Evening star., 1941-07-30
Taft Opposes
Bill 10 Extend
Army Service
Lack of Rotation
In Droft Members
Scored by Ohioon
Earlier Story on Page A-1.)

Ev the Associated Press.
Senator Taft. Republican. Of Ohio
charged in the Senate today that
the Army general staff was seeking
to abandon its policy of rotating the
military service Of selectees in order
to build up a highly trained force
that would be kept in uniform in
definitely.
Senator Taft made the assertion
after Senator Thomas, Democrat,
of Utah had opened debate on sery-
ice extension legislation with a plea
for retention of citizen soldiers in
the ranks beyond the present limit
of one year.
The Ohio Republican contended
that no provision was made in the
measure for any large-scale turn
over of Selectees
apparently, he said. 'the Army
is going to accumulate 100000 men
and there seems to be no DISPOSE
ton ever to release any of them eX-
cept possibly 100000 who may go out
ss hardship cases or because they
have reached 28 years old
Attack Marshall Policy.
Senator Taft said he regarded this
as a clear indication that Gen
George c. Marshall, Army chief of
staff, had abandoned plans to ro-
tate the training of selectees by re-
leasing some and inducing Others.
He recalled that Gen Marshall had
objected that a plan submitted by
Senator Taft to limit service of
selectees to Is months involved the
/ accumulation of too many men in
/ the Army at one time.
( Senator Thomas declared during
his address that the whole theory
OF American democracies was being
challenged by the greatest-the
most successful-Army the world
has ever known
A short while before Senate de-
bate began. the House Military At
fairs Committee approved. Is to I. a
similar bill The only difference ir
the two measures is that the House
/ committee reworded the provision
TO retain Guardsmen and provide
that individual Guardsmen c.
Guard units released from servic,
could be called back to duty again.
Calls Menace Constant.
In his speech Senator Thoma
! solemnly said that this very da'
or tomorrow an incident may occur
that will change the aspects anu
feelings of those responsible for oul
| Government"
This was emphasized. he said. h.
reports that the American Embass
in Chungking. China. had bee
used as a target" by Japane,
bombers.
The Navy announced that
| japanese bombs had dropped
close to the United States En-
baSsy at Chungking and that the
United States Naval Gunboat
Tutuila had been damaged in an
aerial attack on the Chinese
capital)
Since the German Army entere|
Poland" Senator Thomas continued
there has not been a single victor
won by any nation or any army tha
represented constitutional govern
ment, save Japan And Japan Is s
different from our standpoint thH
it does not have a constitution
government.
Whole Theory Challenged.
The whole theory on which "
have been going for the last Isl
years is challenged by the greatest
the most successful-army that the
world has ever known"
Senator Thomas said peace re-
manned the American mission il
world affairs. But. he said. it must
be demonstrated that the American
people we're unified behind the ad-
ministration' foreign policies. Such
a demonstration could be given, he
implied, by speedy congressional ap-
proval of the pending bill.