It was a strange scene in the House for us Democrats to see this program espoused by reactionary Republicans. who had denounced the socialsecurity system as "socialistic" and "radical" in the days of Roosevelt and Truman. The mutualsecurity program. also initiated by the Democrats to aid European. Asiatic. and other countries to combat communism in the early post World War II years. was continued after the Republicans cut the Presidents proposal to $2.7 billion. The President needed Democratic assistance in both sessions to defeat the Republican isolationists. In the session just closed. 141 Democrats and only 118 Republicans in the House supported Mr.