Biggest Peacetime Military Budget
WASHINGTON, June 2. Tlie House appropriations committee today approved United States biggest peacetime military budget of 10,197,'000,000 dollars, thrice the ainount spent in .1941 when Ainerica was preparing for war. Today's recommendation is in addition to approximately 3,000,000,000 dollars which Congress in Mav authorised for new aircraft for the three services. The appropriations are: Army 5,618,000,000 dollars, Navy, including Marine Corps, 3, 087, 000, 000, Air Foree, 892,000,000. Authorised strengths are: Army 790,000, Marine CorpS 552.000, Air t'orce 444,000. The Navv's appropriation includes funds for, iirstly, the construction o.f a 65,000-ton aircraft carrier, the largest in the world; secondly, "killer whip" to combat submarines; thirdly, two high speed submarines and other submarines of "an entirely new eharacter" not otherwise described; fourthly, the conversion oi a carrier aml two submarines into vessels wliose nature is kept seeret. ()ne of the general defence measures will be the construction of a radar screen in the United States and Alaska costing 160,000,000 dollars. ^ Later today the House passed the Air Foree and Army appropriations and sent them to the Senate. The House will consider the Navy appropriations tomorrow.
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 June 1948, Page 5
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