European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1953 the stars and stripes Page 7 Udet slows Cut Juman million Austria offices for fiscal 54 jan9 president Truman today asked con to appropriate for state department operations in and Austria during fiscal Fin the figure represents a proposed of in proposed Mancial obligations in the two ies during the fiscal year be july president pointed out that is the Goa option German integral will in the gait half of 1953 and the Allied occupation of Germany will 133he requested appropriation of of which is earmarked for activities in Ger compares with appropriated for the present Fis some Worth local currencies were available in fiscal 1953 to defray government cmren6ies f a presented German of curation Cost payments and con7 by buttons from Mutual v Security no advances occupation costs ire assumed to have ended by next and the budget Bureau Lias ruled that henceforth no free advances of counterpart funds will be made for financing of state department activities in Germany and in miscellaneous reimbursements from other resident Truman estimated that the state department will have available for obligation in the two countries during fiscal s he gave the following Dollar a breakdown by major activities Germany conduct of relations Public affairs administration Austria conduct of relations Public affairs t administration line with the proposed reduce of activities in budget indicated that the aver number of employees in two countries decline Tom to next was estimated that personnel will amount to in countries in fiscall1954 As Inman pared with during present Iolj discussing the Public affairs pro for the president specific measures i the period following Ratific of the contractual agreements the european defense com a Unity the Public affairs will be devoted to win support for specific measures Lement these to mating the position on is that arise and to creating German understanding and support for the new relationships is said contemplated activities include operation of information a newspaper and Turadio production of in of materials for the Ger press and radio and Exchange budget request for Germany in omitted today involves Only activities in those eco to Mic Aid Lor Austria and military for Germany Are included in Mutual Security program for which was not new and old Senate leaders Robert Taft of Ohio Senate majority Leader chats with his democratic Lyndon Johnson of shortly after the 83d Congress convened in press photo How tax Dollar goes r h forces get tap sum 9 How president Truman pro posed budget would spend your tax dollars in fiscal 1954 military services 59 cents foreign Aid cents interest on debt scents v veterans programs 6 cents All other expenses 17 cents and heres where the budget would come from individual taxes 41 cents corporation taxes 29 cents borrowing 13 cents excise 12 cents other taxes 5 cents total a lot of wheels spin in the Truman budget break Down showed the various departments and agencies want to buy motor vehicles at an estimated Cost of taking into consideration allowances on besides the departments and agencies would keep vehicles now in the government the taxpayers would be sup porting nearly government these do not include combat vehicles of the armed forces Aske Congress to give president elect Dwight Eisenhower More Money for White House maintenance and operation than got for fiscal the new budget asks for thams exactly More than Truman asked a year More than Congress gave the supreme court needs some new the budget estimates Worth will be terraces on the Capitol grounds need repair and improvement that an Congress own expenses take about a total asked for the Senate is including for members salaries and for their the senatorial request also included for expenses a inquiries and the House would get including members Kirk to head Columbia University new Grayson Vic president of c Olu m b i a has been elected to succeed president elect Dwight Eisenhower As president of the who has served As acting president while Eisenhower has been on leave to head the North Atlantic treaty organization army and to win the was chosen by the University Board of trustees effective 20 Eisenhower submitted his Resig nation shortly after to the it becomes effective immediately before his inauguration is a recognized author Ity on International relations and he served As a state department official during world War ii and in 1944 was a member of the delegation staff at the Dumbarton Oaks the trustees elected Eisenhower to be president emeritus of the the Board incorporated in its minutes a tribute praising the great services and lasting contributions made to Columbia by general Eisenhower during his term As 13th billion Aid Rise asked in budget 9 a president Truman asked a critical Republican Congress today for an increase of More than a billion Dol Lars in foreign military eco nomic americas allies need that he to meet certain critical deficiencies in equipment for their Truman proposed that con Gress vote in foreign Aid appropriations during the 1934 fiscal year beginning july vet services budgeted for billion 9 president Truman today proposed spending for veterans services and benefits during fiscal the same As this the president emphasized that future costs of veterans Are to increase due to a rapid increase in the Veteran population and liberalization of Laws govern in these new veterans Are being discharged from the armed forces at a rate of about a if the size of the armed forces continues at about present he most of the people of the United states will eventually be veterans or dependents of hospitals included outlays for world War ii veterans Are but those for veterans of the korean War Are during the coming fiscal Truman 70 per cent of the Money spent for readjustment As education and go to men who entered military service since the far Eastern conflict broke the president included in his budget funds to build the four remaining hospitals on the veterans administration construction pro those Are a Neu a psychiatric Hospital at san a 500bed general medical and surgical Hospital at a Neur psychiatric Hospital at and a 500bed general medical and surgical Hospi Tal at made atom Bombproof the san Francisco and washing ton hospitals Are planned As special atom Bombproof installations constructed with windowless Concrete cores designed to withstand severe the Cleveland Hospi Tal also was to be of this special atom proof but a a spokesman said the Agency now plans to drop that feature and in Stead build the Hospital 10 Miles outside this removing it from a critical target area the budget also requests enough Moneff to staff 11 new one converted and three Hospital additions scheduled to Start operations during the coming fiscal Indiana publisher Dies 9 up Sam publisher of the Washington daily Democrat for 36 died at his he been ill three had Spain allocated million 9 loan to Spain authorized by Congress in 1951 for eco nomic development has been completely the Mutual Security Agency announced yes the in the form of credits extended by the Export import was approved As part of the 1951 foreign id this measure empowered the president to furnish up to in technical and military Aid to Congress last Yea authorized the president to give Spain similar assistance up to in re turn for defense the and Spain Are in the process of winding up negotiations on this that would be a in crease Over the amount enacted for the current actual foreign id spending in the new fiscal year is budgeted at compared to this year and in the 12 months ended last june a recent associated press Survey showed that a Large majority of Congress members willing to take a stand were in favor of cutting foreign although some it As the most economical Way to build americas defences against soviet ikes View awaited since the budget Truman pro posed covers the period after the Dwight Eisenhower administration will have taken the Atti tude of the new Republican presi Dent will have a great influence on what Congress actually in his budget message tru Man told Congress that with respect to american help to Allied and Friendly nations that shipped More than Worth of weapons and military equipment to its allies under the 2yearold Mutual Security 432 naval vessels and it also shipped artillery vehicles and Small arms and machine deliveries gain Truman said deliveries Are rising and should Rise even further after july the Mutual Security program we Are helping ourselves just As much As we Are helping our nations have More than doubled their defense expenditures since the korean War but they still require Amer ican assistance to provide the Cru Cial margin of resources needed for their military 4the contracted for Worth of weapons in Europe during the 12 months ended last july 30 and is doubling the amount of such offshore procure ment in the present fiscal Aid West Europe Truman said an important effect of this by promoting Plant expansion is to increase West Europe capacity to produce her own Britain and some other Allied countries continue to need economic Aid Dollar to enable them to support their defense size of future american Aid programs will depend on the Success of efforts to increase the level of imports and private and Public investment a pension Iann de for last Gar vet 9 veterans administration expects Only one Veteran of the civil War Union army will be on its pension Rolls in the year beginning july there Are two such grand army of the Republic Gar veterans still alive they Are 110yearold James Albert of and 105yearold Albert of they receive per year the new budget makes provision for Only one such pensioner in the next fiscal for with in new 9 Franklin having re signed As a Delegate to the United working As a Volunteer for the american association for the the association is a private organization devoted to boosting the