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self up as censor of every one in
the Senate"
Later, Senator Connally apollo
gized and asked that the statement
be withdrawn if he had hurt the
feelings of Senator Wheeler, but
added:
L know of no other Senator who
has been SO free in rejecting upon
the motives of other people"
When Senator Thomas declared
that Congress would retain power
over the number ordered to duty
through appropriations, Senator
Wheeler said: I've seen Congress
willy nilly jump through the hoop
to give the President anything he
wants"
If Congress did it, it did so
because it represents the will of the
people" Senator Connally retorted.
Senator Wheelers theory repudl-
ates the entire theory of representa-
ton. He wants to make it just as
difficult as possible to get men into
the Army. Which is more impor-
tant, getting too many men or not
enough men?'
Il am perfectly willing to raise an
Army by enlistment" replied Sen
ator Wheeler. This to me is one of
the greatest issues that has ever
came before the Senate. There IS
room for honest differences of opin-
ion. That this country is going to
be attacked, don't believe
Senator Wheeler placed chief en-
phasis on his contention that he
didn't want to repudiate the GUS
toms of $50 years to have peace
time conscription in the United
States
3-VOte Delay Margin Seen.
Meanwhile, administration strate-
giStS who have been charting the
wordy course of the conscription bill
declared that a recheck of their polls
indicated a three-vote margin in
favor of delaying the draft until
January l.
They asserted, however, that this
edge would be Whitfield down before
vote is taken on the "compromiSe"
proposal of Senator Maloney, Demo-
crat, of Connecticut, who announced
he would try to get the vote today.
His substitute bill would attempt
to obtain the needed recruits
through encouragement of one-year
enlistments, and should this prove
impossible the draft would be in
augurated automatically January /.
Senator Burke, Democrat, of
Nebraska, co-author of the Burke
Wadsworth bill, meanwhile, declared
he had agreed to three out of
four" changes contained in the
Maloney proposal. He was ada
mant, however, in refusing to defer
conscription.
Changes Burke Agrees To.
The changes Senator Burke said
he was prepared to support included:
Broadening of exemption classical
ton, setting up college military
training program under which cadets
would receive Federal monthly pay
of IS, and boosting Army pay from
$21 to $50 month.
Senator Burke added that he be-
lieved opposition was increasing to
postponement of the draft until
January.
Like the Burke-WadsWorth bill,
Senator Maloney's proposal would
require immediate registration of all
men between the ages of 81 and 81,
but would defer drafting men with
dependents. physically unfit. and
those. employed in necessary defense
industries.
The Maloney bill, in addition,
would expand the deferred class to
include divinity and theological
students, ordained ministers and
priests, as we'll as college students
under "a. The college students
would receive military training for
four years, the equivalent to a year
Of service in the Army. Training
would be similar to that in the Re-
serve Officers Training Corps as now
constituted, which is turning out
about $500 reserve officers annually.
The Senate late yesterday amended
the ,conscription bill to give courts
wide discretion to stay debt proceed