DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HEA SUBCOMMI COMMITTEE ON UNITED ST EIGHTY-SEC FIRST MAKING APPROPRIAT JUNE 30, 1952, AND Printed for the use of thi SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, Wyoming, Chairman CARL HAYDEN, Arizona HOMER FERGUSON, Michigan RICHARD B. RUSSELL, Georgia STYLES BRIDGES, New Hampshire DENNIS CHAVEZ, New Mexico KENNETH WHERRY, Nebraska PAT MCCARRAN, Nevada LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, Massachusetts BURNET R. MAYBANK, South Carolina WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND, California LISTER HILL, Alabama MILTON R. YOUNG, North Dakota JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas EDWARD J. THYE, Minnesota Ex OFFICIO MEMBERS FROM ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE HARRY F. BYRD, Virginia WAYNE MORSE, Oregon LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Texas EVERARD H. SMITH, Clerk the committee has been at work for more than 4 weeks dealing with For the year 1951, Congress has appropriated something more than 848 billion for the Defense Establishment. The budget which is before us now accounts for $57,604,254,390, and that is exclusive of the estimate which will arrive later on with respect to public works When the budget itself was submitted, it was there stated that the We understand it is going to be considerably more than that now amount for public works construction for defense would be $472 billion. But in any event, the figures indicate elearly how difficult is the task which has been laid upon the Defense Establishment. It was felt that we should have this preliminary session, at which the Under Secretary of Defense, the Secretaries of the three branches of Defense, and their aides and assistants, and the head of the Municountry the steps which have been taken to scrutinize the expenditure tions Board should have the opportunity to tell the committee and the When it is recalled that the appropriations for the entire operatior of the Federal Government in 1939 for Army, Navy, and the United for foreign responsibilities, and for all the expenditures, including courts, for the executive branch of the Government, for veterans' aid interest upon the national debt, amounted to only $10,300,000,000, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1952 THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1951 UNITED STATES SENATE, Washington, D. C. Present: Senators O'Mahoney, Hayden, Maybank, Hill, Ferguson, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Wherry, Young, and Thye. STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN O'MAHONEY HOMER FERGUSON, Michigan Senator O'MAHONEY. The committee is now in session. KENNETH WHERRY, Nebraska PAT MCCARRAN, Nevada LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, Massachusetts This meeting has been called as a preliminary to the detailed examBURNET R. MAYBANK, South Carolina WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND, California ination by the committee of the budget estimates which have been LISTER HILL, Alabama MILTON R. YOUNG, North Dakots sent to the Congress. The fact that in the House of Representatives JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas EDWARD J. THYE, Minnesota the estimates presented by the Navy alone is sufficient evidence of the magnitude of the task that is presented to us. Ex OfficIO MEMBERS FROM ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE HARRY F. BYRD, Virginia WAYNE MORSE, Oregon TOTAL OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY of this tremendous fund. i 1 |