's fight on his trade program despite his s~render to GOP protectionists; "The Democrats led the fight against tying Ike's hands in foreign policy-making via the Bricker amendment; "On S11ch issues as foreign aid and the Bohlen nomination, the Democrats gave Ike more s ~port than the GOP; "In 1953, Democratic votes were necessary to put over Ike's views on 74 Ol't of 83 roll call votes; "2. Enacting the Eisenhower public housing program; 1'3. Staving off another attempt to restrict the President's authority in foreign affairs by the Bricker amendment." Claiming the Democrats "fulfilled the role of a responsible opposition" in the recent Congress by opposing GOP programs which were contrary to the public interest while supporting the Administration when it acted in the public interest, Senator Humphrey called attention to an array of instances where the Democrats supported the Eisenhower Administration: Judging from the record of the 83rd Congress, Senator Ht~phrey said, a Democratic Congress "represents the best chance of: "1. Enacting the Eisenhower trade program; "A Democratic Congress would mean greater freedom of action for the Administra tion in the field of foreign policy, since the Administration would no longer have to wrestle either with the Old Gnard or with much of the political oratory of the past to which the Old G,ard is wedded." WEDNESDAY A. M. SEPTEMBER 29, 1954
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