Evening star., 1949-04-05
Funds lndorsed
To Combat Reds
And Subversiyes
Appropriations Bill
Reported TO House
By Committee
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FROG ans tc etssf1 hAi CENEfaFG1 4FgL&gn
abroad and xubrrtavcs o. hosna
got Stgone financial support totav
ffon the hoase ApGrcpFsA;lous
Committee
In &n omnlaS sTaFslt-laa
money bill sent 10 the HOUSE Tor
debate late this week the COM
niitee recommended S. 200 900
more for The State Department.
Feier az America and S. s6Alsl
more for the FIJI than the agencies
Eot this Neag
The Voice Of America hroadcaS;a
are the na!nstay Of the STATE De
partnenl proeram IA acQualrt The
world areas behind the
Soviet Iron Curtain the
facts abn,t America.
The FBI is IN the midst al an
expanded prosram 10 track down
Subserares throughout the Ma
tion.
Truman Request L. Cut
The House bill providing funds
for both those programs finances
the State. Justice and Commerce
Departments and thr Federal
judiciary for the year starting
next July /
Its total includes SS6A ele. in7
In cash and se2 500 900 IN con-
tract authority for which future
appropriations may be required.
This Is a cut O! SIS. t07 .aA4 IN cash
and S., ,40o, 900 IN contract author
ity from what President Truman
requested
These are the Allosmenls ny
agencies
Commerce Department s2Ss.
a27 sos cash and tb6. 800 600 con-
tract authority granted s3ol.
07a 500 cash and $67 600 900 con-
tract authority requested
State Dcpartment--~S27l to5 ass
cash and s. 300 600 contract au-
thority granted, s2s5 ,3l37s6 cash
asked
Justice Depariment-sl32.s7p.-
i4i cash and 5000 900 contract
authority granted siS2 t02 900
cash and OIL 900 900 contract au-
thority requested
Federal judiciary --~ s2o.7o9 TOO
cash granted s2i $4,000 cash
asked
More Than Present Figures.
Except for the State Depart
ment. more cash and contract au-
thority was recommended for al
the agencies than they received
for the present iiscal year.
! The State Department was cut
Isll.53s.43s in cash and 90. 500. .oos
in contract authority from the
current years figure.
The Justice Department received
sl4.a23.4 AL more cash and 5000 900
more contract authority. Com
merce, sso.iT5. los more cash and
SO, ,45B .55i more contract authority.
and the judiciary 81 ,3si 800 more
cash.
For the Voice of America. ths
committee allotted s3& 900 900 in
cash for next year. This Ia t7.-
ooo. 900 less than the President
requested but 81 300 900 more than
the program received this year.
In recommending the 81 900 900
budget cut, the committee said 10
had no intention OF indicating
"disapproval OF the purposes and
obtectives OF the program. but
felt too rapid an expansion Of 10
would lead 10 waste and inef"
ficiency."
Hoover Plan Followed.
The House group approved
funds 10 strengthen the stats OF
the Secretary and the undersecre-
tsry OF State in line with n recon-
mendAtion Of the Hoover Commits
sion on Government Reorganiza-
ton,
While IL okayed the fun budget
request for 500 500 .sss to foot ths
United States share Of the bin for
operation Of International organ
izationx. the committee said that
In far too many instances tns
percentage which this country 10
called upon 10 contribute 10 excess
sive.'
The committee directed ths
State Department to reopen tns
regional passport division of1oes