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For instance. if Senators will read one of the amendments. they will find that it actually proposes a reduction of defense personnelnot a large reduction. but nevertheless a 2percent reduction in defense personnel. Many of the activities which we now know to be so necessitous are not exempted by the House amendments. For instance. the personnel for the collection of revenue. personnel for the handling of our immigration problems. and numerous other agencies. which we certainly want to have functioning on a basis of real effectiveness during wartime. and many other such activities that I could mention. are not exempted in the House amendments. as they are under the terms of the proposed Senate amendment which is now pending. This amendment has been very carefully drawn and I think it carefully discriminates and differentiates between activities which are essential to the war effort. and which are exempted from this 10percent cut. and activities which are not essential to the war effort and are subjected to the 10percent cut. Mr.