<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>Letter from Secretary Sawyer to Senator Connally on Foreign Aid Administration</dc:title><dc:date>1951-08-23</dc:date><dc:creator>unknown</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_047_3_27_43_0002</dc:identifier><dc:description>The document from Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer to Senator Tom Connally discusses the creation of an independent agency to administer Foreign Aid Programs. Sawyer argues against the idea, stating that it would create administrative and foreign relations problems and be a burden on taxpayers. He believes that aid to other countries should be temporary and not permanent, and that it should be carefully and wisely administered. Sawyer emphasizes the importance of existing government departments and expresses his support for the Marshall Plan and Point 4 program.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>