Show TRUMAN MAN ASKS I it jt J J. J J JI j L f. f J. J i 85 BILLION ILLIO I ro 5 I Ii L. L r 1 r r Says pays m Huge pr Budget Price of Peace 1 v WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Jan 21 to President Al-President Truman laid before Congress Monday an budget tagged as the price of of peace The total proposed as the government spending program for forthe forthe forthe the 12 months beginning next July 1 is more than the government has ever spent in any any anyone one year I except for two World V War r II years It amounts to for each man woman and child in the country Sixt Sixty cents out of every dollar would go to the armed forces Many lany of the legislators were quick to say they would not vote that much money However cries for economy have invariably greeted every presidential budget And in three of the last five years Congress has wound up by voting more money than Mr 11 Truman asked Here is the reaction of some individual legislators Senator George D. D Ga Its too big its big its it's too great He said Congress should cut about five I to seven billions from the total Similarly Senator D. D Md IUd said Congress should aim for a savings of at least four to five billions He said it should cut spending and trim out waste in military spending spend spend- ing Need Detailed Study Senator Russell D. D Ga commented commented commented com com- We Ve must make a detailed detailed detailed de de- de- de tailed examination o of every single single single sin sin- gle item looking toward necessary necessary necessary sary economy Russell heads the Senate Armed Services Committee Committee Committee Com Com- which passes on military programs Mr Truman's message and the budget itself itsel itself itself-a a a bulky document I of many tables was tables was sent to the thc capitol by messenger It is not customary for the President to deliver it in person The program he outlined calls for an expansion in armed forces spending raising it to more than The expansion would include a start on building the Air Force from 90 wings to He said his foreign aid program program pro pro- program gram under especially heavy criticism is vital and indispensable able in the total fight for security security security se se- se- se and peace Mr 11 Truman called for expanding total aid from this year to next fiscal year with military aid alone jumping from four to eight billion Carefully Planned His budget he said in his ann an- an ann n u a 1 I message is carefully planned to carry us a long way forward on the thc road to security Mr 11 Truman said without new taxes his budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 would plunge the government further in the red The deficit for the current fiscal fiscal fiscal fis fis- cal year was an estimated Then he repeated a call for about at the very least in additional revenue revenue-a a I call that apparently fell on deaf See Page rage 4 Column 4 Billion B Budget Confronts Confronts Confronts' Pledged Economy-Pledged Congress I Continued from Page Pape One cars when he lie first urged more taxes last Wednesday in fn his economic economic economic eco eco- report to congress Loophole Plugging Plugs This time the President didn't pitch his plea as strongly as he did last week nor did he specifically specifically specifically cally mention rate increases as ashe ashe ashe he did didin ln in his economic report He emphasized loophole plugging Mr l Truman tacked onto his budget a reduced flock of fair deal measures including a fair employment practices commission commis commis- sion anathema sion-anathema anathema to many southerners south south- erners expanded erners-expanded expanded social security benefits and federal a aid I f d to schools He did not mention two controversial controversial controversial con con- programs he lie plumped for futilely in his last budget budget- the Brannan plan of farm subsidies subsidies subsidies dies and national health insurance ance Over all national security programs programs pro pro- grams would take out of every dollar the he President said said said- II and non-defense non spending would be slashed one billion dollars under the current year ear Civilian Defense He called for million dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars in appropriations for civilian defense including construction of of bomb shelters and said continued continued continued con con- refusal by congress to provide provide provide pro pro- vide it could be a fatal gap in our security structure I Other highlights were proposals proposals proposals pro pro- to add agents to the scandal hit Bureau of Internal Revenue extend G G. 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I benefits to Korean war veterans increase funds for government built defense defense defense de de- de- de housing more than 10 times I boost postal rates by million dollars and start the pro long posed St. St Lawrence seaway as a strategic necessity The President said without new taxes the national debt would increase increase in in- crease to by June 1953 just 1953 just under the present legal legal legal le le- gal limit of billion Grave Concern These huge red ink entries are arc area arcI a matter of grave concern he said and congress ought to rea- rea alize the risks involved He said he was forced to abandon his goal of pay go for the defense defense defense de de- program when congress gave him only a little more than half of the 10 b billion Ilion in tax increases increases increases in in- creases he sought last year N Next ext fiscal years year's spending estimate estimate estimate esti esti- mate of compared with a revised estimate of 70 for this year ending June 30 and actually actually actually ac ac- spent last year Spending in the new fiscal I year would be the third biggest in history twice history twice the size of the first postwar years bigger than the first full year of World War II topped only by the two peak years of that war when the fedral fed- fed cral ral flow of dollars passed the 95 billion mark Per Individual It would amount to for every man woman and child inthe inthe in inthe the nation The projected national national national na na- debt would be 1768 per capita Huge expected deficits would contrast with a surplus last year Despite the increase in spending spending spending spend spend- ing Mr Truman proposed only in the appropriations from Congress for the next fiscal year less than he lie asked for the current year Its It's the first time in years that new appropriation requests the requests the only figures that go to Congress for approval have approval have been less than spending This is possible the President explained because of a huge unspent backlog of past alloca alloca- Over the past three years appropriations exceeded actual spending by about Lar Large e Carryover Of the new appropriations only would be he spent next fiscal year and the remaining remaining remaining remain remain- ing would be carried carried carried car car- ried over to future years Unspent appropriations usually usually usually I ally represent hard goods tanks goods tanks airplanes etc which etc which will not be delivered and paid for until several years after the money is allocated A reduction in new appropriations appropriations appropriations this year is a sign officials foresee a reduction in spending several years hence Mr l Truman said he hoped spending could be cut in the last half of 1954 IIi if new international tensions do donot donot donot not develop but outlays will remain at a peak until then The presidents president's military program program program pro pro- gram raised the goal for armed man power from this June Jule to in June 1953 The Air Force objective would be raised to wings from the present 90 Both the Army and the Marines Marines Marines Ma Ma- rines would get a new division division- giving the Army 21 and the Marines 1 three The Navy would be expanded from its present combat vessels and 14 large carrier groups to combat ships and 16 carrier earner groups Military Outlays Military outlays would be increased increased increased in in- creased from estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated for this year to next year Organized reserve and National Guard man power would be increased increased in increased in- in creased from last October to by June 1953 All members members members mem mem- bers of the armed forces would be placed under the old-age old and survivors insurance program of the social security system The stockpile of strategic maI materials materials ma ma- would be increased from I as of the end of October to in June 1953 with more under contract for later delivery New appropriations sought for the military services amount to I down from 61 I for this year The President said Western Vestern Europe now has a ua realistic plan of action for a rapid defense buildup and within a year will willfield willfield will willfield field a compact force which I could offer strong resistance Cant Can't Isolate Ourselves I We Ve cannot as two world wars have proved isolate ourselves from threats to other free men Mr l Truman added This nation cannot stand by and see free peoples overrun In the end that I could only mean isolation of this country in a world organized against it by Soviet masters I He asked for in inne I ne new v appropriations for foreign m military l tary and economic aid II |