Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                Ems irj5ic is re v and Soldier h As the special n j concludes its hear i mite 4 will i hat the King As postwar military make Lafavor recommend it of a Basic Snag is who will act House or Senate the House would act but Many House remembering previous Embarrass ments when they passed controversial issues Only have them Side tracked by Are unwilling to stick necks they do not think Senate will approve such legislation and see no reason for their going on record on such a Touchy subject re ital elections just a unless the Senate is willing to go along an unnamed representative we Dan get legislation through the postwar committee but the House itself is another we face a Tough fight As for the right now we would not have a but be tween now and sentiment May the people Are ginning to think about it and i believe they will be on our opposition welcomes delay on the other opposition draft which is count ing on Public opinion to Stop believes that each Day of delay is to its for two the House com Mittee has heard pros and cons of peacetime training from More than silo individuals and Organiza All branches of the armed for Ces asked for a peacetime military training program to safeguard National advocating one year of continuous military train ing for every Able bodied male sometime Between the Ages of 17 to with exceptions held to a a Galaxy of Star studded and Gold braided generals plead the ref those who appeared to Cli Max the armed forces Case were Nayyir sect James of War George Ernest Marine corps Ira Baker and letters were sent by Chester Nimitz and William Forrestal urged peacetime preparedness a warning to any f frustrated1 paperhanger anywhere who May be dreaming of world Stimson first stressed prepared Ness and then the existing Mili tary institution with its vast equip ment and facilities is now a going to disband and then later reestablish it would vol be our country in a Cost compar Able with that in preparing this time for decision i Tell you that owe it to the generation and those who will follow them that we shall this time make the decision while the lesson of experience is fresh unon he Marshall to support our determination to maintain the the world must recognize our military Power As realistic and not As a Remote favor ing draft instead of a Large peace time standing he said the totter would be too would be repugnant to american adding that recruiting would be military leaders stressed these vital no other practical solution has been presented for National defense and that Amer Ica could not expect to escape be ing hit directly if there is another we have fought our last War in which our Homeland will be spared the violence of our ene said fees Bow his Fox Hole in the dem Light of Dawn to his Surprise discern Jap some ten feet of Freak the Kip honed and fell table de of the circumstances and the Jap cadaver revealed that when hit foe enemy in his it iwas deflected Back through his the unsatisfied Bullet sped Back and struck the yank in the Sto wounding Liim plate proof the convalescent standing in a pay line at Camp were required to produce their dog tags or some other positive identification before the finance Herbert Frank would pro Duce the and for Willie who had unfortunately mislaid his dog things looked but he nonchalantly opened his re moved his upper plate and placed it before the Willie Jack 34510788 was inscribed on the dentures Willie got his Here gone Tomor Row Days after induction into the Clyde Willard bad returned to his War Job in Detroit with an honorable discharge and an immunity of 110 this budding army career was abruptly terminated when the Rookie filled out a Point score he listed 50 Points for 50 months in the Canadian 48 Points for overseas service and 12 Points for without fur ther he was sent students fete Gabreski South Bend students at notre Dame gave a rousing Welcome this week to one of the schools famed Francis who was Lead ing Ace in Eto at the time he was downed and taken gab Reski had attended notre Dame until apologies to George Green May i use the carpet tonight fair warning Loy civilian ordnance worker for the 4th service is nursing a broken head this week and mus ing fates proverbial in an Atlanta depot where he Warr Plo Joed Down beneath a swinging sign to smoke a a brisk Spring Breeze dislodged the sign which promptly conked Warr on the head and knocked him the signs be was no smoking Baks Heesh the Treasury getting wind of an unnamed Pacific gis Dice took its the Soldier had sent the result of galloping to a Harlem the Treasury attesting to the soldiers tapped the total for in Bono bait and at Biggs Field Al Squadron g boys Are buying Bonds like All be cause Richard Squadron announced that he would serve breakfast in bed to the i in his outfit who buys the most Bonds in 6njtetl a bows Bucolt phed ing is Mes Ifil will aft or it Send people Over seas to Tell m about states As a sort of turnabout for those legions