ified European market became more and more the focus.
             The plan's supporters were: Senator Arthur Vandenberg ,Treasury Secretary John Snyder, Representative Charles Eaton, Senator Tom Connally Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug, Representative Joseph Martin ,Representative Sol Bloom and Attorney General Tom Clark.
             Almost all European nations outside the Soviet bloc were members of the plan from the beginning. The two exceptions were Spain, which as a dictatorship under Franco was not invited to participate, and West Germany, which was under Allied occupation and did not become a full member until 1949 after a significant measure of self-government had been restored. Through the Marshall Plan, the United States provided $13.3 billion in direct aid to the Western European Countries
             After two years of the plan and less than five years after World War II, most of the areas were at prewar levels and industrial production was 15 percent abov
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