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Mr. BLAND. Mr. Speaker, I asan- iaey ot the Senate in such sum 88 such ap 

lmous consent for the immediate constd- propriatton or approprtat10J111 ahall hereafter 

eratton of Senate Joint Resolution 158 specify and shall be deposited by such Archl-

\ransferring the management of th~ tect In full under such special deposit 

Senate restaurants to the Architect of the ~~- Deposits and cllsburaements under 

C&pitoJ, and for other purposes. This 8UCh apeclal deposit account (1) ahall be 

resolution transfers the management of made by the Architect, or, when directed by 

the Senate -restaurants to the Architect him, by such employees ot the Architect as of the C&pitol and does other things. I he may designate, and (2) shall be subject 

presume it Is something that should be to audit by the General Accounting omce at 

done, and I ask for its Immediate conaid- such times and In such manner as the comperation The joint resolution Is on the troller General may direct: Provided, That 

Cl , • payments made by or under the direction ot 

erlc s de.sic. . the Architect of the capitol from such special The Clerk read the title of the joint deposit account shall be conclusive upon all 

l'e60lution. oftlcers ot the Ooverpment. The SPEAKER pro temPore. Is there Sa:. 6. The Architect, Allststant Architect, 

objection to the request of the gentleman and any employees ot the Architect deslg- from Virginia? nated by the Architect under section 5 hereof 

There was no objection shall each give bond In the sum of 95,000 .....__ · With such surety as the Secretary of the .u•"' Clerk read the Joint resolution, as Treasury may approve for the handling of 

follows: the flnanclal transactions under such special 

Jte80ZNcl, e~. That e11'ectlve September 111, deposit account. 

na, the management of the Senate Res- SIX:. '1. This act shall supersede any other 

auranta and all matters connected there- acts or resolutions heretofore approved for 

WiUl heretofore under the dlrectlon of the the maintenance and operation of the Senate 

Benate Committee on Rules shall be under Restaurants: Provided, however, 'lbat any 

the dlnctlon ot the Architect of the capitol acts or resolutions ·now In effect shall again 

under llUCh rules and regulations 88 the become effective, should the restaurants at 

.Architect may peacrtbe for the operation any future time revert to the jurisdiction of 

and the empla,ment of necesary aaalatance the Senate Committee on Rules. 

for the conduct of said restaurants by such Pa88ed the Senate August 2'1, 1942. 

bustneas methods as may produce the beat 

results consistent with economical and mod- The Joint resolution was ordered to be em management, subject to the approval of read a third time, was read the .third 

the Senate Committee on Rules u to matters time and passed, and a motion to recon- ot general policy: Prol>Uled, That the man- sider was laid on the table. 

t1pment ot the Senate Restaurants by the EXTENSION OP REMARKS 

.Archlt.ec:t Of the capitol .shall cease and the 

l'l!ftauranta rewrt from the jurisdiction of Mr. BILL of Washington. Mr. Speakthe Architect or the capitol to the jurlsdic- er, I ask unanimous consent to extend 

tion Of the Senate Committee on Rules upon my own remarks in the RECOllD and to inadoptton by that committee Of a resolution elude therein a Jetter I wrote to the edi- ordertng SUCh transfer of ,Jurtad1ctlon at any ttme hereafter. tor of my local paper stating my views on 

S.:. 2. The Committee on Rules after the current issUes. 

cloee Of business September 15, 11142, ls bereby The SPEAKER pro temPQre. Withautborlzed and directed to tranater to the out objection, lt is so ordered. 

,Jurladlctlon of the Architect or the capitol 'lbere was no objection. all accounta, recordl, supplies, equipment, and ._ta ot the Senate Restaurants that [The matter referred to appears In the 

may be In the posaession or under the con- Appendix.] trol of the said committee In order that all ;---._,.-, 8UCh ltema may be available to the Architect IHE 80LiJID.8' VOTE BILL 

of the capitol toward the maintenance and 

operation of the senate Reltaurants. 

s.:. a. 'lbe .Architect of the capitol la 

hereb)" autboriBild and diJected to carry Into 

effect for the United States Senate the proTlaions at this Act and to eurclle the au- thorities contained herein, and any reeolutlon at the Senate amendatory hereof or supplementary hereto hereafter adopted. Buch 

authortty and dlrectlon ahall cont!DUe until 

the United &ates Senate !!hall by reaolutlon 

otbenr1me order; or until the Senate Committee on Rules aball by reeolutlon order 

the restaurants to be returned to the com- mittee'• )\1rladlctlon. 

