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Masaruk Urges UND
Control Of World
Armament Industry
Britain Plans To Place Three
Mandates Under Trustee System
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
LONDON, Jan. 17— (AP)—United Nations control of the en
tire world armament industry, including atomic bomb factories,
was proposed to the UNO General Assembly today by Foreign
Minister Jan G. Masaryk of Cr;echpslgyvakia.
Jobs and problems piled up
for the assembly as it began the
second week of its existence with
a 2 sobering = speech by Foreign
Minister Ernest Bevin of Great
Britain.
Bevin said Britain wags already
negotiating to place taree of her
five old mandates from the
League of Nations under the pro
jected new Uniteq iNalions trus
{ecship system. Belgian officials
caid they would anncunce simi-
Jar intentions for their two man
dates, Ruanda and Urandi, in
East Africa.
The three, Bevin declared in
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Tinted Photo And
Letter Sent To
Truman Namesake
WASHINGTON, Jan.,, 17 —
(AP» — A tinted photograph of
president Truman wnd a letter
from the White House is enroute
{o the Chief Executive’s newest
Alabama nam<sake.
The child'is Harry Truman Wil
lis. one of the triplets recently
horn to M= and Mrs. Lonnie
Willis, of Shorterville. His broth
er is Freq Halsey Willis, named
after Admiral William F. Halsey.
The third child is a gi~l.
Rep. Andrews (D-Ala.)., who
notitied the President and the
Admiral, said the latier promis
ed a picture of fumself for Fred
Halsey soon. ;
President Truman’s letter ex
tends congratulationg and wish.
es “happy. active and ‘useful
lives” for the triplels.
Ouwr Mew: And "“Women
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ATHENIAN PROMOTED ;
TOO FULL COLONEL
Information has been' received
here of the promotion of Lt. Col.
E. L. Griggs, jr., to the rank of
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Army
of the United States, published
under orders of December 21,
1945. At present, Col. Griggs is
on terminal leave at his home, 815
Thirteenth street, Waynesboro,
and expects shortly to return to
his position with the E. I. du Pont
de Nemours & Co., in Waynes
boro
Prior to his recent return to
Waynesboro, Col. Griggs was on
duty on Luzon Island, Philippine
Islands, as commandant of the
Engineer School, U. $. Army:
Forces in the Western Pacific and
I command of the 1396th Engi
neer Battalion. The Engineer
School had the mission of train-
Ing engineer heavy equipment op
trators, mechanics, diesel me-~
Chanics, welders, machinists, elec
iricians, surveyors, spil techni-
Clans, combat engineers, supply
technicians, and other engineer
specialists; both ' officers and en
isted men for the American,
Philippine, and = Allied Armies,
:[‘V“ww:huut the Southwest Pacific
neater
Col: Griggs has been recalled
‘Uy‘»m troop duty and assigned to
Headquarters, U. S. Army Forces
' the Far East for the planning,
U'sanization, and corstruction of
the Engineer School working un
‘cr the technical direction 6f the
chiel enginer, GHQ, SWPA.
- Commanded 864th
belore being appointed com
;_!j'”qflf of the Engineer School,
-0l Griggs commanded the 864th
Nsineer Aviation Battalion en-
Fi2cd in airfield, hospital, and
MOer construetion during the
“dMpbaign on Biak and other is-
L29s of the Dutch East Indies.
4 "1‘114;_ under his command, the
Loalion served: both as part of
¢ U. S. Service of Supply and
- @ component of the Sixth Ar-
Col. Griggs went overseas in
“‘_‘\'C‘mber of 1942, to organize and
Ve as chief of the Engineer
‘l‘:'(jjl“n].. Officer Candidate School,
usira la.
Served In New Guinea
He is credited with service in
2¢ New Guinea campaign, Leyte,
© southern Philippines cam
-120, and the Luzon' campaign.
.. Acted as an observer with the
\'l'} d Engineers at Nassau Bay,
- Tambu, Roosevelt Ridge, and
‘gflnilua.
soolore going overseas, Col.
