The House Foreign Affairs Committee today decided to postpone action on the $15,000,000 Polish relief bill for two weeks, after opposition developed in the executive session from some congressmen who feared that the appropriation of funds for direct relief would set an unwise precedent in American foreign relations.
Action on the bill was postponed for “further investigation.” John Kee (Dem.,W.Va.), sponsor of the measure, urged immediate action on the bill. In a statement after the meeting, he said: “If we don’t do something now, it will be too late because they will have starved to death.”
Kee said he believed no precedent was involved. He asked for another hearing at which State Department officials would be witnesses so that their views on that point might be learned before the committee takes final action. Most of the committee members, Kee said, favored reporting out the bill, and he had no doubt it would pass the House Committee.
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