UNITED STATES
PRESIDENT AND MILITARY • •MupTtsosm"* ■' ■ • ? ll£*W i'L ••••-! 1 .1 ,United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph— - - Received this day" at 12.25. p.m. WASHINGTON, 'July 23. Mr Hoover moved vigorously to check the mounting military expenditure of United States when, following an'* inspection . of.the...prospective Budget , expenses . ill- which it is ■apparent .mjjitaFy'vprogramffie by 1933 wouldj|,calki|forlithe largest!-, war budget in Ijhe President announced a lilain toyfestaiblisli a special commission withm|!|he (army general, staff,|toVeconsidor!|^!e-- entire programme. Hlo‘{.indicated -the Commission will 'ifey composed chiefly of high ranking "‘army officers. He pointed out' /that' the present' expenditure of United States for purely military purposes represent an increase of approximately' 530 million dollars per year over pre-war expenditure for the salme purposes and measures. It is now pending that Congress would call for further increases if favoured. The President emphasised the chief hope for tax reduction lies in prospective outs in military expenditures.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 July 1929, Page 5
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