LOWER DRAFT AGE
MR STIMSON’S ADVOCACY. NEED OF GREAT FIGHTING FORCES. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, October 14. Stressing the importance of lowering the draft age to eighteen, the Secretary for War (Mr Stimson) told the House Military Committee that the United States wants in 1943 the largest Air Force, with sustaining units, which production and transportation will permit. He said that 2,200,000 for the air forces is a conservatice estimate. Changes will be upward. There are now approximately 4,250,000 men in the United States Army and the figure will be increased to 7,500,000 next year, Mr Stimson declared He said plans for next year included increasing the Air Force to 2,200,000 men, with ground units of 3.300,000 and an additional two millions either training or engaged in simply work. The War Department was working towards building up the largest Air Force which production could sustain.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 October 1942, Page 4
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