D‘,,f\-" served as chief of weapons
. on. Officer Candidate School,
B - Belvoir, Va, and with the
" Engineer Battaiion to which
o) e was assigned upon his
aq, © active duty in March of
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
KIMMEL TELLS
JAP METHOD
ON TORPEDOES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17—(AP)
—Rear Adm. Husband E. Kim
me] told congressional investiga
tors today how the Japanese
succeeded in launching aerial
torpedoes in the snailow waters
of Pearl Harbor, a feat which
Navy experts in 1941 considered
impossible. ’
The former Pacific Fleet com
mander; detailing “is own ac
count of the disastrous Japanese
raid against the naval! base Dec.
7, 1941, said the Nipponese sim.
ply attached wooden fins to old
style torpedoes to do the job.
“That was the device the Jap
anese used,” Kimme! said, “—a
device that all Yae wrzins of our
Navy Department who had been
working on the problem had
been unable to discover.”
He addeq dryiy: ¢
“Seems Easy”
“The solution to any problem
seems easy after you have the
answer.” 5 :
Previous testimony had dis
closed tuat the officials entrus
ted with the defense of the naval
base had felt relatively secure
against aerial torpedo attacks
since they knew ¢f none that
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LT. FRA%CIS STEWART
HHOME ON LEAVE
Lt. Francis X. Stewart is home
on lehve after serving in the Eu
ropean Theater. “Xen” as he is
called by his friends, graduated
from the Athens High School in
1938 and was attending the Uni
versity of Georgia when he en
lisfed in 1940. He attended O.C.S.
in Columbus, Ga., uon his grad
uation was commissioned a 2nd
I.t "
Early in' 1944 he was promoted
to, first Lt., ‘and in June of that
year was sent to Europe. He was
in battles in Holland, France and
was wounded on January 3, 1945
in the Battle of the Bulge. After
he recovered he went on to Ger
many, with the Third Military
Government Regiment, as Food
Administrator for kries (counties)
in the American Occupation
Zone.
He wears two overseas badges;
Purple Heart; Victory medal,
three campaign metals; Pre-Pearl
Harbor ribbon and Presidential
Citation. His division, the 101st
Airborne Infantry Division is the
only Division in history ever to
receive the Presidential Citation,
which was delivered to them by
General Eisenhower. They were
commended as “The Screaming
Eagles” for the noble work they
did in the Belguim Bulge.
At present he is with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. AX. Stewart
and at the end of his leave will
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Senate Bill Aids °
University To
Build Dormitories
ATLANTA, Jan 17—(AP)—The
Senate today passed a measure
enabling the University of Geor
to build new dormitories for vet
erans and Georgia Tech to enlarge
its athletic stadium through the
issuance of revenue certificates.
The bill introduced by Senator
Everett Millican of Atlanta, re
pealed an act of the Talmadge
legislature in 1935 which took ti
tles to college property away from
the various colleges in the Uni
versity system.
Repeal of this act restores such
titles to the colleges, and permits
them to mortgage improvements
contemplated for the issuance of
reverjue certfficates whith will
be retired through rentals of the
improvements.
President Frank C Gross; Sena-~
tors Millican, Causey, Slaughter
and others spoke for the bill and
Senator Sabados agaiast it. The
vote was 34 to 2.
Full Associated Press <ervice.
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MEAT PACKERS STRIKE
Striking meat packers block traffic at the 42nd Street entrance te the Chicago stockyards as
25,000 members of the union go on strike. A pelice line separated theé pickets from the yards.
Annual March Of
Dimes Drive At
University Begun
Alpha Phi Omega, national
service fraternity, is once again
sponsoring #ie March of Dimes
campaign at the University of
Georgia. The organization more
than tripled its quota last year.
Dan HUL county chairman, has
saiq that it will not be necessary
to set a quota this time.
February 2, the GOP, organi
zation of non-fraternity men, will
sponsor a .dance "at Woodruff
‘Hall, the proceeds of which will
be given over to the March of
Dimes. Citizens of Athens, as
well -as- students, -are invited.
As was done last year, Alpaa
Phi Omega will award a trophy
to the campus organization or
housing unit wiich collects the
most monßy for the drive.
New Clue Scanned
By Chicago Police
in Degnan Murder
CHICAGO, Jan. 17—(AP)—
Several whisps ofblond hair match
ing the locks of Suzanne Degnan,
6-year-old victim of a sadistic
murderer, have ben found entan
gled in a rough stairway plank
at the rear of an apartment
building near the Degnan home,
police said today. -
The building at 6035-37 Win~
throp Avenue is situated a block
and a half from "the apartment
building at 5901 Winthrop in the
basement of which police said the
body of the child was dismember
ed. .
