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face the imminent threat of another world war.
The 1953 appropriation for the Department of Defense was $34.3 billion and we reduced that this year to $28.8 billion, which was around one billion prudently go at this time and we all recognize that it Conditions in Latin-America, East Asia or in other areas where the Communists are formenting Troubled become “more- critical—it - will be necessary to make a supplemental appropriation before this fiscal year is over which will wipe out our . intended savngs on detense. '
Congress has not yet acted on the Mutual Security appropriation, for which the President asked $3.5 billion as compared with $4.5 billion appropriated last -year. Considering tire- large- carry__ over I am inclined to think that we can make a substantial cut in the new budget. That would mean doing away with most economic aid," for which I believe the time has passed, and ,J also feel that we should limit our military aid to those nations which clearly demonstrate their willingness to cooperate with us and with each other in holding the line against totalitarian agression. *
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