CHARLES A. PLUMLEY, Vermont FRANCIS H. CASE, South Dakota H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota P. W. GRIFFITHS, Ohio LOWELL STOCKMAN, Oregon JOHN PHILLIPS, California ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, Kansas CHARLES R. ROBERTSON, North Dakota FREDERIC R. COUDERT, JR., New York CLIFF CLEVENGER, Ohio LOUIS LUDLOW, Indiana JOHN H. KERR, North Carolina HARRY R. SHEPPARD, California W. F. NORRELL, Arkansas HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE, MESSRS. KARL STEFAN (CHAIRMAN), WALT HORAN, IVOR D. FENTON, CLIFF CLEVENGER, NOBLE J. JOHNSON (temporarily assigned), JOHN J. ROONEY, J. VAUGHAN GARY, AND THOMAS J. O'BRIEN, OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IN CHARGE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, JUSTICE, COMMERCE, AND THE JUDICIARY APPROPRIATION BILL, 1949, ON THE DAYS FOLLOWING: MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1948. DEPARTMENT OF STATE STATEMENTS OF HON. GEORGE C. MARSHALL, SECRETARY OF STATE; CHARLES E. BOHLEN, COUNSELOR; NORMAN ARMOUR, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS; WILLARD L. THORP, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS; GARRISON NORTON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS; WILLIAM T. STONE, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; CHARLES E. SALTZMAN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCCUPIED AREAS; JOHN E. PEURIFOY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION; W. PARK ARMSTRONG, ACTING SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR RESEARCH AND INTELLIGENCE; CHRISTIAN M. RAVNDAL, DIRECTOR GENERAL, FOREIGN SERVICE; DEAN RUSK, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF SPECIAL POLITICAL AFFAIRS; ERNEST GROSS, LEGAL ADVISER; AND WILLIAM O. HALL, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PLANNING, DEPARTMENT OF STATE Mr. STEFAN. The committee will come to order. Gentlemen, we will now take up the appropriation for the fiscal year 1949 for the Department of State. DATA ON ESTIMATES, OBLIGATIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC. Pages 1 to 8, inclusive of the justifications, will be put in the record at this point. (The documents are as follows:) Summary of requirements, fiscal year 1949 Appropriations, 1948 regular act Supplemental appropriations for 1948 (Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1948). $232, 724, 703 1747 $304, 798, 603 1 |