Detective Adolf Valanis said
the wisps of heair found on the
stair board established that Su
zanne was carried to that spot:af
ter she was kidnapped from her
bed Jan. 7. It was in that area
that police last wek found a
noose of pi¢ture wire to which
another strand of yellow hair ad
hered. Police theorized the wire
noose was used to garrote Su
zanne before she was dismember
ed.
Valanis said that before the new
wisps of hair were found Mrs.
Ruth H. Erickson, of 1055 Glen
lake Ave., living around the cor
ner from 6035-37 Winthrop, told
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Men Students Now
Outnumber Co-eds
At The University
It’s a Man’s world again at the
University of Georgia and much
to the pleasure of Georgia’s co
eds, for at the official ending of
registration for the winter quar
ter Wednesday night, figures
showed that there are now 350
more men students at the Univer
sity than women.
During the war years, women
students outnumbered the men
sometimes as much as 4 to 1, but
since the ending of hostilities the
odds have been gradually lessen
ed, and now “there’s no man
shortage at all.”
The total enrollment at the Uni
versity is now 3,396 which is just
12 shy of the institution’s all-time
record of 3,408 in 1939. Of this
number, 1,873 are men; 1,532,
women.
There are now 1,208 students
enrolled who were net present at
the fall quarter, therefore the Uni
versity cumulative enrollment
since the opening of the fall quar
ter is well beyond the former high
figure. The cumulative enrollment
now is 3,801 as compared to 3,735
in 1939, !
Athens, Ga., Thursday, January 17, 1946
SENATE APPROVES BILL GIVING
ATHENS MAYOR EXECUTIVE POWER
ATLANTA, Jan. 17—(AP)—The senate today approved a
measure by Dr. N, G. Slaughter of Athens, Senator from the 50th
District, granting the Mayor of Athens executive power in the
administration of city government.
Dr. Slaughter said this com
pletes action pn the bill which is
identical with one approved in
House, introduced by Reps. L. O.
Price and K. A. Hill. i
The Senate also by a vote of 32
to 3 today sent back to committee
a bill which would place state em
ployees under a merit system.
The motion to recommit was
made by Senator W. L. Norton 6f
Gainesville. He said the bill
should be sent back to committee
to permit rewriting and inclusion
of numerous amendments which
members have prepared.
Prior' to the Norton motion
which was made shortly after de
bate on the measure started, Floor
Leader G. Everett Millican of At
lanta said he did not believe the
senate could pass a -bill which
would meet with approval of the
House.
“I feel certain that a House and
Senate conference will be neces
sary sdefore a final bill can be ap
proved,” Milligan said.
“I believe that we will need the
advice of men who are expert in
the operation of merit systems.”
The Atlanta senator said that
the finished bill should include all
employees of the state ar*f added
that a properly worded bill would
in his opinion ‘save the Georgia
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Marriage Licenses
Issued In Clarke
In 1945 Were 359
BY RAY F. FOWELL
A total of 359 marriage licen
ses were issued in .Clarke coun
ty during 1945, according to the
records of Mrs. Ruby Hartman.
county Ordinary. Deccember led
all months last year with a total
of 64 sales, while in June, the
traditional month of brides, only
46 were issued.
Records in the office siow a
marked increase i 1 rnarriage li
cense sales during the war.
¥For the past six yearg the
sales were as follews: 191 in
1940; 227 in 1941: 352 in 1942:
°°% in 1943; 276 in 1944; 359 in
1945,
Many of the marriages were
performed by Mrs. Hartman in
her office at the county court
house.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy this after
noon, fairing and celder to
night. Friday fair and war
mer,
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and rather cold this after
noon followed by clearing
and slightly colder weather
tonight. Lowest temperatures
20 to 25 in norgh and 26 to 32
in south tonignt. Friday fair
and warmer,
TEMPERATURE
aßnNest . i LA
SO . e
M ... a e
Maeal s i 88
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .20
Total since January 1 .... 855
Excess since January 1 ... 6.21
Average January rainfall 4.26
i HOLIDAY SATURDAY
ATLANTA, Jan.,, 17 —(AP)—
Saturday, Jan., 19 is General
Robert E. Lee's birinday and a
banking holiday in Georgia.
