Appropriations, 1953

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H. R. 6854

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE TREASURY
AND POST OFFICE DEPARTMENTS FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1953

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Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1952

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SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

HARLEY M. KILGORE, West Virginia, Chairman

BURNET R. MAYBANK, South Carolina

JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas
KENNETH MCKELLAR, Tennessee

A. WILLIS ROBERTSON, Virginia

ZALES N. ECTON, Montana

STYLES BRIDGES, New Hampshire

LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, Massachusetts

EX OFFICIO MEMBERS FROM COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE ON

POST OFFICE ITEMS

OLIN D. JOHNSTON, South Carolina
MATTHEW M. NEELY, West Virginia

WILLIAM LANGER, North Dakota

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EVERARD H. SMITH, Clerk

Washington, D. C.

The subcommittee met at 10:30 a. m., pursuant to call, in room F-39, the Capitol, Hon. Harley M. Kilgore (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Senators Kilgore, Maybank, McKellar, Robertson, Ecton, and Saltonstall.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

STATEMENTS OF HON. JOHN W. SNYDER, SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY; E. H. FOLEY, UNDER SECRETARY; JOHN S. GRAHAM,
ASSISTANT SECRETARY; E. F. BARTELT, FISCAL ASSISTANT
SECRETARY; W. W. PARSONS, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
SECRETARY; A. N. OVERBY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY; T. J. LYNCH,
GENERAL COUNSEL; G. C. HAAS, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF THE
TECHNICAL STAFF; AND W. L. JOHNSON, BUDGET OFFICER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES

1953 BUDGET ESTIMATES

Senator KILGORE. The committee will please come to order. Today we begin the 1953 regular budget hearings for the Treasury Department. Our first witness will be the Secretary, Mr. Snyder. Before the Secretary reads his statement or summarizes it, whichever he prefers, I think it might be well to first inform members of the subcommittee that the 1953 appropriation estimate for regular operating expenses of the Treasury approximate $693 million, or about $73.7 million more than the 1952 appropriations.

Of this increase, over $33 million is for pay increases recently approved by the Congress, $27.2 million for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and $10.7 million for the Coast Guard.

The balance of the increases requested relate to other bureaus in the Department.

Now, Mr. Snyder, I note that your statement contains on page 9 an over-all summary of the regular and permanent appropriation requirements for 1953. I want to ask you to use your own discretion. If you want to file this statement in the record and high light it you may do so and make such remarks also as you want to before we hit the general summary. I am leaving that up to your discretion.

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