F 76/1: H 62/v. 12 Mutual Security Program Mutual Security Act of 1954 SELECTED EXECUTIVE SESSION HEARINGS Volume Mutual Security Mutual Security Act of 1954 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI, Wisconsin, Chairman L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina MICHAEL D. BARNES, Maryland HOWARD WOLPE, Michigan WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD, Michigan JOHN H. BUCHANAN, JR., Alabama ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California JOHN J. BRADY, Jr., Chief of Staff (II) Foreword This is the 12th in a series of volumes based on transcripts of hearings in executive sessions of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs during the period beginning in 1943 and dealing with subjects of historical interest. The first eight volumes in this series covered the period 1943-50. The succeeding volumes, IX through XVIII, of which this is the fourth, will carry the series through 1956. The hearings in this volume continue the committee's discussion of the Mutual Security Program. The first group took place in June 1954 and were "markup" sessions on the Mutual Security Act of 1954. In the foreword to volume XI, I noted that to the reader markup sessions may appear to be complex, and even tedious, and include references, sometimes obscure, to previous, related legislation. They not only indicate the complexity of the legislative process, however, but also the fundamental cooperative attitude which has been a hallmark of American legislative procedures. There is a great deal of give-and-take in the sessions and clear evidence of differences, but there is little of the pervading obstructionism which has contributed to the stagnation or downfall of attempts at representative government in so many other parts of the world. Volume XII also includes two conference committee sessions (meetings of Senate-House conferees to reconcile differences between the two bodies on the language of the legislation), pertinent supporting documents, and the first group of the committee's executive session hearings on the Mutual Security Act of 1955. As I indicated in forewords to the previous volumes, I see the materials presented in the historical series as reflecting an important segment of the experiences which have helped give Congress-during a period of crucial changes throughout the world—the requisite background for increasingly effective participation with the Executive in development of our Nation's foreign policies. |