Show 0 7 I Bilateral Ai Aid End Enel A White House task force has urged President Nixon to scrap present US U.S. foreign aid programs and reprogram American aid to other nations to conform with international aid agencies such as the World Bank THE member 16 task force headed by Rudolph Peterson former president of the Bank of America believes a continuing continuing continuing con con- bilateral U. U S S. S aid program program program pro pro- gram to various countries throughout the world is no longer politically feasible f If adopted the proposal I would mean abandoning the I Agency for International Development Development Development De De- AID and the transfer of some of its programs programs programs pro pro- grams 10 to o other agencies some new I It would mean the recall recall recall re re- re- re call of AID personnel over over- seas THE TilE TASK force recommends recommends recommends mends that economic and military military military mil mil- aid programs be clearly separated it proposes new agencies and in some cases administering of aid and development development development de de- de- de now supervised by AID by two agencies It also apparently would not result result result re re- sult m in economy economy since greater aid appropriations are envisioned envision envision- ed in the future President Nixon has said the new study offers fresh stimulating stimulating stimulating ideas Few will argue the point though it is almost certin the American electorate is not willing to spend more moreon on foreign aid until domestic problems are closer to being resolved if ever The need today if for economies in the foreign aid field and whatever whatever whatever what what- ever new program is launched it should be launched with this theme dominant |