"Appropriations-defense", 1954

Correspondence concerning defense appropriations including the purchase of foreign built vessels, reductions in Army funding, the acquisition of land for the Savannah River Operations Plant, subsidies for the private shipbuilding industry, and French and Spanish airbases in Morocco. Also included are reports on atomic energy plants and Air Force spare parts and a confidential briefing on the international military situation and continental defense. Correspondents include Senator Homer Ferguson (Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations) and Senator Dennis Chavez (Senate Committee on Appropriations).