SENATE KILLS RESTRICTIVE AID BILL

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• Publication Date: October 3, 1974
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THE WASi,iNGTON POST
I)A'TE_ PAGE
Administration Urged Defe t I
Senate Kills Restrictive Aid ME
By Spencer Rich
Washington Post Staff Writer
The Senate, on strong urg-
in,frog m the~1 rr ~~"~?~"ou e,
Anse it containe rest ietions
n ai =jn 11V_k"e Chile and
,Southeast Asia that lyre i ent
l+.or ,wo_Ln _(Ters u_nac~ ' ` cep le.
It was a new round in `the
furious battle over Senate in-
sistence on exerting close pol-
icy supervision over the aid
program and foreign policy in
general.
The Senate Foreign Rela-
i?ions Committee, loaded with
Men who view much of the Aid
AID, From Al
posed by Mr. Ford, barring aid
to Chile on grounds that Chi-
le's military junta is guilty of
torture and political repres-
sion.
When these and other
amendments disliked by the
State Department were tacked
on yesterday, the White
House, already unhappy with
the Foreign Relations Commit-
tee measure, backed a recom-
mittal move by John O. Pas-
tore (D-R.I.), which passed on
the 41-to-39 tally. Pastore said
Congress should come back in
November and try to work out
a better measure.
Spokesmen for Mr. Ford
and lobbyists for the program
endorsed this view and spread
the word in the cloakroom
that the White House wouldl
rather kill the bill than accept
the restrictive amendments.
The White House strategy Is
based on the assumption that, appeared to be ca eulatin
for the present at least, it can I that it would be easier to gr
do better on the aid program the House-Senate conferees o
program as a hai :lout to help
crumbling military dictators
the White Ftor: e views as
"loyal" to the I kited States,
had slashed air to Korea,
South Vietnam, ? imbodia and
Laos by ahoui 44)er cent and
had written in L series of re-
strictions on military aid and.
on fund,transfe~s that evade
existing ceiling- In addition,
it chopped thi' o- rail program
authorization fr ? n the $3.3 bil-
lion sought b% the White
House for fisc,~t 1975 to $2.5
billion.
Yesterday o ; the floor a
whole new set ?f restrictions
was written 1n, excluding, on a
48-to-34 vote, a flat ban on mil-
itary aid to Turkey on
grounds that, when it invaded
Cyprus, it misused military
equipment that the United
States had intended only for
self defense.
On Tuesday, when a'similar
amendment was nailed into
another measure, President
Ford warned that it would
bring a veto because it would
undermine Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger's negotia-
tions for a. Cyprus settlement.
Also approved yesterday
was an amendment by Edward
M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), op.
See AID, A12, Col. 4
by supporting a "continuing he reiwlut; on (the Appropria-
ressonlution" to fund the co- pLions Comlriittees to drop the
1gr
The continuing resolution,
providing funding until Con.
gress adjourns for agencies expunged iirom the basic for-
h
w
ose regular appropriations eign aid bill,
haven't passed
won Senate
,
ap The reason for this belief is
proval, 76 to 12, Tuesday. that an existing continuing
The White House had hopes resolution, carrying forward
that this measure, allowing the Department of Health, Ed-
the aid program to go i.'or ucation and Welfare, the La-
ward
could be passed without
,
. bar Departr..nent, the foreign
any legislative restrictions at aid program and several other
tached, but Sens. Thomas F. small programs, expired at
Eagleton (D-Mo.) attached his' midnight Sept. 30. Unless the
Turkey curb on that measurt' continuing resolution is
and Kennedy also won ap passed quickly, the govern-
proval of his Chil
id
e a
an. meat will r:)n out of money
In addition, Sen. Alan Cran for these agencies and won't
ston (D.-Calif.) Tuesday ai be able to meet payrolls.
tached a fund cut that shce+ Thus, there is great pres-
the spending authority in th
ll ?_, , , _ .-
sure a
ign aid -to far below tti cpnzrcleaii e gti.on through
amount allowed by the .Fort ra eieaxt fn, dropping
entsa that delay agree=
ign Relations Committee 'hit
meat,
Yesterday, however, in the
first meeting of the Appropri-
ions conferees on the contin-
uing resolution, members
clashed over Eagleton's Tur-
key-aid ban and didn't make
any progress toward agree.
ment.
Before killing the basic aid
authorization the Senate spent
the whole day voting on
amendments. James Abourezk
(D-S.D.) offered the Turkey
aid ban-identical to the one
Eagleton had attached to the
continuing resolution - and it
was adopted -on the 48-to-34
tally. Kennedy's Chile ban
rezk lost 68 to 17, on a
move? io non _gicovert ac rvi.
es by the CIA suer "as
#`assassinklon;`sabotage, liTlit-
'
%
srupl ions, or t^7ixed-
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 THE NEW Releas6 2005/07/13
SENATE SHELVES
FOREIGN AID BILL
IN FORD VICTORY
Action Put Off at Least Until
After November Election
-Vote is 41 to 39
LIMITING RIDERS ADDED
One Would Have Restrictec
C.I.A: s Covert Activity
-Others Cut Aid
By SEYMOURM. HERSH
Special to The New York Times
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2-The
Senate upheld the Ford Admin.
istration tonight by voting tc
shelve-at least until after the
November elections-this year's
controversial $2.5-billion for-
eign aid bill. The vote was 41
to 39.
The vote came. after critics
of the Administration's foreign
'i policy forced through a series
of restrictive amendments, in-
cluding a ban on all clandestine
activities of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency,' except those
listed by the Pres
ll
fi
y
ca
speci
ident as vital to national se-
curity.
