DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR

FISCAL YEAR 1972

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1972,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1971

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

ALLEN J. ELLENDER, Louisiana, Chairman

JOHN L. McCLELLAN, Arkansas
JOHN STENNIS, Mississippi
JOHN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island
WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington
MIKE MANSFIELD, Montana
ALAN BIBLE, Nevada

MILTON R. YOUNG, North Dakota
MARGARET CHASE SMITH, Maine
GORDON ALLOTT, Colorado
ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Nebraska
NORRIS COTTON, New Hampshire
CLIFFORD P. CASE, New Jersey

EX OFFICIO MEMBERS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri STROM THURMOND, South Carolina HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington

WILLIAM W. WOODRUFF, FRANCIS S. HEWITT, T. FARRELL EGGE, AND EDMUND L. HARTUNG, Staff Assistants on the Department of Defense Appropriations

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR

FISCAL YEAR 1972

TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1971

U.S. SENATE,

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met at 9:30 a.m., in room S-126, the Capitol, Hon. Allen J. Ellender (chairman) presiding.

Present: Senators Ellender, Young, Allott, Hruska, Cotton, and Symington.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

STATEMENTS OF:

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

HON. STANLEY R. RESOR, SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

GEN. WILLIAM C. WESTMORELAND, CHIEF OF STAFF, UNITED

STATES ARMY

ACCOMPANIED BY:

LT. GEN. A. D. STARBIRD, SAFEGUARD SYSTEM MANAGER,
OFFICE, CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMY

LT. GEN. W. C. GRIBBLE, JR., CHIEF OF RESEARCH AND DEVEL

OPMENT

MAJ. GEN. L. B. TAYLOR, DIRECTOR OF ARMY BUDGET, OFFICE,
COMPTROLLER OF THE ARMY

MAJ. GEN. B. W. ROGERS, CHIEF OF LEGISLATIVE LIAISON
MAJ. GEN. F. KORNET, JR., ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF OF
STAFF FOR LOGISTICS (PROGRAMS AND BUDGET)

HEARING SCHEDULE

Chairman ELLENDER. This morning we shall hear testimony on the overall budget of the Department of the Army, similar to that given yesterday by the Department of the Air Force. For the information of the members of the Committee, I wish to state that tomorrow we hope to hear the presentation of the Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

BUDGET REQUEST

The budget requests for the Army to be considered by this subcommittee total $20,663,432,000 which does not include funds that will be required to cover the cost of civilian and military pay increases that became effective on January 1, 1971. For fiscal year 1971 the adjusted

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