s.: .•. There la hereby establi8bed With 

the Treuurer ot the United States a apeclal 

depaslt aceount Sn the name of the Archltect 

at the capttol for the United Stat.es Senate 

ae.iaurant.s, Into which ahall be depolllted all llWDll recelffd pursuant to thla act or any amendatGrJ or aupplementaey l'llOluUom 

hereafter 

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adopt.eel and trom the operattcma 

and f?om which lball be dlabmmed tbe ,_ DeceMN'J ln connection 

Wltb the eanlle ot. tbe duties requlNcl 

under t!lll act or any 11UDda&ory GI' supMr. DITI'ER. Mr. Speaker, I a.st 

unanimous consent to address the House 

for 1 minute. 

The SPEAKER pro temPQre. Without 

objection, It is so ordered. 

There was no objection. 

Mr. DITI'ER. Mr. Speaker, the as- surances given by the distingUished gentleman from Virginia that the soldiers' 

voting bill will be handled with all p05- ' 

sible expedition Is gratifying to those wh.o/ 

have been anxious to see this legtslatio~· 

enacted. ii 

Self-government can survive only bY; 

safeguarding the right to vote. Tha~ 

right Is guaranteed to all citizens under\ 

the Constitution. Today we are at war-I 

a war which wll1 determine not only the)· 

risht of our own people to govern themselves but which Will also decide the fate 

of free Institutions throughout the world., 

The war in which we are engaged is not· 

a war of 48 separate States. It Is ~ wa of one nation--e war of a united peopl 

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a war whlcb baa fUlled leCtional inte 

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taton. u.e trl\IDlllh ar freemen. 

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the torrid Tropics. OUr soldiers· endure 

hardShips in a world-wide war. The 

manhood of America. untrammeled by 

intolerance and unsuJUed by "bigotry, 

stands guard on this far-ftung front to 

protect freemen and the way of a free 

life. 

Every segment of our social structure 

supplies a part of the strength of our forces. It must be so if the might of our Ideal is to master the torture of tyranny. 

A courage which ls inspired by a broad 

tolerance that rejects all thought of class or creed or race, a tolerance peculiarly our own, has challenged the defy of dictatorships. A united nation, not a sec- tional nation, should sustain that cour,.. 

age. 

We have the opportunity today to stimulate that courage. We can bury difter- ences which have divided the Nation in 

the past. We can tear down barriers 

founded on age-old prejudices and 

propped up by hostility and hate. We 

can put bulJets and ballots on a par. 

Dare we do less? Shall we transmit to an American soldiery that accepts a 

common duty and shares a common danger a message that breathes an hostility 

and that embraces a prejudice? Shall we make that soldiery a soldiery of separate States? Shall we say to a son of 

Pennsylvania at the battle front, you may 

cast a ballot and deny that right to an- other because he happens to come from 

Virginia? Shall we permit poll taxes to 

be a wedge of separation? Shall we 

threaten the right of every soldier to vote 

by attempting to lmpo.5e restrictions ·on 

a comparatively small number? 

As I see lt, Mr. Speaker, our duty ls 

clear-to safeguard the survival of selfgovernment. We can bring no better 

contribution to this cause than a spirit 

of tolerance and a determination to give 

to every citizen who is a soldier a badge 

Which all can share in common-the 

right to cast a ballot in the free election 

of a free people. 

<Mr. DITI'ER. asked and was given 

permission to revise and extend his own 

remarks.> 

The SPEAKER pro temPQ?e. Under 

the special order of the House, the gentle-· 

man from Pennsylvania !Mr. HoLLANDl 

is recogniZed for 20 minutes. 

HOW LONG? 

Mr. HOLLAND. Mr. Speaker, a Chicago grand jury has found that the Chicago Trlbune did not violate the Espionage Act when It published confidential 

naval information about the Midway battle. 

I will have more to se.Y about that later 

on. 

But In the proceedings, the Chicago 

Tribune convicted itself of practicing a 

Journalistic confidence game, along with 

its fellow partners of the vermin press, 

the Washington Times-Herald and the 

New York Daily News. 

