HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

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REPORT AND ANALYSIS
BY um
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- HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN
THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE
:LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
WITH THE NATIONAL SECURITY
in the Executive Departments
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H. R. 2319
(80th Congress)
TO PROMOTE THE NATIONAL SECURITY BY PROVIDING FOR
A NATIONAL DEFENSE kESTABLISHMENT, WHICH SHALL BE
ADMINISTERED BY A SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE,
AND FOR A DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, A DEPARTMENT
OF THE. NAVY,. AND A DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
WITHIN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ESTABLISHMENT, AND
FOR THE COORDINATION OF, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE NA-
TIONAL DEFENSE ESTABLISHMENT WITH OTHER DEPART-
MENTS AND AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT CONCERNED
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EXPEYDITIIRES IN THE EXCUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
On the other hand, long-run savings and increased efficiency
will result if the Establishment and the agencies under it succeed
in achieving hoped-for economies in ?facil.ities, supplies, research
and .scientific development, and other areas. It should also be
pointed: out -that opponents of unification expressed skepticism
made of the economies -that it would
l
aims
concerning the c
bring about.
roposed executive order con-
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5. The proposed plan
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Army has agreed to accept the Navy's
f the Marine Corps. The plan
d
o
role of the Navy air arm an
provides for a Department of the Air Force, but the Air Force
transfer of the Army Air Forces; the Air
d b
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is to be const
Corps, United States Army; and the General Headquarters Air
Force (,Air Force Combat Command). These decisions remove
re serious objections both to .. =
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s mo
some of the Navy Departmen
tion of a separate Department of the
unification and to the crea
Air Force. It could be argued, however,.. that the decision to ne6 leave Navy's air arm intact ~makt oless
the Air Forcehan ever the
din
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6.. The mechanism for ~oor
Establishment with civilian agencies has not" at any conents -
stituted an issue between the War and Navy p
for a National Security Council, 0
lli
ng
.The present proposals, ca
k_a Central Intelligence Agency, and at fNtional aom. the time of Re010 sources
Eber-
te
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recommendations. 1 ue ~ a
stadt
lligence Authority, Presidential
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Committee and the Nationa
ese coordinating functions.
f th
creations, have performed some o
but not a part of the arani-
The proposed agencies are related to,
ces and under the proposed bill would
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or
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efens
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- not be a part of the Nation
roblems involved in the
neral
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p
e ge
_Since this report deals with t
reorganization of the armed forces, no on ions in themade to edabill.
the more detailed administrative p
Difference of opinion regarding some of. them may well arise. The
basic question, however, is whether the compromise reached provides,
a more promising arrangement than either
s
t
,
ance
the circums
under all
`;uuificatioa or the joint board and joint committee type of organization.
to raael]L an answer to this
ti
ng
One of the major difficulties in attemp
method.
question is the difficulty of visualizinghow the propose omp omiof
. Natio a
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ar
ec.e
,is to superimpose a
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'Defense Establishment, on the coordinating machinery
the course of hearings and
i
n
iiv the Eberstadt report. Perhaps
:'discussion more light wild be- thrown on the Secretary's role and on
the-degree of independence reserved to the departments. Pending wide
diffe further discussion and clarification of these ma hes, a fiean e ofrthing
g
nin
g
conclusions are bound to be drawn concer
proposed organization, and judgment as to its efficacy will be largely
hypothetical.
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