Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, January 21, 1954, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWELVE HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON Olitary Budget Ms Stress On Air Power, Atoms - " Br ELTON C. FAY "WASHINGTON IS) President Elsenhower recommended today a $37,(75,000,000 military outlay lor the next fiscal year, with a shift in emphasis from foot soldiery to a "full exploitation of air power and modem weapons." The spending budget he proposed to Congress for the Defense De partment is about four billion dol lars less than that estimated for the current year, which ends June 30. Eisenhower said the budget Is based on a "new concept for : our national security program." ' A substantial part of the sav ings obviously would come In man power, particularly Army man power. The budget figures reflect - an over-all reduction of about 8.7 per cent in 'manpower for all' the armed forces. Army personnel would be reduced by 17.3 per cent, and three divisions would be dropped from the present 20. He said the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps now have, among them, about 83,000 planes. During the next three years, he said, this Will be Increased to 40, 000, more than half of them Jets. Twenty-two per cent of defense ex penditures in the new fiscal year would go to airplane procurement. The 1055 fiscal year program, the President wrote, "calls for im proving combat effectiveness by the application of nev weapons and new techniques, including full realization of our nuclear capabil ities, and provides for the rapid and orderly phasing of programs to Improve continental defense against possible enemy attack." Be continued: "Last summer I told the Amer ican people, that 'the Soviets now have the capability of atomic at tack upon us, and' such capability will increase with the passage of time." I made this statement short ly after it was established that the Soviet Union had successfully det onated a thermonuclear (hydro gen) device which, is successfully, converted into an offensive weap- ' on and if exploded over our Amer ican cities, would be capable, of effecting unprecedented destruc tion ... "Our military planners and those of the other nations of the free world agree as to the Importance of air power. But air forces must be complemented with land forces, ' amphibious forces, antisubmarine warfare forces, and fighting ships." Aa outlined by a Defense De partment spokesman, here is the way the budget for the year be- i ginning next July 1 will relate to . that policy: ' Manpower for the armed serv ices Now about 3,400,000; will be 8,328,000 by next June 30 and , 037,000 at the end of June 1965. Army Present strength 1 Vz mil lions; by next June 30 it will be 1,407,500; at the end of next fiscal year 1,164,000. By mid-1955 the or ganisational strength will be down to 17 divisions. For the first time, : there is no request for authority for the Army to make new con- i tracts for procuring major com bat equipment; It will have left over from previous appropriations : a total of 14,800,000,000. The Army, like the other eerv- : Ices, will build up in new weapons. . At present there are 114 antl- ' aircraft battalions. By tho end of this fiscal year there will be about 1301 The goal is to increase the antiaircraft force by more than 60 per cent, with more than one-third of the units using the new Nike guided missile weapon. Air Force Present strength 920,000; next June 855,000;- a year later 870,000. Present unit strength 110 wings (a wing ranges from 30 heavy bombers to 75 fighters); to . be 121 by the end of fiscal year 1955; up to 127 at the end of the following year and to the present ly fixed ultimate goal of 137 by the end. of the 1957 fiscal year. Navy Present manpower 770, . 000; 740,000 by next June 30; 688, 000 a year later. There will be a ; decrease from a present average , of 409 combat ships to 402 by June 30, 4955. The new budget contains funds for a fourth 80,000-ton car- . rler of the Forrestal class; but not - for a third atomic submarine. One ' of the four 45,000-ton battleships now in the fleet will be withdrawn. The number of large carriers will remain unchanged at 12; the num ber of carrier air groups of planes will continue at 16. Mnrines Present strength 260, 000; by next June 30, 225,000; end of June 1055, 216,000. Continue pres ent organizational strength of three divisions (a Marine division ' has about 25,000 men compared with 17,500 for the Army) and three air wings. The cutback in military man power would account ior a big share of the reduction in spending. Eisenhower estimated the reduc tion In forces would mean a cut in expenditures of about 600 mil lion dollars for pay, allowances and other direct military person nel costs. In spending, here is what the . armed forces will spend In the present year and the estimate for tho next fiscal year: Army, $14,200,000,000 this year, $10,188,000,000 next year; Navy, $11,300,000,000 this year, $10,493, 000,000 next year; Air Force 115, 60,000,000 this year, 16,209,000, , 000 next. ; Underscoring the