Show trainees wa anees morals guarded jealously stresses integration of youthful personalities by news anlyn anil and commentator in this ibis the abird ol of a 4 series series on universal military training trailing further r differences feren ces between this ibis system and brevious ti training methods aro discussed washington aside from the loss of his freedom freed M which I 1 discussed in a previous column the young men called cupon upon for military training object to having their schooling interrupted or the securing of a job postponed the national security training act would answer those objections this way a the trainee gets educational and vocational advantages under which in many cases he would not otherwise have and b ile he literally earns while he learns S let me quote from the november issue of 0 the army information digest each trainee during the first phase and if he elects to take a sec ond d six months rp 1 I would receive a 30 cash a allowance monthly it if he is the chief family support lie he would qualify for a dekende dependency ncy allowance ce w which aich would be paid wholly by the government this J allowance would be 50 a month j f tor or one depended ent and 65 05 a month for two or Bauk baukhage bage more dependents during initial training the trainee would be entitled to benefits of the soldiers and a nd sailors civil relief act of 1940 and to the death and disability benefits furnished civilian employees of the government As to the educational factor the report of the subcommittee sub committee on education a division of the civilian advisory committee which visits I 1 ts the fort knox experimental unit regularly set forth the principle tha that t should be so flexible that aman could return to td school or to his civilian occupation without a loss of considerable time and there 0 fore o re it is more advantageous to maintain the six month period of initial training with a minimum of education than to prolong this period of training and permit incle slon lon of a comprehensive educational program M I 1 to ensure that bat the trainee does not lose sight of his bis life objective t a well planned co program Is recommended it would be conducted by an educational cat ional staff including a trained psych psychologist colorist bo lorist the six month training period where the accent is on the military Is by no means ALL military bayonet practice and dirty fighting have hav been eliminated and butof out of the entire six months only hours tire are devo devoted ed to actual training the rest to processing and orientation there Is a once a week lecture on citizenship and morality and general cinfo information r mation Is included to in the regular t troop roop information period in apprentice training in plastics and other vocations are some come of the extra duty activities offered by experimental unit at fort knox the experimental unit at fort knox says the army information digest it Is not uncommon tor for the officer of the day while inspecting a rifle at daily guard mount to ask the trainee who is the secretary of war or who heads our diplomatic mission to moscow the relationship between trainer and trainee according to the digest is not that of sergeant and recruit but rather of instructor and pupil nearly 50 per cent of the men at fort knox participate iri in the off duty educational program and some have completed graduation fro from m high school by this route according to the digest report made in june the barracks smell of profanity and obscenity does not exist without in any way sacrificing rif virility the digest claims that a new way of looking at things has been created sex has its place in instruction the trainee gets a healthy understanding of the normal place oi of sex in raising a family Is taught that the tha only sure way to avoid venereal disease Is continence plenty of entertainment Is provided at fort knox Inc including luil a canteen where soft drinks and snacks are available ava but no aioo hollo beverages aru are sold so much tor for the first six months after that period there are a number ol of options which the trainee can exercise he can remain tor for an additional six sin months training in the national security training corps he can enlist in the armed services the national guard or the enlisted reserve corps with assignment to an organized unit he can enter one of the service academies take specialist or technical work at an approved college or exercise other alternatives for those who cannot accept any of the above named options there is enlistment in the enlisted reserve corps tor for si six years with active duty requirements ot of not more than 30 days a year the first experimental unit at fort knox has just about cimpl completed eted the second cycle ot of its tra training I 1 nin 91 the first cycle having ended in july 44 e 44 7 U it program centers on a selective schedule of 0 instructive military mili tiry training since last january a civilian advisory committee ot of 34 men and women has served continuously als visiting the unit individually and in groups they have observed the trainees at work at play on leave in and around louisville this committee by the way represents a fair cross section of the parents educators religious leaders newspapermen and public officials whose interest either personal professional or patriotic makes universal training important to them this committee says that as a result of this year of training the boys have bene fitted by definite spiritual and moral training self expression through individual hobbles training lor for leadership and respect tor for authority and the rights of ot others as wel as gaining military skills which are taught under discipline not regimentation As one man from louisville put it to me its an entirely different thing from ordinary GI experiences the boys themselves are the best witnesses according to the he century fund cotton supplies more than three fourths of all fiber consumption in the united states now I 1 know what they put into my breakfast food the housing problem seems highly explosive frank creedon Cr sedon who recently resigned as housing expediter to loin join an atomic energy project probably finds splitting atoms safer they have a national letter writing week I 1 understand letter writing makes me weak any week |