Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09

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1. The Senate voted manpOwer
ceiling of 100000 for the nations
armed forces into the bin to draft
18-year-olds now and start uni
versal military training in the fu-
ture.
2. Two Senate committees ap-
proved sending our fair share" of
American troops to Europe. The
Foreign Relations and Armed Serv-
ices Committee, sitting jointly,
adopted the major resolution still
awaiting their final approval.
The committees also approved the
selection of Gen. Dwight d. Eisen-
hover as supreme commander of
the Allied Army in Europe.
In the Army's action on officers,
it was disclosed some $50 WOmen's
Army Corps officers are among re-
servists to be called. The number
also will include 300 Medical Serv-
ice Corps officers, $50 chaplains,
and so Army field artillery aviators.
The order will affect 3,444 cap
tains and 9,206 second and first
lieutenants. They will report for
duty between May % and June 29.
The Army said National Guard
officers will be given active duty
orders only if they volunteer ami
that no inactive reserVists will be
ordered to duty under this program
unless it is at their own request.
All officers included in this order
will serve q consecutive months,
or longer if the law is changed to
extend service periods Ali those
recalled will be given at least 30
days between the time they are
notified and the date they must re-
port.
Many Volunteers Expected
The Army said it expects many
Of the officers selected to volunteer
and that the number of captains
and Heutenants recalled involun-
tarily will depend upon the num-
ber who report their readiness to
serve.
The Army set up the following
priority of selection:
/. Qualified volunteers from the
Organized Reserve and the Nation
al Guard.
2. Members Of the active, Organ
lied Reserve who were commission
ed in the Officers Training. Corps
and who have been deferred al
though they have had less than two
years prior active services as offl-
GERS.
8. Active members of the Organ
lied Reserve who were commission
ed from the ROTC, who did not exc
cute an ROTC deferment agree
ment and who have served less
than two years as officers, warrant
officers or enlisted men.
A. Members of the volunteer re-
serve.
The order states officers with
four or more dependents will be
exempt from this call if they so
request.
The armed forces manpOWer cell
ing voted by the Senate, in effect
a compromise between senator's
who wanted no cufbs in the present
world situation and others who
wanted a lower lid, gives the mill
tary half a million men leeway
over the figures they have talked
about in public. But it applies a
curb they still insist might be
danger in emergency.
Followed Sharp Debate
The amendment was written in
on a 49-41 roll call vote after brief,
sharp debate which ranged around
solemnly-wOrded protests filed by
the high cimmand against a pro-
pOsal to set the limit still lower
The Pentagon arguments were pre-
sented in letters read by Senator
Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex) to his
colleagues. Secretary Of Defense
Marshall set the keynote with a
statement that a fixed limit under
present world conditions would be
"a direct gamble with the national
security"
delaware Senators ]. Allen
Frear, Jr., Democrat, and John
j. Williams, Republican, voted
with the majOrity)
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posed a $500, ,000-man ceiling, con-
tended even with the expansion
following outbreak Of the Korean
war, the nations military forces
now number only 2,500,000 to O.
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Morse drew support Of Senator
Taft (R-O) in opposing both the
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proposed by Senator Mcmahon Cd
Conn The later figure was beaten
56 to 3d. Taft contended that in
case Of need Congress could lift
the manpOweF lid.
AS the resolution stands, the
House would not be cut in on the
decision. The resolution would give
Senate sanction to dispatch Of
armed forces for joint defense OF
the North Atlantic area.
Advocates Of action by both
houses on the bitterly debated issue
of statiOning American foot sol
diers abroad in a peacetime defense
army we're expected to press their
point This might take the form OF
a separate resolution, perhaps deal
ing with future troop commitments
Four More DiviriOns To Go
President Truman already has
announced plans to send four more
divisions to serve with two D. S
divisions already Ia Europe. They
viii be assigned to the internation-
al army being formed under Eisen-
hover Mr. Truman claims the
power to depl0y troops as he deems
nanaaaarH without dlract Conaras.