DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1974 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1974 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1974, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES GUY G. McCONNELL, FRANCIS S. HEWITT, THOMAS M. GUNN, FREDERICK W. RHODES, and JOEL E. BONNER (Minority) Staff Assistants, Department of Defense Appropriations Subcommittee (II) The subcommittee met at 10 a.m. in room 1223, Everett McKinley Dirksen Office Building, Hon. John L. McClellan [chairman] presiding. Present: Senators McClellan, Young, Hruska, and Fong. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT C. SEAMANS, JR., SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE ACCOMPANIED BY: LT. GEN. GEORGE S. BOYLAN, JR., DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, LT. GEN. OTTO J. GLASSER, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, RE- LT. GEN. DUWARD L. CROW, COMPTROLLER OF THE AIR FORCE BUDGET REQUEST PRESENTATION Chairman McCLELLAN. The subcommittee will come to order. This morning we will hear testimony from the Secretary of the Air Force and supporting witnesses with respect to the budget request for the Department of the Air Force. Our first witness this morning is Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Secretary of the Air Force. Mr. Secretary, we welcome you and your associates who are supporting you in your budget request. We shall be very glad to hear you, and we invite you to make the best case you can, because we are going to be confronted with challenge, strong opposition and a number of efforts, no doubt, in different areas to make substantial reductions. Therefore, if you are concerned that you need money at a given point, and you would be very apprehensive if the Congress denied you in that particular area, or for that particular item, we urge you to emphasize your testimony in those areas and with respect to those items. |