The Tydings Program

Into the White House last week, fresh from his hurry-up trip to the Philippines (TIME, June 11), rushed Maryland's lean Senator Millard Tydings. With him, he brought a program for those unhappy islands:

P: The U.S. promise of independence (by July 4, 1946) should be fulfilled.

P: A gift of $100 million, to be spent by Army & Navy engineers on reconstruction and rehabilitation should be made.

P: The near-bankrupt Commonwealth should have easy access to Government loans, to tide it over the next two or three difficult years.

P: A low-tariff trade policy should be instituted for the next three, possibly five years, to be followed by gradual tariff increases.

Harry Truman said he would recommend the Tydings program for passage by Congress.

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