ESTABLISHED 1832
Higher Prices For
‘3 P -
From U. §. Hearings
| “RBy OVID A, MARTIN
- “WASHINGTON, Jan. 17—(AP)
—The government is scheduling a
series of meetings which may re
sult eventually in higher milk
prices.
These increases - — possibly
months away—would be two cents
a quart during the spring and
summer and three cents a quart
during winter months.
The first of the hearings will
open at New York tomorrow. The
second will be held for the Bos
ton milk market next month.
~ Similar sessions are planned in
most large cities where dairy
men’s prices are regulated by the
Agriculture Department under
federal milk marketing orders.
. Tomorow’s gathering comes a
week after it becomes known that
Secretary of Agriculture Ander
son is urging an immediate hike
of six cents a pcund in OPA but
ter price ceilings in an effort to
encourage greater production.
The milk price hearings will be
conducted by the department on
what it describes as dairy industry
proposals to raise producer prices
¢f fluid milk when tne govern
ment’s 525,000,000 a year dairy
production ‘subsidy program is
ended.
Stablizatior: Director John C.
Collet, to whom Anderson carried
his butter (ight, announced in
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Mid-Winter Storm
Leaves South In
Mantle Of Snow
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A_mid-winter storm which cov
ered much of the South with a
mantle of snow was centered off
the North Carolina coast early to
day, bringing heavy snow and
sleet to the Carolinas and Vir
ginia. -
Chief Highway Engineer C. R.
McMillan said some areas of
South Carolina were experienc}ng
their worst motoring weather ’ in
seven years as a dangerous coat
of ice spread over highways.
The storm was expected 1o
move northeastward during the
day and bring snow in the east
ern sections of middle and north
ern Atlantic states.
A trail of white was left in the
wake of the storm Tuesday from
Texas across southern Arkansas
to northern Louisiana. K Yesterday
snow and sleet struck Tennessee
and the northern parts of WMis
sissippi, Alabama ' and Georgzgia.
Then the storm proceeded to the
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Nix Is Chosen By
Y aarab Temple
As New Potentate
ATLANTA, Jan. 17T —(AP)—
For the first time in its history,
an out-of-town resident became
potentate of Yaarab Temple, At
anta Shrine organization, when
Abit Nix of Athens, was elected
to that office last night. The At
lanta: temple now has more than
8,700 shriners on its rosters, lar
gest membership in its History.
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® - . . JIT’A ]
By HAROLD W. WARD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17—(AP)—President Truman gave the
two principals in the threatened steel strike their last chance to
day to work out an agreement together before he proposes a way
to end the deadlock.
Goering’s Face s
-
By JAMES F. KING
i NUERNBERG, Jan. 17.—(AP)
—France asked death today for
the 22 ring leaders of the Nazi
regime and for punishment of
hundreds of thousands of mem
bers of German terror organiza
tions.
Francois De Menthon, wounded
war veteran who is the French
prosecutor, denounced Hitlerism
and all it stands for with a fer
vor that brought fear to the faces
of Hermann Goering and other
prisoners before the international
military tribunal. |
! “Civilization requires from you '
{ after this unleashing of barbar
lism a verdict which will be a
|sort of supreme warning,” De‘
lPMenthon said.
The chief French prosecutor
!said that perhaps the punishment
lof hundreds of thousands of men
i who belonged to such terror or
';;anizations as the SB, the SD,
lthe SA and Gestapo “awakens
| some objection” but warned: |
“Without the existence of these
organizations, without the spirit
which animated them, one would
not succeed in understanding how
so many atrocities could have
been perpetrated. The systematic
war of criminality could not have
been carried out by Nazi Ger
many without these organizations
and without the men who com
posed them.”
As Foundation
De Menthon told the court that
death sentences for the leaders
and verdicts of guilty for the or
‘ganizations “can serve as a foun
dation for the moral uplift of the
German people and the first stage
in their integration into a com
munity of free countries.” !
One of the biggest crowds
since the trials opened packed
the courtroom as the chief pros
ecutor for the French declared
that diplomatic = maneuvering
alone could not assure peace—
that firm justice must be meted
out by the tribunal.
