Evening star., 1941-07-26
Full Emergency
Declaration
Is Avoided
Chairman Reynolds
Costs Only Negative
Ballot of Committee
Earlier Story on Page A-2O
fTert of draft resolution on
page 2-XJ
By GOULD LINCOLN.


BY a vote of 9 to the Senate
Military Affairs Committee this
afternoon ordered favorably re-
ported to the Senate a Joint
resolution extending the period
of service of all men in the
Army.
The measure follows exactly the
provisions for such extension carried
in the Selective Service Act passed
last year. 1t declares that the ma
tional interest is imperiled" Under
the draft act such a declaration is
necessary to authorize the President
TO extend the period of service of
the draftees as he considers neces-
sary in the interest of national de-
fense. The resolution reported COW
ers not only the draftees but also the
National Guardsmen. ReServiSts and
the men in the Regular Army.
The committee deliberately re-
Trained from including in the reso-
luton a declaration of full national
emergency
Senator Hill, Democrat. of Ala
bama, who acted as spokesman for
the committee after the meeting,
explained that the committee de-
sired to limit the. authority given
the President TO retaining in the
service the men now in the Army.
To declare a full national emer-
gency, he said would have brought
into being many powers for the
President which the committee did
not now desire to bring into effect.
These powers. which were enumer-
ated by former Attorney General
Murphy in a letter of October 4,
1899. cover agriculture, banks, COM
merce and trade, the criminal code
and criminal procedure. custom
duties, foreign relations, money and
finance navigation. the Navy, pat
ents, shipping. communications.
transportation, territories and insu-
lar possessions and many other
things.
Reynolds Casts Negative Vote.
Only one member OF the commit
tee voted against the resolution.
Senator Reynolds of North Caro-
lima, chairman of the committee.
Those voting for the resolution
were Senators Thomas. Utah; Lee
of Oklahoma, Schwartz of Wyo-
ming. Hill of Alabama, Chandler of
Kentucky, Truman of Missouri and
Kilgore of West Virginia, Demo-
Gratis, and Senators Austin of Yer
mont and Guerney of South Dako-
ia, Republicans
The report of the resolution will
be made to the Senate by Senator
Thomas of Utah.
The report cannot be filed before
Monday and the measure will not be
taken up in the Senate until Tues
day or Wednesday, in the opinion of
Senator Hill
Senator Hill predicted that the
resolution would be passed by sub
stantially the same vote as the
original draft bill passed the Senate
last year He said that he did not
expect extended debate.
Limit on Draftees Suspended.
The resolution as reported sus-
pends the limitation of 100000 on
the number of draftees who may be
in the service at any one time. In
other words, the number of draftees
who may be taken into the service
will be unlimited
No mention of the use of the
draftees and guardsmen outside of
the Western Hemisphere is made
in the resolution. In other words.
the prohibition against such use will
continue to stand.
Senator Austin, assistant Republi-
can leader of the Senate, was in
Burlington, VT, today and he gave
his assent to the resolution after it
had been read to him over the long
distance telephone and declared that
he considered it good measure.
Senator Hill said the bill had fol-
lowed the language of the original
draft act. which authorized extern
sion of the period of service for the
men in the event the national inter-
est was imperiled.
1T has been charged in some
quarters" said Senator Hill, that to
extend the period of service of the
draftees would be in violation of a
promise they would be asked to
serve only IL months. The language
of the original act shows clearly that
longer period of service was con-
templated by Congress. No promise
therefore has been broken"