HEARINGS !). S. Congress. Senate,, BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS SECOND SESSION AN ACT MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 70750 Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1950 HBP. 3&ct, 50 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1951 THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1950 UNITED STATES SENATE, Washington, D. C. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:30 a. m., in room F-37, the Capitol, Hon. Kenneth McKellar (chairman) presiding. Present: Senator McKellar, Hayden, Thomas, McCarran, Maybank, Kilgore, Wherry, Cordon, and Young. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY-NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU STATEMENT OF HON. EDWARD J. THYE, UNITED STATES SENATOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS URGED Chairman MCKELLAR. The committee will come to order. All right, Senator Thye, you said you wanted us to hear you. Senator THYE. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, in looking over the appropriations bill and giving thought to the fact that our Regular Army troops are being called from the United States into foreign service, knowing that we are faced with a critical world situation wherein we cannot foresee what may happen from one week to the next, and knowing that our own internal strength in the United States will be dependent upon the National Guard, it just seems to me that we should increase the appropriations for the National Guard even above the budget recommendations. AMOUNTS IN PENDING APPROPRIATIONS BILL Chairman MCKELLAR. Senator, let me call your attention right there to the action of the House and the Senate committee. The House bill provided for $212,400,000, an increase of $1,700,000 over the budget estimate. The Senate committee allowed $210,500,000. Senator THYE. Mr. Chairman, I have in my hand the report that accompanied H. R. 7786, and I find on page 286 of this report that the Army National Guard, in the 1950 act, received $216,000,000. The estimate for 1951 is $210,700,000. The House bill provided $212,400,000. The amount recommended by the Senate committee was $210,500,000, which is a decrease of $5,500,000 under the 1950 act. The figures that I find in this report show that the over-all decrease in the Senate bill would be $1,900,000 under the House bill, and it was 1 82. |