De Menthon said his country
was acting as spokesman for the
martyred peacé-loving peoples of.
western Europe — Norway, Den
mark, The Netherlands, Belgium
and Luxemburg.
The Americans and British
completed their cases yesterday,
except for those against some in
dividual defendants — including
Rudolf Hess and Franz Von Pa
pen — which probably will be
sandwiched in later. The French
case is expected to take dbout
three weeks, after which the
Russian prosecutors will take
over.
TAKE KEY MEN
By RICHARD CUSHING
SHANGHAI, Jan. 17.—(AP)—
Several key Japanese accused of
complicity in a mock court-mar
tial of three of General James A.
Doolittle’s Tokyo raiders have
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Selective Service
Announces New
Hours For Public
Selective ervice Board will
have new ffice Lipurs effective
this week. Misg Mildred Thomp
son wil] register discharges and
registrations . Monday through
Friday from 8:30 a. m. until
five p. m.
New registrants are to report
on their eighteenth birthday and
dischargees within 10 days after
they reach home. g
The board offices are on the
second, floor in the ccurthouse.
Club Requirements?
Drive 80 Miles
An Hour In City
MACON, Ga., Jan. 17—(AP)—
A few school children in Macon
formed a club requiring them to
drive 80 miles an hour within the
city limits. b
This was revealed in a report
vesterday by Deputy Sheriff E. J.
Peacock. The club was uncovered
during an investigation of com
vlaints against the behavior of
hig school students, Peacock
3aia.
A.B.C. Paper — Single Copy, 3c — 5¢ Sunday
The President gave CIO pres
deny Philip Murray and Benja
min Fairless, U. S. Steel head,
until this afternoon to settle their
wage dispute. g
Should they fail, he said, he
will step in with '\ proposal in
the public interest.”
Mr. Truman urged the two
men, just before tney left the
White House last night after a
day cos fruitless talks, to “sleep
over it and pray over it and do
their utmost to get tougether and
Icome back again at two o’clock
tomoerrow afternoon.”
Both said they wvrould.
This sharp focusing of the
spotlight on the crucial White
House meeting tended to divert
top attention from new adminis
tration efforts here to find a so
lution for the 'mcat packing
strike, already hitting the na
tion’s meat marke.s. Secretary
of Labor Schwellenbach invited
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VISITORS IN MADRID MIGHT WELL
JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS THAT -
SPAINIS LAND OF MILK AND HONEY
Gambling In All
Forms Banned
At Honolulu Base
HONOLULU, Jan., 17 —(AP)
—A story in the Army newspa
pers Stars and Siripes Yiat a
small group of soldiers was
“making a small ‘ortune” at
dice from homeward-bound G.
I’s at the Oahu Army Pe:sonnel
Center has broughf an official
Army ban qn all forms of gamb
ling there.
Lt. Gen. Robert C. Kichardson,
jr., mid. Pacific A'my Comman
der, issued the ban late yester
day after Stars and Stripes re
perted “organized gambling goes
on nightly wi% thoucands of dol.
lars changing hands.”
“Now the men can’t even play
pinochle,” said Col. William Saf
farrans, commandant of the cen
ter.
“I authorizeq controlled gam
bling in order to give the men a
decent place where taey could
meet,” he told interviewers.
He asserted they formerly
gambling in atrines, lin barracks,
and in other places, and:
“They are going so gamble re.
gardless of what anyone says and
I provided n place where they
never had %ae slighwest trouble.
Everything was open and above
board.” .
He denied that aryone was
taking a “cud” from the dice ta
bles.
CUTTING ARMY DOWN TO NEAR ITS
1919 SIZE IS ADVOCATED BY “IKE”
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17—(AP)
—Slashing down the Army close
to 1919 size was advocated today
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
headed back to Capitol Hill for
cross-examination on demobiliza
thén. - % :
Senator Edwin C. Johnson (D.-
Colo.) urging “the irreducible
minimum” in Army strength, said
he thought it could get along July
1 with a million men. This com
pares with 931,422 in the ranks
on the same date in 1919.
. The Army hasg been planning
for 1,500,000 men by July, but
lJohnson told reporters he consid
ers that figure about 500,000 too
high. Eisenhower informed Con
gress Tuesday that the Army’s
strength on January 1 was 4,200.-
000, compared with the V-E day
peak of 8,300,000.
