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the Army ground forces or the Army
air forces. AS 1 say. I am loath to
criticize, but I believe the situation
cries to heaven for readjustment. If
we are going to put a unified COM
mand in an area. let us have one
commander in charge of the entire
battle area and not continue to leave
that command divided"
Wadsworth Makes Final Plea.
In a final plea for the lower
draft ages. Mr. Wadsworth said it
is highly probable we shall see
tens or hundreds of thousands of
our men in desperate military ac-
tions sometime in 1943" The New
Yorker, who introduced the 18-year-
minimum bill several weeks ago, said
his fear has been that the train
ing of these younger men has been
delayed so long that when those
desperate battles began we would
be compelled to put them into it
without sufficient training"
TT is none too early to pass this
bill" he declared.
AS word of reinsurance to
parents, Mr., ,WadsWortIn cited fig
ures to show that high standard
of health and moral conditions
prevail in the Army today. There
are two yardsticks by which to
measure those conditions, he said
namely, the sick rate and the
summary court record The sick
rate, he continued, is the. lowest in
history, or three -ffths of the rate
in the last war. The summary
court cases, he added, are only
one-fourth as many as Is years
ago.
Representative Cooley, Democrat
of North Carolina, speaking on the
amendment to exempt 18-year -olds
charged that the Army taking the
position that men over % cannot
fight. and that in passing this bill
Congress is deciding to let the Boy
Scouts fight this war After the
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Dentists 10 Discuss
Role in War Effort

The War Service Committee Of
the American Dental Associa ton
was to meet at $50 am. today at
the Mayflower Hotel to discuss more
complete coordination of dentists
with the war effort.
Among Government officials
scheduled to participate in the dis
cussion are: Brig. Gen. Robert H.
Mills, chief OF the Army Dental
Corps; Capt. Albert Knox, chief of
the Navy Dental Corps; Comdr. c.
Raymond Wells, chief dental off,
Ger, National Selective Service
Headquarters and president-elect of
the American Dental Association,
and Comdr. M. E. Lapham. eXecu-
tive officer of the Procurement and
Assignment Service
DR.. j. Ben Robinson, president
of the American Dental Association
was listed among the speakers.
Chairman of the War Service
Committee is DR.. c. Willard Cana
lier of Washington. Others on the
program today are: DR.. John T
ORourke, dean of the Dental
School, University of Louisville; DR.
H. A. Swanson, in charge of the Ma
tional Salvage Campaign for den
fists; DR.. Louis S. Reed, of the
War Production Board; DR.. c. Ray
mond Wells, DR.. l.. r. Renfrow, DR.
P. c. Lowery and DR.. Leroy Stout
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only bv assurances that the registra-
tion of men over A would provide
an index to the working skills OF the
men involved.
The Selective Service System has
followed through by circulating oc-
cupational questionnaires to all
draft registrants. 1t is now en-
gagged in compiling the results
State by State. The ManpoWer
Commission is seeking funds, in
the supplemental war appropriations
bill now before the Senate, to un-
dertake and maintain similar in
dex of labor skills and resources.
The Pepper subcommittee has re-
ceived a plea from Census Bureau
officials that their bureau is the
one best fitted to maintain con-
slant inventory of the Nations
manpower resources. Philip M,
Hauser, assistant director, urged
that his agency be authorized to
undertake an annual sample census.
Pepper Indorses Proposal.
Senator Pepper said such census
had his approval because the pres
ent confusion springs in large part
from inadequate information. He
added that the enormous migra-
ton of workers that has occurred
in the past two years makes the
1910 census out Of date"
From another Government source
it was stated that calculations of
population increase, based on about
l30,000.Oo0 individual applications
for War Ration Book No. tsugar
rationing) shows that 80 per cent
of the increase from 1910 to 1912
has been in 81 metropolitan centers
Responsibility for the confusion
that exists in the labor market,
labor sources said, should be shared
equally by the War Production
Board and the Manpower Commis-
sion. In this connection, it was re-
ported in informed circles, that
Donald M. Nelson, WPB chairman.
and Mr.. McNutt are not in agree
ment on methods to be employed
by WPB in carrying out the Man
power Commissions directive No. 2.
to classify war plants and products
in order of their urgency in the war
program" This is considered to be
the Manpower Commissions main
spring.
The AFL has recognized it as
such and at the Toronto convention
included in its manpower resolution
that "the fundamentals Of overall
controls and material production
'---- - - de-.e'or~' before roap-
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Two Lutheran Groups
Move Toward Union
.AtLouisviIIe ParIey
United and American
Church Pact Moy Bring
Conference of 3 Bodies
By the Associated Press.