Robert McCormick blandly pleaded, In 

defense of his newspaper stories, that 

they were not culled from naval-intelligence documents. Although the story 

.stated that it wu based on information 

received from naval Intelligence and was 

Printed under a WasblnltOn date llne, 

tbe, ~-........ sai4 that WU Just ~+- - - .. - It.I teaderl. 

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The 

very 

Pattersons 

quick with 

and 

the 

the 

word M~kl "liar." mlsUse ~~~'CA: of freedom of the press, by the . They even use It to describe them- Tribune, our side had been deprived of a selves. military advantage of enormous utility. 

McCormick went even further. He American boys will die, Mr. Speaker, 

said that the takery practiced by the Chi- because of the help furnished our enemies 

cago Tribune was "common practice and by Joe Patterson, Robert McCormick, and 

newspapermen all over the United States Eleanor Patterson through the Chicago 

follow it." Tribilne, the New York Daily News, and 

McCormick has his countries mixed up. the Washington Times-Herald. 

He is thinking of the land of the Nazis I have this thought, Mr. Speaker: Is 

where Dr. Goebbels cooks up the news to it not pOSSible that when our naval om- suit the needs of Nazi propaganda with- cers and our legal omcers sat down to 

out any regard for the truth whatsoever. work out their case against the Tribune, 

It is just another case mustrating the it became plain to them that the trial of 

close parallel between the Nazi mind and the case would reveal of necessity, How 

the inner workings of McCormick and his that code came into ~ur possession and 

cousins the Pattersons. other secrets of naval intelligence-not 

The American press has rightfully re- already revealed by the traitorous triumsented this assault on its integrity. Hon- virate, the New York Daily News, the 

est . editors everywhere have protested Washington Times-Herald, and the Chiagatnst being tarred with the brush of cago Tribune-which the Japs would 

Patterson-McCormick journalism. ReaJ gladly sacrifice a battleship to learn. 

newspapers do not fake stories. If that was the reasoning of the GovMr. Speaker, the McCormick-Patter- ernment departments. I do not blame son papers screamed bloody murder that them for failing to use all the facts in 

they were being persecuted when the connection with the Chicago Tribune and 

Government began its investigation of its publisher's treasonable conduct so the Midway battle story. They were that a true bill might be voted. 

being framed, they squealed, that dicta- The governmental departments made 

tor-Rooseyelt-was sending them to a the right choice. It is better to let 

concentration camp any minute. De- Robert McCormick and his associates es- mocracy was !dead; freedom of the press cape than to cost us a chance for further was dead; tY'ranny was enthroned-and victories in our war against the treachjustice had become a mockery. erous scoundrels who attacked us withThat was the wail of the Chicago Tri- out cause or warning 

bune, the Washington Times-Herald, and But somewhere the~e is a weakness in 

the New York Daily New~ our wartime structure if we lack protecI can just picture their friend, Hitler, tion against the repeated disclosure of 

with whom they so love to compare our military information by the vermin press 

President, to the latter's disadvantage, of the Pattersons and McCormlcks. t~klng a case t? the grand Jury ai:id let- Three days before Pearl Harbor these 

tmg the potential defendents testify be- jackals of journalism secured and pubfore that grand jury. lished our master plan of war, delivered 

Any German who, however innocently, to the President under the signature of 

gave military information to his coun- the Chief of Naval Operations and the 

try's enemies in this. war, would not live Chief of Staff of the Army. 

to see the next sunrise. Secretary Stimson then told the coun- But, this case went to the grand Jury, try what he thought of the journalistic 

and the gr.and Jury found that the Trib· ethics of McCormick and the Pattersons. une had violated no law-and no bill of He said. 

indictment was returned. · But, I wonder, Mr. Speaker, whether While their publication will doubtless be of gratification to our potential enemiesthe military branches of the Government 

wanted a true bill returned? In 2 days' time our enemies in war- We are fighting this war for democ- and a possible source of Impairment and em- racy in a democratic way, Mr. Speaker. barrassment to our national defense, the 

We are preserving our ancient liberties chief evil of their publication ts the revelation that there should be among us any group of 

at home while we fight to safeguard them persons 60 lacking In appreciation of the 

against our enemies. danger that confronts the eountry and so A bill of indictment means a public wanting In loyalty and patriotism to their 

trial, Mr. Speaker. A public trial means Government that they should be willing to 

public testimony. And public testimony take and publish such papers. 

in a court of law, with skilled counsel Secretary Stimson said that on Decemrepresenting the defendants, means that ber 5, 1941. 

military secrets, however vital. must be on December 5, 1941, Robert McCorrevealed if they are relevant to the de- mlck and his associates were indicted by 

fense of those accused. - the Secretary of war, Mr. Stimson. 

