European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes april 1948 Senate services committee votes combining of draft Laws men yearly would be called for training april 28 the Senate armed services com Mittee voted yesterday to Start work on combined draft and uni Versal i the proposed Bill would Call up each year for 12 months of they would be from 18 to 19a years it also would draft Between and 25 for two year army the original idea of Universal training was that the 18yearolds would be trained separately in units of their but under Mili tary this latest com Promise provides that they would be in regular units of the armed forces along with volunteers and the idea of combining the draft j and Universal military training met Strong opposition in the chairman Walter Andrews of the House armed services com Mittee said his group agreed that plans to work the two in together Are out of the vote unanimous the Senate committee approved the Compromise proposal unania thus it in effect dumped earlier plans for separate Universal military to which there was much congressional the Compromise proposal was outlined by army Secretary Ken Neth speaking for All three committee chairman Chan Gurney said it is a real practical main Points in the plan youths a year Between the Ages of 18 and 19a for 12 months of training service with the air Force or after they would be required to join an Active drilling Reserve unit for four or they could join an unorganized Reserve for six men the first year through regular selective they would be from through 25 and would serve two years in the regular armed of the trainees each would go to the 000 to the to the air Force and to the these trainees could not be sent former correspondent Dies april Guido former foreign correspondent for the associated press and for the new York died sunday after a Long Many Young persons crowd the hearing room of the House armed services committee to hear testimony on proposed draft they also heard read a letter from Vannevar chair Man of the governments research and development in which he said that every Man will have to be drafted to either work or fight in the next ground units for such a critical and demanding role cannot be developed he with out bases resolutely All the machines in the world could not save our cities from the ordeal of Brothers await new feet communism strangles Bradley says new april 28 Omar Bradley last night called communism the Gallows on which Freedom hangs in the nations of Eastern the army chief of staff made the statement in a prepared address to a dinner of the National association of Magazine he said that communism spread can be stopped Only when free nations Are United in arms and stoutly added that this Calls for an american foreign policy based on reason and Intel and urged that the nation free itself from temptations of Day today let us ask ourselves frankly if we Are not stooping to a dangerous expediency with a Check Book plan for he because it is easier to write than to hand our sons to the we have welcomed the Opportunity to buy Security at a reasonable the nations Only guarantee against enemy air attack is to seize and hold the bases from which his aircraft could the general pm factories to suspend work in Knudsen rites april 28 cause of the death of William Knudsen was officially announced today As cerebral general motors announce plants across the country will suspend operations for two minutes during funeral services 2 thursday As a gesture in tribute to the automotive automotive Heads mourn passing of Knudsen 28 menting on William Knudsen Henry Ford ii said this country and the world has lost one of their first his great abilities and his consideration for other people made him a Man admired and respected president of Gen eral motors said in the death of general motors and the Auto Industry have lost an out standing Leader and America has lest a great and patriotic Knudsen life was an inspiring example of great achievement three of the four Skonberg with their Cousin Berg lost their feet protecting their and a 7yearold Nephew during Shipwreck in an Alaska blizzard last new years await new feet at the Barnes veterans Hospital in they Are left to Rigel and Cement makers declared guilty in Price conspiracy april 28 the supreme court yesterday fourth 74 of the country 80 Cement manufacturers guilty of violating the antitrust Laws through an agreement to fix uniform prices throughout the the decision gave effect to a Federal Trade commission order that the 74 members of the Cement Institute organized in cancel their a circuit court of appeals previously reversed the commissions packers run picket lines april 28 auction employees entered the struck Wilson meat packing Plant yesterday amid a flurry of minor violence that developed when United packing House Union Cio pickets tried to Stop the production employees entered the Plant by crouching in the rear of automobiles driven by company one manned by attempted to curb an Auto Mobile in which two workers fists swung As police forced the pickets car to let the other Auto enter the three pickets were police said that the company appeared to have recruited about 200 workers Over the about 90 other workers entered the Plant Over a footbridge that the strikers Call the Bridge of mar shall says policy must be consistent april 28 Secretary of state George Marshall told the chamber of Commerce that the greatest problem facing the nation is the development of a consistent foreign it was marshalls first speech since he came Back from the j revolt shattered pan american con j Ference at businessmen should he How important it is that we have the ability to make foreign policy Britain solved this problem years ago he adding that the consistency of British foreign policy made Britain a great and dominant figure in the Marshall said there must be no doubt about the ability of the to accept he said when we step beyond the Borders of our own country we must step As a unit and not As variety of political in this he the passage of the european recovery program Man the midst of a political Campaign year was a great Marshall also spoke of reciprocal Trade which he said Are important to the welfare of the country and the whole we have had them since he Are we now going to change the Law just when the principle is confirmed by Erp or do we want to cripple Erp if we we destroy our world Murray protests police acts in packing House strike april 28 the Cio yesterday asked a Federal investigation of what it called a Wanton assault by Kansas police on striking packing House workers last Cio president Philip Murray re Quested action in separate letters to president Truman and attorney general Tom he said the inhumane actions of the police of Kansas Mark a new Low in police activities and make a mockery of the Law which the officers Are sworn to Arline judge to wed insurance official nuptials her sixth new actress Arline York insurance april 28 judge and new executive George confirmed yesterday that they plan to be but they say when or the marriage will be the sixth for miss who last week divorced tinplate heir Bob Topping and made possible his marriage to Lana Turner in miss judge and obviously k i ing the Boston wedding dinner served by miss Turner and said that for their wedding feast they will have Fried smelts from Long Royall receives scroll from Gold Star mothers april 28 seventy three Illinois Gold Star mothers presented a scroll of appreciation to army Secretary Ken Neth Royall at a Pentagon Cere Mony the scroll praised Royal for his untiring efforts in bringing Home our sons who lost their lives on foreign soil during world War Anna of presi Dent of the Gold Star mothers of made the worlds largest Cyclotron will be built in California a a giant new 20 times More powerful than the monster now operating at the University of will be built the atomic Energy commis Sion the dec is financing the the plans were announced jointly by David chairman of the and Ernest world noted Lawrence is chairman of the Radia Tion Laboratory of the University the huge atom splitter will take five years to is now under the new machine will produce atomic bullets of a Force ranging from to Lilienthal said this serves notice to the world Turt it is the intent of the people of the United states to be preeminent in the develop ment of fundamental science of
