International Relations and World Government

• DOI: 10.1177/000271625127400132
• Author: Norman D. Palmer
• Date: 01 March 1951
• Published date: 01 March 1951
• Subject Matter: Articles

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND
Mr. Gray believes in &dquo;the fundamental cor-
WORLD GOVERNMENT
rectness&dquo; of the European Recovery Pro-
gram, but he holds that in view of the new
GRAY, GORDON, and others. Report to the
emphasis on rearmament &dquo;June 30, 1952,
President on Foreign Economic Policies.
is
no
...
longer a target date&dquo; (p. 37)
Pp. vii, 131. Washington: U. S. Govt.
and that American economic aid will be
Printing Office, 1950. 40 cents.
needed for at least another three or four
The second week in November, 1950,
years.
was marked by two events of profound sig-
The Gray Report is particularly con-
nificance for the future course of our
cerned with the problems of underde-
foreign economic relations. The first was
veloped areas. After an excellent brief
the Congressional elections, the second the
analysis of the needs and possibilities of a
release of a special report to the President
program of aid to these areas, and of
covering &dquo;the whole range of foreign eco-
the obstacles in the way, the Report as-
nomic problems facing the United States&dquo;
sesses the possible role of various types of
(in Mr. Truman’s words), submitted by
stimuli-private investment, international
Gordon Gray, former Secretary of the
loans, United States Government loans, and
Army. Unfortunately the first event is
grants for development and for technical
likely to nullify the second; for one does
assistance. The limitations of the &dquo;Point
not have to be a soothsayer to predict that
Four&dquo; program, in its present form, are
the Eighty-second Congress will pay little
suggested by the realistic warning that
attention to the philosophy, or the recom-
&dquo;technical assistance can be most produc-
mendations of the Gray Report.
tive only when used as an adjunct to or
Mr. Gray was well aware of the domestic
implemented by programs supplying capital
and international difficulties in the way of
funds&dquo; (p. 69). In fact, the Report...