U.S. WAR EXPENDITURE
WASHINGTON, May 11. . President Roosevelt asked Congress for new army appropriations totalling more than 15,500,000,000 dollars, bringing the total military expenditures to 49°000,000,000 dollars for the next fiscal year. * A White House statement said that the estimates contemplate the maintenance and operation of an army of i 7,700,000 officers,, men, and women on the Offensive in a global war up to June 30, 1945. In addition to the new appropriations, there will be available more than 33,500,000,000 dollars sent up for current appropriations, due primarly to a reduction in the projected strength of the army, reduced shipping losses, and a substantial reduction in the unit'costs of war items because of the volume of production.
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Evening Star, Issue 25173, 12 May 1944, Page 3
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