Wixo Are telling the Home folks about us editor Joe Bornstein suggests theres room those c54 sky masters for men who know the bring them Over and introduce them to the i he wants to know them he specifies Send Over a team of men like Lin Yutang Rison such women As Agnes Smedley to talk on China senators Wagner and Vandenberg on postwar economics Alonzo Myers and George Fielding Eliot on compulsory i Robert poster Dulles and William Chamberlain on Stuart Harvard Haitsen and Oark on the National their purpose will be to Lay the goods right on i the line and let the i know the manifold problems in winning the obtaining Post War employment and education in answer the questions which will be thrown at United states papers please copy the daily Bush owner has a Point one of the most irritating occurrences at this base is the ten Dency of certain individuals to jump up about two minutes be fore the end of the movie and Boft for the outside in order to avoid standing for the Star spangled Banner and to get the jump on the boys in the Beer that strikes this column As pretty Touchin on and Appertain in to because now weve All hear a lot of National a themal and we certainly must realize that for All the elegant cracks about it being hard to what with a lot of High notes and its a Damn Good National Anthem with a Tot of meat sure its English drinking but whats the matter with an old English drinking song who after two and a half years and 746 is Norman Mckenna has been editor since Only five day8 after the main body of the air depot group settled in because there were few radios in Camp and the group had been travelling for fio the hunger for news of the War and Home created a de Mand for regular news reports Dat took its title from the Challenge of the african troops who then guarded the when we started publication the malaria rate was de there were no furloughs in Africa for a no social life in Camp until the first group dance in 44 when our civilian friends of came Mckenna thanks the there had roles in getting out the paper fellow officers and Allied so with the sombre Sam which Grubba and Stefani adapted to the local scene from the Smokey Stover now headed for the Bush with a mass of stripes Down his Mckenna says we wish this were the Windup of world War but we still have another round to and with who darts departure comes also the taking Over of other established amet papers by new tet Sturm is the new editor of Basshar Back sepia oing id Fri Sturm Proir Alaee to continue the news but Speaks of Sinai changes that will appear and a new the lost this he will be comprised of bits of rhyme and verse by Mem Bers of this Well be glad to Dee that and were already looking Forward to reprint ing a few of Sand a new Edi Tor to replace old timer Earl Hes Harold former Edi Tor of the Camp Barkeley hods calling his weekly column Hodgepodge and it looks As though it wont Lack for plenty of Hes fresh from the speaking of As were up weve come across this one in desert observer its suns to the tune of Lili appears to be still the hit of the week up Bengazi Way dear wont you hear my weve spent some years at Ben weve Felt the dust in our face and know theres shipping so please set us free and let some 4fs come to dear life is of so drear All we have to drink is Gin and the arabs Here Arent in our so what we Lack is a pretty so wont you please Send us Back so we can Start a new attack enlisted mens councils always seem to be one of those that appear Only to fade into the Mist of hot air very shortly i Fiat will happen to the one newly inaugurated at caste Benito Only time will but prop Wash is hopeful about the official medium through which Els can air their Here Are the new members John Leroy John John Irving Tran George Mcdougall Leon Chrapko Welcz Samuel Jamea Sprat Wilbur belts and William Morris Man dels and Samuel Farber and Cpl James of flashes by one of those Typo flukes that seem to happen Etc this column last week completely snap used the name of the new Sheet at of course its not called the Gazette its the Gazette Ana a Good is po2 r6cord that the 19th weather Squadron Are now entitled to Wear insignia of the meritorious service unit plaque it cautions that the Gold sleeve Wreath May be worn Only while you Are a member of the was Happy indeed to see in even though the girls  stay the boys there who have lengthy overseas service haunt Ever seen a Jour records that two men at Dakar have received the legion of Merit Claude Strickland for As first sergeant of the Yth malaria control detachment and Albert Fouquet for his work in the geographical mapping and planning of West and Central Hes the first French army officer serving in French West Africa to receive this High dispatch is rightly proud of some of its ext Ruckers whose Convoy to China Over the Ledo and Burma without the loss of one is said to rank As one of the wars remark Able starting by ship from the persian the tricksters were met at Kunming by Gilbert former los anime commanding Gen China