Evening star., 1941-07-27
(Drat resolution teri on Pg A-4)
Ry GOULD LINCOLN.

The move to keep selectees, re-
servists and National Guardsmen IN
service beyond a 12-month period
made an appreciable gain yesterday.
The Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee, by a vote of to l. ordered
favorably reported to the Senate
ioint resolution authorizing the re-
tention of these men-and all 9TH
ers-in the Army for such periods
of time as may be necessary IN the
interests of national defense"
The committee kept close to the
language and provisions Of the orig
inal Selective Service Act of 1910,
declaring that the national interest
is in peril" The draft act provided
that in the event of such action by
Congress, the President would be
authorized to retain selectees in the
service.
The committee followed this
course, rather than proclaim ma
tional emergency" which, if ap-
proved by Congress, automatically
would have brought into operation
a long series of laws giving the Exec.
utive many powers.
Opposed Only by Reynolds.
The committee resolution retains
the power in the hands of Congress
to revoke, by concurrent resolution,
the authority the resolution confers
| on the President to extend the pc
riod of service of the armed forces.
| A concurrent resolution does not re-
quire the signature of the President
to be effective.
| By following exactly the terms
! of the original Draft Act in provid-
ing for the extension of the period
of service, members Of the Senate
committee insisted there could be
no just claim that any promise to
the selectees, or to the GuardSmen
and Reservists, had been broken.
Senator Hill, Democrat Of Alabama,
designated by the committee to act
as spokesman, said the original Draft
Act had contemplated the extension
of the service period beyond II
months, and was clear in that
respect on its very face.
The overwhelming vote in sup
port of the resolution in the COM
mittee augurs well for its prompt
passage when it is taken up in the
Senate The only member of the
committee voting against a favor
able report was Chairman Reynolds.
Senator Reynolds in the past has
been a member of the iSolationist
bloc in the Senate and an opponent
of the foreign policy of the admin
! istration.
100000 Limit Eliminated.
Those voting for the report of the
joint resolution we're Senators
| Thomas of Utah, Lee of Oklahoma,
Schwartz of Wyoming. Hill, Chand-
Ter of Kentucky, Truman of Mis-
souri,, and Kilgore of West Virginia,
Democrats, and Austin of Vermont
and Guerney of South Dakota, Re-
publicans. Eight members of the
committee were not present. How
ever, most of them are believed to
support the resolution.
The resolution lifts the 100000
limitation placed by the original
Draft Act on the number of selectees
who may be called into the service
at any one time For the future,
the sky is the limit, depending on
how many men may be deemed
necessary, and on the provisions oi
law requiring that facilities for car
ing for them are at hand
No mention is made in the resolu-
tion of service for the selectees and
Guardsmen beyond the confines OF
the Western Hemisphere. The origi-
nal prohibition against such use of
the men, therefore, stands.
Provision is made for relieving
(See DRAFT, Page A-4)