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sistance in 18 applied science areas,^^ the Congress briefly looked at 

 only seven: agriculture and forestry; mineral resources; industry; 

 labor; health; education; and public administration. 



In the extensive congressional hearings, the House called upon more 

 witnesses, and more ''scientific experts," than did the Senate commit- 

 tee; but most of the testimony related to political criteria and to the 

 rationale for beginning a technical assistance program, and its eflPects 

 on the domestic scene, rather than to the scientific and technical as- 

 pects. Most of the testimony came from the State Department, other 

 Administration witnesses, and spokesmen for religious missions. (See 

 table II.) The majority of statements inserted in the hearings came 

 from persons interested in private capital investment or in the political 

 aspects of the proposed program. (See table HI.) 



3> The proposed State Department program is shown as follows: 



TABLE 1.— PROPOSED 1ST YEAR TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAM BY FUNCTIONAL CATEGORY, ESTI- 

 MATED COSTS TO RECIPIENT COUNTRIES AND TO UNITED STATES OR INTERNATIONAL AGENCY 



Category 



1. General economic development 



2. Agriculture and forestry 



3. Fisheries 



4. Reclamation, hydroelectric power, and flood controL 



5. Mineral resources -.. 



6. Industry.- 



7. Labor 



8. Transportation. 



9. Health 



10. Education 



11. Social security and social services... 



12. General statistics 



13. Public administration 



14. Finance. 



15. Housing 



16. Communications.. 



17. Hydrographic and geodetic surveys. 



18. Weather 



Total 



Source: Point Four: Cooperative Program For Aid in the Development of Economically Underdeveloped Areas 

 (revised January 1950), op. cit., p. 81. 



