Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-09-28 | Page 1 | Barkley Scores Wheeler for 'Slacker' Slur

Barkley Scores Score Wheeler for er Slut Slut- 1 WASHINGTON Sept 28 28 S. S l Leader Alben AlbenI W. W B Barkley of Kentucky replying in n the senate Tuesday to a charge that hat draft V dodgers dodgers' are hiding in federal jobs challenged Senator Burton K IC Wheeler D. D Mont to name a single solitary ry government government govern govern- ment who should be Inthe in inthe inthe the armed forces Wheeler who had made the charge harge and declared that President Roosevelt was responsible for man manpower manpower manpower power wastage said that of course he could not name individuals individuals Barkley was the first administration administration adminis adminis- supporter to enter the opening debate on the bill jill to defer drafting of pre-Pearl pre Harbor fathers until January 1 He rose after Senator Harry F F. F Byrd D. D Va joined Wheeler in accusing the government of hoarding hoard hoard- ing ng man man power Byrd announced the he special economy committee he heads would investigate the over manning of various government agencies G Galleries Applaud Wheeler charged that thousands thou sands of draft dodgers and slackers slack slack- ers arc arc hiding in federal jobs The galleries applauded when he shouted Drive these slackers sackers out of government gov gov- eminent service into the army When Wheeler told Barkley he could not name Individual draft dodgers Barkley retorted Then it is ig unfair of the senator to say that there are thousands of gov gov- who are slackers slackers slackers slack slack- ers and draft dodgers But I know this thundered thunder d Wheeler mere are single men between 18 and 38 38 in government service Many Examined countered know And do you co Barkley how many of those have been ex examined mined and turned d down wn by the army No but I do know that some of them have been exempted as essential essential es es men Wheeler replied A Although 1 t tho h 0 U ugh g h Byrd sided with Wheeler on man power waste he said he would vote against the Wheeler bill because high army and navy officials opposed an interference interference in in- with present draft plans Wheeler opened the debate on his measure by asserting that slackers in government and industry industry indus indus- try were guilty of turning childr children chil chil- dr dren n in the streets and breaking up the home