European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes april Senate group spurs action on draft Hopes to have Bui ready Friday april 4 spurred by russian fast breaking the Senate armed services committee yesterday gave itself less than a week to decide what to do about Universal military training and reviving the chairman Chan Gurney said he Hopes his group can Send legislation to Tihe Senate by next closed committee sessions Start Gurney declined to forecast just How far the committee will go in meeting the administration request for Bath amt and the draft in the preparedness the South Dakota senator had said previously that at least 10 of 13 committee members favored the proposed program in the committee has before it a selective service Bill submitted by Secretary of defense James it Calls for registration of men up to a limited draft of no veterans 19 through tears training sought the amt Section of the Bill provides for a years training of the nations mainly those 18 and 19 years they would not be part of the armed As the committee closed its hear Forrestal wrote Gurney that he does not wish to foreclose the possibility1 that he later might ask Congress to authorize a 70 group air Forrestal added i do not think it yet advisable w go beyond the 55group Force called for in the new preparedness president Truman air policy commission recommended a 70 group air some senators have the military for deciding on Only Beard opposes amt As blow to Liberty april 4 Charles eminent Amer ican said yesterday that Universal military training would violate every Liberty to which our nation has been dedicated since the foundation of the Beard said in a prepared state ment that compulsory training presents an attempt to implant in the United a Well known curse of the old he cited at length the history of military conscription Ingermarie conscription would exalt the military above the civil and thus would work for overthrow of the first principles upon which the Constitution is Henry atomic scientist and head of the Princeton University physics urged creation of a special scientific corps to avoid the major bad results of selective service rules on scientific personnel in the last Truia Ari of fair that the recruit aliens to be faced into regular american Mili units and also build up a for eign legion of men for serv ice Oil magnate Dies april 4 James founder and retired president of the multimillion Dollar Continental Oil died in a Houston Hospital he was Moran retired from Active participation in the company affairs last year after guiding its destinies since the 1920s when Continental was organized but of the old mar land Oil spats honors distinguished colleague Carl shown in his most recent As he presented a medal awarded posthumously to William in recognition of his valiant fight for a big air Force which caused a dispute 22 years the medal is being presented to his Billy who is shown embracing his Thomas of details of draft plan submitted to Congress april 4 Here is what the draft and train ing Bill sent to Congress by the administration would do All males aged 18 through 44 years to pro vide for the induction of the de sired number from those aged 19 through 25 for a two year tour of most Public ministers and ministerial conscientious objectors and Mem Bers of the armed conscientious objectors would be Given alternate work of National in the president to defer men in essential occupations and students in essential High school students would not be inducted be fore vets exempted veterans who served at least 18 months Between and the Date the Bill becomes veterans who served less than 90 Days could be drafted unless they enlist voluntarily in the Reserve those whose serv ice was limited to attendance at West Point or or consisted of training in the Var ious specialized service would not be any 18 through to Volunteer for two inductions two months after the is in auctions would continue until the armed forces can reach and maintain a strength of men without draftees to enter a Reserve component after they would have to maintain their Reserve status until they reached the age of or in any Case not less than five those who Register for a third would not have to join the re serves on up the same draft machinery that was used during world War the president would establish the draft in choosing draft boards could exercise no discrimination against any person on account of race or f no limit set no limit of How or where draftees will be required to i those physically or j mentally unfit for registration of All i male youths alter reaching their 17th the minimum age required for training would be but a if his parents could Volunteer to Start those attending High school or similar courses could postpone their training until their courses Are six months in Basic draining in the Universal military training plus an additional six months in the amt corps regular forces the National the air National guard or organized Navy or Marine corps the enlisted army or air Force the Navy or coast guard the naval and Marine officer procurement Reserve officers train ing corps in the naval re serve in a merchant Marine Aca Demy or authorized maritime a Reserve component for prescribed specialists or technical training in for pay of plus for one dependent or for two or More a Threeman National Security training commission to administer the no More than one member could be a Mili tary completing the training program would be subject to no further service except in event of e National a special code of Law for Senate passes Bih to Aid education in states april 4 the has passed and sent to the House a Bill pro Viding a year to help states improve the education of their the states would get from to More than per the poorest states getting the the Bill seeks a guarantee of the spending of at least of Federal state Money per Pupil in every rationing decision delayed april 4 a decision on possible voluntary rationing of this summer and fuel Oil next Winter was postponed for two the petrol Eum Industry advisory committee decided to Survey the situation in detail before making any recon House priority Given funds for of april 4 speaker Joseph Martin pushed to the top of the congressional schedule yesterday Meas ures to bring the fighting Force up to greater strength and with the tax citing and for eign Aid Bills out of the mar tin told reporters that air planes should come first because our air strength is uncomfortably he said there is Strong senti ment to raise the air Force to 70 groups instead of the 55 that the administration now is conference on situation he said that there will be a Republican conference on the whole military he indicated that decisions on Money must be made within 10 Days because an appropriation Bill for the army and air Force will be shooting right out of the appropriation president Truman asked Congress this week to Edd to the already in the budget for some Congress men understand that of the extra Money would be used to increase the air Force to 55 but id feel a whole lot More comfortable end wed be in a much safer position with mar tin All the talk i hear is that Russia is Strong in the weve got to be sure we Coal mine Hopes inspire Stock rally new april 4 shares led a late rally on the Stock Market yesterday and the list closed irregularly volume was Hopes for an Early resumption of Coal mining inspired the Market experts steel issues rallied after Early motors also moved both these have been curtailed by the Coal Railroad issues came Back under the Lead of Santa be which Rose More than a Point from its Low for the gains in the Oil Section ranged to Points in Skelly which made a new High at Pacific Western Oil closed at zip 2 Plymouth up Mission up 2 Standard up and up steel closed at unchanged off Western up 1 unchanged Montgomery up is inter National up and Gen eral up Ike favors 1 draft cold to another april 4 the Man with the five stars of his shoulder was pleading the Case for Universal military training and the but at one Point he interrupted his remarks on manpower for ther armed forces to make it Plain that he still wants no part of an other proposed he did mention directly the draft Ike for president but Dwight Eisenhower Friday did Tell the Senate armed services committee that i can no longer be accused of trying to seek evea to keep a his appearance was Eisen Howers first before a congressional committee since he retired As army chief of staff to become president of Columbia quizzed on Many subjects while they had the senators questioned him about a of such As cant win t War by Airpower Eisenhower because you can never reach a Point where you can destroy the enemy Industry thoroughly without getting bases close enough for fighter Protection of Roundt Hemlock the Case of Russia any general staff would be foolish that would plan any mass general land any War in the next three to five years will be much like world War Strong and sea j Pushbutton warfare from one continent to another cannot be How to t j Power is the first principle of War if you Are going to defeat an enemy with the fewest losses you must have tremendous forces at Point where you need army is the bulwark of in prac it is sometimes Antithesis of when you Tell a platoon to take a can be no the citizen and do not believe we should pay him a competitive basis with we should give him cig Aret were giving him a Chance to do his duty to his we should not try to sugarcoat is race prejudice in this you put men in the same and make them live together intimate we have had he opposed extra segregation but pass a Law to get somebody to you have carries vital machinery to soviet congressmen to the Crew of the Sovi ship Chukota hoisted Anchor at the Quay of the Lehigh Valley Raf Road terminal in Jersey City and sailed out of new York Load with machinery purchased in