Evening star., 1951-04-30

h The tert OF President Tru-
mans message to Congress on
the military budget OF the De-
tense Department for fiscal year
1852 follotus:
The Speaker of the House o
Representatives:
Sir: I transmit herewith fol
1.-THE consideration of the Congress
Imy budget recommendations fol
the military functions of the De.
partment of Defense for the fisca
year ending June 80. 1882.
My recommendations for appro'
priations amount to $57,604 ,254.'
1890, including $1,424,839, TOO tt
''Iliquidate prior authorizations
THE balance. $56.179.414,690, rep
resents new obligational authority
! In addition. ] am submitting ar
estimate of $4.5 billion. which
;|represents the funds needed ir
j 1852 for a large military public
works program to be recon-
mended soon for authorization
This makes q total Of $50, ,679.-
Ala, 500, compared to the $50 bill
lion tentative estimate contained
lin the January budget for fiscal
year 1852, and to the $47. $780,
I608, ,844 which has been enacted Or
recommended for the current fiS-
cal year.
These recommendations for ap-
preparations do not materially
alter the estimates Of expendi-
lures. made in January for fiscal
years 1851 and 1852. The revised
estimate of expenditures for 1851
is $19.4 billion. compared to $40
billion carried in the January
buget. For fiscal year 1852. ex-
penditures are estimated at $685.
billion, compared to $40 billion
carried in the January budget.
will Enable Nation to Strike Back.
The major expansion in our de-
fense expenditures is one part OF
our total program to enable us and
the other free nations to save
the world from another and more
frightful global war. 1t is also
a program to enable us, If general
war should be thrust upon us. to
halt the enemy's forces and strike
back decisively at the center of the
Ienemy's power.
We are now meeting the savage
thrust of Communist aggression in
Korea. Our fighting men and
those of our allies are today locked
in battle with the armed forces
of Soviet satellites. Our men are
being supplied with the best in
modern military equipment. sup
plies, and ammunition.
They are inflicting terrible pun
Iishment on the Communist armies.
They have checked the plans of
the Kremlin to extend Communist
control to other parts of Asia.
They have won time for the free
nations to prepare their defenses
against the worldwide Soviet plan
of world domination.
The aggression in Korea is only
Ipart of the Kremlin strategy to
achieve world domination. The
Soviet Union is prepared to use
armed force elsewhere in the world.
and is using many other methods
than military force to gain Its
ends.
The struggle which the Kremlin
has initiated is global in scope,
and involves almost every aspect
of human endeavor. All the free
nations, wherever they may be, are
affected by the aggressive designs
lof the despots in the Kremlin. And
they are affected not only by the
military power these men control,
Ibut also by their attacks upon the
economic, social and moral life OF
free men.
New Program to Be Offered.
To meet this threat the free
world must strengthen its military
Idefenses : and its economic and
social foundations. The free ma
tions must carry the attack to the
enemy in the realm Of the minds
and convictions of men.
This budget estimate represents.
therefore, but one of the parts Of
our national security program.
Other parts have already been
sent to the Congress, or will short
lily be submitted. Last week I
submitted proposals for needed
Legislation to enable our economy
to carry out our defense produc-
ton plans. Some time ago for
warded recommendations for the
expansion of our campaign OF
truth. I expect shortly to submit
an integrated program to help
other free nations build up their
military and economic strength,
| in combination with ours.
All these elements are essential
| to enable us to win the kind OF
struggle that the Kremlin has
brought about. Together, they
constitute approximately three
fourths of the total Federal
budget.
In money terms, by far the
largest part of this total security
program is the cost of building up
our own military strength. The
funds I am today recommending
will carry forward the rapid build
up in military strength upon
which our Nation embarked, when
the aggression in Korea showed
that the Soviet rulers were willing
Ito push the world to the brink of
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