New Britain herald., 1917-04-27
Sen. Kenyon Declare
 for Conscription q Money as Well as Men; During Debate.
FAVORS DISPATCH OF!
 ROOSEVELTS LEGION

A Iowa Senator Relieves German Araaf
 Not American, Would Be DcmoiaI
 izcd if Ex-Prcsidcnt Were Ssti
 AbrOad-IIousc Debates NcasuI
 Until 2:3O "A. M.-Rcpolt fan Scnat
 By Tomorrow Night.
 Washington. April 27.-Dcbatc G the army bill reached final stageaS \ congress today. <
 In the house general debate Nj concluded after q session which lxf ed until 2:30 o'clock this morntry7 There remained for today sumnsjs' up speeches by Chairman Dent Of t1 military committee on behalf of .tl| volunteer system and by Represefta tive Kahn for the selective drs1 plan. House leaders hoped to reacAs vote tonight.
 In'the senate, the bill was takefitl under an agreement to report a IT. vote by tomorrow night. Sixteen i61 ators still we're to be heard.
 Debate in the senate was opened1 1 Senator. Jones of Washington, Wl supported the selective draft. He kn43 he said, that many of his constifn61 are opposed to the selective draft b2 he believed those constituents exn0S ed him to weigh and consider qi1i ttons and perform his duty.
 Senator Kenyon said he expectASIal q support the bill but wanted ex6si15 tions in favor of men in employmx of military value changed so that F power of enforcing such exempt56 would not be in the hands of IniIitS men alone. He approved the La lette amendment for civilian autlsoff to pass upon questions of exemptioH
 Eavors Roosevelt Legion. 1
 The Iowa senator favored an anaeH ment which would permit Col. Ro0a welt to go to the front in conlnland1 American troops. Sl
 ''It would be an inspiring tatn
 ~ t he said, If Col, Roosevelt could leal division side by side with tho 'tri-hSi of France. Nothing would help br2 the war to a speedy end as mucf, that. But they say it would deMor9 ize our army. It seems to me 1t Won1 demoralize the army of the encl more." M ,s7
 Senator Kenyon read figures to aatr1 enormous increases in the incon1essz sz corporations affected by the war a3 added: s
 Il want to say that while am vd| ing for ccnscription of these men am going to vote later on for cOii scription of the great incomes of tiH country to help pay the expenses this war. Conscription of incorn above the ordinary amount that x ordinary demands of life need, is IT. as logical as the conscription of m In my judgment every income abSs $10O,000 should be commandeered conscripted for the benefit of the eu ernment to carry on this war. proposition is going to come up i,41 we get through with the tax bill. W{ it comes up for discussion, | d0 know. whether there will be the a3 enthusiasm to legalize the salaries incomes as. there is to conscript Ml
 Need Army of Million.
 Senator McCumber then said 100000 of the best trained odlQ and men would be needed in the for the United States if the subn3 rine were not overcome. : T think it is fair estimate say that 750.000 tons of merch1 shipping have been destroyed in last thirty days,'' said he. At 1T rate-and without any question number of submarines is increaell how long will Great Britain be .aA1 to hold out? If. by the use of the unseen instrumentalities, Great BS1l ain could be eliminated from tlJissy sy demoralized Russia would fall irk week, brave France would be crueh cur foreign commerce would be stroyed and stagnation would holdS its grip the populous cities Of x
 The senator did not indicate position on the bill.
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 Volunteer System q Failure. 6
 Enlistments in the army since Apr 1, Senator Calder declared, showed n failure of the volunteer system aH sustain completely the argumerI that the United States cannot get al adequate force by that system"
 Talk about raising million md overnight is nonsense. The Uy1&l States has been actually at war three weeks and the ranks of regular army and National GM& have been open to more than
 900 volunteers. They are still on wide open-and the volunteers
 coming in slowly" ssS