| Show r e as W aN Hershey's Draft Plans NOT all aU the details have been released officially yet but Lewis Hershey selective service director di di- director rector gave a brief report on draft plans plan to a sa door closed-door session of the senate house arm armed e d services committees recently lIe He told the solons solona that the se selective selective se- se service machinery would be ready to process the first batch of draftees by October 15 but estimated estimated esti mated the second call can would not come corne before January 1 1 Hershey told the senators and congressmen there was strong pressure pre pres sure sure sure-at at that time to time to start drafting 19 year olds year olds first since they were not ready to settle settIe down dow 1 and would be less likely to be upset by army service The two armed services committees committees commit commit- tees however argued the opposite Unanimously they agreed that the 24 and 25 year olds should be taken taken taken tak tak- en before they passed the eligible age This was later decided The selective service boss estimated that youths were available for the draft but only would be eligible under the riddled loophole-riddled plan for deferments Of those who will be caught the bulk are under under un un- un- un under der 22 since many of those over 22 served In the recent war The number eligible for the draft age group was broken down by Hershey as follows year olds 24 year olds year 23 olds year olds 21 year-olds year year olds year olds Race for Uranium Most encouraging sign on the energy atomic-energy horizon is what the Russians now are doing in Saxony Low-grade Low uranium deposits are found In this southern German German Ger Ger- German man state and the Russians have been working feverishly to tomine tomine tomine mine them They have been us ns- usIng hog Ing a great deal of labor and going to great lengths to scrape up this uranium which is so low grade that In Canada It would be Ignored The fact that the Russians are taking all this trouble over such poor quality uranium in to Germany obviously means only one thing They dont don't have any worthwhile worth uranium of their own In Russia Corporation Gravy While the cost of food to the housewife has has zoomed here is what has happened to the dividends of big corporations The figures were presented recently recently recently re re- re- re by talking plain Democratic Sen Joe of Wyoming as compiled from official reports Profits of corporations after taxes 1940 1940 1915 1945 1947 1947 1941 also cited a Federal Reserve Board report stating that business profits this year will exceed exceed ex ex- the dizzy high of 1947 Pointing Pointing Point Point- ing tag to individual corporations which have bave b Jve shared In this bonanza he reported reported re- re reported re re- ported that General Electric company company com com- pany now is making snaking profits in fu ex ex- cass case of 20 per cent of n net t worth General Motors per cent U. U S. S Steel 10 per cent of General Electric Electric Elec Elec- The 1947 1047 profits before taxes were paid were five times greater than its 1939 profits profIts prof prof- Its charged increases increases in in- Meanwhile be te red dec wage creases have been obliterated by inflated living costs as evidenced consumers by the fact tact that American 37 billion dollars ers are paying more for what they buy this year than In 1940 1946 Cabinet Pains President Visitors who called on President after Truman at the White House found the chief congress opened executive hopping mad ma at some of ol his executives lie He was particularly particularly par par- top Irate with Secretary of Army Kenneth Royall Royal Undersecretary Undersecretary Undersecretary Under- Under the Army William H. H secretary of the of ol Draper and the army's chief stall staff Gen Geo Omar Bradley fed said be he was Mr 1 Truman with Royal Royall and Draper for their up sabotage of White Houst policy of rebuilding rebuilding rebuilding re re- re- re policies Drapers Draper's building Germany at the expense expense expense ex ex- neighbors neighbor and See Sec Secretary pense of her ROY Royall's U Inept handling discrimination racial of army array had bad got 0 under his bis skin was more hurt The President at the way his fellow than angry bad had General Bradley Missourian and end the reaffirmed segregation 24 hours bours after system army caste cute bad Issued his Ws commander chief an executive order curbing segre segre- gation gallon I Spaatz Speaks chief chiet of staff One reason air from the I Tooey Spaatz retired dethe dp dr could felt be he that he e army was the out out- good od on more B j the air force he be now is time or the first side tide for or his mind tear tear- tearlessly fearlessly to speak preparing and aud I lessly In a flood of ot newspaper articles nUclei I military restrictions restrictions Unhampered by will win teU tell bluntly tow how Spaatz should bOUld ee the he be thinks think America threat of ot another ur r- r |
