only in part to the high cost of de fense. As a matter of fact, the new 1; y hs in spending are being set on the civilian side of the budget in • ucli areas as agriculture, labor and welfare, slate aid programs, and in terest on 'the public debt. In all the Administration has pro jected a record total of $28 1-2 billions lower than it was when the in the coming fiscal year By con trast. when it took office a little over four years ago and began to slice the Truman Administration's spending figures, it cut the civilian side of the budget to under $21 bil lions for the 1954 fiscal year. The rise since than has been some $7 1-2 billions, or more than a third. As for defense spending, it. loo. is slated to rise some $2 billions to above $42 billions in the coming fis cal year. However, it is still several bililons lower than it was when the Administration took over the reins of Government in 1952.

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