Show BASE DRAFT QUOTAS QUOTAS' ON NUMBER IN CLASS 1 By International News New Service W WASHINGTON April 11 Facing Facing the same opponents he fought a year ago for the passage of ol the original law Representative J Julius Kahn Republican Republican Re Re- publican led the administration Uon fight to amend the selective draft act In Inthe inthe inthe the house this afternoon The amendments proposed by by the administration are these To base district quotas quotas quotas' of future drafts on the number of men in class I 1 In various districts To exhaust class 1 in all aIt parts of the country before class 2 is en encroached encroached fn en- upon in any part of the country To permit the president to call into service men in any class were given deferred classification on Industrial Industrial industrial Indus Indus- I trial grounds This opposition is the cry of men I disappointed that the draft has succeeded sue suc Kahn told the house suc-I suc I would call attention to th thi fact tact that five of the six principal opponents to 1 these amendments are men who are opposed to the passage of the orl original nal draft law Where would the country I be now with the volunteers coming In at a rate of only a month 1 if we had trusted to these men 7 Just as Representative Dent Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- I cratic chairman of the military affairs I committee refused to lead the fight to get through the original draft I lew w so he declined today to sponsor the amendments forcing forcing- the administration tion to call upon Kahn the ranking Republican to carry its standard The opposition has been extraordInarily extraordinarily extraordinarily active during the last two weeks but when it was definitely learned I today that Majority Leader Kitchin would support the amendments all alII hope of defeating them on the the- final was abandoned The opposition tion will seek to achieve its purpose i however by by- altering the amendments on Ithe floor t to provide First that quotas shalbe be based on the total number registered and not in class 1 Second that credit shall be given in Tg r f the quotas for tor numbers that have volunteered There seemed a a fair chance the house would adopt tn the second proposal proposal proposal pro pro- but the first had little chance of success although a spectacular I fight was promised The opposition declared that both President Wilson And Secretary Baker favor giving credit for volunteers for the psychological psycho psycho- I logical effect upon the country Representative of Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Ne Ne- braska leader of the dissenting ity declared that the United States would be compelled very shortly to toi i raise the draft age to 40 There are lare I m men n in class 1 I he said but buti butto butto i to win the war the United States must musti i have 3 men in France To have in Franc It will be necessary necessary necessary sary to have under arms he explained and that would be Impossible impossible impossible Im im- im- im possible with the the- total number of men liable to serve only a little over that figure |