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Foreword....
CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
A. Organization of the Committee on Foreign Affairs..
1. Members of the committee__
2. Staff..
3. Consultative subcommittees.
4. Special legislative subcommittees.
5. Conference committees. -
B. Congressional participation in foreign affairs.
C. Participation of House Foreign Affairs Committee..
1. Committee origin___
2. Power over the purse..
3. Committee jurisdiction..
4. Committee powers..
5. Study missions and participation in international conferences__
6. Scope and diversity of issues..
7. Committee procedure..
8. Subcommittee structure.
9. Committee readiness to meet critical situation_
10. Scope of survey-
1. STRENGTHENING UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
A. Amendment of United Nations Participation Act of 1945, H. R. 4708__
1. Recommendation of Secretary of State_
2. History in Eightieth Congress.-
3. History in Eighty-first Congress-
4. What Public Law 341 does...
5. Safeguards...
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B. United States contribution to United Nations for Palestine refugee
relief, Senate Joint Resolution 36_
1. Background............
2. Message from the President_
3. Senate action..
4. House action_
5. Public Law 25.
6. Stabilization of the Near East..
C. Contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East, H. R. 7797, title III.
1. Background.
3. Analysis of provisions of title III, Public Law 535.
2. Passage of the legislation.
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D. Contributions to the United Nations International Children's Emer-
gency Fund (UNICEF), H. R. 2785..
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1. Appropriations during Eightieth Congress..
2. Consideration during Eighty-first Congress, first session__
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3. Passage and approval.
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4. Consideration during Eighty-first Congress, second session,
H. R. 7743 and H. R. 7797, title V.
E. Raising ceilings on United States contributions to certain international
organizations, House Joint Resolution 334.
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F. Loan to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for establish-
ment of headquarters in the United States, House Joint Resolution
356, Senate Joint Resolution 128_
1. Background_.
2. Subcommittee..
G. Tax reimbursement to the Pan American Union, H. R. 5902.
H. International Trade Organization (ITO), House Joint Resolutions 14,
71, and 236..
II. ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND MUTUAL AID
A. First extension of European recovery program, H. R. 2362, H. R. 3748,
S. 1209___.
1. Scope of committee review and action.
2. Comprehensiveness of interrogation_.
3. Enactment into law__
4. Provisions concerning the Administrator__
5. Other provisions_-.
B. Second extension of the European recovery program, H. R. 7797, title I_
1. The task__.
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2. The witnesses_
3. Final action_
4. Major provisions of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1950, title
I of the Foreign Economic Assistance Act of 1950--
D. Philippine Rehabilitation_
1. Amendment of Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946, H. R.
5535
2. Amending the Philippine Property Act of 1946, H. R. 8546.
1. Background....
E. Extending the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, H. R. 2957,
H. R. 5730, S. 1250--
2. Committee action.
3. Passage of S. 1250-
4. Provisions of Public Law 283.
5. The goal...
F. Educational programs..
1. Education of Iranian students in the United States, H. R. 5731..
2. Contributions to Cooperative for American Remittances to
Europe, Inc. (CARE), H. R. 5953, S. 2496--
3. Educational exchange program with Finland, House Joint Reso-
lution 87, Senate Joint Resolution 3..
4. Assistance to Chinese students and academic persons, economic
aid and disaster relief____
G. Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949, H. R. 5895_
1. Policies involved___
2. Committee consideration and study.
3. Congressional action_
4. Purposes and provisions of Public Law 329.
H. Extending the Mutual Defense Assistance Act, S. 3809_.
1. Committee action__--
2. Committee agenda.
3. Implementation of findings and declaration of policy.
4. Final passage and approval.
5. Major provisions__
I. Point IV (Technical Cooperation) Program, H. R. 5615, H. R. 6026, H.
R. 6834, H. R. 6835, H. R. 7346, and H. R. 7797, title IV.
1. The policy background..
2. Reconciling the different versions..
3. Completion of congressional action....
4. Purposes and scope.
5. Potentialities of technical assistance___
J. Emergency relief assistance to Yugoslavia, H. R. 9853, S. 4234_
1. The background_
2. Congressional action_.
3. Major provisions---
A. Claims. _
III. OTHER MEASURES
1. International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, H. R. 4406_
2. Payment of compensation to the Swiss Government, H. R. 2388,
H. R. 4392__
3. Payment of compensation to the Portuguese Government, H. R.
9484_
4. Payment of certain claims against the United States, H. R.
2281, S. 937--
5. Claims of certain officers and employees of the Foreign Service,
H. R. 4106___
6. Settlement of certain Finnish claims, House Joint Resolution
376, Senate Joint Resolution 135_.
7. Settlement of intercustodial conflicts involving enemy property
(Germany enemy assets), House Joint Resolutions 294, 475,
and 516_.
B. Department of State___
1. Reorganization, H. R. 3559, S. 1704_.
2. Transfer of international broadcasting facilities from the RFC
to the Department, H. R. 2282.
3. Increasing the annuities of annuitants under the Foreign Serv-
ice retirement and disability system, H. R. 2786, H. R. 9002_
C. International public events...
1. Invitation to hold 1956 Olympic Games at Detroit, House
Joint Resolution 178, Senate Joint Resolution 56...
2. Participation in international exposition at Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, House Joint Resolution 213, House Joint Resolution
297, Senate Joint Resolution 79...--
3. California World Progress Exposition, House Joint Resolution
434__
4. The First United States International Trade Fair, House Joint
Resolution 453..
5. Return to Mexico of flags captured in Mexican War, H. R. 6241,
H. R. 6328, Senate Joint Resolution_133__
6. Recognition and endorsement of the Inter-American Cultural
and Trade Center at Miami, Fla., House Joint Resolution 511_
D. International public works___.
1. Extending time for construction of free bridge across the Rio
Grande at or near Del Rio, Tex., H. R. 1360.-
2. Extending time for construction of toll bridge across the Rio
Grande at or near Rio Grande City, Tex., H. R. 4022_ _ _ .
3. Clarifying and affirming power of Niagara Falls Bridge Com-
mission, House Joint Resolution 208-
4. Location survey for railroad to connect Alaska and the United
States, H. R. 2186__
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5. Western land boundary fence project, H. R. 4972, S. 1115.
6. Construction of bridge across the St. Lawrence River at Ogdens-
burg, N. Y., H. R. 8944_.
7. Construction of Rainy River toll Bridge at Baudette, Minn.,
H. R. 7445___
8. Construction of the Inter-American Highway, H. R. 7890.-
E. Implementation of treaties_ .
1. Development of hydroelectric power at Falcon Dam on the Rio
Grande by the United States and Mexico, H. R. 5773-
2. Tuna fish conventions, H. R. 4205, H. R. 5067, H. R. 6204,
H. R. 8945 and S. 2633.
3. Whaling convention, S. 2080-
4. International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries,
S. 2801..
5. Southwestern border projects, H. R. 6031, H. R. 6304, H. R.
7691, and S. 3934__
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SURVEY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN
AFFAIRS, EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS
SUBCOMMITTEE ON EUROPE
JAMES P. RICHARDS, South Carolina, Chairman
THURMOND CHATHAM, North Carolina JAMES G. FULTON, Pennsylvania
CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI, Wisconsin
A. A. RIBICOFF, Connecticut
JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
JOHN DAVIS LODGE, Connecticut