European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Plans junked or draft of Jearolds May 23 congressional plans for drafting 8yearold youths were reported linked member of the Senate armed committee said 12 of its j3 members have agreed to revise is selective service Bill to strip Lut the Section calling for one year fit compulsory military training for of the member asked not to be quoted by f chairman Chan Gurney Jel used to comment but it was Learned he has been checking the Ami Mittee members on this it youngsters May Volunteer Pfunder the new proposal 18year Olds would be allowed to Volunteer Tor one year of after that icy have to serve four fears As members of the National Buard or other Reserve with regular Drill periods and summer training Camps or men from 19 through 25 would subject to drafting for two Navy and air Force have estimated they will ret volunteers for the one year training far More than the who were to have been House speaker Joseph Martin last week announced House would not accept any scheme for drafting 18yearolds As provided in the Senate the House Bill still lacks Clear from the rules committee land that is not expected until Early 1948 the stars and stripes Page whistling Mailbox heckles pretty girls May 23 Tufe latest thing in mailboxes is causing a lot of trouble in it not Only talks to prospective but whistles at the pretty the secret it is wired with a Public address system Asa stunt to publicize air mail taking turns As the doing All the pm chief sees continued hug Jet business activity May 23 motors chairman Alfred Sloan predicted the pres High level of american business will continue for some 3bne in the at the annual Stock a ladders Sloan intimated r e n t general motors must boost its capital Sawyer wont fire father of Tass employee May 23 Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer yesterday defended his re to fire John Virden whose daughter is a Tel typist at in ton Bureau of russian Tass Sawyer said he would ask Virden to stay on the when her employment was exposed by Fred Crawford Virden head of the office of Industry cooperation in the de resigned to spare Sawyer Virden later agreed to stay on temporarily to train a not disqualified j Virden said his eur was a girl of High simply being he said he and the girl had broken and he had not seen her nor communicated with her january when she took the in a letter to said does a Man of Good qualities become unfit for Public service because his daughter against his wishes and to his Grea regret and has decided to associate herself with a communist group to me the answer is Clear he is in no Way i shall ask him to but if he feels that he does n6t wish to have his personal family affairs the subject of further Public Dis Cussion i shall Iff his Deci Dewey elated at Oregon vote scores foreign policy just before the oratorical Battle Harold Stassen left and Thomas Dewey right Are shown with Van mul Tomah Republican just before their debate on the communist a w strikers say Chrysler plans to use strik Breakers 4 May 23 United Auto workers Cio yesterday accused the Chrysler of planning to use foremen and office workers As strik Breakers tomorrow and hinted such action might Lead to v Norman Leader of the Laws 11day Chrysler made the charge when informed the two no striking groups would be used next week to take May 23 beaming Thomas Dewey told a cheering crowd of about Here last night he was delighted Over the results of the Oregon primary election in which he scored a Victory Over presidential aspirant Harold speaking from the Steps of the state the new York governor said he welcomed the Chance to speak the said i confess in in very Gay speaking on de Wey said he proposed that we Stop spending our abroad like soft headed saps and Start doing it like hard boiled until the administration stops our fears of War will i we cant make Progress toward peace by wobbling Down both sides of the Fence of free one we Are appeasing and the next Day we Are demand Dewey arrived Here aboard his special x he parried a question about the effect of the election Stassens pre convention Campaign by saying it was purely a question for Stassen to assigned Law a task normally Robert company director of labor had pro ised the plan to Speed return to production when the dispute was settled a Chrysler any accusation the corporation was trying to break the strike or provoke Matthews violence is sheer non called the plan a flagrant piece of provocation in tended and violence for designed to provoke purpose of bring ing in local and state police on the the corporation in a strike breaking along the same the fore mens association of America in dependent announced its members in Chrysler plants would not per form work usually handled by Law the Faa claims such but is not recognized by the a Law spokesman meanwhile reported general motors employees were approving strike action by an 80 per cent majority in Union conducted lower prices seen As meat strike ends by the associated press the possibility of larger meat at lower retail prices cheered housewives Over the week end As Cio meat handlers pre pared for a return to work today in most packing plants throughout the sources in the meatpacking Industry said settlement of the 76 Darold strike against three of the big four meat packers probably would result in a spurt of live Stock receipts for two or three bigger they probably would be reflected in lower retail 36 million families in May 23 there Are families in the made up of Indi or about persons per flip census Bureau no inflammable Hydraulic fluid developed by Navy May 2l the Navy last night announced development of no inflammable Hydraulic fluids that make planes much safer the new fluids have a water base instead of which will the Navy said these fluids will add safety both to miliary and civilian aircraft by eliminating a major fire Hazard created by the rupture of Hydraulic systems in emergency landings they also will increase combat efficiency of military places by preventing fires caused when bul lets or shrapnel rip open Hydraulic lines the Navy added the fluids have stood up under two years of severe tests in Navy the Navy said Are now being tested by the civil aeronautics administration Lor com Mercial air Wallace seeks policy debates May 23 Wallace last night challenged Arthur Vandenberg r and either Secretary of George Marshall Tom Connally Texas to a series of debates on the nations foreign speaking on a nationwide radio network Wallace said he made the Challenge As the candidate of the Only major political organization which could question the bipartisan Republican and democratic the Inird party candidate said he believed there should be a series of debates because no single debate could do adequate Justice to the complexities of foreign policies and that the debates should be thorough and immigration officials detain French Singer new May 23 Charles a French being detained at Ellis pending decision by a Board of in the District Immi Gration office said Trenet was held to determine his Trenet is a congressman flunks army Entrance test May x3 Walter Andrews chairman of the House armed serv ices flunked part an army classification it was Given by Clarence Brown Ohio during a rules committee hearing on draft Legisla Tion sponsored by Forest harness asked Andrews whether the army intends to continue requiring that recruits score at least 80 in its Gen eral classification the average wartime score was Andrews said it Doe sri that those getting lower than 80 would be re Brown waved a of paper Over his saying it contained questions from the army want to see if the chairman of the armed services could qualify to enlist committee a in this new Brown now Tell me How degrees of a Circle graph you would Shade in order to show that 10 per cent of the men in the army smoke a certain kind of Andrews i dont Tell me the meaning of the i dont dont know that Robert Rich he wont get in the Andrews i dont i guess i would Paul Kilday the army says any fifth Grade student can pass this Brown i object to Andrews and i