Evening star., 1952-06-26
New Funds P|ea
Cut $3.4 Billion
ByCommittee:
Military, Foreign Aid
And Atomic Energy
Programs Are Hit
BY the Associated Press

~ 1--WE %SSoSioieo TIeSS
The House Appropriations Com
mittee today recommended a 2:
per cent cut in new funds askeC
by the administration for thu
armed forces, foreign aid, atomic
energy and variety of other pur.
poses.
In terms of cash, the purse.
holding groups proposed reduc-
tion-which comes up for House
action tomorrow and will be con-
Sidered by the Senate later-was
$3,467,554,500.
The committee, headed by Rep
resentative Cannon, Democrat, OF
Missouri said the agencies in
volved should get along on $1O,-
283.133.780 instead of the $13.-
750,688,280 President Truman
asked.
The money provided in today's
bill Is separate from regular
budget appropriations already
considered by Congress for the
Defense Department and the
Atomic Energy Commission. Their
regular budgets, much larger,
have been reduced already.
Supplement Appropriation.
The new funds supplement ap-
preparations already considered for
the coming year or actually made
for the present year and are
primarily for construction pro-
grams.
No big agencies were spared the
committees cuts. The largest was
a 81, ,706. .0O0,0 900 reduction in funds
for the Atomic Energy Commits
sion. This was So per cent less
than the $3,191 ,0O0, 900 requested.
The foreign aid program was
chopped by $250.12O.0O0 f:cm So
SIG, ,060.750 to $6,275, ,940,75O.
The Defense Department, which
wanted $2;993 ,868. .440 for its con-
Struction programs, was allotted
$2,187, 1896. $40, a cut of $685.
968,600.
A group of defense agencies
was trimmed from $661 $40 900 to
$81, 500. .000.. a reduction of $579.-
$4,000, with $562, 5000 of the
total cut aimed at the Civil De-
tense Administration.
ESA Funds Held Up.
The Economic Sterilization
Agency got nothing, the commit
tee saying it would consider ESA
funds when Congress decides what
to do about wage, price and rent
controls. The agency wanted
$103.2 100000.
The Commerce and Interior De-
partments got what they re-
quested. $716,536 for Commerce
and $525,000 for Interior. The
extra budget of $132,200 for Con-
gress itself was approved in full.
The Labor Department was cut
from $16,870,000 to $9,600,000.
most of the cut being in funds
for grants to States for unem-
ployment compensation and en-
ployment service administration.
The Federal Security Agency
was slashed from $110,710,400 to
$10.537,750 the committee reject
ing, among other things, the en-
tire $50 million requested for
school construction.
The $3.50, 10000 cut made by
the committee in foreign aid
funds was considerably less than
some had expected. Earlier, Con-
gress shaved by SIS billion the
Presidents request to authorize a
$7.9 billion aid program.
Military Funds Trimmed.
Approximately 5000 million OF
the total reduction in the foreign
aid request was in funds for mill
tary assistance.
The committee said it's cut of
about 5000 million in the military
assistance program would not Gin
the slightest degree" interfere with
the orderly scheduling of deliv-
cries for the program.
The committee made an indi-
rect plea to Congress not to make
further cuts in funds for economic
aid abroad. The money for this
purpose is for defense support, -
it explained. and results in in
creased arms output abroad. Fur
ther cuts, it said, would be
shortSighted"
The committee said Congress is
getting tired of being called upon
to make appropriations to carry
out international agreements
made by the executive branch of
the Government without congress
Sional approval but in terms so
final as to cause embarrassment"
(See APPROPRIATIONS A-31