The foreign aid bill, with its
amendments, will now be sent
back for further consideration
to the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee-a step that may
possibly kill the measure for
this year.
Early Move Fails
,ioutn Korea, cutting? out. rnili
.1 1
tary aid to Turkey and evetltu-
ally abolishing the entire, mili.
_. tary assistance program.
The recommittal vote was
cast after a motion by Senator
John O. Pastore, Democrat of
Rhode Island, who termed the
bill a "hodge-podge" that did
not make legislative sense. "he
measure was further castigatec
as "a political punching bag'
by Senator Robert P. Griffin 0'
Michigan, the assistant Repub
lican leader.
`A Fighting Chance'
Senator Hubert H.,Humphrcy
Democrat: of Minnesota, th,
floor manager of the bill, ac
cused the Administration of
sorry lack of planning on th
whole policy of foreign as;,ist
ance" that, in effect, led to th
amendments approved durin:=
debat .
"If The Administration woul
--back this bill," he added, "w,
C.I.A.. amendmen
adopted by voice vote, provio
ed that th president mnu
justify a request for secret fc
eign intelligence operations 11
describing his proposal in
written report to the approp
ate committees of the Hott=e
and Senate.
1171 'thout such specific noti
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Nonetheless, Mr. Hughes's
amendment was a compromise
whose approval came only
after the Senate voted 68 to
17 to defeat an amendment that
would have flatly barred all
clandestine C.I.A. operations.
That amendment was ppo
by Senat~e-erwwtt !"!" , 11 1"t ,~+,
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Justice for the Judiciary Committee, etc.) there was sotile question his
to whether any single existing committee should, have exclusive;=,,
side any cabinet department and is restionsivevto tho National Se-.r
curity- Council in the Executive Office of the President, or over the
?.
coordination of all intelligence activities,, the responsibility of the} i
Apparently, small subronlmittoes in the Committee on Armed N
Services and in the Committee on Appropriations which have dealtIsl
with intelligence matters have been responsible for such overall coordi ti
nation of intelligence policy as is made in the House of Representatives.
e
Thought was riven to mandating a similar subcommittee in the Com=~
Lnitte rEr+Trl [611ti do 1yoI c r, oseTy?TItTi tTie other tivo su comma:.!
ImU.ees. In the end, t- iougFi iel?ving li ctes~rtcble cca-]*at~ib~ ir~lfl;zrrs to
establish such a subcommittee, the select committee stopped short of x,
making a recommendation to this effect because of a reluctance to
interfere with the internal organization o E; visit des, It reeommenued
on y ult-Elio t ~rlS 16 1Ve res onsr ii sty presently held by the Armed j,
tt
Services Committee c ? EDl ct?, while an overview authority.;
over forei n and n Mi"U
i iiit`e,1li once (without acldecl~Icglslative au =H
tllority beyond that which already exists over Clio"Sf% te`Drepui?tmoilt) .us r
should be assigned to the Foreign Affairs Committee. This arrangement
was in effect the mirror image of the overview of arms control and dis-
arnianlent extended to the Armed Forces Committee, leaving exclusive
legislative authority in that field to the Forei n Affairs Committee. In :0
each field, proposals for concurrent legislative as well as oversight
jurisdiction were rejected. The select committee does not dispute that ry;'
the Armed Services Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee caa
each have a vital interest in both inform ation and
olic
related toe'
p
y
intelligence and to arms control, topics which themselves are int
twined. But recommending only ovorsial;~t or overview as the imme- :: ~
cliete means for coordination seemed to involve soiree lesser risks of ff;3
delay, indecision, deadlock, and rivalry between the two committeesw'
than would a complete sharing of legislative jurisdiction.
Defense Secrets
There seemed less reason to involve the Committee on Science and'Technology iii legislating on matters related to military research and f t
development, as this responsibility was clearly appropriate to the:.' r
Committee on Aimed Services. But because such a large proportion';) Ii
of the total?national expenditures for R & D are military and theso-
have implications for technology transfer into the civilian economy.:
and because the Department of Defense contracts for such a heavy;"
percentage of total national scientific and technical manpower, some.<
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/',etecl!on of Nationals Be/en?s
It is worth noting that sot
d..pecially concerned about I
iinuusually sensitive kinds o
those related to our own new_
special sources, codes, and icl
wider special safeguards of
concern did not relate to whe
(if sensitive iliformation t11ali
that secrets are more likely t
nn est jJossible 111111150V or
0 bvious yly_,_t 15 Peal CO i e?
that the broad policy issues
(Yence activities whose details
and review by those with, re
availability and activities.
The selee.Lciununit.tee..balie
as to require very close pro
and intelligence activities. I
of information would be ur_
national peril. At the same t
policy made by the Congrc
would risk being faulty and
resolve these conflicting need
participation in policy maki
whole Congress.
'rho select committee had
the House of Representative
Lion available to every Meir
p1-icGicill1iipp1tcfj i_Q1aur1) c
principle and that this applic
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primary reasons for problems
that the institution has neve
fact is that if the hiohest ofli
interpret, and coat of send
with Congress tiiillTenc7 to i
it avliilii;iil.e; eeven tv iieli~c~rnrt
such information.
'T'here is also another spe
tween these independent br
sified matters of the greatest
recit hits' Continuedsecrecy,
eitheiECause t rev conflict we
or reflect eventsn some fie
a;elicies~"T+'iiiia ; Criere are I
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sight was written into the select committee's recommendations on thai
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., ;onto question as :J '
?ncy, which lies oil t.
o the National Se-.',_
sidcitt, or over the
;porisibility^ of the ;i
nniitteo on Armed , a,
s which have dealt':+s;
such overall coordi