Evening star., 1951-04-04

Guard Unit Calls
Will Cut States
Draft Quotas
New Policy Will Be
Placed in Effect
In Moy or June
By George Beveridae

Guardsmen go on active duty
with their units.
By the same token, however, the
change will spread slight quota
increases in other areas to make
UP the loss.
Meanwhile, both Democrats ant
Republicans in the House toda,
were set to open fire in opposition
to the controversial bill to coupl,
a universal military training pro
gram with immediate draft ex
pansion.
The new quota plan involves 4.
change in the complicated formul.
by which Selective Service tixe
draft calls.
Little Effect Here.
No substantial effect is expected
in District calls. where there ar
no large reserve units to go OF
active duty at one time.
At present. the District ane
each State already are given credi
on quotas for men who enter tn,
service through induction, enlist.
ment or recall orders. But tht
policy change will more sharpl,
reduce calls in States where entire
guard divisions. for example, are
mobilized.
Viewed over a long period O.
time, officials said. the change i,
not important. The reason is thai
each State and the District art
slated to furnish a specific per.
centage of their men to the armed
forces, based on the number avail.
able for military duty in each area
Thus, by sending an entire divi.
sion. some States would rapidly
move toward their commitment.
Debate Continues.
Present plans cali for applying
the new figuring to June quotas
But, if the May call of 10000
should be revised either upward
or downward. the change will b,
made in setting new May quotas
The bill. which would cut tn.
compulsory induction age from l.
to 1874 and increase draft servics
from 81 to 26 months, went int;
it's second day of general debate
Crucial voting on sheaf G..
amendments will not start unit
next week. ....
Representatives Barden, Demo.
crat, of North Carolina, ant
Arends, Republican, of Illinoi,
were slated. to head the opposi.
ton.
Mr.. Barden, chairman of tn,
House Labor and Education Com.
mittee, said he will introduce 6
substitute bill to eliminate UNIT
entirely. retain the present 10.
year induction level and rails,
service only to "a months. It alst
would cut mental and physical in.
duction standards drastically.
Fears for School System.
The Southern Democrat said h,
felt the combined UNIT draft bill
would wreck this country's edu'
cational system, contending tina
many youths who left high schoo
to go into uniform would not g,
to college on their return II
civilian life.
While considerable Republican
support appeared to be develop
ing to his proposal, there were NJ
signs of solid party backing OF
the UNIT issue. Administration
leaders still predicted approval o
their bill.
Chairman VinSon Of the Hous
Armed Services Committee toll
the House yesterday that the Ma
ton might be able to swing int,
a UNIT program within two year
and then begin a decrease in siz
of the armed forces, possibly dow
to 2 million men.
President Truman today con
lferred with the Democratic con
gressional leaders for the frs
time since the Easter holidays an,
was told by House Speaker Ray
burn that he expected "a prett,
good bill" to come out of the Hous
on military manpower.
The speaker predicted "quite
fight" however.
Cole Backs Main Provisions,
In yesterdays opening day @
debate, support for main provis
ions of the bill came from Re
publican Representatives johnson
of California, and Cole, of Ne,
York. both members of the Vinsol
committee.
However, Representative Wer
del. Republican, of California
came back with a suggestion tina
UNIT is part of a Pentagon "blue
print for power" Accusing mill
tary leaders of wanting to tax
over every phase of national lif
in time Of war, Mr.. Werdel de
clared:
II am reluctant to admit ths
now believe we have come to tn
awful day in America where W
have a supreme general stat
modelled after Hitler and tn
Prussians, seeking military con
troll over industry, labor, all mill
tary establishments, the econom
and the press. ;"
| Mr.. Werdel gave detailed al
tention to. a plan he said we
prepared by Heinz Guderian, Hi
ler'S last chief of staff. He sal
it was worked UP by the Nazi
an American prison camp at tt
specific request" of top America
staff officers and that it is passe
around the Pentagon under
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