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draft service from 81 to 27 months
and the universal training
proposal to route youths into re-
serve forces to build a strong base
of trained men for the future.
Their answers brought out that:
/. Nearly all members will in
sist on a review of deferments
and exemptions for men 19 to 26
before deciding on the 18-year-
olds. They will especially con-
slider drafting veterans with short
terms of service, married men
without children and men turned
down for physical and mental
reasons.
2. There will be a strong move
to separate the bills long range
proposals and to consider univer-
sal military training on it's own
merits as a peacetime measure.
3. Most members have not de-
cided on the need for extending
draft service. None fatty op-
posed the 27-month plan, but
four said they would be more in
clined to approve service of "a
months.
Only one member, a Democrat,
fatty opposed the 1s-year- old
draft request.
Charges "Blackjacking."
He charged that defense off,
cials are trying to blackjack"
the committee into accepting 1s-
year-olds by threatening that
they will have to take veterans
and fathers" as an alternative.
The Representative said he
thought many more draftees
should come from the present
1926 pool.
Assistant Defense Secretary
Anna M. Rosenberg has insisted
consistently that the Pentagon Is
not basing its 18-year-old propo-
sal on draft expansion statistics
alone. 1t was apparent, however,
that most committee members
are thinking of them in terms of
immediate expansion of the armed
forces.
Fourteen of the 81 congress-
men said they were not con-
vinced of the need to draft men
at 1S, and six of the IA said 1s
years and six months would be a
better level Another six ex-
pressed opinions similar to that
OF Democratic member, who
said:
I've pretty we'll made up my
mind that there's less disloca-
tion in the lives of men between
high school and college age. I'm
over the hurdle of taking 1S-year-
olds against taking veterans and
fathers. But I still want more
data about the need.'
Eisenhower Report Awaited.
A Republican who proposed
taking men 1879 years old said he
thought the committee would in
sist on more specific amounts of
training before men are sent ov-
committee would have a clearer
idea of expansion needs after
hearing Gen. Eisenhower report !
on his European tour this week.
But after that" he added, I'VE
want to take closer look at the
men who aren't being drafted now.
We want to pick up the crumbs
and see what we have before cut
ting new loaf"
To develop a, long range reserve
of trained men, l3 of the Con-
gressmen said they favored some
form of universal military train
ing. But Is said they favored
splitting the training issue from
the question of immediate draft
expansion in the Pentagon bill.
AS proposed by the Penta-
gon, 18-year-olds would get 4
months of training, to be followed
by top of % months service.
Then, they would have to join
National Guard or reserve units
for several more years.
Several Complaints Cited.
A Republican VINO said he will
fight to have the bill drawn up in
two parts-one for UNIT and one
for immediate draft expansion
cited these complaints:
Too much emphasis in the bill
Is on military service. not enough
on training; too much control is
put in the hands of the Defense
Department "for an essentially
peacetime" program; adequate
provisions are not made for build
ing up reserve and guard forces
Now we are told" he declared.
that we will have reserve plan
within the next six months. But