FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE, 1973

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

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1973

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1711 and S. 2026

TO AMEND THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AND

S. 2059

TO PROVIDE FOR THE FURNISHING BY THE U.S. GOVERN-
MENT OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC AND HUMANITARIAN

ASSISTANCE

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JUNE 26 AND 27, 1973

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1973

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CONTENTS

Statements by:

Abourezk, Hon. James, U.S. Senator from South Dakota..

Chiles, Hon. Lawton, U.S. Senator from Florida___

Draper, William H., Jr., honorary chairman, Population Crisis Com-

mittee

Freeman, Orville L., president, Business International Corp----

Hannah, Dr. John A., Administrator, AID; accompanied by Robert

Nooter, Assistant Administrator for Supporting Assistance; Jarold

A. Kieffer, Assistant Administrator for Population and Humani-

tarian Assistance; Donald MacDonald, Assistant Administrator for

Asia; Samuel Adams, Assistant Administrator for Africa; and

Herman Kleine, Assistant Administrator for Latin America.......

Hesburgh, Father Theodore M., chairman of the board of directors of

the Overseas Development Council and president of the University

of Notre Dame___

Lodge, Dr. George C., Graduate School of Business Administration,

Harvard University---

Nooter, Robert, Assistant Administrator for Supporting Assistance,

AID

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Paddock, William C., consultant in Tropical Agricultural Develop-
ment, Washington, D.C----

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Stanley, Dr. Timothy W., executive vice president, International Eco-
nomic Policy Association....

310

Insertions for the record:

Text of S. 1711, 93d Cong., 1st Sess__.

Text of S. 2026, 93d Cong., 1st Sess___

Foreign economic assistance comparative amounts for fiscal year

1972-74, table__

Comparison of funds authorized by S. 1711 and S. 2026, table__.

Statement by Senator J. W. Fulbright, introducing S. 2059, from the

Congressional Record, Senate, June 25, 1973_.

Text of S. 2059, 93d Cong., 1st Sess_-_

Comparative data on authorizations in the International Development

Act, the executive branch's economic aid request for fiscal year 1974,

and apropriations for fiscal year 1973, table_.

Fiscal year 1972 economic aid program, table_.

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62

Section by section analysis of the proposed Mutual Development and

Cooperation Act of 1973, S. 2026_.

64

"Worldwide Food Shortage Seen," article from the Journal of Com-

merce, June 12, 1973-

73

"Asia's Trouble Returns: Too Many Babies, Too Little Food," article

from U.S. News and World Report, March 5, 1973-.

76

"Parched Land-In India, Many Are Hungry, More Will Be Unless

The Rains Come," article by William D. Hartley, The Wall Street

Journal, June 6, 1973.

79

"Foreign Aid Without AID," article by William C. Paddock, The

Washington Post, June 3, 1973---

"The Culture of Bureaucracy: So Hard to Remember, So Easy to For-

get," article by William and Elizabeth Paddock, The Washington

Monthly, February 1973_.

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Insertions for the record—continued.

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"The Browning of the Green Revolution," article by William and

Elizabeth Paddock, The Progressive, June 1973__.

AID response to articles on world food situation...

Prepared statement of Hon. John A. Hannah, Administrator, AID.

AID comments on "We Don't Know How"--

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105

Prepared statement of Robert H. Nooter, Assistant Administrator for

Supporting Assistance, AID..

112

132

AID programs of assistance in the development of marine resources__

Letter concerning statutory propaganda restrictions to Senator J. W.

Fulbright from Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General of the United

States, dated February 7, 1973_

155

155

Letters and articles indicating AID publicity or propaganda within

the United States____

156

Public Appearances by AID officials, fiscal year 1973_-.

207

Office of Public Affairs, AID full-time employees-as of July 1, 1973,

table

208

Executive branch comment on S. 848_

211

Responses of Dr. Hannah to questions submitted by the chairman for

the record_.

212

Prepared statement of Jarold A. Kieffer, Assistant Administrator for

Population and Humanitarian Assistance, AID___.

Prepared statement of D. G. MacDonald, Assistant Administrator,

Bureau for Asia, AID.

Prepared statement of Samuel C. Adams, Jr., Assistant Administrator,

Bureau for Africa, AID_

Prepared statement of Herman Kleine, Assistant Administrator for

Latin America, AID, and Deputy U.S. Coordinator, Alliance for

Progress

Prepared statement of Senator Hubert H. Humphrey---

"Members of Former Presidential Advisory Groups Endorse New Con-

gressional Initiative Toward Developing Countries," press release__

Letter and enclosed population growth table to Mr. Norvill Jones,

Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, from William C.

Paddock, dated July 18, 1973_.

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The least developed countries: economic and social data, table.......

1972 World Population Data Sheet, table, facing page..

Population stabilization in Communist countries__

Prepared statement of William C. Paddock__

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Responses of Mr. Paddock to questions posed by Dr. John A. Hannah,

Administrator, AID_

Prepared statement of William H. Draper, Jr., honorary chairman,

Population Crisis Committee_.

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297

Letter and enclosed tables concerning fertility rates to Senator J. W.

Fulbright, from William H. Draper, Jr., dated June 28, 1973.

Prepared statement of Dr. Timothy W. Stanley, executive vice presi-

dent, International Economic Policy Association____

Prepared statement of Orville L. Freeman, president, Business Inter-

national Corp‒‒‒‒

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Prepared statement of Mrs. Lois W. Van Valkenburgh, deputy execu-

tive secretary, Citizens Committee for UNICEF..

334

Prepared statement of National Congress of Parents and Teachers in

support of appropriations for UNICEF_.

337

Appendix:

Letter and enclosures concerning amendment No. 255 to S. 1711 to Sen-

ator J. W. Fulbright from Senator Edward M. Kennedy, dated

June 25, 1973__.

339

Statement of James P. Grant, president, Overseas Development

Council

344

Appendix-continued.

Letter to Senator J. W. Fulbright from Leonard Woodcock, president,
International Union, United Auto Workers, dated June 25, 1973__
Letter to Senator J. W. Fulbright from Jerry Voorhis, dated June 19,
1973

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Analysis of AID fiscal year 1974 program presentation to the Con-
gress: "Indochina Postwar Reconstruction Assistance," submitted by
the Indochina Resource Center____

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