It is public knowledge that the Tribune Nine months have passed and they 

story, published also In the New York have been 9 months of war. Daily News and the Washington Times- we have been attacked and we are beHerald, tipped off the Japanese high ginning to strike back. 

command that somehow our Navy had How long are we going to be stabbed 

secured and broken the secret code of in the back at home while our brave 

the Japanese Navy. soldiers, sallors, and marines fight for our That is a prir.eless advantage in war- lives abroad? 

to know your enemy's plans through your Today, August 31, 1942, the Chicago 

knowledge of his code. Tribune, the Washington Times-Herald, 

Three days after the Tribune story wae and the New York Dally News, their pubpublished, the Japs changed their code. Ushers and those who follow their un7249 

ertcan leai:lership, stand indicted before the bar of public opinion, and history wm record that the publication of information of advantage to the enemies of 

America by the Chicago Tribune, the New 

York Daily News, and the Washington 

Times-Herald has immeasurably helped 

the enemies of our country. 

Mr. SCOTT. Will the gentleman 

yield? 

Mr. HOLLAND. I yield to the gentle- man from Pennsylvania. 

Mr. SCOTT. Does the gentleman 

have any concrete suggestion to m11.ke? 

I was impressed by the fact that the gentleman has criticized as Un-American 

certain great American newspapers. 

Does he have any concrete suggestion to 

offer wherein these newspapers have specifically given aid and comfort to Hitler, 

and particularly why does he say that 

these newspapers are friends of Hitler? 

I do not know Colonel McCormick and I 

hold no brief for him. He may be all 

that the gentleman says. But has the 

gentleman any proof that Colonel McCormick is a friend of Hitler's? 

Mr. HOLLAND. Yes. All you have to 

do is read the editorials of the Chicago 

Tribune and compare them with the editorials-and I will be glad to show them 

to the gentleman from Pennsylvaniaappearing in the French papers and the 

Austrian papers before Hitler conquered 

those countries. I have no interest in 

Colonel McCormick. I do not even know 

the gentleman. I do not know the Pattersons. All I ask them to do is to be 

Americans, to preach patriotism in the 

country in order to unite the country to 

stand behind our great Commander in 

Chief in this great peril, and to protect our boys who are on our battle fronfs 

fighting for the rights you and I have 

today on the floor of this House. 

Mr. SCOTT. If the gentleman has that 

proof, the proper service to the American 

people would be to waive his congressional immunity and submit that proof to a court of law. so that it can be properly 

established, because if Colonel McCormick is a friend of Hitler I want to know 

about it, I am sure the gentleman wants 

to know about it, and I am sure the 

country wants to know about it, but I 

think the proper place and the proper 

f01um to decide such matters is the 

forum where the defendant has an opportunity to be heard and to answer. 

Mr. HOLLAND. I will answer the gentleman from Pennsylvania, and after 

that I will not yield any more. I have 

stated In one of my talks and read the 

editorials appearing in the McCormickPatterson papers; they show them consciously or unconsciously to be a friend 

of Hitler. When a man's hate becomes 

so great that he hates a certain individual and loses all reasoning power, which 

I believe the Pattersons and Colonel McCormick have, they strike at our President, thereby aiding Hitler. 

In using the floor of this House to 

expose to public light Issues endangering 

our war effort, I am only doing what I 

was elected to do. The McCormick-Patterson papers do not give the administration side in any of the attacks they make. 
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-care Uie aave1 ten.1 

a1iiiii0i c>PRiii•m 

Kr. BOBBS. llr .. Speaker, I ask 

unanimous conaent to revise and extend 

tbe remarks I made today under a reser- vation of the right to object and at that 

point in the RBcoaD. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore <Mr. 

YoVlfG). Ia there objection to the re- quest of the gentleman from Alabama 

Dir. BOBBS]? 

There was no objection. 

Mr. SABATB. Mr. Speaker, I make 

the same request. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. ls there 

objection to the request of the gentle- man from IDinots CMr. SABAml? 