Ds tiAe asSoSlotcu Elcos
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 1.-THE
largest and third largest of the eight
Lutheran Church bodies in the
United States and Canada today
took long step toward unity of
doctrine, cooperation in educational
pastors and the right of the laity of
one church to partake of the Lords
Supper in churches of the other
body.
The United Lutheran Church in
America, holding its 18th biennial
convention here, authorized its pres
ident, DR.. F. H. Knubel of New
York, to put the working agreement
into effect just as quickly as he and
DR.. Emanuel Poppen of Columbus,
Ohio, president of the American Lu-
theran Church, can work out de-
tails.
DR.. Poppen personally told the
United Lutherans that American
Lutherans on October IA at their
convention at Mendoza, ILL.,, had ap-
proved the agreement He also said
the proposal had been placed before
the Missouri Synod, second largest
of the Lutheran groups.
The United and American
Lutheran agreement does not call
for immediate organic, union of the
two churches, but DR.. Poppen said
he favored a conference of represen-
tatives of all eight Lutheran groups
in the near future and would sug-
gest that DR.. Knubel be named
moderator of such a conference.
United Lutherans applauded DR..
Poppen's suggestion for an "All-
Lutheran Western Hemisphere con-
ference" and the convention press
chairman said it was a step which
must be taken before organic union
of all Lutheran bodies could take
place.
The United Lutheran Church,
with headquarters in New York has
4,o39 congregations in this country
and Canada and 3,616 pastors and
100000 confirmed members,
The American Lutheran Church,
with headquarters in Columbus, has
1893 congregations. 1856 pastors
and 403,265 confirmed members.
The Missouri Synod, with head
quarters in st. Louis, Mo-, has $500
congregations, 3.469 pastors and
961 ,438 confirmed members.
United Lutherans pledged their
support for 81 100000 fund in 1943
for all types Of welfare work occa
stoned by the war. The fund will
finance activities for servicemen
families of servicemen and in wal
industry centers and aid for pris.
oners OF war and war orphans ir
foreign countries.
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Gen. Marshall said that to make
one year Of training mandatory
would impose an almost impossible
administrative problem on the War
Department" He said he presumed
the proposal grew out OF desire to
avoid unfortunate experiences Ia the
last war, or may have been prompted
by the fact the WaI Department
regards IL months as the time re-
ouired to organize and train a divl-
sion. But, to emphasize the differ
ence between training division and
fitting individual trainees into exist
ing organizations, Gen. Marshall ex-
planned:
There is a marked difference be-
tween the training of an individual
soldier and the training OF COM
plicated machine like a division.
Every soldier receives approximately
three months basic training. In this
period he is hardened physically and
trained technically as well as given
an understanding of discipline. He
is taught how to care for himself in
the field; how to employ his primary
and secondary weapons: and how
he and his weapons fit into the squad
and platoon. Upon completion OF
this course he is qualified rifieman.
machine gunner, mortarman, etc,
depending on which course he pur-
sued.
while training new division
takes a minimum of II months. for
the individual soldier, the length OF
| training before he can be fitted into
an experienced tactical unit varies
according to the type OF unit and the
soldiers duties.
Details on Training.
"In the Air Corps, after basic
training, soldier receives from 18
to SO weeks training in specially,
and when he graduates from tech
nical school. for example, as A nm
ished airplane engine mechanic, he
can be assigned Immediately and
used in a bombardment group as a
mechanic. whether it Is still Itself
in training, or is in a combat thea
ter
"A radio operator receives his
basic training and his training as
an operator simultaneously. In
from three to five months he is an
effective operator, trained in Army
radio procedure, and, as in the case
of the airplane mechanic, can take
his place in a signal company OF a
combat division, whether that divi-
sion is still in training or is being
committed to combat.
"A rifleman, when he finishes his
13-week basic training. is prepared
to take his place in an experienced
squad at any time. II 8 or 10
men in the squad have had team
training, the trained basic rif1eman
can be inserted in the squad without
detriment either to himself or his
unit.
Il could give you many other ex-
amples where it would be unneces-
sary and undesirable to hold a man
out of a combat theater for II
months. It would be almost impos-
sible for the Army to operate under
any such mandate. We would, in
: effect, have to put thousands upon
J thousands of men on the shelf after
their essential training had been
completed before we could use them.
: In the air corps alone possibly 500,-
900 men would be involved"
. The Navy and Marine Corps, he
said, enlist men of II, and IT am
;. told that the average age of the
y entire Marine Corps is below 20
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and justly directed to places of
greatest usefulness"
Information Awaited.
In other words, labor experts
pointed out, the United States En-
ployment Service cannot begin to
assume responsibility of job place
ments within particular areas and
designated war industries until in
formation is supplied by the Army
Navy Munitions Board, the Mari
time Commission. the Selective Ser
vice System and the Department of
Agriculture through the WPB as to
the relative Importance of products
and services to the war effort. With
this information on hand, 1t was
explained. the Manpower Commis-
sion could prepare lists of essential
industries and refer workers to war
plants in accordance with the
priority of their labor needs.
Informed sources said the stand
to be taken by labor before the
Senate Military Affairs COMMITTEES
would be along the lines that nc
policies concerning procurement
and manpower can be formulated
until they are brought prominently
into the military strategy picture
Until this is done, labor will main
tain that any procurement and
manpower policy would lack pur-
pose, direction and effectiveness.
Labor is also reported to be pre-
pairing to take the position that
should the Army and Navy select
and use manpower with "foresigh,
and efficiency" a total military force
of $4,000, 900 may be supported with
less difficulty than the 7,500. 900 now
planned for the Army and approx.
mately 100000 for the Navy. II
is charged that the armed service.
are selecting their personnel al
random and with slight regard fol
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Psychiotrists Issue Warning
Against Teen-Age Draft
Selection With Great Deal Of Gore
To Exclude Immature Youths Urged

