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A-2 THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. C-, Friday, July 1, 1960 Pentagon Not Too Irked At Military Funds Bill By RICHARD FRYKLUND Stu Star WrlUr High defense officials, after taking a quick look at the new military appropriation bill, say Congress was not too un kind after all. Despite threats earlier in the year to ride rough shod over the administration’s “rosy” estimates of what it must spend. Congressmen decided to make few significant increases in de- sense spending. And iM scari est threat to the Pentagon of an economy cut was cased at the last minute. The $4O billion bill, passed by both House and Senate yes terday, gives the administra tion about $650 million more than it asked. Congress added money for a bigger stand-by airborne alert for the big bomb ers, voted extra money for the B-70 all-purpose bomber, for Army modernization, for nu clear submarine, missiles and a variety of other items. But at the same time. Con gress voted to reduce the ad ministration’s request for ‘ pro curement” by 3 per cent—or about $4OO million—and to cut administrative eosts by $lB mil lion. Hits Capital Area This last reduction is ex pected to be the biggest trou blemaker. And it hit squarely at the Washington area. The intention of Congress was to force the Defense De partment to pare expenses of its big headquarters, most of them in Washington. The administration asks $336 million for these headquarters, almost all of it for salaries. Tn order to absorb the cut, the Defense Department will have to reduce Its payrolls. Pentagon officials have not had time to study the new bill in detail, so all its implications are not yet clear. No one knows whether the Department of De fense will have to fire a large number of headquarters work ers or whether normal turnover plus the current Pentagon initiated 5 per cent reduction in civilian personnel will save the necessary money. Congressmen who initiated this cut say it is designed not to affect military personnel or foreign based civilian employes, and it was made flexible in order to make it easy on de fense officials. The original House-passed bill called for a flat 10 per cent cut in headquarters spending here, which probably would have meant a 10 per cent reduction in people. The Senate, at the request of Sec retary of Defense Gates, drop ped this provision. The House- Senate conference arrived at the present compromise. Except for the personnel cut. Congress gave the administra tion all the breaks. The ad ministration need not spend the extra money if it does not want to, and it has potential leeway to compensate every procurement cut. The enhances are good right ■now thgt most of the extra money wfU not be spent by this administration. ‘‘What Congress did in effect was the give the next administration a little $650 million nest egg," one Pentagon official said. This is reasonably satis- TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT District and vicinity—Mostly cloudy with occasional showers or thunderstorms tonight. Low est temperature tonight will be about 68. Showers ending to- 1 morrow morning, followed by ; gradual clearing and rather j cool. Maryland—Scattered showers ' and thunderstorms tonight with low temperatures in the 60s and low 70s. Scattered showers in the eastern sections will end tomorrow morning and will be followed by partial clearing. High temperatures will range between 77 and 84. Virginia—Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunder storms tonight; low tempera tures tonight, 70 in the south east and 64 to 68 in the west and north. Showers ending tomorrow morning, followed by gradual clearing in the north. Moderately cool. Lower Potomac and Chesa peake Bay Southwest winds at 10 to 20 knots tonight will shift to northerly at 10 to 20 knots tomorrow morning. Cloudy, with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and over the southern sections of the Bay tomorrow morning. Strong gusts of wind likely in shower areas. Visibility. 5 to 10 miles, except for less than a mile in the heavier showers. so Date from U.S. WtATHER lUM AU 70 —in Figures Show Low Tomp«ro*ure* Expvcttd ’ Until Soturdoy Morning Scattered thundershowers are forecast tonight for portions of the Middle Atlantic States westward through the Central Appalachians, Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, the Mid-Mississippi Valley and in the Far Northern Rockies.