Evening star., 1948-06-11
House Leaders Rate
Draft Bill as Must;
Comes Up Next Week
"Details OF Senate Draft Bill ON
Page A-26.)
BY the Associated Press

| House Republican leaders
| stamped an emphatic must"
! today on enactment of a peace
| time draft law next week.
| Encouraged by the whopping 78-to-
/ 10 vote the Senate gave its selective
service revival bill, House supporters
we're confident of sending finished
measure to President Truman be-
/ fore adjournment.
| Speaker Martin told reporters the
| House bill will be called to the floor
| Tuesday or Wednesday. He pre-
/ dicted 1t will pass with only one day
of debate. This would contrast with
| six days and three nights of Senate
oratory.
L Chairman Allen of the House
Rules Committee said his commit
tee will meet Monday to vote the
House measure ''up or down." The
bill has been awaiting Rules Com
mittee clearance since May 7.
Rules Committee Divided.
With adjournment tentatively set
for a week from Saturday, the bill
cannot be debated in the House un-
less the Rules Committee approves it.
Hence, shortly after the Senate
voted in midafternoon yesterday,
Speaker Martin called Mr.. Allen to
a conference. Mr.. Allen said later
Mr.. Martin had asked him for Rules
Committee 'co-operation" in getting
the House bill to the floor.
4 Mr.. Allen then revised an earlier
statement that his committe is di-
vided three wayS-four members for
the bill, four against, and four un-
decided.
He placed his newest tally at six
for and six against. He said he will
not change his mo" vote to break
the tie but two others on his side
may.
There are no fundamental differ
ences between the Senate and House
bills, but some provisions will have
| to be compromised.
Il Will Expire in Two Years.
| Both bills would expire in two
years, and both would require two
years of military service for enough
men from 10 through 25 to bring
the armed forces up to full author
lied strength.
! Amendments voted during Senate
debate cut the life of that bill from
five years to two, tackled on a
ouse-approved measure revamping
the court-martial systems of the
Army and Air Force, and outlawed
the poll tax as a requirement for
| voting by men inducted under the
bill.
| The Senate also voted to allow
recruiting of $4,000 aliens in for
eign legion" and to reward them
| with citizenship if their service is
satisfactory. There is no similar
provision in the House bill.
The Senate turned down pull
| the trigger" feature of the House
measure which would require the
| President to start actual drafting
after a 90-day wait-by proclaimihg
that the armed services could not
i get enough men any other way.
| Giant Carrier Approved.
During the day, the Senate also
voted to let the Navy build giant
65 ,O00-ton aircraft carrier, estimated
to cost S127 100000. Similar legis-
lation is pending in the House.
President Truman asked Congress
in his st. Patrick's Day message to
Congress to vote for increased de-
fense funds, temporary draft re-
vival and a permanent program OF
These preparedness measures were.
designed to back up this cDunttyE
further expansion of Russian COM
muniSm.
The money bill went through
with changes to emphasize air
power-and the draft revival ap-
pears certain to be approved. But
Congress said an emphatic no" to
conscripting youths for military
training in a separate and perma-
nent program
Here is the Senate vote on passage
of the draft bill:
FOR THE BILL-1s.
Republicans.
AIKEN KEN
BALDWIN KNOWLAND
BREWsTER MARTiN
BRIDGES MCCARTHY
CAIN MORSE
cooPER cooFER RRooBBRRTsoN, wyo
GORDON ssALToNsTALL
PSsaHHHhA PaeRgHAk EXIT TAETh
ECTON THYE
FLANDERS VANDENBERG
GURNEY WHITE
HAWKES. WILEY
HICKENLOOPER WILLIAMS
Democrats.
BARKLEY MCCLELLAN
eeoER1Y eooESRRAL1Y MeaRATA
DOWNEY MCCLELLAN
EASTLAND MCMAHON
ELLENDER MURRAY
FULBR1GHr o,coNoR
tGREEN O'MAHONEY
HAIGH HAY6EN koBERrsoN, EHTHro Va.
HILL RUSSELL
HoEy sPARKMAN
HOLLAND STENNIS
JOHNSON Colo STEWART
KILGORE THOMAS. Utah
LUCAS TYDINGS
MAYBANK UMSTEAD
AGAINST THE BILL-1O.
Republicans.
BRICkER MOORE
BROOKS WHERRY
BUTLER WILSON
LANCER YOUNG
| Democrats.
CHAVEZ TAYLOR
| The following pairs were announced:
CAPEHART, Republican, for, and REVER-
COMB, Republican, against: LODGE. Re
publican, for, and BUSHF1ELD' Republic
can. against.
Not voting but announced as favorine
the bill; WATKINS, Republican. and
WAGNER, Democrat.
-Four MPs Clear 100 Japs
From Burning Building
BY the Assoeioted Press
TOKYO, June 11.-Four American
military policemen risked their lives
today to clear more than 100 Jap
anese out of a burning, seven-story
insurance building in downtown
Tokyo.
The japanese, staying in the
building in an attempt to save office
records, ignored commands by Jap
onoea polina RI leave The American