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allowing for six months of basic
training and two years of service.
Many elements of the proposal
are similar to universal military
training plans.
3. Reduction of present physi-
cal and mental standards for
draftees.
The committee also jumped into
an inter-agency conflict which
was brought to light when Gen.
Hershey testified the new doctor
draft law has been "sidetracked"
by differences of opinion between
his agency and the Defense De-
partment and National Security
Resources Board,
Hershey Tells of Proposal.
His disclosure came after Mr.
Vinson complained about slowness
of the doctor draft and asked the
general when he was going to
get moving"
Gen. Hershey said he was
"ready to move" IL days ago, pro-
posing presidential proclama-
ton which would have ordered
several thousand young doctors
who were trained at Government
expense during the war to reg
lister on October 16. The draft
law. he said, states doctors should
be registered and inducted" by
categories. and that the first cate
CORY contains only the Govern
ment-trained doctors who have
little or no military service.
Both the Defense Department
and the NSRB, he said, refused to
go along with the limited registra-
ton. ~
II got notice today" he added,
that unless I changed it to in
clude registering all doctors I
would not get concurrence" This
word, he said, came from the
Budget Bureau.
No Requests Received.
Gen. Hershey also complained
he has not yet received a "requisi-
ton" for doctors from the armed
forces. although an Army spokes-
man said the Army turned in at
the Pentagon request for 922
doctors within 48 hours after the
law was passed. Maj. Gen. c. E..
Byers, Army deputy chief of staff,
said the request was held up be-
cause the Army wanted to take
look at it's doctor-Reserve
lists.
Representative Cole, Republican,
of New York, said such action was
unbelievable after you came cry
ing to us here in such a hurry
for the draft law"
While the discussion was under
way, the Pentagon announced
that Defense Secretary Marshall
had directed the Navy to provide
naval reserve doctors to
meet immediate needs of all three
services.
The Secretary told the Navy
that the Army needs $40 doctors.
He said the first group of 235
doctors-drawn from a group of
,429 reSeryists who got training
in the Nays Viz program during
the war-are to report to the
Army by October IS.
Reservists Called.
The Army also said it was call
ing the 38 Government-trained
doctor reservists it has listed and
that 280 other reserves will be
During the next six
the Army expects to use
the draft to get total of $500
doctors and 400 dentists.
While the House committee will
wait until after Congress comes
back November 81 for definite ac-
ton on the draft change pro-
posals. the unit will turn Monday
to manpower needs and policies of
the Navy. After this, Mr.. Vinson
said, officials of the Air Force and
the Marine Corps vii be called.
The Arnly's disclosure that $780,
600 men are to be drafted by the
end of March, meanwhile, means
the District probably will have to
furnish about 800recruits between
December and March 81.
In Maryland Col. Henry C. STAN
wood, State draft director, esti-
mated about 4,500 recruits will
have to be called between October
and next March. He said this
would be in addition to 735 men
going into unifrm this month.
In another development, the
Army yesterday raised the weekly
quota of volunteers accepted in
the Womans Army Corps to 210,
twice the number previously