3- for our purposes here we must concern ourselves with the present and the immediate past. Growth has a qualitative as well as a quantitative aspect. The prime mover in California's growth of the past decade has been defense expenditures - make no mistake about it. Missiles, aircraft, and electronics have shaped California's economy to the point that: Of the 1-1/2 million people employed in manufacturing in California, 52% produce defense goods or their components. One out of every five people in the total labor force is directly dependent upon military expenditures for his livelihood. The equivalent of one in three people in the total labor force is directly or indirectly dependent upon defense spending. Defense spending here is equivalent to one-fifth of all personal income in California. Defense accounts for well over half of all expenditures for industrial research and development. Two out of every three new Californians are being drawn here directly or indirectly because of defense spending. California received last year 23.9% of all direct military procurement funds - nearly one-fourth - while 27 states received less than 1% each. These statistics may not have the degree of accuracy necessary to satisfy the professional researcher but they are sufficiently accurate to warrant the conclusions that are drawn from them.