1969 Press Photo Pentagon Comptroller Robert Moot at Washington news conference

Pentagon Comptroller Robert Moot tells newsmen today Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird will not spend this year an additional $1 billion for new ship construction proposed by the House Armed Services Committee. He was commenting on a statement by Laird forecasting "a definite slowdown in the defense industry" over the coming months to help the administration's anti-inflation drive.

Photo is dated 1969.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8.25 inches.