HR 1776 On Senate Floor

WASHINGTON-The Senate Foreign Relations Committee tonight reported to the floor a modified British aid bill which a majority report said was "not a war measure, but a practical safeguard aimed at keeping us out of war."

The majority declared that the bill contains no authority "for sending American troops, under any circumstances, to fight on foreign soil."

It said the measure-revised to curb the broad Presidential powers contained in the original administration bill and to keep the "purse strings" under Congressional control-does carry out a U.S. foreign policy based on these two fundamental principles:

"1. The United States must strive in all ways reasonably to stay at peace with all the world, and

"2. The United States must, in its own interests, supply effective material aid to those countries whose defense is vital to our defense."