CONSCRIPTION BILL
THE AMERICAN MEASURE: PASSED BY THE HOUSE WASHINGTON, Sept. 8/ ,' '.-•■• The •. House: of Representatives passed the,Goriscription Bill" by' 263 votes .to 149. The Bill now returns to the Senate owing to changes the House made, foremost among these being, first, the House's increase in the draft age limit from 21 to 45 years. The Senate's limit was between '2l and 31. A second change was the House's provision requiring a 60-day wait before invoking the draft, and a third involved different methods of compelling industry to co-operate in the defence programme, although both chambers would empower the Government to control and operate plants the owners of which were recalcitrant.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24399, 10 September 1940, Page 8
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111CONSCRIPTION BILL Otago Daily Times, Issue 24399, 10 September 1940, Page 8
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