Show FOREIGN AID Some Progress As As the economic cooperation administration administration ad ad- ministration started Its third year of ot operations Marshall Marshan plan countries countries countries coun coun- tries were being urged to take two steps of paramount importance to tomake tomake make themselves independent of ot extraordinary outside aid by the time Ume ECA EGA ends end in June of 1952 COUNTRIES participating in the Marshall plan were to be told that they should hould Intensify efforts to sell more products to the United States and other currency hard areas ECA EGA pointed to that as one means of closing the dollar gap In that conn connection the agency continued the US U.S. could assist by following Increasingly liberal import import import im im- im- im port policies and commercial pol- pol cles des generally so that trade barriers barriers bar bar- Tiers do not prevent European c countries from increasing dollar earnings In this country AS to European economic unification cation ECA EGA stated Its belief bellet that the establishment of an effective European payments union Is la of great creat Importance Elimination of public and private trade restriction restrictions restrictions tion also allo were said to be a contributing contributing con con- contributing factor to economic until cation As a result of Increased production production production tion and financial and political l stabilization ECA said communism communism J sm has been placed on the defensive defensive de de- de- de In all aU participating coun coun- tries |