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Show Slash in Philippine Defense Budget Urged MANILA, Feb. 6 Iff1) Commonwealth Common-wealth President Manuel Quezon, in a budget message to the national na-tional assembly for the fiscal year beginning July 1, today recommended recom-mended a slash of (578,394 in the national defense appropriation. Quezon listed the total expected Income at (45.589,074 and total appropriations ap-propriations for ordinary or recurring re-curring expedltures at (44,574,565, leaving in excess "a margin deemed necessary to take care of other urgent, vital public needs and to Insure at the same time a constantly con-stantly balanced budget." |