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Bradley, Gen. Omar N., Chief of Staff for Army_

Cake, Gilbert L., Associate Commissioner of Accounts, Treasury De-
partment_

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235

Cates, Gen. Clifton B., Commandant, United States Marine Corps---
Denfeld, Admiral Louis E., Chief of Naval Operations----
Eberstadt, Hon. Ferdinand..

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108

48, 201

Forrestal, Hon. James, Secretary of Defense-

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Hoover, Hon. Herbert_.

127

Kimball, Dan A., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air.

163

McNeil, W. J., Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense-
Pace, Hon. Frank, Director of the Budget---.

Management, Bureau of the Budget---

Stauffacher, Charles, Assistant Director in charge of Administrative

Symington, Hon. W. Stuart, Secretary of Air Force--
Vandenberg. Gen. Hoyt S., Chief of Staff for Air_-_.

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CONTENTS BY DATES

March 24, 1949 :

Text of S. 1269_

Statement of Hon. James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense; accom-

panied by Marx Leva, Assistant to the Secretary-

Letter from Secretary of Defense to chairman of the Armed Services

Committee dated March 24, 1949, and a press release concerning

monetary savings effected thus far under unification of armed

forces

March 29, 1949:

Letter from Secretary of Defense to chairman of the Armed Services

Committee dated March 28, 1949, and a comparison of President's

recommendations for amending the National Security Act of 1947

and the recommendations of the Hoover Commission___.

Letter from Secretary of Defense to chairman of the Armed Services

Committee dated March 28, 1949, attaching statement on Munitions

Board purchase assignment program_

Letter from Secretary of Defense to chairman of the Armed Services

Committee dated March 28, 1949, attaching summary table and

detailed memorandum of dollar savings under unification_.

Statement of Ferdinand Eberstadt__.

41

48

April 6, 1949: Statement of Hon. Frank Pace, Director of the Budget, ac-

companied by Frederick J. Lawton, Assistant Director of the Budget;

Charles B. Stauffacher, Assistant Director, Administrative Management

Division; William Finan, Deputy Chief, Management Improvement

Branch; and William Schaub, Deputy Chief, Division of Estimates____

April 7, 1949:

Statement of Hon. W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force_

Statements of Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, Chief of Naval Operations;

Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief Staff for Air; Gen. Omar N. Bradley,

Chief of Staff for Army; and Gen. Clifton B. Cates, Commandant,

United States Marine Corps--

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April 12, 1949:

Letter from Hon. John J. McCloy, president of the International Bank

for Reconstruction and Development, dated April 7, 1949, to chair-

man of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, enclosing copy of

his letter to Mr. Ferdinand Eberstadt giving his views on proposed

amendments to the National Security Act of 1947__

Statement of Hon. Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army, accom-

panied by Maj. Gen. W. H. Arnold, Chief, Budget Division, Depart-

ment of the Army---.

Letter from Secretary of the Army Royall to Mr. Herbert Hoover en-

closing comments on the Eberstadt Committee Report on the Mili-

tary Budget..

May 5, 1949:

Statement of Ferdinand Eberstadt__

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160

173

174

201

Letter dated May 4, 1949, from E. F. Bartlett, Fiscal Assistant Secre-

tary, Treasury Department, to chairman, Senate Committee on

Armed Services..

202

Letter dated May 4, 1949, from Hon. Lindsay Warren, Comptroller

General of the United States, to chairman of Senate Committee on

Armed Services___

202

Letter dated May 5, 1949, from Hon. Louis Johnson, Secretary of De-

fense, to chairman, Senate Committee on Armed Services_

Letter dated May 5, 1949, from Hon. F. J. Lawton, Acting Director,

Bureau of the Budget, to chairman of Senate Committee on Armed

Services.

206

206

May 6, 1949:

Statement of Gilbert L. Cake, Associate Commissioner of Accounts,

Treasury Department

235

Statement of Charles Stauffacher, Assistant Director in charge of ad-

ministrative management, Bureau of the Budget__.

Statement of W. J. McNeil, special assistant to the Secretary of

Defense

236

238

Address of Mr. Marx Leva, special assistant to the Secretary of De-

fense, before the Joint Orientation Conference of the National

Military Establishment___

256

Organization Chart for National Security, as set forth in the National

Security Act of 1947__

facing 261

Organization Chart for National Security, showing proposed amend-

ments_

facing 261

Memorandum from Admiral Louis Denfeld, for the Joint Chiefs of

Staff, dated March 25, 1949, to the Secretary of Defense-

Memorandum from Secretary of Defense Forrestal, dated March 26,

1949, to the Joint Chiefs of Staff__.

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262

Letter from Secretary of Defense Johnson, dated April 7, 1949, to the

chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee__