Mr. ROONEY. That is exactly what we have in mind, Mr. Secretary. (Statement off the record.) STATUS OF LOANS TO SPANISH GOVERNMENT Mr. ROONEY. What is the present status of the Spanish loans? Secretary ACHESON. As I understand it, Mr. Chairman, the present status of the Spanish loans is that the Spanish Under Secretary of Industry and Commerce is here negotiating the terms and amounts of various loans. My understanding is that initial loans were approved on February 14 for four projects, which total $12,200,000. These discussions are still going forward. (Discussion off the record.) DUPLICATION OF GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES Mr. STEFAN. Mr. Secretary, the questions that I have in mind have been disturbing me over a period of years. They concern the entire world picture, which is a very serious one, due to the fact that we have to take leadership in it. There is the question, if we are going to continue to take leadership in the situation all over the world in connection with all of these problems, what the effect will be of a duplication of effort by various Government agencies and how effective will be our regular Foreign Service in the future. I should like to develop that in detail, and that is going to take some little time. Secretary ACHESON. I should like very much to talk with you about it. This is a matter which has concerned me a great deal, too. Mr. STEFAN. I have been working on it ever since we got into Greece and since we first developed our Marshall-plan program, as well as these other programs. I have been disappointed, in that I think the work we are doing now is going to be ineffective unless we have a concentration of authority by our chiefs of missions who are scattered all over the world at 300 different posts. The question is whether they are going to be set aside, whether they are going to become merely glorified clerks, and superseded by some other agencies who could duplicate and perhaps destroy the objectives that we have in mind. I think we are wasting money because of interference and duplication. Secretary ACHESON. I should be glad, indeed, to come back and talk to you about that. (Discussion off the record.) Mr. ROONEY. Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for a very interesting and informative statement. Mr. PRESTON. It has been a very interesting statement, Mr. Secretary. Secretary ACHESON. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen. SALARIES AND EXPENSES CARLISLE H. HUMELSINE, DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR AD- EDWARD B. WILBER, BUDGET OFFICER GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION Mr. ROONEY. With respect to the item, "Salaries and expenses, Department of State," we have with us the distinguished Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration, Mr. Carlisle H. Humel sine. Mr. Humelsine, I understand you have a general statement that you wish to submit for the record? Mr. HUMELSINE. Yes, sir. Mr. ROONEY. The statement will be incorporated in the record at this point. (The statement referred to is as follows:) STATEMENT OF THE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION Now, Mr. Chairman, I would like to present a brief summary of the Department's estimates for fiscal year 1952. I plan to be present throughout the committee's review of the estimates and will be available for discussion on the individual items as they are reached. Our request of $283.6 million for 1952 is only about three-tenths of 1 percent of the budget for the entire Government. Of the amount being requested by the Department, approximately $28 million, or 10 percent, is for capital expenditures$9 million for acquisition of buildings abroad; $16 million for construction projects of the International Boundary and Water Commission; and $3 million for liquidating contractual obligations for restoration of public roads under the Philippine rehabilitation program. Also $35.3 million is requested for contributions to international organizations and to the Foreign Service retirement fund. Our request for regular operating funds, therefore, is $220.3 million. With your permission, I would like now to provide for the record a summary table comparing the 1952 requests with the appropriations and the base for each appropriation for the current fiscal year. Appropriations and adjusted base for fiscal year 1951 as compared with estimates for 1952 Appropriations and adjusted base for fiscal year 1951 as compared with estimates for 1952-Continued 1 Appropriated in Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1950 (Public Law 583, 81st Cong.), June 29, 1950, to cover expenses in fiscal years 1950 and 1951. Estimate for 1952 included in the item "Mutual assistance, economic and military," under proposed legislation to be submitted at later date. As this table shows, our request of $283.6 million for 1952 is $12.2 million more than the amount available in these appropriations for fiscal year 1951. However, our 1952 request is $69.9 million over the adjusted base for 1951 of $213.7 million. The 1951 base figures have been used in this table to make them comparable to the 1952 appropriation requests. The net increase of $12.2 million in the 1952 request over 1951 appropriations results from decreases of $37 million in certain items and increases in others for new or expanded requirements totaling $49.2 million. The principal items in which there are reductions are: Salaries and expenses, American sections, international commissions. 2243 3 18. 4 For total increases of...--- 49. 2 These requested increases in funds involve a net increase of 2,938 positions. Of these, 2,903 are for the vitally important information and educational exchange program in which the Congress authorized an expansion last year. More personnel are needed to operate the network of world-wide broadcasting facilities, run |