Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-21

1900 nScal year.
Furthermore, despite the
loss of cash revenue from the
tax reductions and revisions.
the total cash transactions of
the Government with the pub
lie are now estimated to show
a small cash surplus for the
fiscal year 1855.
Total Expenditures
Set at SOS Billion
Total budget expenditures
in the fiscal year 1855 are esti-
mated at 65.6 billion dollars.
Proposed expenditure pro-
grams for 1855 fall in three
broad categories: national Sc
curity, major programs rela-
lively uncomfortable under ex-
listing and proposed legislation
and all other Government pro-
grams.
Expenditures for major ma
tional security programS-for
the military functions of the
Department of Defense, the
mutual military program.
atomic energy, and stockpil-
ing of strategic materials
dominate the budget and are
estimated at $44.9 billion in
the fiscal year 1855. This
compares with a presently es-
timated $48.7 billion in 1854
and $500 billion in 1858. These
amounts are about the same
percentage of total budget ex-
penditures in each of the three
years.
Closely related to these ma
jor security programs are
other activities for national
security included elsewhere in
the budget. Our foreign eco
nomic assistance and infor-
nation programs are particu-
larly essential to deter ag-
erosion and strengthen the
world forces for peace.
Budget expenditures for GER
tain Government activities are,
by law. relatively nondiscre-
tionary, and depend largely on
factors outside the annual
budgetary process. While rel
atively few in number these
represent a large amount of
dollars and the budget each
year has to provide funds for
them. For example. once the
laws are placed on the statute
books. grants to States for
many purposes depend upon
the extent to which States
take advantage of Federal
grant-in-aid programs; vet
Grams pensions depend upon
the number of qualified vet
eran applicants: farm price
supports depend upon the size
of crops and the demand for
supported commodities; and
interest payments on the ma
tional debt depend upon the
amount of the debt and the
rate of interest.
In the fiscal year 1855, it Is
estimated that budget expend-
itures Of 14.1 billion dollars
will be required to support
these programs. This amount
is about the same As presently
estimated for 1854 and almost
800 million dollars less than
similar expenditures in the ifs
cal year 1858.
Budget expenditures for
other Government activities,
which contain more elements
comfortable through the budg-
ct process, arereduced an eSti-
mated 90 billion dollars below
the fiscal year 1853 and is
billion dollars below the pres
ent estimate for 1854. This is
a reduction, over the two fiscal
years. of about Is per cent in
the cost of these numerous
day-to-day operations of the
Government. These activities
cover. in number. a large ma
jority of the items in the budg-
ct, although the amount in
volved Is about one-tenth of
total budget expenditures.
Some substantial reductions
in this category will result
from a lessened postal deficit
and management and program
savings in many other depart
ments. = On the other hand,
estimated expenditures for the
Tennessee Valley Authority,
urban development and re-
development. college housing
loans, the National Science
Foundation, fish and wildlife
resources, the school lunch
program, and several other
programs of domestic impor@
lance will be the largest in
our history.
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