In a sudden burst of speed last week, the U.S. Congress added up the major foreign-aid bills for the current fiscal year, earmarked more than $7 billion for the nation's postwar allies and the occupied countries. The House and Senate quickly agreed on a bill authorizing $1,314,010,000 in military aid for European partners in the Atlantic defense pact (see below), for
Greece and Turkey, and for Persia, Korea, China and the Philippines. Next day, both houses approved the final appropriation of $4,852,380,000 for the second year of the European Recovery Program, $45 million for economic assistance to Greece and Turkey and $912,500,000...
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