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DIGEST OF RECENT NEWS COMMENT - September 20, 1971 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY If, as SO many experts tell us, RN's emergency economy measures were inevitable why were so many of us overseas taken so obviously by surprise? To some the fall of the mighty is gratifying in Britain we remember the humiliation of the Suez fiasco. And Britons have not enjoyed the experience of being bailed out SO often by a more powerful ally. But 3 things should be kept in mind: 1) What happens to the U.S. economy will affect everyone in Britain. 2) Those who cheered the loudest at the U.S. economic crisis are not only the enemies of the U. S., but Britain's as well. 3) We should remember all the UK owes the U.S. over the past quarter century frankly we relied absolutely on the US for our defense. It is not too much to say we owe our peace, our preservation and much of our prosperity to them. Think too of the almost unbelievable scope of benefits conferred on the free world by the U. S. America is in a mess but the U.S. is a nation rich enough and strong enough to handle it. And once again "we had better hope they do, for they are still our shield and our ultimate sheet anchor. 11 (M. P. Angus Maude in 9/17 C.S. Monitor) MIDDLE EAST The Administration seems to be begging for trouble on the Hill for not selling fighters to Israel. Resentment over Admin footdragging is leading to an inevitable clash the situation is extremely tense and explosive. The baffling part is that the Admin is certain to lose in a head-on clash. GOP leaders will be in the forefront of requiring the fighter sale. While Rogers is stalling, bipartisan congressional hostility is seething and Jackson is again preparing to offer mandatory legislation for the Phantom sales that most GOP M. C. 's will feel inpelled to back and RN will have to accept. (9/10 Robert Allen) THE PRESIDENT RN's call for Hill support for the new economic policy was more than a call for bipartis anship -- it stressed the importance of united support in pursuing national, not specific interests. RN's remarks were not an apologia for materialism -- on the contrary staying #1 means more than standard of living, it also determines how many resources are available to the country to solve our problems. RN did an able job selling his program -- if Congress acts quickly and favorably it will be responding as the American public is responding. 11 (9/10 Detroit News edit)