The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
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o,,ard were. in combination, the
onlv method of insuring a sufficient
number of men for the nations Sc
curity.
Need Trained Men
1--WE must know what tools we
have to work WITH" he said. PA
per plarfs will not suffice in this
emergency. In our judgment, the
security and safety of this country
depend on our having an adequate
number of men trained and there
is no other way to do it except by
this method calling out the guard
followed by some form. of conscrip-
ton.
81 don't think we a afford in
any degree at this time to specu-
late on the security of this coun-
try"
Marshall's testimony was the eli
mactic event of a day which saw
the committee embroiled in an &C.
rimonious session, involving repub-
lican d e m a n d S that President
Roosevelt state his views on con
scription, and democratic charges
of playing politics with defense. l
CONSUMPTION meanwhile was de-
nounced on the house floor by Rep.
Fish (R-NY) as a prelude to "dic-
tatorship," to an accompanying out
burst of applause from numerous
women in the galleries.
The subject was up, too, before
the house military committee, that
heard Monsignor Michael J. Ready,
general secretary of the National
Catholic Welfare conference, urge
a system of voluntary one-year
training, instead of the Burke
WadsWorth bill.
Development was senate a d
house passage of a bill enabling
the Tennessee Valley Authority to
spend $25, 900, 900 more on power
development. Proponents declared
the power was needed for the pro-
duction of aluminium for defense
purposes. Opponents accused the
IVA of trying to ride on the skirts
of national defense" and said it
had wasted previous a ppropri j.
atoms.
Monsignor Ready, during his tes-
timony, said:
THAT the integrity and the in
stitutions of the United States face
possible dangers today, because of
a war ravaging most of Europe
is apparent. That these dangers
justify national preparedness for
defense on the scale contemplated
in the bill now under consideration
is not supported by the evidence"
Anoth clergyman, DR.. Harry
Emerson Fosdick, pastor of the
Riverside Baptist church, New
York, urged changes in the con-
scription bill to make sure that it
would protect 'the profound reli-
gious convictions of conscientious
DIRECTORS.
II seriously question the neces-
sity of a ~conscription bill at ALL"
he said.
Compromise Proposed
The day brought numerous in.
dications Of a prevalent disposition
to modify the terms of the Burke
Wadsworth bill. Senator Austin, the
assistant republican leader, pro-
posed a compromise, under which
the age limits would be changed
to men between 81 and IS. Senator
Burke D-Neb), a co-author of the
bill, said he would have no objec-
ton.
Another proposal, advanced as
a compromise" by the outright
opponents of CONSUMPTION, was the
one-year voluntary system which
Monsignor Ready discussed in the
house committee. It received an
additional supporter today in Sen
ator Gillette (D-Ia), who announced
his opposition to the Burke -Wads-
worth bill in it's present b r o a d
terms.
The row in the senate military
committee started, apparently, in
a statement by Sheppard that he
had the definite impression that
Presiden Roosevelt favored III e
Burke-Wadsworth bill as it stood.
Bridges asserted that was ''insuf-
ficient," it was said, and W a S
backed by Senators Quincy and
Thomas (R-Ida) in a demand that
the committee seek an official state
ment of MI. Roosevelt's views.
These demands produced an i'm
mediate charge by Minton and Lee
that the republicans we're attempt
ing to play politics with the de-
Tense issue.
Chairman Sheppard said the sen.
ate military committee made only
two changes in the suggested draft
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