Britain Recovering Too Fast, Says Taft

Chronicle (Levin), 1 April 1949, Page 5

Britain Recovering Too Fast, Says Taft

Received Thursday, 8.50 p.m. WASH1NGTON, March 30. Britain 's recovery under the Matshal Plan was too rapid, said Senator Roben Taft (Republicah, OhiO), during th . Senate debate on the Bill to contmue the European recovery plan for anotheyear. Senator Taft Said: U1 have every sympathy for the British position, bait seems to me that a little slowing-up of the recovery process is not going to damage the British people to any ex tent. ' ' Senator Taft was urging support for the "amendnient he moved to CUt Eul'o pean funds ten per cent. He complained that Britain 's social and other plans were being improperly sustained by American aid, and said if aid to Britain was reduced "our manufacturers wiii have a little lohger time to meet British competition. Sooner or later they wiri have to meet British competition, bnl there is no necessity for us to rnSh along in building it up. "We cannot have the highest liviftg standards in the world and then hope t compete with Britain and other coun tries with lower standards." Senator Wllliam Fulbfight (Demo Crat, TeXas), asked Senator Taft: ' Why. not say something about Eire Jii view of her Wartime record? Britalii las an excfellent case and has done the oest job of all is using the money We lave given hef. " | It was the fifth d&y of the debate ind its length indicated the strength Oi he opposition which has developed ta inancial provision of aid extension.