Appropriations, 1953 94650 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 6854 MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE TREASURY SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HARLEY M. KILGORE, West Virginia, Chairman BURNET R. MAYBANK, South Carolina JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas A. WILLIS ROBERTSON, Virginia ZALES N. ECTON, Montana STYLES BRIDGES, New Hampshire EX OFFICIO MEMBERS FROM COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE ON TREASURY AND POST OFFICE APPROPRIATIONS, 1953 THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1952 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, 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 subcom mittee) 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. 1 |