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    "ocrText": "TRUMAN NARA\n- 2 -\nMr. Stein pointed out that in the House the situation was not nearly\nso favorable. He mentioned the inclusion of $60,000,000 for China and the\nreduction by more than $60,000,000 of aid to Europe from the figure adopted\nby the Senate. The Committee discussed the advisability of a communication\nto the House leaders urging them to handle China separately from Europe in\norder to avoid a confusion of the two and a reduction in the total assist-\nance granted. After discussion it was agreed that the Committee should not\ntake a formal position on Chinese assistance, but Mr. McKee was instruc-\nted to talk with Congressman Judd and urge upon him the need for separating\nthe Chinese problem from the European.\nMr. Stein also called attention to the fact that the House bill in-\ncludes a provision which gives the United States unilateral control over the\nforeign currency proceeds of the goods to be sent. The Committee discussed\nthis matter, but decided to take no action on it.\nMr. Stein reported that the House bill would include a provision which\nwould make funds immediately available through the R.F.C., pending appro-\npriation action, and he pointed out the value of a provision in the Senate\nbill which permitted the substitute of non-short supply items to be charged\nat prices equal to the price of the same caloric content of grain.\nMr. Stein suggested that when the State Department presentation was\nmade on the Marshall Plan itself to the Congressional committees that this\nCommittee might wish to make a statement of the main points of the presen-\ntation in order to further the discussion of the plan. The Committee dis-\ncussed this quite at some length and it was agreed that we did not want,\nat this time, to endorse any particular proposal, nor did we wish to decrease\nthe effectiveness of the Committee which may well be needed at the time\nCongress reconvenes in January. The matter was not finally disposed of,\nbut it was agreed that it would be useful at least for the Committee to have\nan analysis of the presentation to be made by the State Department.\nInclusion of Representatives of the Arts & Sciences\non the National Council:\nA letter from Mr. Stimson which included a suggestion from a friend\nof his that more members of the National Council be drawn from the Arts and\nSciences was discussed by the Committee. A proposal was made by Mr. McKee\nthat it might be well to organize the theatre people, under some such chair-\nman as Mr. Robert Sherwood, and to organize other committees of professional\nand special groups. Mr. Oram presented to the Committee several reasons why\nhe felt that the time available did not permit of any extended sub-committee\norganization of this kind, although he did feel that regional committees,\nsimilar to the one begun in New England, should be attempted in the middle\nWest and far West wherever we have strong representation on the Council.\nA motion by Mr. Page was seconded and adopted that the Committee ac-\ncept Mr. Oram's general analysis, but that he and the Executive Director\nshould proceed with the organization of special regional or professional\ngroups wherever it seemed possible or desirable."
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