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PUBLIC LAW 86-108-JULY 24, 1959

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restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes", approved October 15, 1914 (38 Stat. 734, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 21). Each such proceeding shall be governed by the provisions of such section as they existeaon the day preceding the aate of enactment of this Act. Approved July 23, 1959.

Public Law 86-108 July 24, 1959 [H. R. 7500]

AN ACT To amend further the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may AcTof'fgsl.^"'" be cited as the "Mutual Security Act of 1959". STATEMENT OF POLICY 70 Stat. 555. 22 USC 1750.

SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, which is a statement of policj^, is amended to read as follows: " SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.— (a) I t is the sense of the Congress that peace in the world increasingly depends on wider recognition, both m principle and practice, of the dignity and interdependence of men; and that the survival of free institutions in the United States can best be assured in a world wide atmosphere of expanded freedom. " (b) Through programs of assistance authorized by this Act and its predecessors, the United States has helped thwart Communist intimidation in many countries of the world, has helped Europe recover from the wounds of World W a r II, has supported defensive military preparations of nations alerted by Communist aggression, and has soundly begun to help peoples of economically underdeveloped areas to develop their resources and improve their living standards. " (c) Programs authorized by this Act continue to serve the following principal purposes: "(1) The Congress recognizes the basic identity of interest which exists between the people of the United States and the peoples of other lands who are striving to establish and develop politically independent and economically viable units, and to produce more goods and services, and to improve ways of living by methods which reflect the popular will, and to realize aspirations for justice, for education, and for dignity and respect as individual human beings, and to establish responsible governments which will cooperate with other likeminded governments. The Congress declares it to be a primary objective and need of the United States, and one consistent with its tradition and ideals, to share these strivings by providing assistance, with due regard for our other obligations, to peoples willing to work energetically toward these ends. "(2) The Congress recognizes that the peace of the world and the security of the United States are endangered so long as international communism and the nations it controls continue by threat of military action, by the use of economic pressure, and by internal subversion, or other means to attempt to bring under their domination peoples now free and independent and continue to deny the rights of freedom and self-government to peoples and nations once free but now subject to such domination. The Congress declares it to be the policy of the United States to continue so long as such danger to the peace of the world and to the security of the United States persists, to make available to other free nations and peoples upon request assistance of such

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