HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 10146 AN ACT MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations 20826 UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1958 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS CARL HAYDEN, Arizona, Chairman RICHARD B. RUSSELL, Georgia JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas II STYLES BRIDGES, New Hampshire LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, Massachusetts. MILTON R. YOUNG, North Dakota WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND, California EDWARD J. THYE, Minnesota KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota MARGARET CHASE SMITH, Maine HENRY C. DWORSHAK, Idaho EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois. EVERARD H. SMITH, Clerk FRANCIS S. HEWITT, Clerk to Subcommittee on Department of Defense SUPPLEMENTAL DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS, 1958 TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1958 UNITED STATES SENATE, Washington, D. C. The committee met at 10: 10 a. m., pursuant to notice, in room F-37, the Capitol, Hon. Carl Hayden, chairman, presiding. Present: Chairman Hayden, Senators Chavez, Ellender, Hill, Johnson, Pastore, Symington, Bridges, Saltonstall, Young, Knowland, Thye, Mundt, Smith, Dworshak, Potter, and Íves. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STATEMENTS OF HON. NEIL MCELROY, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE; HON. W. J. MCNEIL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (COMPTROLLER); AND GEN. NATHAN F. TWINING, CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SUPPLEMENTAL ESTIMATE AND PURPOSE OF REQUEST Chairman HAYDEN. This morning we begin our hearings on the supplemental national defense appropriation bill for 1958. For security reasons our hearings are being held in executive session. Before any testimony is released the Department will have an opportunity to indicate classified information for excision. The total budget estimate of this request is $1,370 million, of which $1,260 million is in cash and $110 million in transfer authority. The funds requested are, in large measure, for the acceleration of the research, development, and production of satellites and missile systems and related equipment, augmentation of our submarine fleet; the construction of Strategic Air Command alert facilities; the dispersal of bomber forces, and the construction of SAGE facilities. The House of Representatives, in acting on these requests, has approved them in full and, in addition, has provided $40 million by transfer to accelerate development and production of certain Army missiles. At this point in the record I shall insert the President's request for additional funds and the letter of transmittal to the Congress by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, both contained in House Document 298. 1 (The material referred to follows:) [H. Doc. 298, 85th Cong., 2d sess.] COMMUNICATION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSMITTING PROPOSED ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1958, FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,370,000,000 THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, January 7, 1958. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of the Congress proposed additional authority for the fiscal year 1958, for the Department of Defense, in the amount of $1,370,000,000. This additional authority consists of $1,260,000,000 in new appropriations and transfer authority in the amount of $110,000,000. The details of these proposed appropriations, the necessity therefor, and the reasons for their submission at this time are set forth in the attached letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, with whose comments and observations thereon I concur. Respectfully yours, DWIGHT. D. EISENHOWER. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, The PRESIDENT, The White House. BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, Washington, D. C., January 7, 1958. SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration proposed additional authority for the fiscal year 1958, for the Department of Defense, in the amount of $1,370,000,000. This additional authority consists of $1,260,000,000 in new appropriations and transfer authority in the amount of $110,000,000 for new purposes, as follows: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE EMERGENCY, FUND "For an additional amount for “Emergency Fund", $100,000,000, to be derived by transfer from such appropriations available to the Department of Defense for obligation during the current fiscal year as the Secretary of Defense may designate. "ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY "SALARIES AND EXPENSES "For expenses necessary for the Advanced Research Projects Agency, including acquisition and construction of such research, development, and test facilities, and equipment, as may be authorized by the Secretary of Defense, to remain available until expended, $10,000,000, to be derived by transfer from such appropriations available to the Department of Defense for the current fiscal year as may be designated by the Secretary of Defense: Provided, That such amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense to have been made available for related programs in other appropriations available to the Department of Defense during the current fiscal year, may be transferred to and merged with this appropriation to be available for the same purposes and time period: Provided further, That such amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred from this appropriation to any appropriation for military functions under the Department of Defense to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriation to which transferred. "DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY "SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION "For an additional amount for 'Shipbuilding and conversion', $296,000,000, to remain available until expended. "PROCUREMENT OF ORDNANCE AND AMMUNITION "For an additional amount for 'Procurement of ordnance and ammunition', $31,800,000, to remain available until expended. "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT "For an additional amount for 'Research and development', $22,200,000, remain available until expended. to "DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE "PROCUREMENT OTHER THAN AIRCRAFT "For an additional amount for 'Procurement other than aircraft', $360,000,000, to remain available until expended. "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT "For an additional amount for 'Research and development', $30,000,000, to remain available until expended. "MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE "For an additional amount for 'Military construction, Air Force', including such construction as may be authorized by law during the second session of the Eighty-fifth Congress, $520,000,000, to remain available until expended. "GENERAL PROVISIONS "SEC.-. In order to more effectively administer the programs relating to advance research activities, the Secretary of Defense may authorize within the Office of the Secretary of Defense the creation of fifteen positions in the professional and scientific service in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 313, Eightieth Congress, as amended, and to place ten positions in grades 16, 17, or 18 of the General Schedule, in accordance with the procedures prescribed in the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. These positions shall be in addition to those now authorized by law. "SEC.-. Hereafter, any appropriation available to the agencies concerned for the pay and allowances of members of the uniformed services may be utilized for the payment of claims as authorized by Public Law 85-255, approved September 2, 1957." The foregoing proposed supplemental appropriations are necessary to accele rate and expand programs for the construction of dispersal and alert facilities for the Strategic Air Command, for the development and procurement of longrange ballistic missiles, including construction of ballistic-missile sites and ballistic-missile submarines, for the establishment of a ballistic-missile-detection system, and for extension of the semiautomatic ground environment system for air defense. Funds are also requested for the new Advanced Research Projects Agency, tọ be responsible under the Secretary of Defense for the research and development phases of advanced science programs, including satellites and other outer-space projects, the development of an anti-ballistic-missile missile system, and such other special projects as may be designated by the Secretary of Defense. Establishment of the Advanced Research Projects Agency will require authorization of an additional 15 professional and scientific positions and 10 other positions in grades 16, 17, or 18 of the General Schedule over and above those now authorized by law. Provision is also made for the payment of claims authorized by Public Law 85-255, approved September 2, 1957. The $1,370,000,000 herein requested, consisting of $1.260,000,000 in new appropriations and transfer authority in the amount of $110,000,000, is the same as the amount proposed for later transmission included in the 1959 budget for the Department of Defense, plus $100,000,000. I recommend that the foregoing proposed supplemental appropriations be transmitted to the Congress. Respectfully yours, PERCIVAL BRundage, Director of the Bureau of the Budget. ! |