European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes f48 House approves billion for of t i p 3a v passes Bill for women in armed services he fund is 10 below budget estimates but strength needs assured june 8 House yesterday approved and sent to the Senate a Bill providing to operate Man army and a 66group air Force of w acted Only a few noun after the House appropriations com Mittee stamped its approval on the army air Force and Navy Money for the fiscal year the Bills would Send pro posed defense funds for the fiscal year soaring to the House will take up the Navy measure the for the few related defense agencies was below the budget this constituted almost 10 per cent 1 appropriations committee assured the House that the funds ample to take care of the manpower programs of both the army and air the As approved by the carried Lor the army for the air Force and for the Secretary of defense and other defense of research chief sees or threat to june 3 military intelligence has certain knowledge that a potential enemy nation has Long Range similar to of striking at it was disclosed this information was Given to the House appropriations committee toy Laurence air Force research in testimony just although he mentioned no it was Clear he meant r said there is doubt that this country is substantially ahead in the race for new Symington says Alaska vulnerable june 3 airborne enemy Force probe seize and hold this country strategic Alaska air according to air Force Secretary Stuart once it would take involving at least men and Many air Craft to recapture the Symington he outlined the defense situation in Alaska to the House appropriations committee during hearings on the army new Money Symington said file army has practically no combat units furnish ing ground Protection for a units deployed in the he is the Lack of manpower and Lack of Money to build hous ing for in Denfeld cites Fleet As warning june 3 Fleet is in the Mediterranean As a direct warning to the soviet Union not to try to overrun any More tree european the House iwas told yesterday by Louis chief of naval said that the forces at present in the area augmented if Waitt warns of Ger weapon race june of others in this interesting sidelights from his Tes Timony the army plans to replace the semiautomatic Garand Rifle with a lighter fully automatic the army is prepared to endorse legislation to authorize enlistment of selected and qualified Alden chief of the army chemical told Congress that the major Powers were engaged in race to develop new and deadlier weapons of germ Waitt testified before House military appropriations subcommittee that the just keep ahead face draft in year k act passes june 3 army revealed yesterday that if the draft Law is passed it plans to induct men during the 12 months july 1 and then suspend inductions for a it figures on resuming inductions about mid1950 to pick up another these plans were disclosed with the publication of testimony before the House military appropriations they provide for taking in inductees a month during coming fiscal bring army strength up to Omar army chief of told the sub committee the army has estimated it should have 18 divisions equipped an trained for instant this would require who would constitute than a Stopgap Force until we have rallied sufficient and effective divisions from reserves the regular army would provide 12 the other six would be drawn fro the National guard and organized Bradley acting director of the army organization and training testified that present indications Are it May be As late As september or october before the first group of draftees could be Willard army personnel said it was estimated that the draftees would be together with new enlistments and to bring army strength up to the planned Sharp argument precedes vote on measure june 3 the House yesterday approved a Compromise planto permit the recruiting of women As regular Mem Bers of the armed the Bill was adopted by a Roll Call vote of 206133 after a Sharp fight Over masculine versus feminine it now goes to the White House for president Truman necessary for it be come opponents of the Bill were led by James Van Zandt a Veteran of both world he said he was speaking for both offi cers and enlisted men of the armed officers and enlisted he object to taking orders from e woman Willis a retired naval told Van you Are speaking the mind of every officer of the recruit Given number the Compromise Bill would Permil the army air Force and Marine to recruit a Given number of women regular components for the next two after that their numbers would be limited to 2 per cent of authorized the House originally voted for a simple Extension of system of recruiting As that authority expires june but the Senate insisted or bringing women the armed services As a joint Senate House conference committee agree to this Point of associated press said the Bil allows the services to have enlisted women other 145 warrant and officers for the next two years broken Down into air and Marine corps j House chairman retires june 3 Walter Andrews chairman of the serv uses said yesterday he will not seek race Driver killed june 3 Lelan Ray of Roch was killed when his car Over turned in a memorial Day race on county Fairgrounds the Niagara offers voice9 setup june 3 broadcasting company yesterday countered congressional criticism of its voice of America programs by offering its foreign broadcasting facilities to the government for a the offer was conditioned on the government handling All overseas to avoid a repetition of the rumpus stirred by the slanderous voice America scripts which Abc shortwave to latin America last Charles nb6 vice suggested the proposition to Senate investigators who trying to fix responsibility for programs which broadcast under a state department con solons score inside in House voice probe june 3 John Gunthers inside caught hot and heavy today from congressional investigators of the state voice of America Edgar Chenoweth r chairman House investigating said the Book appeared to be devoted largely to gossip and scandal hewon1 dered Why it was used As source of material on intended to Tell South America about the picket White House Over attired Bill june 3 the White House yesterday was picketed by marchers who Are opposed to the Muirid Nixon anti communist Bill and want civil rights marching the pickets slowly walked the in front of the White Aad then Back towering Over All the was Singer who helped organize the Robeson told the Senate Justiciary committee last saturday he would rather go to jail question As to whether is communist of stages mightiest b29 mock attack 7 about200 big b29 bombers and june 3 strategic air commands mightiest attacking Force assembled since the 350 planes in a single mass at the self Ridge Field air base Here yesterday in a powerful mock bombing raid under simulated War in Wake of Pacific Northwest worst disaster i i Linn i i Man j j smashed Railroad tracks left Dangle weakly at the Point where a civilian Dover Arrow gees Down in the water and muck in the Columbia River Dike Gateway at a attempting to recover bodies which it is feared May be caught under water that completely obliterated the Community of flotsam in the flood mows about 200 big b29 bombers and their escort of 150 fightersp51 at Field from an Altitude of too High to be seen in the of the 56th fighter based at self from creation mess Halls and even their bunks to defend the area with about 50 Jet fighters armed with gun results of the Mammoth mock Ati tack wont be known until the Piej Tures Are j the defensive fighter at Selfridge were kept in ignorance of the attack until about an and a half before the first big wave swept Over the Field at the interceptors contacted the Lead Force of b29s about 15 Miles West of about 2 David comm Mander of the fighter about half of whose pilots Are Warish time combat called the Fri defensive action a successful Misri Ujj s self Ridge Field pilots added thai their jets intercepted the very successfully and made a lot passes at rites held for actress if june 3 British members of Hollywood it film turned out in Massif for the funeral last of dam May noted British a 4
