Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 May 1941 — Page 12

STUDY OF DRAFT SHIFTS PLEDGED

But ‘a Lot of Business’ Will Come First, Chairman Of Committee Says.

. By DICK THORNBURG Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, May 16. — All|: . bills proposing changes.

draft law will be turned to a subcommittee of the House Military Affairs Committee, and one meas‘ure embodying such’ changes as the committee may approve will then be reported out, Chairman Andrew J. May (D. Ky.) said today. Rep. Charles. 'Faddis (D. PRa.), head of the six-member subcommittee, indicated his group will be in no hurry to handle the draft amendments. : “We've got a.lot of business that comes first,” he said. He refused to guess when the proposed changes will be: considered by the subcommittee. Most important of the «suggested amendments is one requested by Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, acting head of Selective Service. It would authorize President Roosevelt to defer training of men in the higher age groups by executive order. Draft headquarters has indicated that 30 years would be the top age of selectees if Congress Passes the amendment. Not Introduced Yet

Only 11 per cent of the men incted are in the 31-36 age group, and they are not as well qualified for training as younger men, Gen.

Hershey pointed. out.

But" even before the Hershey amendment has been introduced— as Chairman May said it will be in a few days—considerable opposition is apparent.

Many Congressmen, including

‘Rep. Faddis, believe the draft age

limits should be written into the law and not left to Presidential discretien. , = “JT think Congress should set the draft age limits,” said Mr. Faddjs,

" “and that’s what I'll recommend

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to the subcommittee. Determining the age brackets is Congress’ job, and shouid not be left to any other agency or person.” ~ Many Amendments Offered Along with tne' Hershey amendment the subcommittee will consider bills to: Exempt all married men living with their wives. This amendment would not be retroactive and ‘married men already inducted would continue .to serve. By Rep. Margaret Smith (R. Me.). Lower the age limit to 18, from 21 as at present. By Rep. Stephen M. Young (D. O.). . Change the age brackets to 18 to 21 years. By Rep. May. . Place in the medical reserve all practicing physicians and dentists, subject to call-in time of war unless they consent to serve new; exempt medical and dental students, internes, resident physicians, surgeons and dentists at recognized hospitals. By Rep. Faddis. Register men from 36 to 65 far - civilian duiy -which the ®President] may direct. By Rep. E. E. Cox (D. Ga.). ‘ Exempt medical students. By Rep. J. Harold Flannery (D. Pa.).: Reduce from 10 'to 3 years the reserve duty liability of selectees. By Rep.-¥Francis Case (R. S. D.).

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“Tomahawk Benton” is the title of this cartoon-portrait of Thomas

Hart Benton by Ralph F. Thomp-

son, Indianapolis, in the current exhibition of Indiana art at the John Herron Art Museum. Mr. Benton is the painter of the murals at Indiana University. Tomorrow at 4 p. m. at the Herron Museum, Harry Engel, assistant professor of fine arts at Indiana University, will deliver a lecture on the Benton murals.

‘QUIT KIDDING, 80 TO WORK'_BATT

OPM Says U. S. Must Build .More War Equipment Than Aggressors.

WASHINGTON, May 16 (U. P)). —W. L. Batt, deputy director of the Production - Division of the OPM, said in a radio address last night that the time has come for a fylltime effort “to build: more war equipment. than the aggressors can build. Curtajlment of civilian production, longer hours, harder work and construction of factories for which there will be no peace-time use were some of the things that he said “must be done.” “I want to state my opinion very simply that we cannot produce the vast quantities of fighting equipment which musi be produced and at the same time preserve our standard of living in terms of automobiles ‘and electric conveniences and leisure hours,” Mr. Batt said. “The time has past when golf and fishing can be important factors in our lives; when we can sit around indefinitely enjoying mint juleps and polite discussion. “I do not know what is required to convince this nation that it not only must produce arms but must produce them with speed that can be accomplished only by an aroused and united country. “I do know that a radical change of attitude on the part of some people in Government, some ‘people in labor, and some people in industry must take place. . .. We st do some things that so far wé have only talked about. . . . “If business as usual must go by the boards . .". so, too, must usual practices in other .fields be abandoned. Defense must not be hampered by “Government as usual,’ ‘politics as usual,’ ‘strikes as usual’

or even ‘living as usual.”

LONGER SERVICE SEEN FOR FOR GUARD

Stimson Doubts Youbts That Men * Will Be Released When Their Year Is Up.

By JOHN W. LOVE Times Special Writer

by week it grows less likely that the troops of the National. Guard will return home when -their year in the cantonments is up. The

prospect that their service will be longer than was anticipated also begins to, concern the drafted ‘men, who went, or are going, to camp later. “It is not at all certain,” says War Secretary Henry L. "Stimson, speaking of Army training next fall, “that the National Guard won't be with’ us.” An amendment in the aw would be required before the Federalized guard could be kept in service more than a year. The reason given for doubt of the guardsmen’s early return to civil life is usually the changing international situation, but the immediate reason is to be found in circumstances - which stem out of Britain's needs.

Need Combat Vehicles

American industry is being so redirected in the manufacture of arms that the men now in camp will be a long time getting combat vehicles. Without these they cannot

ern warfare. They can only learn how to fight the last war. Aid to the British is taking the form of national emphasis upon aircraft and its armament, bombs and other ammunition for aircraft, ammunition for anti-aircraft guns, ships to haul it all, and ship plates and other steel. . As for tanks, of which. there: are not yet enough to equip the Regular Army, this statement was madg in a recent Detroit speech by A. R. Glancy, chief of the ordnance section of the Office of Production Management: “Tanks are not going to come off the assembly lines ‘as quickly as first planned. . things with priority ratings lower than tanks are combat “cars "and some of the larger guns.” . The nation’s industrial capacity, it is explained here, is simply not great enough to supply everything at once. The intention was to arm the new soldiers quickly and train them and their officers in the use of every modern piece of equipment. But the national policy has changed.

British Needs Heavy

It. was not anticipated, when the men were called into service, that Britain would need so much help from this country. After the passage of the lend-lease law the British requests were opened, and as it wag disclosed at the time, the requirements were far beyond what had been expected. It gradually developed from- then on that the organization of Panzer divisions in our.own Army would have to be deferred. Had the American Government known beforehand what was going to happen, it is questionable ‘whether the men would. all have been called up when they were.

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