the european recovery program of 1947 is better known as the marshall plan.
the european recovery program of 1947 is better known as the marshall plan.
the european recovery program of 1947 is better known as?
the marshall plan
in foreign policy, he was non-interventionist and did not see stalin's soviet union as a major threat. however, he called david lilienthal "soft on the subject of communism." the true danger, he believed, was big government and runaway spending. he supported the truman doctrine and reluctantly approved the marshall plan but opposed nato, as unnecessary and provocative to the soviets. he took the lead among republicans in condemning truman's handling of the korean war and questioning the constitutionality of the war itself: "my conclusion, therefore, is that in the case of korea, where a war was already under way, we had no right to send troops to a nation, with whom we had no treaty, to defend it against attack by another nation, no matter how unprincipled that aggression might be, unless the whole matter was submitted to congress and a declaration of war or some other direct authority obtained." taft was a supporter of the new state of israel, called for an end to the arms embargo to the middle east, and supported arms shipments and other military aid to the new country. in april 1949, during a debate on renewal of the marshall plan bill, taft stated the us could see either a tax increase or budget deficit in the event that foreign aid and other government spending were not reduced. later that month, the house and senate passed a compromise european recovery program a few minutes apart, taft stating he was hopeful the appropriations committees would reduce the cash total by ten percent and leading an unsuccessful attempt to trim the bill by the aforementioned amount. in june 1949, taft indicated his support for reducing funding for the european recovery program, saying the economic corporation administration could stand a 10 percent cut in the funding approved by the house. in august 1950, taft stated the united states had invited the attack in korea, adding that the real problem was whether the united states was going to "outfit the armed forces" or build up american forces in anticipation of a war against russia in the following two years, and an all-out rearming of the us would lead to world war iii.
robert a. taft
as foreign minister (1947–1951) he supported the european recovery program and the settlement of trieste. he was a convinced advocate and one of the designers of italy's pro-european policy and with de gasperi he led italy into the council of europe. on 18 april 1951 he signed the treaty instituting the european coal and steel community, making italy one of the founder members.









































count carlo sforza died in rome in 1952.









































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