Evening star., 1950-08-17
By Froncis P. Douglas

Soviet Russias warmongerlng
has forced the United States to
pIan additional defense spending
of more than $I6.3 billion. And
the end is not in sight.
The sl6.3 billion figure is on top
of the $14.9 billion for defense
now in the omnibus appropriation
bill in ConeveSs.
The two come to $3l,3o7 1856 900.
This total does not include ST.
385. .785 900 in contract authorize
tions for defense in the omnibus
bill.
Even should no additional de-
fense production programs be
planned, additional money will
have to be provided to administer
the programs already projected.
Agencies Shouldering heavier
work loads will have to come back
for supplemental appropriations.
One example is the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation. Forced to
keep a watchful eye on the thou
sands of Communists who are po-
tential-if not actual-Spies and
saboteurs it is expected to need a
substantial addition to its funds.
May Take Much More Money.
Some members of Congress ex-
pect that measures to make the
Nation ready to cope with what
ever threats may face us will take
much more money. Senator Taft,
Republican, of Ohio, in criticizing
the defense production bill, Sug-
geSted that the Administration has
not disclosed all the facts and
that perhaps we are going to
spend S45 billion year for our
armed forces.
Budget Bureau officials, on the
other hand. say that not all OF
the funds now requested can be
expended in this fiscal year for
the projects planned.
Savings should result from the
decision to assign to existing
agencies the jobs of carrying out
the economic mobilization at least
in its early stages. How these ef-
forts will be allotted are indicated
on the accompanying chart. If
the various efforts assume big
proportions it is likely that they
will be split off from the agencies
and turned over to emergency or
ganizations.
Also it is expected now that
the National Security Resources
Board may become the overall
co-ordinating agency in the roIe
that the Office of War Mobiliza-
ton played in World War II. This
proposal. however, has become the
subject of an inter-agency dis
pute Of no small proportions.
Before computing the addi-
tional costs as a result of the
Korean conflict and what it i'm
plies about Russia's actions there
should be put down the $l3,249,-
581 900 in the appropriation bill
for defense, plus the $1,678,023 =
900 in the bill for foreign mill
tary aid.
Added Fund Requests.
The total additional projected
expenditures of $16,380 $4,000 is
arrived at by adding up the
amounts of additional appropria-
tions President Truman has re-
quested since the start of the Ko-
rean war. In the order in which
they were sent to Congress they
are:
For intenSifying our program of
international information and
education, July 13, $50 million.
The big request for $1o,4S6. &c.,
900 came on july -. Mr.. Tru-
man told Congress it was to meet
the immediate situation in Korea
and to provide for an early and
orderly buildup of our military
forces to a state of readiness de-
signed to deter further acts Of
aggression.
He asked two other sums on
the same day. One was for $20.-
476,000, for the registration. class
ification and induction of men by
Selective Service. The other was
for $40 million for the presiden-
tial emergency fund. Out of this
will come initial costs of setting