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UNITED STATES MILITARY EXPENDITURE ACTION BY PRESIDENT COMMISSION TO BE SET UP (United PreM Association— By EisctrSo Twlegmph—Copyright) (Australian Pren AasooiuttopJ (Received 24th July, 12.15 p.m.) WASHINGTON,. 23rd July. President Hoover moved vigorously to check mounting military expenditure'in the United States when, following an inspection of the prospective budget expenses in which it is apparent the military programme by 1933 would call for the largest war budget in the world, the President announced a plan to establish ». special commission wilhiu the army general staff to reconsider the entire programme. He indicated that the commission will be composed chiefly of high rank army ofllcials. He pointed mil that the present expenditure of tinUnited Slates for purely military purposes represents an increase of approximately 530 million dollars per year over pre-war expenditure for the same purposes, and measures now pending in Congress would call for further increases if favoured. The President emphasised that the chief hope for tn.v reduction lies in prospective cuts in military expenditure.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 24 July 1929, Page 5
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