erPoaeia oF ee a poeed } Lf bea a such outs would be very 7 pailee ween “ CTP ae wars ~ prave inune + Teesefae * - recomiandat ; . Pears f gey pay . . ~‘ Vay io ‘ . Pom pire Om my "9 gowun vitselly anportuns. vo near Prem Ctoerct TO eee mar: ayy 5 ayna net wm as > am met he scaubeda a Ol tao ra 2 n The: nan Do elit 7 Scoretary Wilcon interposed to cay that he anvicinated that the Defense Denuriment would Pind itself? comoclicd to deal with mech whe samt icind of vroblem, and, he added, “we will probably have to try - So sirike some itind of compromise between the Tirure for the Defense mrovran set forth in the Truman budeet ant the Figure which would reSulit if the proposed cut were to be made." v Secretary Smith tnen stated that he wantcd ‘ to take tn is of porcumity to retister his stronz supnort cr Governor Stassen's dclincation of the Gangerous results of a cut of this marnituae. He admitted that we were faced with very tervible alternatives. It seemed to him that it was not going tc cost less but more if the United States was to achieves the cbjectives tnat it sought in Asie. This was en inescap- aple conclusion, Tamemy ‘, The Vice President stated that there eenred vory rood reason to recommend against such a cut as this in view the effects that Governor Stassen haa outlines. Burt he Pelt thatbhe must warn of the serious politicel problem which tne feministration vould face in Concress if no cuts Wore mede. iost menbers of Conzress were happily convinced that a substantial out eccould end snovld be meade. if tne ae VL oe ° asoet NuUaes 7) > - a Seoauritar a Ne Ne ny or OTA aS ee Oa we 9 & very impressive 2 Counsii hat Wee ‘Ss — We —a eae vv wet 2 : LO conclude saat that we : a. 2 camnot aus the ~ even raise owe sights, it would require . * sellins trosram in Congress. Governor Stassen admitted the risdom of the Vice Presidenu's view, but said that he thought he had recently detected sone slight nift in Congressional feeling that e cut in the national ceeurity procrams must pe made. of course, there still remained an educational jod tO DE done, buy wacn we reacn whatever conclusions we do, end the President azrees ts these conclusions, every effort should be made to carry thom varough tne Congress, and Governor Staessen believed that the President's Leadership would win out. er e v he thought the answer was "yea" if, prior to anv decision cs to the size of the national ceoproprams, we could take a good h 3 vuld be mace in the creas of aéministration, ove read, and procurevent in these prozreme. This was something wnicnh needed the most careful investigation, and assurance that this investigation has been made end all possible econcmies effected would so a long way to help sell Consress on the necessity for supporting the fisure recommended by the £dministration, . tor -_ 14 ~ aut? Wiel se . srlaad | SZSURITY INTonsAyiom