European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                When we assumed the role of Soldier we did not Lay aside the role of George 26 1945 the stars and stripes peacetime army plan draws new arguments by Richard Oulahan tomorrows Bureau the question of americas postwar forces with which we will keep the a topic of hot discussion and debate throughout the coun try these and action on peacetime military training is expected to draw High priority on the Calendar of the new president Roose velt touched off Public discussion at a press conference when he said he intended to ask the new Congress for action on the conscription question this its been going Strong Ever the peacetime army is not a new for More than a year two Bills have been before the House of which Calls for compulsory Mili tary training for All youths As soon As they reach the age of 17 or graduate from High whichever is first and the Gurne Wadsworth which asks for a years service for Young men within three years after their eighteenth the debate now going on is not so much on the Issue of As it a discussion of what form the pro posed Universal training should and when action should be they ask delay one of the latest expressions came from 12 University who have asked president Roosevelt to delay consideration of the highly controversial question of Universal postwar military training at least until Complete Victory Over Germany is in a letter made the educators said we suggest that experience with prohibition amendment indicates in Wisdom of attempting to determine Long run revolutionary policies in they added continuing program of Public education As to requirements of National defense is certainly in but we Challenge the necessity of urging Amer ican people to act Nader tensions of War psychology in order to bring them to Deci Sion which it is said they would not reach tinder More Normal signers Are Oliver Carmichael of James Conant of Edmund Day of Harold Dodds of Rufus Harris of Robert Hutchins of Frederick Middlebush of Deane Chancellor of the University of Robert Sproul of Donald Tressider of Herman Wells of and Henry wrist ton of the National opinion research University found that 79 per cent of the people questioned Are in favor of postwar military a solid 17 percent of those were flatly opposed to any Law which would require boys to take a years military training after the when they become 18 years a compilation of polls puts the american Public opinion at about 70 percent in favor of postwar american women As a group Are even More in favor of according to a Survey made by the women Home com in answer to the question do soldiers favor peace army members of the armed forces Bave indicated they strongly favor postwar Universal in War depart ment surveys conducted during the past year in All army men voted variously from 65 to 69 percent in favor of postwar veterans groups appeared wholly in favor of the proposed the actively campaigning for immediate passage of for conscript advocated in a a Post War program calling for a respect Able army and merchant and a Navy equal to combined fleets of the rest of the the veterans of foreign wars favored a permanent army of three two Mil lion above current congressional you believe your men should be required to devote one year to military training in peacetime 83 percent answered but in Sharp contrast to american women of As a to Accord ing to a sampling made by the Institute of Public opinion through Scholastic Maga Only percent said they favored one years compulsory military train ing for l7to23 year old boys after the boys questioned on the same Survey disagreed with the and voted percent in favor of a postwar draft in the recent girls and boys were among the few groups which took a stand against postwar conscription of any kind was the Board of managers of the natio Nal Congress of parents and which condemned something so entirely revolutionary to our Way of although this group is not necessarily representative of american teachers As a there were some educators who saw a threat to educational institutions in a Law would take away Man teenage students for a years service a brisk argument developed Over the immediacy of the president supported by the the and a sizable portion of the was in favor of action this other groups sought delay in any decision on our postwar army until after the the Federal Council of churches of Christ in America came out openly for this brought a protesting flood of editorials from the pro conscription the papers comment other religious groups were Quick to Back up the Council of and clerical thought in America seemed to be overwhelmingly against any action on the question until after the defeat of Germany and some newspapers supported the View of the said the san Diego Union it would seem that final decision could Well be held in abeyance until the conclusion of the War gives our men in the armed forces a Chance to express their views on the typical comment was in the Washington posts rebuttal to the american Council of said the Post the United nations must be founded in strength of the great to shrink from that reality would be to jeopardize the new venture in collective Security at the very the new York times asserted we believe that our friends abroad would when the War to see this country militarily Strong rather than militarily associated reduction of 4f toll is health plan goal by Jack Caldwell 1omorrow staff writer a nationwide network of health centers which would bring benefits of medical science reach of everyone is advocated by the Senate subcommittee on wartime health and education As the first step toward curbing the country Mph 4f advocates of the including the United states Public health de Clare that future Security lies in the health of the nation and that the current trend bodes anything but it is estimated that Between and men of draft age Are unfit for military duty Many suffering ills that timely treatment easily would have Nett took a War for us to realize the unhealthy state of our declared one proponent of the now its High time something was done so we wont be faced the same problem should an emergency Ever arise the National health Center system consist of four Basic types of me Center Small neighbor egad or Community health the jural the District Hospital the Large base Federal its in Aid and a Large postwar Hospital i Ding program would be necessary to up such a the As Well As presenting health would be a source of employment for thousands of military medical airmen and technicians now getting their training on the worlds the Senate in its mat healthy future healthy sons a healthy labelled the present Payas Yugo method of payment for medical services Asun satisfactory for most people and for the widest possible distribution of High Quality medical it tends to keep patients from doctors until illness is so severe that medical ills Are out of it is the committee favors some form of group financing which would offer com plete medical reasonable but not and which would permit free Choice of High rejections Over 29 a selective service Survey on More than men Given physical examinations from through shows High rejections among those Over 29 the Best record is held by of whom Are in the lower age Only percent were turned away from the armed mental ail ments and deficiencies led the causes for among other principal reasons were heart ear and Eye nerve ailments and a draft study covering seven months of 1943 showed Washington and Idaho with the lowest turn Down rates in the behind the front Jet plane output High r production Board officials said in that Jet propelled Fighte planes will displace Standard fighter Craft to a Large degree in the War again according to the new York time the scheduled increase in Jet planes of this year is and for next Yea it May top All single plane production also marked for greater output Are b17 and with the increase in b29 expected to be very the times the Mariana Fyke United states must keep Marianas As a permanent Wester Pacific Pearl believes Artemis assistant Secretary of Navy for he expressed his views in an interview two Days after the announcement that Chester Nimitz had established for ward1 Headquarters thousand Miles West of Pearl exact location was not who has just returned from a tour that included the and the Sai other bases should also be kept and main he also commented that Amer ican Carrier forces will encounter More and better enemy probably they hit closer and closer to the heart of Navy boosts tonnage Secretary Forrestal said the Navy p ask Congress for funds to build additional half million tons of ships Over the  tonnage Callec for in 1945 Forrestal said thu Navy is planning for a Long new cars shelved tropes for the production of cars this year and for an immediate postwar automobile in abundance were dashed by a report of the office of Wai the own estimated a pent up Public demand for 12 to 15 million new cars after the this would require three years of record breaking the Agency said no new passenger cars would be turned out in a million and a half cars Are being taken off roads yearly and the Supply of new automobiles in the hands of essential Drivers is dangerously French plants mobilized ctr St contracts under a program i bring French Industry Back into to War Effort Call for production of army tire at the Renault Plant near Paris and the Michelin Plant at the United press also included is production of the United states is behind schedule on these two said the the combined production and resources Board conferred with officials in Washiington on such questions As coordinating tire production and deciding How French output might be expanded to handle essential French Paris alone was said to need new tires for food distribution i both the Renault and Michelin plants were left undamaged by the the former already repairing army tires at the rate of a most French textile Mills also were with labor Only raw materials Are needed to Start said the