Evening star., 1945-01-07
Induction Of Nurses
Asked; At Droft
PIon Given Congress
fTert of Presidents Message, Az.
BY ]. A. FOX.

Oy d. As TOAs
"A presidential blueprint fol
new Government controls de.
signed to bring millions of mer
and women into the war effort
last night lay before the Amer
ican people.
In his annual message on the
State of the Union to the new 10th
Congress yesterday, President Roose.
velt warned that manpower gaps or
the production line would cost ''the
life's blood of our sons" and re-
peated his demand Of year age
for national service law-this time
without any strings attached.
Coupled with this were recon-
mendations for amendments to the
Selective Service Act to provide fol-
induction of nurses and to per-
NIT the use of 4-Fs "in whatever
capacity is best"
Asks Universal Training.
And with an eye to the post
war world, the President came out
for universal military training" q
proposal that on its face represents
departure from his previously -ad-
vocated policy.
The Presidents message was pre-.
Sented to Senate and House in thu
afternoon. after completion of thu
electoral vote count which confirmed
his fourth-term victory. At II
o'clock last night, Mr.. Roosevelt
gave an abbreviated version of tn.
8,000-word document, in a speech
carried on all radio networks.
Reaction on the program wal
divided, with labor Immediately
hoisting storm signals.
Declaring that the war has provee
'the soundness of TIE Fundamental
American principle that free ,1abol
is more eficient and more produc.
tive than slave labor william
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, which joinet
the CIO in fighting universal serv'
ice year ago, asserted that ''labol
still is reluctant to approve or sup.
port national service Legislation
which provides for compulsion.
May Favors Draft If Needed.
On the other side, Representative
May, Democrat, Of Kentucky, chair
man sof the House Military Affairs
Committee, said that 'tif universal
service is needed, I'm for It," al
though he thought other develop
mtiits might make 30 sweeping 4
draft Of rnanpower unnecessary.
Shortly after receipt Of the Presi.
dents message, Chairman May in.
troduced q bill to give the selective
service system ample power to stor
turnover in war plants, and a CON-
pa1ion measure was introduced ir
the Senate by Senators Bailey
Democrat, of North Carolina, and
Brewster, Republican. Of Maine
The AIS aimed at by the Presi-
dent would be reached by this bill
on which House hearings will start
this week
In an earlier discussion of the
prospective contents of his mes
sage, President Roosevelt had dis
closed that he would have some
thing to say about abor-draft
law, and his proposal, consequent
ly, came as no surprise
In his advocacy now, however
the President stands firmer than q
year ago.
In urging national service legis.
lation on the 18th Congress, Mr.
Roosevelt said he would not rec
ommend" it unless Congress en-.
acted also realistic tax law" ant
other legislation whose salient fea-
lures included limitations of wal
profits and stabilization of prices
Cool to Tax Plan.
Congress was noticeably cool tt
the tax proposal, and eventually
provided measure calling for some
s., 3,000, ,000. 900 as against the $16,.
000, ,000, 900 sought by the admins.
tration. Extended hearings were
hold on the Austin Wadsworth bill
which embodied the President.
idea, but neither Senate nor House
Military Affairs Committees evel
reported out a measure.
In reiterating his support for The
legislation yesterday, the President
did So without ntIalif7cof finn uf
declared I'VE have reached the mos
critical phase Of the war" and that
"all of our human resources
should be modified "at the earliest
possible moment"
Many critical production pro.
grams with sharply rising needs art
now seriously hampered by man.
power shortages" the President ex.
planned, and in an obvious move tt