~ Evidently Eisenhower’s lengthy
report to an informal joint session
of Congress Tuesday failed to
touch on some matters still troub
ling the lawmakers, for the spec
ial Senate Military Subcommittee
on demobilization called him back
today. He also was asked to ap
pear before the House Military
Committee next Tuesday.
Eisenhower himself arranged
for an even further airing of the
demobilization program. He
scheduled a radio-address to the
ndtion on the subject for Friday
night (# p. m., EST.)
Johnson’s proposal for a post
war Army close to the 1919 size
ran counter to Eisenhower's
statement Tuesday. The General
said then that the War Depart
ment was taking a big chance in
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a 03"—0, Jan. 17 —(AP) —
.k-"b’ 4, 6 workers maintain.
ed & Q{? tes around emptv
|pens it st of the country’s
stockyards today as; they looked
to- Washington for settlement of
a paralyzing strike in the meat
industry.
’ Leaders of the CIO and AFL
‘uni(ms involved in the H"uge
walkout—affecting =ome 263,000
‘wm*kr‘rs——»and rep-esentatives of
‘the. four maijor packers haeded
appeals of government officials
to meet in an attempt to reach
agreement on the wage dispute.
One of the unions went to the
peace talk weady to modify its
wage demands. .
As the meeting Ly unions,
packers and labor department”
officials got underway, %ae scar
city of meat bécame more acute
in many sectiong ss arrivals of
livestcek at prinecipal markets
dwindled.
Current supplies were shrink.
ing rapidly and continuation of
the strike, which stavted Tues
day, threatened to reduce the
country’s fresh meat supply ‘o
far below = wartime rationing,
said industry spokesmen. Re
vorts’ from throughout tie na
tion indicated supplies probably
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By DEWITT MACKENZIE
AP World Traveler
MADRID, Jan. 17—It would be,
easy for the visitor in Madrid to
leap to the conclusion that Spain
is a land flowing with Milk and
honey, there's such a plentitude
of the good things of life avail
’ab]‘e in the capital-—at a price.
People of means are so accus
tomed to abundance that amaze
ment was expressed by residents
with whom I was lunching in a
deluxe hotel because the usual
succulent beefsteaks weren’t av
ailable for that meal. The menu
was loaded with all sorts of oth
er food, but i thappens that there’s
a shortageé of beef right now, at
least in the city markets.
What was true of food is also
largely true of both necessities and
luxuries in other lines. In short
up to the time Mrs. Mack and I
left New York at the end of No
vember, probably no city in Ameri
ca had retovered sufficiently from
war strain to produce such lux
urious meals as Madrid can serve.
And of course London and Paris,
which we also have visited, strug
gle along far behind.
Not On Crest
However, it's well that we in
troduce a qualification right here
lest theve be any mistaken idea
that Spain is riding the crest of
the economic wave. She also has
her troubles and her prosperity
is rather in the coachdog category
—that 13, spotty. Among other
things, the cost of living has risen
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lowering Army strength to 1,500~
000.
However, the subcommittee of
which Johnson is chairman enter
tained hopes of selling the Chief
of Staff some different ideas, boti
on the Army’s size and demobili
zation.
One proposal which Johnson
has ready is that previously ex
empt single men up to 45 and lot§
of 4-F’s be drafted to raise over
seas replacements.
He suggested that both Selective
Service Bnd the Alfmy iiperaiize
physical standards and aceept
thousands of men previously re
jected because of minor physical
disabilities, such as flat feet.
Both Johnson and another com
mittee member, Senator Rever
comb (R.-W. Va.) made it plain
that they are opposed to including
fathers in the proposed draft ex
pansion. Revercomb, who has been
pushing for release of all drafted
fathers, asked the War Depart
ment for complete statistical data
on fathers now in service, includ
ing time of service and number of
dependent children. ;
Johnson and some members of
the House Military Committee
said they favor allowing the War
time Draft Act to expire May 15
of this year. .
The American Legion here pro
tested any such early end to the
draft act. It said the act now pro
vides job security for former ser
vice men and that Congress had
ignored Legion requests for ex
tension of “re-employment bene
fits to members of the armed ser- .
vices” beyond May 15, :