The sun., 1918-08-24
HOUSE BEATS PLAN
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ment when Mr.. Dent said that II would
destroy the executive branches Of the
Governments" Mr.. Madden declared tina,
these clerks should be so classed thai
they took their chances with every one
else. and II they were placed in deferred
classifications on account of physical
disability or dependency, It would be all
right, but that they should not be kept
here In security when there was such
vital need for man power.
1t was to avoid a show down on this
amendment that Mr.. Dent forced ad'
1ournment of the House until tomorrow
All Of the amendments adopted and
rejected to-day were in committee OF the
whole. where under the rules no roll
call vote u allowed. There Is some pos
sibility OF a change in the measure to-
morrow. when roll call votes will be
taken on the Mckenzie amendment, and
on others. However. as the vote against
the Mckenzie amendment was In the
proportion OF more than 4 to 8, 1t Il
unlikely that 1t will be changed.
Wants Henry Fora's Son Called.
Representative johnson (wash.). de.
Tending his proposal to limit the draft to
IL to Is years. said:
II do not want to vote to take the
eighteen year -olds until the deferred
classincations have been combed over
I want TO see how many young men like
Edsal Ford. son Of Henry Ford, who
asked for deferred classification because
he was needed In Ford's business, are
left in this land. Edsal Ford finally Sc.
cured classification as "a (wife and
child) and also as "a necessary assist
ant OF necessary industrial enterpriee)
That made him practically immune from
the old draft unless the rules are
changed. And. gentlemen Of the House
this new bill sends the IS and 10 year
old boys to war ahead Of all the Edsal
Fords in the country.
Theodore Roosevelt has written that
the son Of Henry Ford ought to feel II
absolutely obligatory on him to 60 to the
war Pass this bill and he can't 90.
This ends volunteering. Read the
hearings on tho subject Note that en-.
lietments are suspended. Read Secre-
tary Bakers statement that an able.
bodied man Of 40 or ~ will not be per-
mitted to enlist. Will sou o. X. a plan
by which father Of 40 cannot give his
life for his IL year old son? They say
Henry Ford 10 to be indicted into the
Senate. II he Is to come. ] wish he
were here now to see II no would vote
to send poor mems Is year olds while
his own precious 20 year old Edsal is
set aside.
Standing beside me are two IS year
old pages employed by the House OF
Representatives. They are part Of the
man power Of the United States, but /
submit that they are hardly At for life
In the trenches. That boy there Is halt
a a q l.. Y
and that other fine. manly little fellow
Goes not weigh within nifty pounds OF
the equipment that I ask him to Shout
DER"
Wants Boys OF IS Called Last.
Representative Mckenzie Ull.) had
this to say in defence Of his amendment
Il want the best army that we can
get to 90 to France. offer this amend
ment not because OF any particular in.
terest In the individual boy while 1 love
him. but because I believe II is good
military policy and believe It will give
US the strongest army that We can get
stronger than IL we put in the boys
What does 1t do? 1t simply says, yes
We agree. though It may be q trial for
ua to do 90. that you may enlist the boys
from ID to Is. put them all in we are
not denying them the power nor the
right.
we put them in and what does my
amendment say? It simply says to the
war Department-and from the bottom
Of my heart l believe It is good military
policy-you can take the boys I'D to 20
you can take the men up to IS as you
please. you can put them in to fill the
quotas as they come In, but the boys OF
~ shall not be called until these men
are taken and will
and better soldiers for our country, and
then the boys OF Is shall be called last
The anti-strike amendment proposed
In the Senate by Senator Thomas (Col. }
is certain to be acted on by the House
before passing the bill. Representative
Blanton (Tex.) declared on the floor to-
day that IL no one else offered Il he
would do so himself. He added that n
Samuel Gompers or any one else came
to his ONCE and told him not to further
regulate labor he would tell him to 20
to hell"
Lodge Leads Senate Debate,
Interest in the debate over the man
power bill in the Senate tagged after
the contribution of Senator Lodge. which
interested the Senate far more in its
brilliant depression to the fields OF in
ternational policy than in it's pertinency
to the discussion of the measures be-
fore the Senate In the course Of his
speech, though, Senator Lodge assumed
the defence Of the man power bill's
provision for the drafting Of men be-
tween IS and 81 years. He said that he
noted disposition to shrink from maxi
ing the limitation as low as IS years.
II need not rehearse the figures show
ing that the civil war was Fought by
men under 81 years Of age" said Sena-
tor Lodge.
Under 49," interpolated Senator
(Conn.).
This shyness." Senator Lodge con-
tinued. about touching the men under
20 or under 81 arises. I am afraid, from
a feeling which has stood In the way Of
all our war measures more or less and
apply what I am now to say to the
Administration and to Congress alike.
We must remember that our object in
all this legislation Is getting victories
and not getting votes. 1t Is no time to
be ST Of any measure or any provision.
in n revenue bill or in a draft
bill. because It may be momentarily I'M
popular and somebody thinks votes may
be lost by IT.
Has the Senator noted in the news
papers that Germany Is to-day calling
to the colors her men of the class OF
1907 asked Senator Brandegee.
Il think the nations abroad begin at
1s and that Germany has gone below
It" replied Senator Lodge. He then
reverted to the consideration by the
Senate last June, when It had been pro-
posed in the Army Appropriation bill to
reduce draft age limits. and discussed
tho activities OF Secretary Baker in
action at that time as a
serious mistake.
The Senate spent q considerable part
~ tho afterpoon discussinV tho prnvt