Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-21
HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY
HOUSE EXPECTED TO PASS fs TO 45 YEAR BILL THURSDAY AND SENATE WILL GET ACTION SOME TIME SATURDAY ACCORD ING TO EXPECTATIONS
By Review Leased NVIre,

WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.-Both sen ate and house will begin consideration of the man power bill. extending the army draft age limits to IS and s5 years Thursday. The house military affairs committee today closed its hear ings and the bill will be reported to- morrow with an amendment adopted by vote of to ., to defer service of youths IS to 19 years of age until all others are called An agreement was secured with Speaker Clark and Rep resentative Sims, in charge of the pending water power bill to give the man power act right oS way Thursday. Chairman Dent of the house commit tee believes it can be passed in a sin gle day
 Passage of the bill by the house on Thursday and by the senate by Satur- day is planned by leaders. Contests are expected in both branches. In the senate debate is expected on the work or fight" amendment. Tn the house a controversy is brewing over tho committees amendment to defer calling boys of IS and 19 years a man datOry provision which Secretary Baker GePeral March and General Crowder Lave vigorously opposed. With both senate and house commit tees pledged to lowering the minimum age to IS years it appeared the age limits will be fixed as recommended by the war department
 After a stormy executive session in which Representative Kahn of Cali fornia led a right which he promised to renew on the house floor. to retain the administration measures provis- jon putting the order of calls for all men within the presidents discretion. the committee voted. to :. to write in an amendment offered by Repre- sentative Mckenzie of Illinois. republi- can, providing that all men twenty years and above shall he called before those of 19 and IS. with the IS year old youths to be called last The amendment makes mandatory what Secretary Baker has indicated will be the policy of the war department
 Representative Kahn expressed the belief that the amendment would be rejected by the house. Chairman Dent and others of the committee. who expressed themselves as dissatis- fled with Secretary Bakers promise Co make regulations for a separate class for IS year old boys and defer their call as long as possible. were confi- dent the honse would retain the amendment IT adopted by the house sharp controversy is expected as the senate bill retains the admins tration provision for executive discre- tiOn in establishing calls
 "WorE or fight" legislation Chair man DpLt said tonight. is not contem- plated hv the house committee. The committee was said to take the posi- tion that the lesislatiOn is unnecessary in that present draft regulations pro tect tho governments interests
 Al the closing hearing organized la- hOr's protest against the Work or fight" clause in the senate hill was presented by Secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor. who declared labor is loyal. strikes are not "appreciable- and the senate would bring the Odium of "slackers" upon working men and be bitterly resented. Mir Morrison Sug- Cested that biz employing interests were secretly behind the legislation. which he denounced unsparingly as a covert plan to put into effect a policy Of labor conscription.
 The house committee had hoped to
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