Show SENATE GUARD Bill BY VOTE 71 7 Measure to Call Men Goes to House WASHINGTON Aug 8 UP The The senate passed and sent to the house Thursday legislation legislation legislation legis legis- lation authorizing President Roosevelt to mobilize national guardsmen and army reser reservists for hemispheric def defense de defense de- de f nse and a years year's intensive training in modern mechanized warfare The vote was 71 to 7 A motion by Senator Bennett C. C Clark D. D Mo Mo- Mo to to to t the the- send bill bilI send it b back ck to committee for further consideration was consideration was defeated 31 to 45 just before the final ballot was taken Senate leaders planned to start debate on the civilian conscription bill bilI Friday Once the mobilization measure is enacted the army plans to call up guardsmen immediately It was indicated they would form part of a swift striking force that could be dispatched anywhere in the western hemisphere in the event of fifth column trouble or an actual actual actual ac ac- invasion That strategy was indicated by Senate Democratic Leader Alben W. W Barkley when he led a successful successful successful success success- ful but close fight against an amendment to the bill which would have limited the service of the trainees to continental United States and its possessions The United States needs a striking force to use in the western western western west west- ern hemisphere not only to repel invasions but to keep out theories of government Barkley said He added that without such a force the recent continental defense policies policies policies poli poli- cies adopted at the Havana Pan- Pan American conference would be useless The amendment to limit national national national na na- guard service to the United States and its possessions was sponsored spon spon- sponsored by Senator Alva B B. B Adams D. D Colo It was defeated by a vote of 38 to 39 The senate unanimously approved approved ap ap- proved an amendment to permit the resignation of national guards- guards Continued on Page Pae Two Column One SENATE f MEASURE TO CALL GUARDSMEN TO COLORS Continued from Page One I men wen with dependent wives and children Sponsored by Senator Senate r Key Pittman D. D Nev the amendment would allow the resignations nations within 20 days after the bill bm becomes law Senate ad adoption of th the measure came after four days of debate marked by some of the most heated heated heated heat heat- ed personal clashes in fn recent years For the most part the debate veered toward lengthy dissertations dissertations dissertations dis dis- of the bitterly disputed conscription bill The national guard measure was supported by several foes toes of the pending civilian conscription bill who contended that a draft of civilian manpower would be unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary un un- necessary if the guard mobilization mobilization mobilization tion plan becomes law W Would uld Give Sufficient Troops Senator George W. W Norris Ind Neb who opposes conscription told the senate that the national guard if fully mobilized would give the United States an army of between and That strength he said should be sufficient sufficient sufficient f for r any immediate defense need General George C. C Marshall army chief of staff told the com corn committee committee the security the safety of this country depends on having available trained seasoned men in inadequate inadequate adequate numbers and there is no conceivable way to obtain them except by such measure as this followed we by some form of selective service Like the disputed conscription measure the national guard bill contains a clause designed to insure job security for militiamen called to the colors Employers refusing to rehire the trainees would be subject to prosecution under the Wagner labor act unless they can prove that reemployment would be impossible or unreasonable Opponents of the Wads Burke-Wads- worth bill appeared to be mapping mapping mapping map map- ping an organized campaign against the draft bill which as S now written would require registration registration regis regis- of over men between be- be be between tween the ages of 21 and 31 for army duty A dozen senators opposing the peacetime draft measure met late Wednesday inthe office of Senator George W. W Norris Ind Neb to plan strategy for the coming de de- bate Among them were Senators Edwin C. C Johnson D. D Colo Robert Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert M M. La Follette P. P Wis GeraId Gerald Gerald Ger Ger- ald aId P. P Nye R. R N N. D D. and Burton K Wheeler m. m D. D Mont The bloc according according according ac ac- cording to one member laid the groundwork ground for a debate on the new deals deal's foreign policy which will show exactly what is being done to to put this nation into war Several of the conferees insisted that hat the group merely sought to ascertain how many speakers they could muster what phases of the bill they would attack and general problems of strategy |