HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE PROVIDES MORE THAN $49 BILLION FOR AMERICA'S ARMY
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On June 7, 1944, the Associated Press reports "America's Army, fighting its way through Western Europe...won a $49,109,002,795 vote of confidence today from the House Appropriations Committee*."
The largest single allotment was $12,616,200,000 for the Air Forces.
*The Appropriations Committee of the United States House of Representatives is responsible for passing appropriation bills along with its counterpart in the United States Senate. The AC regulates government expenditures.
SOURCE
"49 Billions for Army Voted by House Unit For Next Fiscal Year," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., June 7, 1944, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
