Evening star., 1951-08-08
Appropriation
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Gates a preventive war. What we
want is peace. -.
THE truth is we are not going
to begin a preventive war and we
are going to faithfully seek in
every proper way to postpone in
definitely the outbreak of a gen.
eral war. After all, as long as
such a war is not in progress,
there is some hope, however small,
that it can be averted.
'It is rather interesting to point
out. with respect to the question
as to whether or not time is run
ming in our favor. that Dictator
ships such as tn dictatorship of
Mussolini. Hitler and the dicta-
tors of old have carried with them
in greater or lesser degree the
seeds of their own destruction. In
that sense, certainly time is run
ming in favor of freedom and
against tyranny and dictatorship"
Attarks Manpower Waste.
Mr.. Manon severely criticized
what he described as wastage of
manpower in the use of military
personnel. He also declared that
major savings could be made in
military supplies.
What is needed. he told the
House, is better planning and
management from top to bottom
in the military establishment"
Noting that the House Appro-
priations Committee cut more
than $145 million from requested
funds for civilian personnel, he
estimated that this might cause a
reduction of about $4,000 civilian
IL the military agencies.
But there is much more room
for reductions in civilian employ
ment," he continued. "The best
way to cut civilian employment
is through better management by
the Defense Department, particu-
larly at the Washington level.
Everybody throughout the coun-
try, even people in the Govern
ment and certainly members of
Congress, seem to agree that there
is waste and extravaganza in uti-I
lization by the Government of
civilian personnel.
Military Practices Hit.
MY view is that there is prob
ably greater wastage of manpower
in military personnel than in
civilian personnel. Not by long
shot are all the officers and men
in uniform gainfully employed in
the defense effort. Here again
is a crying need for better plan
ming and better management from
top to bottom"
Mr.. Mahon'S statement was in
terpreted generally as a bid toI
Congress not to make any major
reductions in the bill because Of
the gravity of the international
and the necessity of
building UP American defenses.
The Appropriations Committee al
ready has cut $1,542, ,608.500 from
the amount requested by President
Truman. A Senate Appropriations
is holding hearings
on similar bill.
No Cuts Expected.
No further major cuts are ex-
pected when the House starts
its bill tomorrow. How
ever, many members favor an
to limit the future
use of American troops for Gen.
Eisenhower's Western European
defense army. A move to impose
such a limitation in the draft bill
last April failed by only five votes.
The Senate has passed resolu-
ton saying no additional troops
commitments should be made for
the Atlantic Pact army without
congressional approval. The res
olution has been shelved by the
House Foreign Affairs Committee
and apparently the only way the
House can express itself on the
subject is through amendments to
military bills.
About half of the money in the
pending bill is for the purchase of
so-called military hardware-air-
planes, tanks, guns, rockets, am
munition and other weapons.