Show 1 O 44 0 44 DRAFT BE GE E LIMIT SET Y H HOUSE UNIT OMIT 1 1 Follows of ofin II in Senate in ASHINGTON Aug Auff 29 W UPI n tors William II H. King and ill riD Thomas Utah Demo- Demo voted for passage of the Wadsworth fie c- c conscription conscriptions iW s H I N N Aug 29 the The house military com- com approved Thursday aWadsworth a aWadsworth Wadsworth conscription filling illing for drafting of men 21 it 21 to 44 years of age ina inh in- in a a. a muc much h WI wider d er age agean than an that provided in the v ch the senate passed I ht house committee acted y Rafter after senate passage on a so that that- its version legislation might be brought Jor floor Tuesday for possible house passage late next luse irman May D. D Ky said the f committee vote approving ill iii vas as 20 to 4 May de- de deLto I t 1 say y how many Tl to Million one nf point May said there ome ome discussion of a proposal I Ike the ikS ih the registration and con- con lort ge brackets conform to toof of the senates senate's 21 through 30 but t the matter never came ote th ther er r point of difference In vo bills is that while the provided pr a limit of e number of conscripts who lii serving at any anyone one time ouse ouse committee wrote in a Members said that was was necessary to provide provider limit r conscrIpts for the navy r three weeks of stormy and acrimonious debate the sen- sen ve its approval to 1 night at the close of a nine hour nine hour I hour e-hour session bill as passed was subs tan tan- r hanged in its essentials Lh the originally d by y the senate military One major addition g ye ve the government the theto theto to to to conscript industry for fore e if necessary t Quick k Action v of peacetime conon conon con- con on n the senate was expect- expect Lh hasten sten the action of the military committee on a h version of the Wadsworth bill which it is se debate is tentatively le to start Tuesday and ts were ere that it would conat con- con at least four days on Pale Page Four I mf Column One House Committee Revised Version of Conscription Bill dill Continued from P Pep Pare rt One On vents J of conscription were optimistic optimistic that the bill would be passed and opponents of the measure measure measure mea mea- sure privately conceded that the chances of defeating it were slim Dills Dill Main Provisions Precisions The bill as passed by the senAte senate senate sen sen- ate contained the following g major provisions 1 All male citizens or prospective tive citizens from 21 through 30 would be required to register with few exceptions 2 Registered men would be subject to call for a years ears ear's compulsory compulsory compulsory com com- military service 3 The men called for service would b be selected in an impartial Impartial impartial manner and In such numbers numbers numbers num num- bers as the president specifies The maximum number of trainees at any anyone one time is limited to The bill Ill also provided for an increase in the basic army pay which conscripts would receive from 21 to 30 a month Grant Some Exceptions Exemption from service would be granted registrants who vho are 1 physically or mentally unfit who lave Ave dependents dependent or who are employed em- em in necessary agricultural or jobs lilt If If the measure sho should shO ld be ap- ap oved In substantially the same rm by the house a registration y probably would be set by the resident about 15 days after the legislation became law Then by 15 the army would exact expect ex ex- act to induct its first quota of Conscripts approximately oung young men If army plans materialized materialized materialized mate mate- would be in trainIng train train- Ing by January 1 and more by April 1 The end came In the senate after tY the te conscription forces had beaten S Sll f one attempt after another to postpone or nullify the draft provisions provisions pro pro- visions of the bill bitt First however the conscription- conscription themselves joined in adding some extraneous amendments notably notably no no- tably the joint amendment by Senators Russell D. D Ga Ca and Overton D. D La giving the government government gov gov- power to take over Industrial industrial industrial indus Indus- trial plants for the manufacture ture of defense materials Under its terms the president would be authorized to direct Institution in institution institution In- In of condemnation proceedIngs proceedings proceedings proceed proceed- ings against any manufacturing plant whenever either the secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary of war or the secretary of the navy determines that any exIsting existing existing ex ex- ex- ex manufacturing plant or fa facility facility facility fa- fa Is necessary for the national defense and is unable to arrive at an agreement with the owner of such plant or facility for its use or operation by the war or navy department The departments would be empowered empowered em pm- powered to take over the plant and operate it pending court action ac ac- tion lIou House e May Fight Fa Passage sage Some house members predicted the conscript Industry provision would meet strong opposition next week but said they anticipated little fight on another of the final changes the changes the amendment of Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Adams D. D Colo which would I extend the present aircraft profit limitation of 7 and 8 per cent to cover guns ammunition material and other equipment Senators explained however that if congress approved the proposed proposed pro- pro I po posed ed suspension of the profit limitations limitations limitations limi limi- the Adams provision automatically automatically auto auto- would become tive Proponents nf on Top The big push on amendments to postpone immediate conscription tion or otherwise nullify the bills bill's purpose found lound the senate conscription tion forces clearly dearly in command of the situation at all times Their only close call came on a n proposal by Senator Hayden D. D I II I Ariz to postpone conscription for tor 60 days daJ's while an attempt was made to raise the necessary manpower manpower manpower man man- power for lor the army by voluntary enlistments This beaten by a vote of 43 to 41 they breathed a sigh of ol relief and proceeded to take other ame amendments in stride A substitute proposal by Senator Maloney D. D Conn similar In Inmany Inmany Inmany many respects to the Hay Harden amendment and once considered a major threat went down 50 to 35 n Heat at Third Proposal The chamber then dl disposed of or a proposal by Senator Neely D. D W. W Va to delay conscription for 30 days by a vote of or 58 to 26 Next by a ote vote of 55 to 27 it rejected a proposal by Senator Wiley WHey R. R Wis to wait walt until congress congress congress con con- gress proclaimed a a. national emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency before invoking tion Once the senate renate had passed the bill Senator McKellar D. D Tenn called up a house- house approved defense appropriations bill Jill making it the unfinished business Senator Barkley of Kentucky the Democratic leader urged quick action action action ac ac- tion on this measure carrying funds for starting construction work on fighting lighting ships for lor a two ocean navy and providing money and contact authority for army and navy planes to cost eventually more than Designed to carry out President Roosevelt's suggested total defense defense defense de de- de- de program the measure would provide money to equip an army of ol men |