Senator HUMPHREY points outas did Mr. Bowles in his article in the Times--that there is urgent need for the establishment of a Middle East Develhpment Agency which will become the catalytic agent to stimulate development in the region. to turn the minds of the rulers from military adventure to positive and constructive economic achievement. Such an agency could become the instrument for the development of the Jordan River Valley and for the resettlement of large numbers of Arab refugees in the Arab countries. which are today underpopulated and which could use these wasting human resources at benefits and advantage to their own economies and development Accordingly. I am glad to see that the administration is proposing a large development loan fund in the mutual security program. One of the reasons why I am ready to support this program is that this fund holds the promise of an attack on the fundamental cause of tension in the Middle Eastthe mass poverty and the revolt of the people in that area against their misery.
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