Marshall Aid conference, 1948
1948 "Marshall Aid conference, 1948" [HFR0103a], 1948 In 1947, the American Secretary of State, George Marshall, proposed his European Recovery Programme, later known as the Marshall Plan, to rebuild a war-shattered Europe. Marshall offered financial aid from the USA for a programme of Eur...
| Institution: | TUC - Trade Union Congress Library |
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| Language: | English |
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1948
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/AB7A7A44-7D82-4605-921A-31D5A746B464 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/A5048A11-A979-4839-BB46-D2EBEB81737C |
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"Marshall Aid conference, 1948" [HFR0103a], 1948
In 1947, the American Secretary of State, George Marshall, proposed his European Recovery Programme, later known as the Marshall Plan, to rebuild a war-shattered Europe. Marshall offered financial aid from the USA for a programme of European economic recovery. In April 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed the first appropriation bill authorizing $5,300,000,000 for the first year. The European Recovery Program came to an end on 31 December, 1951. In its three year existence, the ERP spent almost $12,500,000,000, with Britain receiving the largest share of any European nation.
This silhouette of a photograph shows delegates to the European Recovery Programme trade union conference in London in March 1948. 48 delegates from 14 countries attended and adopted a resolution supporting the ERP and pledging cooperation in national production programmes. Shown here are [l-r] Fassin, Belgium; Ludwig, France; Fuykschot, Netherlands; Major, Belgium; Cool, Belgium; Dudle, Switzerland; Tewson, UK; Cairns, Ireland; Tomas, Spain; Swift, Ireland; Boeckler, Germany; Jewell, USA; Deakin, UK; Bernasconi, Switzerland; Serravens, Netherlands; Fenton, USA; Richter, US Zone Germany; Rock, Luxemburg; Fohrmann, Luxemburg; Brown, USA. |
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