As we come up to consideration of the Mutual Security Program and other measures dealing with foreign policy. let us be clear first that it is United States aid and United States friendship which have helped mightily in keeping Italy from conditions which could. after the war. have brought about the heavy representation of communism in her government. Second. that if Italy had gone In that direction the defection of Yugoslavia from subservience to Moscow would probably not have occurred. yet this is one of the greatest blows the Conmunist bloc has suffered since the war. Third. that Italy overpopulated. without basic economic resources. having eight times the present population density of the United States and less than onethird the territory available for cultivation. depends vitally upon foreign trade. foreigncapital investment. and the widest possible emigration opportunities. Let us not forget when we consider bills to aid the Presidents foreign policy activities this uncomfortably close call for freedom in Italyat a time when the ruthless opponents of free institutions in that country were able to exploit to the full uncertainties as to our countrys future policy in helping free Europe toward military. economic. and political integration.
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