—AP Wirephoto Map. ■ factory to the services which » feel the new President, who ever he is, might well decide to I spend that extra money six ’ months from now. , At Cross Purposes [ The procurement cut irrl- > tated defense officials. With . one hand Congress voted more ! for procurement (in Army - modernization. Navy ships and ■ Air Force planes) and with the I other hand cut procurement by 3 per cent. The effect, the Pentagon says, is that Congress directs the Defense Depart ment to buy extra hardware and refuses to vote enough ; money tq pay for it. Congressmen say the 3 per cent can be made up in more economical procurement prac tices. The Pentagon says it is ever more efficient, but that forseeable efficiencies will be , more than enough by expected inflation. To buy what Congrsss wants, 1 the Pentagon will have to divert extra money voted for projects ' the administration does not > want or go back to the House and Senate appropriations com mittees next spring for infor- ' mal permission to reallocate « money to fill the gap. 1 Oa the balance, however, the 1 new appropriations bill accepts 1 the admlnistratldn’s estimates of defense needs and offers the ' Pentagon enough flexibility to 1 get around almost all of the ‘ points of differences. I Belgians Confer ; Highest Award On J. C. Folger i 3 J. Clifford Folger, Washing ; ton fianancier and former Ambassador to Belgium, yes- • terday was awarded Belgium’s 1 highest decoration. Mr. Folger was awarded the Grand Cordon de I’Ordre de 1 Leopold by Belgian Ambassador • Louis Scheyven in a ceremony i at the Embassy, 3300 Garfield ' street N.W. The decoration is the highest > and oldest Belgium can confer. . It was created in 1832 by the . Parliament and is only awarded . to persons of high rank for . superior services to the country. Mr. Folger was Ambassador to Belgium from 185? to 1959. Among those present for the ’ ceremony war< Mrs. John Foster ' Dulles, widow of the Secretary 1 of State. t I GI Housing Goes On The Senate last night »p -' proved a two-year extension of ; the GT housing program, due > to expire July 25, and sent it i on to President Eisenhower. ’ Action was by voice vote on a bill passed earlier in the day; ■ by the House, 391-1. FIVE DAY FORECAST For Washington and Vicinity July 2-6 Temperatures will average near the area normals of 86 and 68 for the nigh and low Slightly cooler Sunday, warmer again by Tuesday. Showers to morrow and Monday through Wednesday may total ’/ 2 inch. Teaiperatare-Humldity Index Time Temp. Humidity Index 2 p m. 87 48 79 Resort Area Forecast Long Island and New Jersey beaches Showers tomorrow; high about 82. Maryland, Delaware and Vir ginia beaches—Showers tomor row; high, 85. Cape Hatteras area Brief afternoon thundershowers to morrow; high, 85 to 90. Chesapeake Bay area—Scat tered thunderstorms tomorrow; high, 85 to 90. Skyline Drive—Showers to morrow; high about 80; visi bility, fair. River Report Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry and clear at Great Falls. Shen andoah cloudy at Harpers Ferry. Temperatures for Yesterday Midnight 7.3 Noon 84 4 am. 70 4p m. 80 8 am. 74 8 p.m. 83 Record Temperature for the Year Highest. 95. on April 23. | Lowest. 15. on March 11. Tide Tables • (Furnished by the U. 8. Coast and Geodetic Survey) Today Tomorrow High 1:29 a.m. 2:20 am. Low 3:28 a n*. 9:27 a m. [High 1:41p.m. 2:37pm. Low 8:36 p.m. 9:30 p.m. I y 1 / JH ’ Bl <1 ’ '' - Ini 1J& iH W I' ■if vS(• NEBRASKA HAILSTONES Only the stitching on the baseball (right) dis tinguishes it from these hailstones which fell on a farm near Sidney Nebr. Mrs. Murrel Crosby holds two of the half-pound spheres of ice.—AP Wirephoto. 1— I '• li J - Johnson Urges Defense i To Spend Voted Funds | By the Associated Press Senator Johnson, Democrat of Texas, urged President Ei senhower and top defense offi cials to spend the extra money that Congress added to their military budget for the fiscal , year that began today. “I certainly hope that the , executive branch will not let t some budget clerks willfully disregard the expressed intent ; of Congress.” the Senate Demo cratic leader said. The administration has de clined in several past years to I permit spending of appropria tions added by Congress over • its objection. Passed by 82-3 Vote ! The defense money bill pro viding $39,996,608,000 —about : $661,608,000 more than Mr. Eisenhower asked whisked ; through the Senate last night ; by an 82-3 margin after earlier House approval. It now goes to the President for probable ap proval. Sefiator Johnson, in a state ment inserted in the Congres sional Record, said "a truly amazing document” he ob tained indicated that Pentagon ’ beads might ignore the wishes of Congress. The Senate leader quoted parts of the document, which he said was written June 9 by { O. M. Gale, former special as i sistan t to the Secretary of De- I For high and low tides at the follow-' ing points subtract times indicated from the above. Annapolis. 2 hours: Bloody Point Light. 3 hours: Colonial Beach. 5% hours: Deale. 3 hours: Solomons Island. 