Evening star. [volume], July 25, 1940, Page A-6, Image 6

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Protecting Jobs
Of Drafted U. 5.
Workers Urged
Senator Norris Raps X
Conscription Bill
As Unnecessary
(Continued From First Page.)
as Secretary of War in the Wilikie
Cabinet.” Senator Burke, who is
co-author of the bill, has announced
his support of Wendell L. Wilikie,
• Republican nominee for President.
Drafting of men without at the
tame time conscripting wealth and
natural resources was criticised by
Mr. Marsh.
Dr. C. S. Longacre, representing
the Religious Liberty Association of
America and the Seventh Day Ad
ventists, said those he represents
are not pacifists or conscientious
objectors, but non-combatants.
Describes "Non-Combatant.”
He described a non-combatant as
a person who believes he should not
take human life, but is willing to
co-operate in supporting defense
measures. He said his group are in
harmony with the bill, and had no
objection to registration. He asked
only that provision be made under
which such persons could be as
signed to non-combatant service.
Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord,
adjutant general of Maryland,
urged an amendment to insure the
continued support by Congress of
an adequate National Guard in
each of the States after the pro
posed intensive training program is
completed. He expressed fear that
after a large bory of trained Re
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compulsory military service bill. Men will All them out and will be called for service when their
serial number is drawn by lot.
serves is built up by selective service
Congress may be inclined to regard
future appropriations for mainte
nance of the National Guard as un
necessary.
Maj. George Ti. Eberle of the Army
general staff told the committee
the cost for the current fiscal year
will be $1,100,000,000, but one-fourth
of that would be a non-recurring
outlay for housing facilities.
Later, Mr. Marsh returned to the
stand and again threw the hearing
into an uproar by proposing an
amendment to require all members
of Congress to resign on passage of
the bill and take an assignment at
$21 a month under the training pro
gram “confident that their employ
ers will return them to their former
jobs.”
Despite the Norris blast against
the program as unnecessary at this
time and likely to make the United
States an “international bully,"
Senator Minton of Indiana, Demo
cratic whip, predicted a selective
service plan will win the approval
of Congress. ,
At Odds With Aminlstration.
While the military training bill is
not a partisan issue, Senator Norris’
decision to oppose it places him at
odds with the Roosevelt administra
tion, which he has supported on
most major questions during the last
seven years.
The Nebraskan, only present Sen
ator who voted against United States
entrance into the World War, made
known his position in a letter to a
constituent, in which he sought to
show the defense needs of America
do not require peacetime conscrip
tion.
Although Chairman Sheppard be
lieves the Senate committee will
complete its study of details today,
it is possible a final vote on re
porting the measure may be put off
until Monday to await the return of
absent members.
Chairman May of the House com
mittee predicted his group would
finish hearings by Tuesday, so that
the bill may be ready for both
branches by the end of next week.
A lottery held in Washington
would determine the order in which
registrants would be listed for mili
tary service by 6,500 local draft
boards throughout the country, ac
cording to Maj. Lewis B. Hershey,
who outlined to the House group
yesterday afternoon plans that have
been worked out in minute detail
since 1920 for registering the man
power of the Nation in time of
emergency.
While the bill calls for registra
tion of all men between 18 and 65,
only those from 21 to 45 would be
considered for military training, and
Army officials have indicated that
the age group from 21 to 30 prob
ably would provide all the men
required at the start.
They estimate there are close to
12,000,000 men in that age group,
and that, on the basis of World War
experience, approximately 4,000,000
would be found available for train
ing after making allowance for de
ferment of men with dependents or
jobs in essential industries.
Maj. Hershey, executive officer of
a Joint Army-Navy Selective Service
Committee, told the House group
that, as the result of 20 years of
study of the subject, there has been
developed in each State the nucleus
of a local organization to proceed
without delay as soon as Congress
passes the bill.
The first step, he said, would be
the Issuance of a presidential proc
lamation, designating a registration
day, on which the men within the
specified age limits would go to the
place where they ordinarily vote,
have their names enrolled and re
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As promptly as possible the local
boards would give each man a
number. Then would come the
drawing in Washington to de
termine the order in which each
local board would arrange its list
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to form the basis for classifying the
men for the‘purpose of deferring
those who should not be mustered i
into service for training because of
dependents, employment in a key
industry or physical defects. Thus,
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both houses have been told by Gen.
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staff, that some form of selective
service is essential without delay to
get the personnel needed to go with
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the materiel Congress Is providing
for defense. Supporting this view,
Senator Minton said:
“I think the people are convinced
that the emergency requires it. We
have been advised by both the Army
and Navy that, although p: esent
recruiting programs are on sched
ule, they cannot build up adequate
defense forces rapidly enough by
volunteer enlistments.”
Meanwhile, the National Council
for Prevention of War charged the
legislation is being pushed with
“indecent haste,” and urged that]
the Nation be given more time to
consider a plan the council de
scribed as amounting to "a virtual
revolution in our entire outlook ”
In announcing he will vote against
the bill, Senator Norris wrote, in
part:
“I realize we are confronted at
present with world conditions that
make a logical argument in favor of
the bill, so I realize the question
has two sides. I am not question
ing in any way the conscientious
ness or good faith of those who
favor the all, but I do not believe
we are confronted with conditions
of such imminent danger as to
justify changing the established
policy of our Government on this
question.
Ample Time to Prepare.
“We are not surrounded, as were
Switzerland, Holland, Belgium and
Denmark, nations which could be
confronted almost on a moment’s
notice with an army of invasion.
Before any nation of Europe could
prepare to Invade the United States
we would have ample time to pre
pare and to train a large army
without its being necessary to pre
pare years in advance.
“I am speaking now of an army
of military men lighting on the
ground. It does not apply to the
air forces or to the Navy, for in
stance, which would engage the
enemy long before there would be
any attempt io land trooi* on
our shores. Before an invasion
could be attempted our Navy and
our air force would have to be
practically destroyed.
"The only possibility of the success
of an invadint army at the present
time, or even in the near future,
would be if Hitler succeeded in con
quering England and securing the
British Navy. By uniting this with
his own and with such of the French
Navy as Germany might control,
added to that of Italy and possibly
that of Japan, an attempt might bo
made to land an Invading army.
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ceed, and no sane man, in fact,
would attempt It, until after both
the air and naval forces of tho
United States had been destroyed.”
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