Show rile HOME IN washington lr U arri Cr ri truman address lauded AS THE WEEKS pass the stature ot of president harry S Tr inaugural address looms larger and larger as one ot of the most profound pronouncements noun cements in world history already the truman administration is I 1 recognized historically as ai author ot of the truman doctrine and as world leaders and others other study the inaugural address ot of january 20 1949 and its import upon the affairs of this nation and ot of the world they are ready now to admit that the enormity of the bold new neve program which the president sug lug will swamp and make small even the multi billion dollar marshall plan in comparison to its worldwide world wide implication that president truman was cognizant ot of the size and scope the boldness and daring of the plan to bring about a major turning point in the long history of the human race was evident in the earnest ear neit ness of his delivery one paragraph in his address sums up the essence of a worldwide world wide marshall plan our aim be to help tree free peoples ot of the world through their own efforts to produce more food more clothing more materials for housing more mechanical power to lighten their burdens the old imperialism exploitation tor for foreign profit profi thas bas no place in our bur plans what we envisage Is I 1 a program of development based on concepts of democratic fair dealing plan now recognized because of the more dramatic challenge of communism in the he presidents speech the tremendous import of his idealistic but practical plan did not at first hit home to the millions who heard him his demand for positive action against the forces of communism however Is just now being fully recognized the containment of the truman doctrine was a to the communist ideology and it halted communism in its tracks in western europe now however in the great undeveloped areas of the world india china africa the great south pacific areas of undeveloped islands truman proposes that american capital with american move in to bring first relief to these millions of hungry ill clad ill housed peoples and second to prove the efficiency and efficacy of democracy the new truman plan likely will be in operation within the next four years it may run for decades it means that the united states will replace the british empire as the economic industrial and scientific developer of progress in the improvement pro and growth of underdeveloped areas of the world U UH 11 would be channel the presidents plan suggests that the entire program be applied through the agencies of the united nations organization his plan envisages a combination of government and private capital of profits profit for private capital investment but no imperialism and that guar andies to the investor must be balanced by the guaranties guarantees guaran ties in the tha interest of the people whose resources and labor go into these developments the entire plan staggering in its imagination and magnitude will come piecemeal piece meal but first phases such as the economic machinery are being studied and readied for the congress the president said democracy alone can supply the vitalizing force to stir the peoples of the world into triumphal action not only against their human oppressors but also against their ancient enemies hunger misery and despair 0 0 0 program faces trouble the past election showed that expenditure pend iture of money in an election means little insofar as votes are concerned for instance the GOP senatorial campaign committee spent in the senatorial campaign the democratic senatorial campaign committee spent the national republican congressional committee spent in congressional races the democratic congressional campaign committee and the democratic national congressional committee combined spent so the republican national organizations spent almost I 1 million dollars on electing senators senator and congressmen while the democrats spent only about barkley for veterans vice president alben bark leys list last action as a senator was to introduce a bill which would set up an organization similar to the reconstruction finance corporation po ration to provide for economic development primarily for veterans through a live five billion dollar loan program seventeen other senators joined in the plan eight democrats and nine republicans bill died I 1 in public ans A similar the congress |