Evening star., 1940-07-15
Married Guardsmen
In Lower Ranks 10
Be Allowed 10 Quit
Wedding Out Process
To Prevent Hardship
If $4,000 Are Modified
BY the Associated Press.

Married men in the lowest ranks
of the National Guard-private,
corporal sergeant-will be per-
mitted to resign in an effort to pre-
vent unnecessary hardships resulting
from the prospective mobilization
of $4,000 guardsmen.
This was disclosed today by War
Department officials, who said State
adjutants general had been asked
to permit the married men to quit
if they were not willing to respond
to an order for extended active duty.
President Roosevelt intends to call
up $4,000 Of the guardsmen for
years intensive training if Con-
gress grants him requested authority
to do 10. s.-. -F@s
Not Applicable to Higher Grades.
The policy of permitting married
men to resign does not apply to the
higher enlisted ranks of master, staff
and technical sergeant. These ranks
carry pay considered sufficient to
provide for dependents.
The base pay for privates on active
duty in the Guard is $21 month,
the same as for Regular Army
troops.
Many employers throughout the
country have worked out plans to
give workers leaves with pay during
periods when they are absent for
military training. Most Of these
plans were adopted prior to an
nouncement of the proposal for
years training Of National Guards
men, however. and provide for
maximum absence of 60 days. AS a
result, the leave arrangements may
be revised.
Congress Spending Hit.
Other developments bearing on the
defense program included:
Representative Reed, Republican,
of New York, asserted in a formal
statement that the present session
Of Congress was the first $40, ,0O0, ,00O,-
900 session in American history, sur
passing by almost $4,000, 900 900 the
total appropriations by any one ses-
sion during the World War.
Although the President has de-
manded enormous new taxes and
has called upon the Nation to make
every sacrifice in support Of urgent
national defense needs" Mr.. Reed
said, mot dollar of economy has
been enforced upon the sprawling
peacetime bureaucracy built up by
the New Dealers since 1888. Every
Federal boondoggling project con-
tinues at full throttle"
He also charged that for the first
time the Federal bureaucracy now
numbers more than 1000 900 pay
| rollers" whereas the peak during
the World War was $4,000.
Synthetic Rubber.
Governmental officials were graft
fled by assurances from Edward r.
Stettinius, jr., member of the Ma
tional Defense Commission, that
the United States was rapidly being
made independent of foreign sources
for key arms materials. He pre-
dicted that by the end of this month
plans would be complete to produce
synthetic rubber in the future, If
necessary, in quantities SUFFICIENT to
free American industry entirely
from dependence on the Far East.
The Civil Aeronautics Authority
reported that the number of air
ports, landing fields and seaplane
bases in the United States had in
creased by 204 from January l to
July / this year. They totaled
2,655 on July /.
Welfare Activities Restricted.
Secretary Stimson announced to-
day that military agencies would
conduct all welfare activities at
Army posts, with the exception of
the posts where Y. M. G. A. buildings
have been constructed. At these,
Y. M. c. A. activities will be con-
tinued.
He said this policy was being fol-
lowed in order to maintain impair
TALLY toward all civilian agencies
and because 1t was impossible to
permit every agency to maintain
buildings at Army posts. He en-
couraged civilian agencies, however,
to give what assistance they might
to Army men outside Of military
Establishments.