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Show Services Keep Five Billion In War Surplus Material WASHINGTON. The military services have decided to retain some five billion dollars' worth of goods they once planned to dump on the war surplus market. This decision to Increase "military stock levels" was disclosed by War Assets Administrator Robert M. Little-John, Little-John, who also reported that tome ' goods already declared surplus have been withdrawn from public offering. 1 The withdrawals include clothing and other supplies being used to relieve re-lieve distress abroad and at home and to carry out this country's 400 1 million dollar Greek-Turkish aid program. i At the army department it was said the decision to keep more material ma-terial does not represent "a new strategic situation" but a policy change relating to stocks on hand. |