The Miami Times

Restore Point 4 Funds NAACP Official Urges

NEW YORK, July 13 - Restoration of the 35 million dollar cut in funds for the Point IV program of technical assistance to under-developed countries is urged by Walter White, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

On instructions of the Association's committee on administration Mr. White sent identical telegrams to six Senate leaders pointing out the dangers of this curtailment of funds and urging them to exert their influence to restore the appropriation to the original $45,000,000. Telegrams, under the date of July 11, were Sent to Senators Kenneth S. Wherry. minority leader; Scott W. Lucas. majority leader; er; Kenneth McKellar, chairman, appropriations committee; Herbert H. Lehman, Dennis Chavez and Leverett Saltonstall.

"In many respects this plan to give technological aid to help undernourished and previously exploited peoples of the earth is the most important step which can be taken to preserve faith in democracy as contrasted with totalitarianism," Mr. White told the senators.

"Part of our grave setbacks in places like Korea today," he continued "is due to non-white world skepticism of American and European pledges of freedom and equal opportunity to those whose friendship we must have to preserve democracy."

Reduction of the Point IV appropriation to $10,000,000 is "tragically dangerous and false economy," the NAACP official said. In Africa, South America and Asia, this program has been called "a first line of defense for the democratic way of life."

Restoration of these funds, Mr. White concluded. is needed "for expansion of production of food and other necessities the lack of which is one of the chief causes of war."