Yet the Congress appropriated last year only $50.000 for the Senate Subcommittee on Disarmament to work on alternatives to the arms race. The Communist offensive now is increasingly one of economic aid and penetration. For economic aid. for technical asssitance. for all the refugee programs. edurational exchange. atoms for peace. all our donations of agricultural surpluses to needy people abroad in about 80 countries. and for the Development Loan Fund. these appropriations amounted to little more than $1.4 billion. That represents $8 per U.S. citizen. or about 50 cents per capita globally. For the settlement of disputes by peaceful means. and to encourage the growth of world law through the United Nations. our expenditures for the fiscal year 1958 were approximately 10 cents for each U.S. citizen. When we add the specialized agencies for food. health. children. refugees. the United Nations Emergency Force. the grand total for the United Nations agencies and programs last year came to a $120 million. or about 68 cents per each U.S. citizen. or about 4 cents for each person in the world. The high cost of defense is the strongest argument against adequate schools. hospitals. and other essential services at home. Have we examined fully the other costs of this program in the waste of material. in the support of dictatorship and tyranny. and in other ways?
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