This has happened every year. the program will be reduced again in 1951. But this is a carefully planned reduction. worked out by ECA and the European nations. Europe expects to do with less. To slash the figure further would simply cripple the whole effort. Of course. Europe can make do with less. So can a man who gets only food enough to keep himself half alive. The Arab refugee problem is a festering sore in the Near East. The Near East is an area vital to us. Unless we alleviate that situation all we can. it will worsen progressively and the difficulties will mount.