Page:Longines Chronicles with Peter Frelinghuysen 1954 ARC-96008.ogv/12

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Frelinghuysen
That was the big question, too, Mr. Crawford. No, I do not. To begin a direct answer to your question, there has been a shift of emphasis in the way we're going to spend the defense dollar. It still takes a larger part of the total dollar spent by the national government, some 68% is being spent for defense or military purposes of some kind or another. I think the shift is all to the good. It concentrates to a greater degree than we've had up to now on air power and on the new weapons of warfare. I've had the opportunity within the last 48 hours of hearing Secretary of Defense Wilson and the Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey discuss the overall tax situation and the defense situation. I am sure as a result of those talks and what I've read in the President's message, that we are definitely in no way jeopardizing our national security. That still is primary.