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NATIONAL SECURITY ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1949

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 J. NELSON TRIBBY, Clerk

CONTENTS

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Statements-of-

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Bradley, Gen. Omar N., Chief of Staff for Army----

108
Cake, Gilbert L., Associate Commissioner of Accounts, Treasury De-

partment--------
Cates, Gen. Clifton B., Commandant, United States Marine Corps---- 108
Denfeld, Admiral Louis E., Chief of Naval Operations------------ 108
Eberstadt, Hon. Ferdinand ----

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Forrestal, Hon. Janes, Secretary of Defense--------
Hoover, Hon. Herbert--
Kimball, Dan A., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air----

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McNeil, W. J., Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense_.

201

Pace, Hon. Frank, Director of the Budget--

Patterson, Hon. Robert P-------

145

Royall, Hon. Kenneth C., Secretary of the Army--.

Stauffacher, Charles, Assistant Director in charge of Administrative

Management, Bureau of the Budget----------

236

Symington, Hon. W. Stuart, Secretary of Air Force----------------

Vandenberg. Gen. Hoyt S., Chief of Staff for Air-----

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CONTENTS BY DATES

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March 24, 1949:

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 ;

forces ----

March 29, 1949:

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----

April 7, 1949 :

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--

April 11, 1949 :

Statement of Herbert Hoover----

Statement of Robert P. Patterson.-

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April 12, 1949 :

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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--------

160

Statement of Hon. Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army, accom-

panied by Maj. Gen. W. H. Arnold, Chief, Budget Division, Depart-

ment of the Army--

173

Letter from Secretary of the Ariny Royall to Mr. Herbert Hoover en-

closing comments on the Eberstadt Committee Report on the Mili-

tary Budget ------

174

May 5, 1949:

Statement of Ferdinand Eberstadt..

201

Letter dated May 4, 1949, from E. F. Bartlett, Fiscal Assistant Secre-

tary, Treasury Department, to chairman, Senate Committee on

Armed Services ---

202

Letter dated May 4, 1949, from Hon. Lindsay Warren, Comptroller

General of the United States, to chairman of Senate Committee on

Armed Services ------

202

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 Dire tor,

Bureau of the Budget, to chairman of Senate Committee on Armed

Services ----

206

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May 6, 1949:

Statement of Gilbert L. Cake, Associate Commissioner of Accounts,

Treasury Department ---

235

Statement of Charles Stauffacher, Assistant Director in charge of ad-

ministrative management, Bureau of the Budget--------

236

Statement of W. J. McNeil, special assistant to the Secretary of

Defense ------

238

Address of Mr. Marx Leva, special assistant to the Secretary of Le-

fense, before the Joint Orientation Conference of the National

Military Establishment---

256

Organization Chart for National Security, as set forth in the National

Security Act of 1947--

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Organization Chart for National Security, showing proposed amend-

ments--

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Memorandum from Admiral Louis Denfeld, for the Joint Chiefs of

Staff, dated March 25, 1949, to the Secretary of Defense-----

Memorandum from Secretary of Defense Forrestal, dated March 26,

1949, to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.---

262

Letter from Secretary of Defense Johnson, dated April 7, 1949, to the
chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.--

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May 12, 1949:

Copy of S. 1834, substitute bill for S. 1269---

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Copy of Senate Report 366---