Drafting of boys 18 and 10 while
their personalities and characters
are In formative stage may create
host of postwar psychiatric prob
lens, in the opinion of group Of
prominent American psychiatrists,
who have communicated with DR..
George S. Stevenson, medical direc-
tor of the National Committee for
Mental Hygiene.
If the use of this age group is
essential for the war effort, they
stress. selection should be made
with good deal of care so as to
exclude the more obviously imma-
ture.
Counter proposals that such boys
be allowed to continue work in col
lege although in some sort of mill
tary organization. or else be drafted
for farm work are made.
Immediate induction into the
fighting Army, they say, is apt to
rid the Nation of large reservoir
of potential future leadership and
they insist that men drafted before
they have had chance to make any
adjustment to mature civilian life
may have a hard time getting q
foothold after the war.
Maturity Age Variable.
Among DR.. Stevenson's CORE
spondents is DR.. Thomas " Moore,
professor of psychiatry at Catholic
University, who wrote:
THE age at which the character
OF young men mature is variable
quantity. A number of boys of 18
have not the maturity of a normal
boy of 16. A somewhat lesser per-
centage of l9-year- -olds will belong
to the group of immature charac-
ters.
IF all boys of 18 and 10 are draft
ed, there will be large number OF
youths mentally inadequate to meet
the problems with which they will
be confronted Theoretically. i,
seems that there will be great dan
ger in such a program being car
ried out indiscriminately. If the
Government does decide to draft
boys of 18 and 10, some effort
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should be made to test their emo
tional security, and all who are emo
tionally immature should be re-
jected. This would b matter OF
some diff1culty.
1T would seem be more rational
procedure to provide for the further
education Of all boys OF 18 to IS OF
average normal intelligence. II they
are drafted into the ordinary mill
tary service their education will
cease and we shall not have a body
of men from whom to draw the offi-
GERS of the future"
Proposal Called Unfortunate.
DR.. Nolan D. C. Lewis, former
clinical director Of st. Elizabeth's
Hospital, wrote:
: II should like to say that any pro-
posal to draft boys of the 18-19-year
level into our armed services at the
present time is an unfortunate. one.
During this period the young boy is
either in the midst of that formal
education so necessary for the pro-
motion Of the best interests Of So
ciety and civilization, or If not in
school is. along with others, just
learning to adjust in the complexi-
ties of our social and economic sys-
tenn.
ANY measure taken to interrupt
this course of events should be very
seriously scrutinized. The majority
Of interruptions in these life fac
tors will result in permanent end
or an irreparable deviation of the
life plan that is so much needed to
constitute a sound basis for recon-
struction here at home after the war.
These persons should constitute the
trained minds of the future.
Those hardly out of adolescence
are immature emotionally and in
tellectually, and many of them are
as yet unstable constitutionally, and
are thus UNIT for regimented camp
life or for active field service Ger
! tainly the older groups including the
married men and those married men
with children should be utilized
first. until the supply is exhausted,
before considering the adolescents
| for service"
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Rockville Church Supper

ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct. II (Spe-
ciaD.-A chicken and ham supper
will be served at the Rockville
Christian Church October % for the
benefit Of the daily Bible school now
In progress under the joint auspices
Of the Baptist. Christian, Methodist
and Presbyterian churches Of Rock
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Soldiers 78 Deserve
Right to Vote, Says
Congress Proposal
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Representative Wickershem,
Democrat, of Oklahoma, pro-
posed yesterday a constitutional
amendment lowering the voting
age for national elections to 18.
II believe that if a man 18
is old enough to fight, he is
old enough to VOTE" Mr.. Wick
ersham explained.
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Roll Call on Draft Bill
Only Is Of 36l House Members Vote
Against Measure Calling Youth

By the Associated Press.
Following is the roll call vote by
which the House yesterday passed
legislation lowering the draft age
from 20 to ID years.
Evening star., 1942-12-30

1106 Thirteenth street NV; Eliza
beth N. Coleman, isis K street NV;
Marguerite B. Hargrove, 1883 Co.
lumbia road NV; Marguerite p.
Perkins, 27 North Bedford street,
Arlington, Va; Phyllis Karakoleff,
4528 Seventh street NV; Jeane
Newell, 807 North Lincoln, Airing
ton, Va; Hilma c. Koenig. 34l2
Thirty-ninth street, Colmar Manor,
Md; Clara L. Quinn. 1901 Vermont
avenue NV; Ruth L. Ziegler, 1927
Sixteenth street NV.
Margaret J. Sturm, 1709 Nine
teenth street NV; Sallye B. Bill
lups, 1907 M street NV; Marie A.
Naecker, 2755 Woodley place; Lii
liam r. Wilmer, 705 Eighteenth street
NV; Marianne E. Cabell, 213l o
street NV; Rita c. Amaimo, l741
P street NV; Edith F. Eisinger,
$500 K street NV; Jeanne M. Mey-
er, 1854 E street NE; Rita M. Lam
dolt, 3705 Thirty fifth street, Mount
Rainier. Md; Lenora H. Browning,
260l Sixteenth street NV; Carolyn
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Gated at the first center. Fort Des
Moines, Iowa.
The new WAAC trainees will be
assigned to duty following their
Daytona Beach stay.
The following women from this
area left this morning:
Mary j. Heyl, 2l3l o street NV;
Esther E. Badanes, 428 Kenyon
street NV; Elizabeth A. Reynolds,
9406 Columbia boulevard, Silver
Spring, Md: Florence A. Mastroi-
ami, 1925 Fifteenth street NV;
Betsy Ann Grant, 73 v street NV;
Marian L. Power, 1912 Hobart street
NV; Ellen M. Ronning, 3156 Eight
zenith street NV; Eula T. Semple.
4412 Forty-sixth street NV; Elma
D. Cross, 1907 M street NV; Sally
N. Cross. 1859 r street NV; Mar
guerite c. Mackin, 1926 Fourteenth
street NV; Betty j. Dale, 14O0 Fair
mont street NV; Helen M. Opan-
ski, 1918 Simms place NE.
Joan E. Wenzel, 4607 Connecticut
avenue NV; Helen E. Atkisson.
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S. Kellogg, 1918 Sixteenth street
NV; Iris G. Koch, 2305 Woodbridge
street NE.
Dorothy NJ Wormington, 1922
Thirteenth place, NE; Mary r. Ed
wards, 2141 I street NV; Pearl F..
Civils, TIT Twentieth street, NV;
Trula Parker, 1922 N street NV;
Dorothy K. Mikulin, 26l2 Cathedral
avenue NV; Dorothy L. Stribling,
1850 Newton street NE; Josephine
A. Soderberg, 532 Twentieth street
NV; Irene Weise, SAIL Second
street NV: Frances H. Gernand,
3760 North Upland, Arlington, Va.
Marjorie M. Smith, 4140 S street
Sc; Olga R. Kingry, 1713 K street
NV; Jeanne Merrick, 1918 North
Stuart street, Arlington, Va; Doro-
thy S. Healy, 1911 Franklin street
NE: Verna l.. Dowlen, 52l Ran
dolph street NV; Dorothy c..
Thomas, 2l31 o street NV; Ethel
A. Perry, 4416 Georgia avenue NV;
Louise L. Osborne. East Clifton Ter
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Transit Changes Urged
Al Barney Circle