There was no ~bJection. 

PBRMISBION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE 

·Mr. PATRICK. Mr. Speaker, at the 

conclusion of all other special orders today, I ask unanimous consent to address 

the Bouse for 3 minutes. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Ia there 

objection to the request of the gentleman 

from Alabama CMr. PATRICK]? 

There was no objecti.c.co-'-n-"'-. __ 

SPECIAL ORDER 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous special order of the Bouse, the 

gentleman from Illinois [Mr. SABAml is 

recognized for 10 minutes. 

Mr. SABATB. Mr. Speaker, last week 

in the course of an interview I was asked 

what I tboUgbt cf the lgdnctlo~ young . 

men between 13 and 19 years oT-~. 

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I stated that it was my opinlon, if and· 

when a request for such legislation was 

submitted, that Congress would approve 

i the induction of young men of 19 years 

of age. Some newspapers quoted me as favoring legislation to provide for the induction of young men 18 years of age, 

and they were in error in this respect. 

I did state that from all indications 1t 

might becom'.! necessary to induct young men 19 years of age and that I felt if 

such legislation was considered it would 

be enacted. I further stated in my interview at that time that I would rather see boys of 19 taken into service than 

married men with wives and children 

dependent upon them for support or men who are skilled technical workers en- gaged in the prQduction of war materials 

which are so vitally needed by our armed 

forces. It bu come to my attention that 

JD&DY men, with years of experience and 

technical ability, serving in key positions 

in war manufacturing plants, have been 

inducted, thereby slowing up production. Therefore, it is my contention that 

married men with dependent& and men skilled in war production work should 

be deferred and younger men between 

the ages of 19, 20, and 21, who have demonstrated beyond any doubt that they are superior to older men, should be Inducted. We have it from the very highest ofllcers in every branch of our armed 

forces that the younger man is more eully trained and develop into better 

fighters, and it is my opinion that the 

7oung man of 20 excels the man of 25 

7eaJ'I of age, and especially those of 25, 

~~9'~ ,RBC<>lt~ , ... :~-~~ .. ~t.Aff- ,,. 1 llelda. oone.e - 'Jl'OfeaaloDal, In bale- ; ball. footmll, baalna •. and other &tbleUc 

pmea that there la peater elDclel1c7 

am.enc the 70UDSer men. Men nearing SO years of age cannot cope atbleUcally 

with the Joung man of 19, 20, and 21. 

Mr. Speaker, I want to assure the 

mothers and fathers of boys of 18 and 19, 

although I do not favor redUcing the age 

limit to 18 years, that it will take 6 

months or more for registration and induction and a further period of 1 year to 

train them, and consequently they will be nearer 21 when they are ready for actual 

service. Purther, the legislation will not 

be enacted for some time and, in view of 

the favoPable reports which we are re- ceiving, I hope that before these boys see service these men now fighting so valiantly in our armed forces will have eliminated Mr. Hitler, the Nazi, and the Japs 

and the war will be concluded. 

Mr. Speaker, this country is entitled 

to the services of every able and capable man at this time. x' hope no one will be so unpatriotic as to try to excuse himself 

from service. In that connection may I 

say that in some instances draft evaClers are imprisoned for a year or more. I 

feel that they should be dealt with more -eeverely and confined to jail for a longer 

period because, should the war be over Within a year or two, they will then have 

been taken care of by the Government 

while the other boys have been serving. 

I hold no brief and am not in favor of 

excusing a man from service who has 

recently married for the purpose of evading service. Such cases, I am satisfied, are receiring the real scrutinY of the 

draft boarc1s;·and when it is established 

that a marriage has been consummated 

With the object of draft deferment the 

boards make a proper classification. 

I have observed that many service or- ganizations composed of men of experi- ence and seasoned veterans favor the induction of boys of 18 and 19. Just today I noticed the statement of Max 

Singer, national commander of the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars, who has gone on record to that e1fect. In that connec- tion, I desire to insert an article by Robertson, which I feel ls enlightening on this subject. It reads: 

CONGllESS WOULD VOTS "YES" II' P. D. a. IlfSUTIJI 

Public sentiment for taking the 18- and 

19-year-olda Is rt.sing as the draft reaches 

further Into the ranks of married men. By nen winter, Congress may be taking the 

ID1tlatl9C without waiting for the President. 

