Evening star., 1941-07-08
Adjournment Delays
Action Of House on
Draft Deferment
Passage Had Been
Forecast by Tomorrow;
Strike Ban Pending

Early House adjournment, caused
BY the death of Representative
Stephen Bolles of Wisconsin, gave 9
temporary setback today to sponsors
plans for quick action on legislation
to defer men over % years of age
from selective service training.
They had forecast that the legisla-
ton, which also would empower the
administration to prevent work stop
ages In defense plants. would be
passed by the House by tomorrow
night. Some two weeks were ex-
pected to be needed to adjust differ
ences with the Senate on the dual
phases of the bill.
The Senate passed a bill last
month authorizing discretionary de-
ferment of men who were % or old
er on July l. 1941, and giving Pres
ident Roosevelt power to take over
and operate strike bound defense
factories.
Longer Service Proposed.
But the House measure would
make the selective service deferment
mandatory and provide a way to
block any possible attempts to pre-
vent willing workers from re-
turning to their jobs in struck fac
tories holding defense orders.
As members returned from holiday
vacations to vote on these questions.
a sharp controversy continued over
proposals to keep selectees, National
Guardsmen and Reservists in serv-
ice longer than the present statutory
years period and to remove the sec
tion which restricts use of the Sc
lectees and Guardsmen to the West
ern hemisphere.
Gen. George C. Marshall, Army
Chief of Staff. made those recon-
mendations to Secretary OF War
Stimson last week, declaring the
limitations should be removed as
quickly as possible If we are to have
a fair opportunity to protect our
selves against the coldly calculating
secret and sudden action that might
be directed against us"
The newly announced American
occupation of Iceland was expected
to provoke additional debate on
both of the selective service pro-
posals. particularly that advanced
by the Chief of Staff.
Mccormack Against Plan.
House Majority Leader McCor-
mack Joined the growing ranks OF
opponents today with the statement
that Gen. Marshall's suggestions
certainly do not appeal to me; l see
no necessity for them at this time"
He said there apparently was in
sufficient sentiment for Gen. Mar
shalls proposals at this time to
Justify their presentation on the
floor.
But Representative Faddis, Demo-
crat, of Pennsylvania, military af-
fairs committeeman, seconded Gen.
Marshall, and said 1t was foolish
in the first place to put the restric-
tions in, particularly the one relat-
ing to the Western Hemisphere"
Representative Faddis at the
same time expressed the opinion
that proper enforcement of State
laws would have removed the neces-
sity for the pending legislation re-
ating to defense strikes.
The House measure would per-
NIT the Government to take over
a plant whose management refused
to use Federal conciliation and
mediation facilities and would en-
power the President to order
struck plant to resume operations
Immediately.
1t would also authorize him to use
the War and Navy Departments to
"afford protection" to those persons
wanting to return to work in
struck plant and would forbid at
tempts by force and violence to
interfere with such workmen. But
1t would forbid the President taking
over or operating any plant in that
case.