<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Correspondence Regarding Opposition to Increase in Mutual Security Appropriation Bill</dc:title><dc:date>1955-05-24</dc:date><dc:creator>Belcher, Page Henry, 1899-1980</dc:creator><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:identifier>http://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_004_3_21_1A_0004</dc:identifier><dc:description>The document is a response to Mr. E.M. Howard's opposition to an increase of one and a half billion dollars in the Mutual Security appropriation bill. The sender, Page Belcher, acknowledges Mr. Howard's views and invites further comments or suggestions. The document also mentions the House Appropriations Subcommittee's decision to increase foreign aid spending despite claiming to cut it.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>