CONSCRIPTION IN U.S.A.
BILL PASSED BY SENATE. POWER TO COMMANDEER PLANTS (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) WASHINGTON, August 29. The Senate passed the Conscription Bill, which now goes to the House of Representatives. It provides for a year’s compulsory service for men between the ages of 21 and 31. It is expected that 12,000,000 will register, from which number 4,500.000 will be available for the selected draft.
In the first test vote on the Bill the Senate by 54 votes to 29. rejected Senator Walsh’s amendment to postpone the draft till Congress declared war or the nation was threatened with invasion. The Senate amended the Conscription Bill to permit the Government to commandeer private plants which refuse to co-operate in the national defence programme.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 August 1940, Page 7
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123CONSCRIPTION IN U.S.A. Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 August 1940, Page 7
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