The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-12
BY WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST


WASHINGTON, June l2-iPy
T he controversial S50-a-
month minimum service pay bill
OF. of the way, Senate and
House confereeS so light an
agreement today on a Compani-
on measure providing for fl
nancial aid to dependents Of
fighting men.
The Pay Bill went 10 the
White House late yesterday at
ter the Senate passed a compro-
mise proposal ending a long bat
tie over whether the base mini
mum pay should be $50 or $42
monthly instead of the present
$50 for men with four months
of service. Both branches finally
agreed unanimously on the
higher figure.
Still in controversy was a
clause in the allotment and al
lowance bill under which men
with dependents would be Civ
en- draft classification and de-
ferment based on the number of
their dependents and their fam
lily status.
The two branches were in
virtual agreement on pay pro-
visions, under which part of a
service mans monthly wage
would be withheld and. togeth-
or with a government allowance,
given to his dependents.
The deferment provision, plac-
ed in the bill in the Senate, was
omitted from the House version
after Military Affairs Commit
tee members said they had not
had an opportunity to study it.
Chairman May (D-Ky) said
he was hopeful the conferees
would reach an agreement to-
day preferably leaving out the
Senate amendment. May empha
sized he was not opposed to the
amendment but said he believed
it should be studied thoroughly
and possibly be considered as a
separate bill.
EXPLAIN AMENDMENT
Briefly, the amendment would
give the President, ting
through the Selective Service
System, authority to defer any
or all categories of men having
wives or children, or both, with
whom they maintain bona fide
relationship in their home. The
dCferment could be made with.
out regard to financial depend.
ency.
Under existing law, draft reg
ist~ants may be deferred for de-
tendency only if they have per
sons actually dependent on them
for support. Technically, the
f, mily relationship is not con-
sidered.
In recommending adoption of
the amendment, the Senate mil
itary committee voiced a fear
that the financial arrangements
provided for in the allowance
and allotment bill might influ-
ence local draft boards automat-
ically to reclaSsify Glass 3 men
who had been deferred because
they supported dependents.
The committee expressed the
view that married men should
generally be deferred until after
single men who have no grounds
for deferment have been in
Quoted"
Married men are normally
the heads Of families and norm
ally have dependents" the com
mittee commented. ut is OBJ
vious that their induction into
military service will more ser
iously disrupt the family life Of
the nation and is more likely to
result in hardships than the
induction of single men"
Backed by Selective Service
officials, the amendment would
allow the President to order all
married men placed in groups
depending on the degree of fam
lily relationship. For example, in
one group would be men with a
wife only, in another would be
men with a wife and one child
and so on.
The amendment would not
serve to exempt from induction
a man now given dependency
deferment because he contrib
utes to the support of a rela-
tive other than a wife or chill