Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-28
CONSUMPTION SURE TO PASS
HOUSE AND SENATE TO-DAY
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OU1Ouel hoOe5eFeiL TO raise n volunteer
division in France. The vote was ON
| the amendment of Representative Aus
tin Of Tennessee to permit the immedi.
ate raising by the volunteer system OF
four infantry divisions. The amend
ment was intended to permit Colonel
Roosevelt to raise his division. It was
defeated by ITO to 1O6
Miss Jeanette Rankin Of Montana
voted In favor of the Roosevelt plan.
Representative Gardner Of Massa-
chusetts made an impassioned speech,
I'm which he said:
"Roosevelt's arrival among the poilus
at the front would do more to cheer
the allies and hearten civilization than
anything else on earth.
mot all the bond issues, not all the
wooden ships which we can vote,
would awaken one 1.-THE the enthusi-
asm Of Roosevelt's great adventure.
Shall the judgment book show that
America, except as a money lender,
struck no blow for civilization?
Small Force at First.
LET us at once send to the trenches
q small expeditionary force, and then
let us prepare a great army Of iron-
sides, not adventurous men such as
would follow Roosevelt, but nm army
raised by conscription.
Are we afraid that people will say
that in selecting Roosevelt that we
play favorites2 Are we 30 weak that
we are afraid to make such discrimi-
nations If Roosevelt can help US and
the others can't9'
The peculiar feature Of the house de-
bate was that Representative Julius
Kahn, ranking Republican of the mill
tary affairs committee, fired the final
big oratorical gun for the administra-
tion measure. Seldom has the house
presented a scene wherein q Repub-
Hcan member has had charge OF q
Democratic administration fight, and
this led to the interest in the debate
and brought out an unusually large at
tendance during the last hours Of the
discussion.
Chairman Dent, Democratic head of
the committee, favors the volunteer
argument for the volunteer system
Mann With the President.
Representative Mann, Republican
house leader, rated as favoring the vol
unteer army system, came out squarely
for the presidents conscription plan
during debate on the Roosevelt volun-
teer army amendment.
Speaking In the senate In behalf Of
the conscription bill, Senator Kenyon
Of Iowa expressed the intention later
on OF voting for a measure that would
''conscript or commander all incomes
in excess Of 100000 year."
This, he said, was one method he pre-
ferred Of meeting the expenses Of the
war against Germany.
In this connection the Iowa Repub-
lican cited what he alleged to be the
enormous war profits of some Of the
larger corporations, such as the United
States Steel corporation, the Bethle-
hem Steel company and the Du Pont
Powder company. United States Steel
earnings, he said, had increased from
$23 ,5o0. 900 In 1914 tczssz, 900. Q.00Q in
sFsI6 E$fhIn9s OF Bsthiehem steel, he |
declared, Jumped In the same period
from IS. .0O0. 600 to ~. 500 600, while the
OF tho Du Pont company had
from "a 300 600 to $50, 100. 600.
Kenyon of Iowa announced that he
would vote for conscription and against
the volunteer system despite the fact
that his constituents feel they oppose
II win do 1t with full knowledge of
how unpopular It is In my state" he
said, because try to view these tre-
mendous questions from a national
rather than q state view.
point.
'It is a shame and a cowardly thing
to put the burden Of the war upon our
boys Of nineteen. Let's raise the limit"
be shouted.
Senator Calder Of New York pointed
to tagging enlistments. instancing fail
ure of the volunteer system.
"Selective draft is the only method
by which the nations great industrial
machinery din be safeguarded against
deterioration he said. ''The govern
ment In order to keep the nations in
dustries at high point of efficiency
must have the power to reject men for
service in the ranks who are needed
elsewhere"