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    "ocrText": "- 11 -\nIn view of the excuses being made by the Republicans now, one\nmight think that all of them--or at the very least a majority of them--\nwould have voted for the combined Korea-China aid bill.\nBut what happened? When S. 2319 reached the floor of the House,\nthe Republicans again attacked aid to Korea. A motion was made by a Re-\npublican (A. L. Miller, Nebr. to cut the Korean aid fund by two-thirds-\na cut which would have totally destroyed the program and convinced the\npeople of Korea and the people of Asia that the US could not be depended\non to help Asiatic peoples.\nCongressman Marcantonio voted for this cut.\nThe Republicans in the House voted 99-36 for this cut.\nThe Democrats voted 203-37 against the cut and saved Korean aid.\nThe total vote was 239-137 against (February 9, 1950).\nWhen the bill came to final passage, the vote was on both aid\nto Korea and continuation of aid to China.\n\"NATIONAL\nARQHIVES AND\nRECORDS\nMarcantonio voted against the bill.\nDespite their protestations of interest in the Far East and\nexcuses for not voting for the first bill for aid to Korea, the Republicans\nin the House voted 91-42 against aid to Korea and against continued aid to\nChina.\nThe Democrats voted 198-42 for the bill, making possible aid to\nKorea and continued economic aid to China. The total vote was 240-134\n(February 9, 1950).\nAlthough the Korean bill was thus finally passed, the damage had\nbeen done. The Republicans in the House had delayed the vote on the Korean\nAid Bill for four months; had temporarily killed the bill in the House; and\nhad raised serious doubts about the chances of continued aid, and had con-\ntributed to the communist belief that we would not support South Korea\nagainst armed attack.\nThe impression was left with the Korean people, both democratic\nelements and communist puppets, that further American aid was tied by a\nvery thin thread. Korean newspapers pointed out that 134 isolationist\nvotes, a very large minority, had opposed final passage.\nThe isolationist bloc of the House must shoulder the responsibility\nfor the communist attack on South Korea. The communist puppets in North\nKorea took the strong opposition to financial aid as proof that they need\nnot fear that the US would come to the aid of the Republic in case of attack.\nThe false economy preached by the Republicans is costing us far\nmore than the amount originally proposed for the \"little ECA for Korea\" not\nonly in dollars BUT IN THE LIVES OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS. The citizens of\nAmerica should mark well and remember that the Republican Party leadership\nwas responsible for this opposition to aid for the Republic of Korea."
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