Except f-0r political reasons, Congress would 

pua the law today. Military authorities 

aeem agreed that 18- and 19-year-olds make 

excellent soldie111, and for some aaslgnments are better than older men. It seems pretty 

silly to argue about upsetting their Education. Most American boys are through school 

by 18. Only a minority goea on to college, 

and eVf'n tor that minority the draft la 

not as upsetting as It la for married men who have begun to pt themselves established In the world. Certainly It will be 

easier for these boys to return to school 

after the war than It will be for many men to 

get reestablished In their businesses and 

trades. 

I also insert excerpts from an article 

by Wright which ls one of many that has come to m:v attention which I feel gives 

AUGUST 31 

~ tacta Oil the IUbJect at tbia 

time. . I quote: 

"I bear talk allout 'taktng babes 1l'om their 

motben' anna.' Let me describe a. few or 

these babel. The martnea, au volUDteers, 

that were the ftnt upon the battle llne: that 

Went over the trenchea With Cheel'll upon 

their Ups; that the olftcers could not bold 

back; that wrote a page Of deathll!l!S glory 

In the latest battle of the Mame-the ma- rines are '10 percent compoeed of these babes. 

Splendid, gallant babes they have proved 

theD1.1elves • • • ." 

Eighteen and nineteen year olds were drafted at the end of August 1918, but they'd 

scarcely begun their basic training before the war was over. None ot them saw service over- seas. 

Military spokesmen today make no bones 

about the fact that they need-and want--

18- and 19-year-olds. They give only one reason-18- anr' 19-year-olds make the best soldiers. 

"We have never had a war in which It was not necessary to draft boys of 18 and 19," 

Maj. Oen. Lewis B. Hershey, National Director of Selective Service, said recently. "I ex- pect we'll have to take them In this one." 

"They are quick to learn," one military 

authority explains, "have all the energy In the 

world, and their actions are almost instinctive. Their reflexes are at their peak. And 

most important of all, they have remarkable 

recuperative powers. A boy of 18 can fight 

all day, sleep 2 hours, and be almost as good as new again. A man In hie late twenties and 

early thirties can't do that. Another thing: 

18- and 19-year-olds act immediately on orders; older men are slower and inclined to 

think twice." 

To thOlle who contend, as some Senators did 

In 1918 and as others undoubtedly wlll In 

1942, that youths of 18 and 19 are not mature 

and therefore do not make as good soldiers as men over 21, the medical Information bureau 

of the New York Academy of Medicine has 

this to say: 

"There can be no doubt that boys from 18 

to 20 make the best .soldiers for mOdern war- fare. This is unfortunate, perhaps, but true. 

Their physical stamina Is at Its peak. They 

have, In general, a high, almost reckress, 

type of courage. The:- lack premeditation 

and haven't developed the conservatism and sense of responslb!llty that a boy of 25 usually 

has. By peacetime rules, the boy of 25 la the 

better man; but the very things a boy of 18 

to 20 lacks are. again perhaps unfortunately, 

the things that undoubtedly make him the 

better so!dier." 

Col. Arthur V. McDermott, director of se- lective service In New York, says: "From my own experience In the last war. these young men under 21 make good soldiers. For Instance, under my command there were sev- eral corporals and eergeants 18 or 19 years of 

age. One of my best sergeants was only 17." 

As one mll!tary man sums It up, tram a qualitative point of view, the Army wants 18-

and 19-year-olds because "the best way to 

win a war Is to have a crack army and a crack 

army de;>ends on having crack soldiers. 'Ibe 

best po(en tlal soldiers In the country are the 

18- and 19- and up to 21-year-old boys." 

'Ibe Army's need or 18- and 19-year-olds 

quantitatively Is not so clear-cut. 'Ibe Army 

will not say, because there Is nothing the Ger- mans and Japs would rather know, whether 

there are enough men in the country to build 

the si~ Army It needs without dratting the 

2.500.000 boys between 18 and 20. 

WE MAY HAVE TO 

Several times military men have said we will need betv1ecn eight and ten million men to beat the Axis. On July 28 President 

Roosevelt reported there were 4,000,000 In our armed forces. 

As cne mllltary man says of the elght-toten-mllllon torce: ••rr we're going to have an army that big, It's a cinch we'll have to draft