Insofar as possible, procurement for this purpose will be from war surpluses. III. THE BUDGET FOR THE FEDERAL PROGRAM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1947/ RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPECIFIC FEDERAL ACIVITIES./ I. WAR LIQUIDATION AND NATIONAL DEFENSE./(b) Authorizations for war and national defense: During the war, authorizations and appropriations had to be enacted well in advance of obligation and spending to afford ample time for planning of production by the procurement services and by industry. Thus our cummulative war program authorized in the period between July 1, 1940, and July I, 1945, was 431 billion dollars, including net war commitments of Government corporations.