the pending projects involving something over $84,000,000. He points qut that something over $27,000,000 involved in these projects has been authorized by specific legislation; in other words, individually authorized. The remaining portion of the money is for projects which have not been specifically considered, as I understand it, by the House Committee on Armed Services. However, all the projects in the bill are authorized by law under the general statutes and Public Law 703, approved July 2, 1940, is cited as being the general basis upon which the projects have been presented, which have not been individually considered by the House Committee on Armed Services.

Mr. Vinson indicates that he will confirm his interest in an approval of the proposed projects by letter.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

WITNESSES
W. J. MCNEIL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, COMPTROLLER
LYLE S. GARLOCK, DIRECTOR, BUDGET DIVISION

CONTINGENCIES

Mr. Mahon. Mr. McNeil, the committee has requested your presence to give us some explanation of the revised estimate contained in House Document No. 677 under the heading of "Contingencies, Office of the Secretary of Defense. The language contained in House Document No. 677 will be inserted at this point:

For emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising in the Department of Defense, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense and such expenses may be accounted for solely on his certificate that the expenditures were necessary for confidential military purposes; $85,000,000.

I suppose that most of this will be off the record.

Mr. McNeil. Yes, sir. The $85,000,000 under this appropriation is to provide for unforeseen contingencies which will arise from time to time not provided for under any other appropriation.

(Discussion off the record.)

O'Hara, R. E.
Ohly, J. H.
Pace, Hon. Frank.
Parker, Lt. Col. G. F.
Paul, N. S..
Perry, Capt. J. R.
Pride, Rear Adm. A. M.
Rawlings, Lt. Gen. E. W.
Reeder, Maj. Gen. W. O.
Roper, Rear Adm. J. W.
Scheech, Capt. W. A.
Shepard, Brig. Gen. H. A.
Sheppard, Maj. H. E.
Sherman, Admiral F. P.
Sinclair, L. H.
Smigelow, Lt. Col. H. G.
Swanson, Rear Adm. C. A
Thurber, Rear Adm. H. R
Timberlake, Maj. Gen. P. W-
Todd, Maj. Gen. W. E.
Vandenberg, Gen. H. S.
Van Kuren, H. D.
Wallington, Brig. Gen. E. C.
Webster, William...
Wellborn, Rear Adm. C.
Wilber, É. B.
Wood, Brig. Gen. J. W.

Page 273 273

1 455 273

394 147, 371

221

24

129 147, 371 221, 247

455 1, 101, 371

394

59 184 394 260

221 1, 229

INDEX

A

Page
Air Force, Department of the

221
Aircraft, Procurement of

247, 254
Air groups, Program for and cost of

227, 252, 257
Civilian components -

256
Funds impounded, 1946–50..

233
Industry:
Production program, impact of..

225, 249
Productive capacity of increase in.

237
Jet planes, Comparison in operation with conventional planes-

235
Korea:
Effect of war in.

227
Funds requested for.

234
Role in...

229
Maintenance and operation.

255
Major and special procurement-

254
Military personnel

255
Program, 1951, adequacy of_

232
Radar fence

228
Rate of expansion of

258
Real property, acquisition and construction of

254
Research and development.

255
Salaries and expenses, administration.

255
Supplemental funds, sufficiency of..

13, 231
Supplemental funds, summary of

251
Technical training program.

243
Army, Department of the

24, 455
Chemical Corps. -

89
Civilian components.

29
Civilian personnel, increase in.

51
Contingencies of the Army-

91
Contingent expenses.

98
Crop studies, pilot plan for.

551
Departmental salaries.
Engineer service, Army-

81
Equipment, modernization of.

31, 47
Establishment-wide activities -

30
Expediting production of equipment and supplies.

98
Finance service, Army--

57
Funds impounded, 1946–50.

46
Funds, 1950, status of_

53
Housing in Alaska ---

42, 48, 80
Industrial mobilization.

30, 43, 46
Installations, reactivation of

33
Maintenance and operation.-

28
Major procurement and production...

28
Medical and Hospital Department, Army -

83
Military construction.

455
Army field force facilities.

462
Fort Benning, Ga-

462
Fort Hood, Tex-

469
Fort Lewis, Wash-

474
Authorizing legislation for projects.

457, 551
Projects, summary of -

461

92

Army, Department of the-Continued
Military construction-Continued

Page
Technical services facilities

478
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

478
Alaska, construction of -

531
Army Chemical Center, Md.

514
Benicia Arsenal, Calif-

483
Black Hills Ordnance Depot, S. Dak.

485
Brooklyn Army Base, N. Y.-

530
California Institute of Technology

486
Camp Detrick, Md.

523
Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.

519
Lima Ordnance Depot, Ohio.

491
Malta Test Station, N. Y.

493
Muroc Air Force Base, Muroc, Calif.

498
Navajo Ordnance Depot, Ariz.

498
Okinawa and Japan.

546, 549
Marion Engineer Depot, Ohio.

529
Midwest Chemical Depot, Ark.

526
Redstone Arsenal, Ala---

500
Rossford Ordnance Depot, Ohio.

505
St. Louis Medical Depot, Mo.

530
Schenectady General Depot, N. Y.

512
Sharpe General Depot, Calif.

514
White Sands Proving Ground, N. Mex.

506
Military personnel costs--

28
Modernization of the Army

31, 47
National Guard...

91
National Guard and other reservists, use in present emergency of. 41
Ordnance Service and supplies, Army -

64
Organized Reserves---

41, 92
Planes, procurement of -

32
Quartermaster service...

59
Research and development-

30, 39, 43, 46
Reserve Officers' Training Corps.,

92
Signal seryice of the Army---

74
Alaska communications system.

77
Strength of the Army, increases in.

34
Supplemental funds, sufficiency of_

10
Supplemental request, breakdown by appropriation and program. 56
Training of the Army--

91
Transportation service, Army-

87

D

Defense, Department of (see also constituent Departments, this index).

Budgetary requests, division of responsibility for..
Contingencies
Emergency fund.
Industrial mobilization.-
Korea:

Readiness in, Reason for lack of -

Supplemental funds to be used for
Language changes.-
Military expenditures, estimates, 1951–53.
Military forces, present strength of...
Research and development.-
Salvage material, use of proceeds from sale of.
Supplemental funds, sufficiency of ---

15
16, 37

272
270

23
261

266
9, 14, 21

M
Mutual defense assistance program.

273
Additional production of military equipment, United States financing
of ---

294, 304, 329, 334, 343, 345, 348, 364
Administration and operating expenses:
Ratio to cost of program.

340