Evening star., 1942-06-05
Congress Expected
To Speed Approval
OF $50 Soldier Pay
Dependent Aid, Voted
! By Senate, to Come Up
In House Monday
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By the Associated Press.
Early congressional approval
of $50 monthly minimum pay
for the armed forces appeared
likely today, with the probability
that soldiers, sailors and ma
rines having dependents would
be required to contribute $40 to
$22 month toward the support
of their families.
The pay increase question lay in
the lap of a restive Senate, smarting
under charges that it was being
niggardly in not accepting immedi-
ately a House proposal to boost the
salary of buck privates to $50, in
stead Of the $42 it had voted previ-
ously.
With Senator La Toilette, Pro-
gressive, of Wisconsin pressing for
a showdown vote on Monday, inf1u-
ential Senators who had sought
more time for compromise efforts
admitted privately they had little
doubt that the higher figure would
be adopted
Senate Votes Dependent Aid.
The House arranged, meanwhile,
to take up on Monday family al
lowance bill passed by the Senate
yesterday under which wives of mil
itary men receiving $78 a month
or less would be paid $50 monthly
for their support, the first child
S12 and other children $40 each.
The Senate-approved measure
would require the enlisted man to
contribute S22 of this amount, the
Government paying the rest. In
addition, he could elect to contrib
ute SIS more, to which the Govern
ment would add SIS for dependent
parent, $25 for two parents and SIS
for each additional brother, sister
or grandchild. If the soldier had
no wife or children. his contribution
to the latter class of dependents
could be $22 on a voluntary basis.
and the Government would add SIS
for one parent, $25 for two and S.
for brother or sister.
The House version of this meas
ure would provide only $40 for the
wife, of which the enlisted man
would contribute $40, with the Gov
ernment providing $40 for each
child.
Another provision of the Senate
bill would authorize the selective
service, under the Presidents direc-
ton, to fix the order in which reg
1strantS would be called for active
service.
Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
said this section ought to make it
fairly certain that men of 80 or
over who had been married before
the draft would be the last to be
called.
How Men Will Be Called.
He said Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Her
shey, selective service director, had
indicated that men would be CLASH
fed and called in the following or
der:
l. Registrants unmarried or mar
rled since the draft law was en-
acted.
2. Men with dependent parents
who would be taken care of by Fed
eral allowances.
3. Married men with no children
4. Married men under 80 with
children.
5. Married men over 80 with chill
dren.
The controversy over minimum
pay reached new pitch in the Sem
ate yesterday with charges by Sem
ator La Toilette that attempts were
being made to "chisel" enlisted men
out of the extra So a month the
House had approved by delaying ef-
forts to compromise.
Senator johnson, Democrat, of
Colorado, a Senate conferee, hotly
denied this, but Senator La Fol-
lette told reporters he was not dis
posed to wait any longer and would
demand a vote Monday.
I'VE don't hesitate to vote billions
for military equipment" he de-
clared. why should we be niggard-
ly with the soldiers?"