5 hours: Point I jokout 6 hours. The Sun and Moon Rises Sets Sun. today 5:46 am. 8:38 p.m. Sun tomorrow 5:46 am. 8:37 p.m. Moon today 12:49 p.m. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation Month 1960 1959 Norm. Record January 266 2.21 3.24 783 ’37 February 3.33 1.51 2.44 6.84 ’B4 March 2.08 2.20 3.03 8.84 ’9l April 315 401 306 9.13 ’B9 May 4.35 2.89 3.98 10 69 ’53 June ... 2.55 5.35 3.41 10.94 ’(Mi July 4.38 4.26 11 06 ’45 August 2.87 4.75 14.41 ’2B September 205 4.12 17.45 ’34 October 2.43 2.85 881 ’37 November 2.22 273 7.18 ’77 December 326 2.61 756 'Ol Temperatures in Various Cities H. L. H L Abilene 99 74 Key West 90 82 Albany 85 58 Knoxville 90 73 Albuquerque 98 72 Little Rock 95 74 Anchorage 60 51 Los Angeles 90 70! Atlanta 94 75 Louisville 86 681 Atlantic C. 88 69 Memphis 94 75 Baltimore 92 70 Miami B’ch 87 81 Billings 88 59 Milwaukee 69 53 Birmingham 96 76 Mpls.-St. P. 67 49 Bismarck 77 60 New Orleans 92 71 Boise 98 68 New York 87 72 Boston 89 66 Norfolk 92 70 Buffalo 75 61 Oklahoma C. 95 75 Burlington 82 55 Omaha 69 56 Charleston 92 79 Philadelphia 90 65 Charlotte 93 70 Phoenix 107 78 Cheyenne 76 53 Pittsburgh 83 64 Chicago 76 59 P’tland. Me. 84 72 Cincinnati 84 66 P'tland.Or, 71 56 Cleveland 82 65 Raleigh 93 67 Columbus 82 66 Rapid City 77 59 Dallas 93 76 Reno 88 47 Denver 81 60 Richmond 92 68 Des Moines 71 57 St. Louis 92 67 Detroit 86 56 Salt Lake C. 93 65 Duluth 61 45 San Antonio 93 75 Fort Worth 95 76 8. Francisco 60 5-1 Fresno 94 63 Savannah 96 75 Houston 91 76 Seattle 65 50 Huron 72 52 Tampa 91 74 Indianapolis 80 67 Washington 89 70 Jackson 97 74 Wichita 97 68 Kansas City 95 68 tense, who since has joined 5 ; the staff of the Republican Na- [ . Committee. Senator Johnson said the f Gale memorandum established E r guidelines or financial direc- f • tives for Pentagon heads pre- t I paring the next fiscal year’s J I budget. »I n Paragraphs Quoted The Senate leader inserted • this paragraph which he said came from the directive: ‘‘ln so far as our watchword is the ‘risk-taking responsibil-i ' ities of free, self-confident in ’ dividuals,’ we will be true to the ' principles which have devel oped our Nation; in so far as the Nation has followed ‘cradle to the grave security, we have dulled our resistance to unwise ' spending and to a creeping in itiation.” I And he quoted a second > which r.tated that if Congress ’ voted extra funds “where the i law does not require expendi tures, agencies should reserve the increases and carry them forward to the maximum practical extent to FY (fiscal year) 1862.” Senator Johnson said this appears a clear order to brush aside congressional intent. Political Poser Raised He added that since writing the memorandum. Mr. Gale “has transferred his desk to the Republican National Com , mittee where, it is said, he will head a special five-man infor mation unit to prepare back ground material for the cam paign.” “The only question in my mind is whether this June 9th memorandum, establishing the guidelines for the 1962 budget, was meant to be part of the Republican campaign mate rial,” Senator Johnson said. “If so. I welcome it because the glib slogans it contains rather clearly betray some of the rea sons for the drift and delay that we have experienced in our defense program.” I UEW Demands Raise I From Westinghouse By the Associated Press | The International Union of * i Electrical Workers yesterday i I presented a series of contract ’ demands to the Westinghouse i j Corp., including a wage in , crease of at least 3>/ a per cent, i The bargaining proposals I : follow in general the pattern ; laid down two weeks ago when I ‘ the union announced its de- • mands on the General Elec- I ’ trie Co. i : ICAU ST 3-61001 f John 6. Wtßsieit j We are ' offering New 1960 Fords, Falcons & Thunderbirds at the lowest i prices and lowest financing in town COME IN MAKE US PROVE IT. 'Death SI ide'Tu rns Real As 10,000 See Plunge NEW YORK, July 1 (AP).— A British Royal Marine captain, taking part in a military tournament and tattoo at Madison Square Garden, plunged 85 feet to his death last night from the roof to the floor. An estimated 10,000 specta tors looked on as Capt. Antony Laurence Easterbrook, 31, fell as he was about to begin a ‘‘death slide.” The audience was not immediately aware that they had seen an accident. The show went on. Capt..Easterbrook, in serious condition, was rushed to St. Clare Hospital, where he died later. Capt. Easterbrook, commander of the Royal Marines contin gent in the tattoo, was about to follow 30 other Marines down a 200-foot rope stretch ing from the roof to the ground at a 45-degree angle. Attired in a black suit and a black bowler and carrying an umbrella in one hand and holding a strap attached to the rope in the other, Capt. Easterbrook was to climax the act. 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