European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1948 the stars and stripes Page 3 draft favored Over senator poll March 21 a majority of senators remain to be convinced that write into Law president Truman proposals for Universal military training and revival of the this was shown yesterday by an i associated poll of 91 of 96 five were not the Survey disclosed that some form of selective service has relatively a better Chance of Senate passage than the military training proposal got More sup also More among those willing to give their Tiews f 31 favor draft Law the results i 12 opposed 47 undecided or 3 undecided or Twenty republicans and 11 democrats were willing to say pub Llly that they favor some kind of draft if it is found to be two republicans and Democrat announced their of j on amt the democrats willing to come out in the open in support the republicans seven republicans and five democrats said publicly they Are f this did not represent the full of those willing to Back the presidents four democratic senators who insisted on being listed publicly As undecided told reporters they will rate for necessary Steps favored a majority of the 91 polled said they want to do what is necessary keep this country military at Par in the face of rus asian encroachments on t but Many of those who gave Public support to the draft and or attached their own t Many said they would support not of the will request data on War March 21 Republican chairman styles Bridges of the Senate appropriations committee yesterday asked the administration to Tell Congress what Point the would go Oto War to Stop Bridges told a reporter the ques Tion must be answered before Congress takes final action on president wimans request for uni Versal military training1 and limited and before it votes Money for the european recovery Bridges said the information will be sought tomorrow from Secretary of state George Marshall and defense Secretary James Forrestal Ivy the Senate armed services com peace Hope Evatt writes to in March 21 Are Drifting toward War no one wants and no one an Herbert Evatt foreign affairs said the Drift continues As though the Peoples Are inanimate objects in Stead of human beings Able to control their destiny through their responsible he wrote in message to the executive of the australian committee for the United War can Only he went on As a result of absence of leadership in world Australia will continue to take the he add in advocating settlement of by the United nations alone can the Drift t Sefc to songs vie As finns go to Moscow March 21 finnish delegation departed last night on the Leningrad express or Moscow and easter week negotiations on a proposed Russo Tinnish Friendship and military As the train pulled out of Hel Sinkis Pink Granite the strains of Finland National Anthem our country echoed through the vast a crowd of several Hundred finns gathered to watch the six delegates a Small of communists at one end of the Sta Ion broke into finnish communist party arid workers songs in com petition with National after the regular Leningrad express pulled the two sections of the crowd vied in attempting to drown out one an russian soldiers on train in addition to two coaches carrying the the nor Mal three russian coaches with soviet army soldiers were also attached to the a popular front delegation of communists and Radical socialists presented communist minister of Interior Yrjo Leino with a Resolution advocating Quick acceptance of the the six members of the delegation arrived min ister who is accompanying the party to was to none of the delegates any thing today to the reds criticize Call for draft March 21 Moscow declared Early today in its sidelights English language Broad cast that president Truman re quest for was fresh fuel for the War it contrasted presidents speech with the recent decision of the supreme soviet to release older age groups from the russian surely it would be hard to the broadcast More convincing proof of a country intention to keep the peace than the demobilization from the armed forces is now taking place Here in the soviet editors visit zone three of the editors now on tour of the dec at the invitation of Secretary of the army Kenneth Royall Are shown at Rhine main air base with David chief of Escom Public in the editors Are left to right Clifford manag ing editor of the Baltimore afr american Thomas editor of the Norfolk journal and and Carter editor and publisher of the Houston Congress May stay in session new March 21 House speaker Joseph Martin r said yesterday Republican leadership might keep Congress in continuous session if the situation is commenting on reports that such an action might be Martin told newsmen if the situation is we shall be obliged to do Congress would stay in session except for Short recesses for the my Hopes Are that it will not be Martins comments were prompted by a statement in Washington by Harold Knutson chairman of the House ways and Means to Nutson said Congress May have to stay in session through the sum Mer and fall in View of the inter National situation As presented by president leaders heretofore have been of winding up this con Gressional session by in Advance of the political x jail refuses Sharp Book March 21 the Lions club gave 50 books to the county jail but the sheriff refused to accept one of its knives and Miracle of living previewed a reel from Miracle of the army new training film dealing with morality and the american is shown being examined by left to right father Robert Vaias Brownings Chapel of the Kenneth Secretary of the and Fred of the methodist before a showing in Washington for educators and corps 7 visiting editors to study opinion of soldiers on amt March 21 seven visiting editors rested ice today following their arrival yesterday for an dec Survey Emp a izing the problems of negro units the editors were particularly in erected in How plans for Universal military training would affect Clifford Man aging editor of the Baltimore afro said right now my paper favors amt f it is done without segregation based on race and i intend to see what the negro troops Here think this Mackay said Bis papers new Jersey edition had led the fight to do away with segregation of troops in the new Jersey National hint to the army we consider the no segregation act in the new Jersey National guard a hint to the army that democratic people dont want segregation in our country serv Mackay we dont expect find any thing objectionable while we Are Carter editor and publisher of the Houston defender we dont think we would have been invited if conditions were really we expect to help and to the editors will be guests of Clarence Neucom Deputy while in the dec visit Gar Vienna and in Vienna they will be guests of Geoffrey Ufa com while in they will attend a with Lucius Neucom and later be his guests for they plan to depart forthe states irom Paris april former Ufa chaplain Given 2 papal awards March 21 Charles former senior troop chaplain of forces in who is returning to the today was Given two papal Lateran Cross and the Bene Merentie Meda in recognition of his assistance to the Catholic Church in Theodore Cardinal Innizer made the presentation in thear Chewisco pal among the witnesses was father Edward Flanagan of boys town Fame who is in aus no War successor to Masaryk says March 21 Czechoslovakia newly appointed foreign said in a radio address last night that he is not greatly worried Over the possibility of the soviet Union and other Peoples democracies associated with Russia will never attack he considerable International ten Sion has Dementis and but this strained situation cannot last very he it is being kept alive by the press of Western but sooner or later the truth must and it is that the All nations want not 46yearold has been a communist since his Early ridicules Chile request Dementis ridiculed the chilean request for a Security Council air ing of charges that Russia interfered in the internal affairs of Czechoslovakia to bring about the government crisis he suggested that some other which was not prompted Chile to make the re he said that War hysteria in he West is an unpleasant Man gestation of not Ery who As Secretary of Tate had much practical experiences in the foreign ministry under Jan said cheer ully that his foreign policy will in there can be a Good foreign policy Only if there a sound internal he under remier Clement Gottwald we Are assured of a Good internal socialists ban czech regime March Cia lists from 13 countries refused last night to recognize the new leadership of Czechoslovakia so Cial meeting As a committee of the Ter National socialist conference they passed Resolution say ing in Czechoslovakia the so Cial democrats have been betrayed to the communists by a few of their supported by communist controlled this committee cannot accept the present leadership of the czechoslovak social democratic party As representative it denounces to the world the oppressive reactionary and humiliating nature of this caricature of de Balkan parties absorbed the committee noted that the former social democratic parties of Bulgaria and Hungary have been absorbed into the communist an Appeal was made to italian remain faithful to socialism and ins reported that two italian delegates representing the pro communist Pietro Nenni bolted the committee ses Sion after the anticommunist re solution was Tria in the interest of Youtt a swedes ask More improved defense system March 21 the swedish government is to propose a 50 Pel cent increase in the air Force arid smoother forms of minister of defense Allan a tight speaking the Stockholm country Section of the social Democrat Vought said he intends to propose a decentralized system of defense with the emphasis on coup