HEARING Copad BEFORE THE UNITED STATES SENATE ON ? and S. 1819 A BILL TO CONVERT THE NATIONAL MILITARY ESTAB- AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES MARCH 24 AND 29, APRIL 6, 7, 11, AND 12, MAY 5 AND 6, 1949 Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES MILLARD E. TYDINGS, Maryland, Chairman RICHARD B. RUSSELL, Georgia STYLES BRIDGES, New Hampshire HARRY FLOOD BYRD, Virginia CHAN GURNEY, South Dakota VIRGIL CHAPMAN, Kentucky LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, Massachusetts LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Texas WAYNE MORSE, Oregon ESTES KEFAUVER, Tennessee RAYMOND E. BALDWIN, Connecticut : LESTER C. HUNT, Wyoming WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND, California Page 235 ------- 48. 201 Statements of- Bradley, Gen. Omar N., Chief of Staff for Army----- partment------- Management, Bureau of the Budget-- CONTENTS BY DATES Text of S. 1269-------------------------------------------------- Statement of Hon. James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense; accom- panied by Marx Leva, Assistant to the Secretary-- Letter from Secretary of Defense to chairman of the Armed Services Committee dated March 24, 1949, and a press release concerning monetary savings effected thus far under unification of armed Letter from Secretary of Defense to chairman of the Armed Services Committee dated March 28, 1949, and a comparison of President's recommendations for amending the National Security Act of 1947 and the recommendations of the Hoover Commission.------- Letter from Secretary of Defense to chairman of the Armed Services Committee dated March 28, 1949, attaching statement on Munitions Board purchase assignment program------ Letter from Secretary of Defense to chairman of the Armed Services Committee dated March 28, 1949, attaching summary table and detailed memorandum of dollar savings under unification.-------- Statement of Ferdinand Eberstadt----- April 6, 1949: Statement of Hon. Frank Pace, Director of the Budget, ac- companied by Frederick J. Lawton, Assistant Director of the Budget ; Charles B. Stauffacher, Assistant Director, Administrative Management Division; William Finan, Deputy Chief, Management Improvement Branch; and William Schaub, Deputy Chief, Division of Estimates---- Statement of Hon. W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force_ Statements of Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief Staff for Air; Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Chief of Staff for Army; and Gen. Clifton B. Cates, Commandant, United States Marine Corps--------- 127 145 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - Letter from Hon. John J. McCloy, president of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, dated April 7, 1949, to chair- man of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, enclosing copy of his letter to Mr. Ferdinand Eberstadt giving his views on proposed amendments to the National Security Act of 1947----- Statement of Hon. Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army, accom- panied by Maj. Gen. W. H. Arnold, Chief, Budget Division, Depart- Letter from Secretary of the Ariny Royall to Mr. Herbert Hoover en- closing comments on the Eberstadt Committee Report on the Mili- Statement of Ferdinand Eberstadt-- Letter dated May 4, 1949, from E. F. Bartlett, Fiscal Assistant Secre- tary, Treasury Department, to chairman, Senate Committee on Letter dated May 4, 1949, from Hon. Lindsay Warren, Cemptroller General of the United States, to chairman of Senate Committee on Letter dated May 5, 1949, from Hon. Louis Johnson, Secretary of De- fense, to chairman, Senate Committee on Armed Services_ ------- 206 Letter dated May 5, 1949, from Hon. F. J. Lawton, Acting Diretor, Bureau of the Budget, to chairman of Senate Committee on Armed Statement of Gilbert L. Cake, Associate Commissioner of Accounts, Statement of Charles Stauffacher, Assistant Director in charge of ad- ministrative management, Bureau of the Budget------- Statement of W. J. McNeil, special assistant to the Secretary of Address of Mr. Marx Leva, special assistant to the Secretary of De- fense, before the Joint Orientation Conference of the National Organization Chart for National Security, as set forth in the National Organization Chart for National Security, showing proposed amend- Memorandum from Admiral Louis Denfeld, for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, dated March 25, 1949, to the Secretary of Defense---------- 261 Memorandum from Secretary of Defense Forrestal, dated March 26, 1949, to the Joint Chiefs of Staff--- Letter from Secretary of Defense Johnson, dated April 7, 1949, to the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee--- - - VIN . --------------------- NATIONAL SECURITY ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1949 THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1949 UNITED STATES SENATE, Washington, D. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:30 a. m. in the committee room, room 212 Senate Office Building, Senator Millard Tydings (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Tydings, Byrd, Chapman, Johnson of Texas, Kefauver, Hunt, Saltonstall, Baldwin and Knowland. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. : The committee will begin consideration today of S. 1269. This is a proposal which reflects the position of the President as stated in his message of March 5. It has been drafted by our legislative counsel, and conforms to changes which have been suggested by, and agreed to by, the interested executive departments of the Government. In its present form I understand it has the concurrence of the Bureau of thé Budget, the National Military Establishment and other interested parties. (S. 1269 is as follows:) [S. 1269, 81st Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To convert the National Military Establishment into an Executive Department of the Government, to be known as the Department of Defense ; to provide the Secretary of Defense with appropriate responsibility and authority, and with civilian and military assistance adequate to fulfill his enlarged responsibility ; and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the “National Security Act Amendments of 1949”. CHANGE IN COMPOSITION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SEC. 2. The fourth paragraph of section 101 (a) of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended to read as follows: "The Council shall be composed of the President; the Secretary of State; the Secretary of Defense, appointed under section 202; the Chairman of the National Security Resources Board, appointed under section 103; and such of the Secretaries of the other Executive Departments, and such other officials of the executive branch of the Government, as the President may designate from time to time.” CONVERSION OF THE NATIONAL MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT INTO AN EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT Sec. 3. Section 201 of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended to read as follows: SEC. 201. (a) There is hereby established, as an Executive Department of the Government, the Department of Defense, and the Secretary of Defense shall be the head thereof. |