The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14

4AA V4AS GA4A4C0 xO1CCS &OI Il1G They expected the cornpror complete their service in one year according to schedule but under circumstances which would make re- enlistment for the duration extreme. ly attractive.
 Mr. Roosevelt may send Q message to congress this week substantially outlining this program. But 1t was subject both to discussion and change at White House conference today where the President meets with democratic congressional lead- CTS and chairmen of the House and Senate military affairs committee.
 More Serious Crises
 Professional soldiers, meantime, are warning the country's political leaders that more serious crises are imminent, especially if reported German successes against the So- viet Union are subStantiated and continued. As outlined here, the area of potentially more serious trouble embraces practically the en- tire world. Some congressional leaders have been told in detail what the military experts fear and they suggest that their colleagues might be shocked if they realized how lir- gently the nation needs all the army 1t can train and organize. But no move has been made to inform congress as a whole of the forebod- ings of the military experts nor has there been any suggestion of Q closed or executive session of either House or Senate because some members might repeat for the information of all what has been told in confi- dence to few members of con- gress.
 The War Department already is formally on record with Q recom- mendation that the one year limit of service for National Guardsmen, selectees and reservxists be re- moved, along with the prohibition against sending these classes out- side the western herimsphere. MT. Roosevelt has endorsed removal of the time limit in principle but is not committed on removing the hemispherical limitation.
 Powerful Democrats Oppose
 Opposition of powerful Democrats such as Speaker Rayburn, House Majority Leader John w. McCor- mack, D., Mass, Chairman Walter F. George, D., Ga, of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman Robert R. Reynolds, D., N. O., of the Senate Military Af- fairs Committee, is 6 major obstacle to removal of the helnispterical limitation and to extending the one-year time of service for Selec. tees. Chairman Andrew J May, D. Ky, of the House Military Affair." Committee, however, was much i'm. pressed by the private reports oI General George o. Marshall, claiei of staff. May is expected to offer 6 bill this week to keep under arms for the duration all men now ir training.
 MT. Roosevelt's avoidance of the issue raised by Marshall's recon. merdation that the War Depart ment be authorized to move armed forces regardless of hemispherical limits, suggested to some persons here that civilian authorities were thinking largely in terms of the Atlantic area whereas some of the military experts appeared to feal trouble in the Pacific. Some of the furthermost Atlantic outposts Suci, as the Azores and Cape Verde Is. lands lie within the western hemi. sphere according to one or two oi the various definitions of that boundary.
 No Practical Method
 No practicable method yet has been advanced to persuade dis charged selectees to re-enliSt in the regular army for Q period of years or for the duration. Merely to offez financial advantages would create q problem within the regular organiz- ation where troops would object tc serving for less pay than selectees might be getting to foster re-enlist- ments. But an effort will be made to develop some kind of induce A@ ~.aAa-~ ~.a