The Southeast Citizens Associa-
ton last night joined the Lincoln
Park Association in asking that the
Capital Transit Co. Immediately
correct the bottleneck conditions"
at Barney Circle, Seventeenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
C. C. Glen pointed out that sew
eral plans to remedy the situation
there have been introduced at other
civic group meetings. Orrin Davy,
president, assured the association
that the Federation would act on
the matter as soon as possible.
c. c. Gillikin urged the Office Of
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race, Geraldine A. Brennan, 2715
Ontario road NV.

race. Geraldine A. Brennan, 2715
Ontario road NV.
Josephine M. Romano, 1474 Co.
lumbia road, NV: Beatrice l..
Harding, 2700 Connecticut avenue
NV; Regina r. Rice, 2914 Thir-
teenth street NV; Edna M. LANCER
1918 Buchanan street NV; Annie
S. Lawson. 1905 Queen street NE;
Nell L. Coffey, 518 Ninth street NV;
Felice J. Law. 1920 Clydesdale NV;
Gwendaline M. Perry, 1878 Columbia
road NV; Albertina A. Erbert, 1915
Simms place.
Helen M. Sybalnik, Clifton ter
race; Helen j. Reed, 704 Third street
NV: Concetta A. Guerrero, 78
Randolph place NV; Ethel M. Fall
coner, 112l K street NV: Wanda
E. Taylor, 1889 Hobart NV; Ellen
V. Nixon. SIG North Kenmore street,
Arlington, Va; Lillian Steinberg, SOB
Quintana place NV.
Edna P. Collins, 17OO Twenty-first
street NV; Carydel Crisman, 1922
Thirteenth street NV; Faith G..
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peoples counsel be restored to ac-
tive status. The resolution was ap-
proved.
Mr.. Davy appointed Mr.. Glenn
and himself to represent the South
east group at meeting to be called
by Civilian Defense Head Col
Lemuel Bolles. Col. Bolles had re-
quested that the names of two mem
bers be submitted to his Office, but
he failed to point out the nature
or time of the proposed meeting.
The meeting was held in Friend
ship House.
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IS District Women
Leave for WAAC
Training in Florida
Group Will Be Assigned
To Duty on Completion
OF Doytonu Beach Course

Seyenty-f1ve Washington women
who joined the Womens Army Aux
iliary Corps left at $50 O'Clock. this
morning for basic training at Day.
tona Beach, Fla.
The Daytona Beach school, the
second WAAC training center, is
for women who take basic training
only. All specialist schools as well
as off1cer candidate schoolS are To-
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Wallace, 1924 Hobart street NV;
Gladys L. Muller. It'll New Hamp-
shire avenue: Elsie Seltzer, 2817
Connecticut avenue NV, and VAL
era v. Tebben, 1909 N street NV.
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$4975 C0Stumeback
collars fnged brown afternoon
with striped scarfs 2pece black sutdress
trimmed wool boo dress. Sizes H. l6
MISSES DRESSES-Second Floor
122-Msses 1858 Street Date Dinner
piece dresses with high and low necknes
tailored desup with color, embroideries woo
others with wool content labeled according
Labelling Act great majority quality black
coos suit-dresses sample daytime dresses
dinner dresses in the 10 $848
6S-Msses 1885 Street Afternoon
sleeves group OF smart tailored dresses
kind sample frocks sweetheart
gored and draped skirts color
In the group also Purple brown lipstck
god black misses sizes 1898
54-Msses Sass Daytime and Dinner
oaye ock oacs dress-up with color drapng
ef-deaing pretty necklnes Few original Sample"
cks dinner and evening dresses in net chiffon
rayon marqusette; blacks coors
1s-Mses SIS Daytime and Dinner Dresses-one
types in ayon wook and tie necks
skirts short and long sleeves Dinner
ayon crepe nyon net, marqusetes many
never shown before in the Black blue
UkDERWEAR-Street Floor
lees1 satins rayon creues in tea
rose white; broken hses 81
wv Short Nghsewns in crepe rayon sheer;
rose blue; 81 to 3
TEA rose. white: broken 81