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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 11, No. 4. April 7th, 1948

Marshall Plan

Marshall Plan

Americanism means an edict by the United States Government stating that if there are any changes in the Greek cabinet American aid will not be forthcoming. It means the Marshall Plan for aiding capitalism in Europe to reindustrialize the Ruhr valley and to put up a last ditch fight against Communism. It means confusing this plan with the feeding of Europe so that those who oppose it (because, as Dom Luigi Sturzo points out. The feeding is strictly subsidiary to the economic and political domination of American capitalism) are accused of sacrificing lives to an ideology. Those accusing being blind, in the midst of their emotions, to the concrete facts of the situation. Facts not to be found in the idealistic wordings of documents, Marshall Plans, etc., but in the day to day workings of the State Department.