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lars. These are fixed obligations
under present law.
These two items total IL billion
dollars.
3. National defense is estimated
at more than 11.2 billion dollars,
almost all for the operating ex-
penses of the Army and Navy.
Though we expect the United Ma
tions to move successfully toward
world security, any cut in our pres
ent estimate for 194S would imme-
diately weaken our international
position. This large part of the
budget, in my judgment, represents
a proper balance between security
and economy.
The total so far is 1873 billion
dollars.
4. International affairs and finance
will call for 3.5 billion dollars, a
sharp reduction from the Ga billion
dollars, required in the fiscal year
1947. We still have contractural
commitments to make good in con-
nection with our loan agreement
with the United Kingdom and under
the reconstruction lending program
of the Export-Import Bank.
We must discharge our occupation
responsibilities in Europe and the
Far East. We must provide for war
damage restoration in the Philip
pines and for the relief and resettle-
ment of displaced people of Europe.
We must continue to give relief to
some other countries which are most
urgently in need.
Says u. N. Support Necessary.
The work of the United Nations
and the specialized organizations
associated with it is of the highest
Importance. We must not fail in
our support. The Department OF
State. for which increased appro-
priations are requested, must be
prepared to carry an increasing load
of work In the growing field OF
American foreign relations.
Our international affairs budget is
important for peace, security, and
our own prosperity. To reduce it
would delay the restoration OF a
peaceful and prosperous world.
The total of these four items is
21.8 billion dollars.
S. Veterans services and benefits
will cost more than 7.3 billion dol
lars. This country has provided
generously for the successful return
of veterans to civilian life and for
the care of the disabled.
While the cost looms large in the
budget, much of it goes to provide
education and rehabilitation which
will add to our national strength and
prosperity. The cost for veterans
education, pensions and hospitals
will increase in the fiscal year 1913;
but if employment remains high
the unemployment payments should
be smaller. Veterans benefits under
present law appear to be adequate
These five items = require ex-
penditures of 29.2 billion dollars, OF
almost four-fifths Of the tota'
budget.
Urges Atomic Energy Use.
4 s. Programs for regulation anc
Improvement of the transportation
/ and communications systems and fol
development of natural resources
will amount to 2.6 billion dollars
The largest single item is 443 million
dollars for the Atomic Energy Com
mission. Our major effort now
must be to exploit to the full the
peacetime uses of this great dis.
covery.
i About IL billion dollars of the
expenditures on these two program.
is for public works construction, ane
much of the rest is for the promo
4 ton of our merchant marine ane
other aids to transportation.
!; 7. Our agricultural program will
amount to IA billion dollars. Thi!
includes the price supports guaran.
teed by law, the conservation o.
farm lands and our investments II
rural electrification. In addition
the Department of Agriculture viii
continue its program to promote re.
search in agriculture and better
. marketing methods.
This brings the total to 1873 billior
dollars
8. The budget programs for socia
1 welfare, health and security. ane
/ for education and general research
amount to II billion dollars. Thi!
total excludes unemployment com.
pensation and old-age and survivor
insurance, which are financed
through trust-account operation'
that do not appear in budget ex'
penditures.
!, It does include 481 million dollar'
in payments to the railroad retire
t ment trust fund More than hal
, of the remaining expenditures is fol
aid to the aged and other dependen
( persons. The rest is largely for pro