Evening star., 1951-04-30
$50 Billion Requested
By Truman 10 Gird
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Air National Guard will have al
average strength of 1929. TIL,
regular force also will be backet
up by an average Of 10000 Re
servists in organized units Of
selected mobilization assignment
receiving training in drill pa!
status.
The overall figure was broker
down into these subtotals:
$1.4 billion to pay for various
projects Congress already ha'
authorized.
/. $50 billion of new obligationa
authority" - meaning for direct
expenditures and for letting o1
contracts for future payment.
$4.5 billion to cover needs "fol
q large military public works pro-
gram to be recommended soon fol-
authorization"
Orders for military equipment
and construction totalling nearly
$37 billion will have been placed
with industry by June 80, Mr.
Truman reported.
However, the President noted
that the amount of actual spend
ing for the 1851 fiscal period end
ing June 80 was now estimated al
$19.5 billion, compared with $2C
billion carried in his January
estimate.
Heavy Equipment Slated.
For the 1852 fiscal year. ex-
penditureS are estimated at 39.5
billion. compared with $40 billion
in the January message.
The $50, 0,679, ,414,690 asked fol-
1852 compares with $47.6 billion
which has been enacted or rec
commended for the current fiscal
year.
OF the new funds, about $34.7
billion will be used to buy heavy
equipment such as ships, planes.
tanks, artillery, etc.
Aircraft procurement alone will
take $14.5 billion. This year 500
billion is being spent for military
planes.
A total of nearly 50 billion will
go for ship construction including
the first atomic powered subma-
rine and a new 57,0o0-ton, flush
deck aircraft carrier.
Defense officials said that $29.5
million had been set aside for the
atomic power submarine in the
budget, but added that additional
millions would be spent in Atomic
Energy Commission funds.
Carrier to Cost $21s Million.
The budget carries $21S million
for the new carrier.
Defense officials said that the
nuclear-powered submarine might
be ready in the early summer of
1853 and the big f1attop capable OF
launching and recovering planes
big enough to carry atomic bombs
would take two or more years to
build.
The atomic submarine price tag
its first disclosure-compares
with SO million for conventional
subs. The Navy has been busy for
more than a year on design and
other work to get the project un-
derway.
One of the major problems In
building a submarine to operate
on atomic power is the provision
Of shielding to protect the crew
from radiation and this prob
ably is one of the reasons for the
apparent high cost of the ships
hull.
8 Unlimited Range Possible.
Such a submarine would have
virtually unlimited cruising range,
high and continuously sustained
underwater speed and a quiet and
thus less easily detected propulsion
plant.
Tanks, vehicles, artillery, am
munition and other major items
will take $13.3 billion.
Continued emphasis will be
placed on the military research
and development program and SIS
billion was set aside for this work
in the budget, compared with j$1.2
billion this year.
To operate and maintain the
various divisions, ships, aircraft,
weapons and supporting elements,
Mr.. Truman recommended an ap-
preparation of $12.3 billion-com-
pared with $11.5 billion this year
Industrial mobilization will take
SAB million.
Mr.. Truman recommended $700
million for reserve, National
Guard and Reserve Officer Train
ing Corps programs or approx
mately the same as this year. He
estimated that approximately 35,-
900 new junior officers would be
trained under the program, OF
more than double the amount
trained during fiscal 1851.
Defense officials said the appro-
priation could remain unchanged
because many of the reservists
were now on active duty. Virtually
all the Air National Guard is now
on active duty, they pointed out.
Defense officials, during a press
briefing on the budget, said the
public works program would go te