emphasis on nuclear weapons, Eisenhower not- 'GiHHfti:i ii, Hf ed that "under the recommenda tions in this budget, expenditures of the atomic energy commission will rise 1n the fiscal year 1955 to the highest point in our his tory" from 912 million dollars In the current year to $1,182,000,000. He said this increase is due pri marily to expanded operations at A EC plants at Oak Ridge, Term.; Paducah, Ky.; Portsmouth, Ohio; Hanford, Wash.; and Savannah River, Oa. It is at the new Savan nah River plant that material for hydrogen bombs Is being produced. Eisenhower noted that the first atom-englned submarine, the Nau tilus, was due for launching this month (actually today), to be fol lowed by a second nuclear submer sible, the Sea Wolf, in the coming fiscal year. Research on the more difficult problems of aircraft propulsion by atomlo energy will continue," he wrote. In the past, Secretary of Defense Wilson had indicated a diminished emphasis on the atomic airplane project. Eisenhower obviously referred to some basis defense planning poli cies of the Truman administration when he said: , ' "Our military planning in pre vious years has been based on several assumed fixed dates of maximum danger, which were ex tended from time to time with pro curement' and personnel plans focused to achieve maximum readiness by each such date. This budget is aimed Instead at pro viding a strong military , position orhlMi nan Ha maintainor! nvpp thf extended period of uneasy peace.'' CLASSY BINGHAM, Utah W Awakened by a fire in his apartment, Calvin Miller wrapped himself in the first thing he touched as he dressed to flee. He appeared on the street wearing only a rug. 1 I'' - - 'V--. --ySr'-" ..v., f , - BOTTLES AND HANGERS, from homes all over town, have been collected by local Cub Scouts for resale to cleaning and bottling establishments with proceeds going to the March of Dimes. Helping in the collection were these boys from Den 2, Pack 4. Front row, left to right, are Lester Plowman, Robert Hunteman, Kenneth Ellis, Kenneth Gal loway, Stanley Heminger, James Kaler; back row, Don Aschenbach and Charles Galloway. Butte Valley To Aid Dimes March DORRIS Butte Valley post and auxiliary 5944, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will sponsor Its annual March of Dimes dance Saturday Jan. 23, at the Red Barn in Dorris, Chairman Aidan Fenwick an nounced. - Proceeds from the affair will go to the 1954 March of Dimes fund of the National Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis. Fenwick pointed out that some 88,000 persons have been wholly or partially cured of the disease through funds supplied by previous campaigns. The Jan. 23 dance will feature the music of the Red Barn's regu- new. Moderntone Dinnerware I wmm odntorterwin$iec wo$jSr to idd gaiety to your libit rif W JlrV4 In your favorite decorator cotors. SsSsa A Surt your set lodsy. Just visit a-l i your local SECO Redemption store. , Burgundy (12') '- Jfi r PLATTER " For ' Sage Milk Coupon ssw" - aad IS carta I 1 Chart ram ., i - ... SUGAR AND rL, CREAMER n For (Sago Sj Milk Coupons . r J '" '' f 15 cents f - i ;W" Forest Green (7') SERVING BOWL For Sega Milk Coupons and IS cants Ms Mil triire. Mem par cmssm t ART NEEDLEWORK SHOP lar orchestra, Peewee Stldham and members are offering dance tick his Rainbow Melody Boys. VW I els for a $1 donation, CattleMecf Held In Weed MACDOEL Mr; and Mrs. Clar encT Cross of Macdoel reprMd e Butte Valley Cattlemen s Assn. at a recent dinner in Weed given by the California Cattlemen's Assn to kick off its "Bt M"re BeeI campaign. . ,. ,, ei. Representatives from all over Sis kiyou County heard Chairman Ed son L. Foulke Jr. declare that the increased consumption of beef will dp not only the cattle producers but all residents of the county. Foulke pointed out that Beei prices as a result of producers ,.., i th.ir animals in place ot iua..cw .-- - hav- price support. " average of 20 per l agricultural declaring that the lower prices have benefited the economy cui jiiuoi, said these cuts are Just as nourish- ... 1.1-U nnef EtofllfR and. ine as tancy u s" - ------ --v; when prepuicu yi-- demanding dropped an Mni Mrs. Evangalyn Dow bf the coun- Long Bell Man Named Group Head DnpTT.ANn m H. J. Greeley, sunsrvlsnr of UldUStriai reiauuuo t ih. in Bell Lumber Co., Long- view, Wash., was elected president of the Lumbermen's Industrial Re lations Committee weanesoay. That group of employers met to discuss the contract negotiations soon to start with AFL ana iiu unions. Also elected to office were Henry Dennis, Everett, Wash., vice president, and S. L. Gregory, Port land, treasurer. Notice to members Annual meet ing Weyerhaeuser Klamath Feder al Credit union, Weyerhaeuser Hotel, 1:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. a, 1954. THURSDAY, JAMm J as tender andtTl. The eommittVJS, I n?"t retalieraZS; can be k3 Cross urged b,,,? 1 read and ,,t: Vilw" law. 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Oranges Turnips Bananas 252 size Clip Top 5-lb. mesh bog Golden ripe 2 2 FRFENWJT swim GRIGG'S FOODS 412 Main St. Klamath Falls, Or.