With a show of unanimity that obviously and accurately reflected a national determination, the U.S. Senate last week passed and sent to the House a $46,848,-292,000 defense appropriations billlargest in peacetime history and equivalent to Korean-war levels. In its 85-0 vote, the Senate provided $11.8 billion for the Army, $14.5 billion for the Navy, $18.9 billion for the Air Force (including $750 million for manned bombers that President Kennedy had not requested and did not want) and $207 million for civil defense. Earlier in the week, responding to the President's pleas for...
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