SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE APPROPRIATIONS ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Nebraska GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE APPROPRIATIONS ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, Kansas, Chairman ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Nebraska GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas SAMUEL W. CROSBY, Executive Secretary to the Subcommittee U.5, Congress. House. Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations A COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS JOHN TABER, New York, Chairman RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota IVOR D. FENTON, Pennsylvania JOHN PHILLIPS, California ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, Kansas FREDERIC R. COUDERT, JR., New York NORRIS COTTON, New Hampshire BENJAMIN F. JAMES, Pennsylvania CHARLES R. JONAS, North Carolina OTTO KRUEGER, North Dakota MELVIN R. LAIRD, Wisconsin ELFORD A. CEDERBERG, Michigan CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri J. VAUGHAN GARY, Virginia JOHN E. FOGARTY, Rhode Island ANTONIO M. FERNANDEZ, New Mexico OTTO E. PASSMAN, Louisiana ALFRED D. SIEMINSKI, New Jersey GEORGE Y. HARVEY, Clerk KENNETH SPRANKLE, Assistant Clerk (II) SUBCOMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts, Chairman ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, Kansas ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Nebraska THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1954. GENERAL STATEMENTS WITNESSES HON. HAROLD E. TALBOTT, SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE HON. JAMES H. DOUGLAS, UNDER SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE HON. ROGER LEWIS, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (MATERIEL) HON. H. LEE WHITE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (MANAGEMENT) LT. GEN. C. B. STONE III, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, COMPTROLLER MAJ. GEN. OLIVER S. PICHER, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, ASSISTANT FOR PROGRAMING MAJ. GEN. MANUEL J. ASENSIO, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, COMPTROLLER, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET Mr. WIGGLESWORTH. The committee will come to order. We have the Secretary of the Air Force with us this morning and we will be glad to have your statement at this time, Mr. Secretary. Secretary TALBOTT. I have a prepared statement that I would like to read to the committee. STATEMENT OF SECRETARY TALBOTT Mr. WIGGLESWORTH. We will be glad to have you do so. Secretary TALBOTT. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, when I appeared to support our 1954 budget on May 22, 1953, I told the committee that the program supported by the 1954 budget was an interim program which would permit the Air Force to continue its buildup while the total Defense Department structure was being resurveyed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The 1954 budget has been adequate to permit the continued orderly buildup of the Air Force. AIR FORCE PROGRAM The Joint Chiefs of Staff resurvey has been completed and new force levels determined for the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The Air Force budget which we are presenting to you calls for $11.2 billion not including our request for about $1 billion which will be presented |