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iPush for Draft as Army
i 'Recruitment Misses Mark
By BAUKHAGE
News Analyst and Commentator.
IWNU Service, 1816 Eye Street, N.W.,
, Washington, D. C.
WASHINGTON. ? Uncle Sam'is
completing the biggest "help want
fed" campaign in history and he's
.afraid it hasn't been a 100 per cent
lfUC??S9
When the tu
im u 11 ? n d the
^shouting dies, the
[captains and the
[kings depart, the
imen who served
[their country
"take up the
[plough-shares or
the pen as a
simple citizen
a g a i n," and
somebody has to
look around tor
more to make up
uie peacetime anny anu uavj.
That's what Uncle has been doing.
Life on the bounding main has al
ways had sufficient appeal, especial
ly to inlanders, to keep the navy up
to par without much effort. But
Americans ordinarily Just don't go
(or soldiering, and that fact has the
war department worried. It doesn't
decide how big or little the army
must be. It gets its orders from
mgner up. sut-n ana sucn is Amer
ica's policy?the war department
has to get enough pairs of sound legs
and arms and enough cool heads
to carry it out.
Conscription has always been un
popular. We don't even like to use
the word. But we have to get the
men. Hence the light to extend the
draft and hence the greatest recruit
ing campaign this or any other coun
try has ever launched. The sum ex
pended on this campaign is big,
even compared to the amount spent
to remind America of "the pause
that refreshes." It was rim like any
other advertising campaign, with a
selection of the media best suited
for its purposes. Newspapers, daily
and weekly, magazines,'especially
those devoted to popular science,
billboards and radio, posters and
window displays were generously
used.
It did bring in 320,521 recruits but
that isn't enough. And enlistments
have declined steadily from their
peak in November. That month ,
185,000 men either signed up or "re
upped" as we used to say. But
watch the numbers shrink! Decem
ber, 131,000; January. 113,000; Feb
ruary, 93,000; March (estimated)
73,000; April, ?7?77?
Seek to Better
C./.s Lot
Besides this vigorous campaign a
real, sincere and sustained effort is
being made to improve the life in
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uaitavn cum uim-ncui. ncaruigs iu
hear the G.I. gripes, with specific
plans to right wrongs where they
were found and can be corrected,
a thorough examination of army jus
tice by civilian lawyers, selected by
the American Bar association, a
20 per cent pay increase, all these
are part of a plan furthered by Sec
retary of War Patterson whose one
<desire is to leave the army better
when he retires than the way he
dound it.
But there are a lot of hurdles.
One is the need of a higher type of
soldier in these days oIt mechanized
warfare; the second is the increas
ing standard of civilian wages with
which the army has to compete. The
automotive and the durable goods
'industries are the chief competitors
and their pay is good.
However, there are intangibles
.which enter into the question too.
A man has to have more than a de
,sire for clothes, a roof and three 1
aquare meals a day and no respon
sibilities. To enlist he has to have
a certain love for adventure, a will
ingness to accept the hardships of
barrack life in far countries.
The army doesn't really in its
heart want the draft. It is a case
?of taking what they can get I know
of no officer who would not prefer
a volunteer army. That is another
Intangible. But with the commit
ments which the United States has
today and until a United Nations or
ganization can be formed which can
take over the military function of
the separate countries, the need is
men.
There Is something strange about
the opposition to extension of the
draft as revealed in the hearings.
In my personal contacts I have not
gelt that opposition. By far the ma
jority of people I have talked with
on my recent trips through seven
otates have agreed that extension
* of selective service was neces
wary?some said a necessary evil?
|but still necessary. One of the most
carefully conducted polls undertaken
by the National Opinion Research
center of Denver university has this
to say:
"A substantial majority of the
public In this country are convinced
that?in spite of the military impli
cations of the atom bomb?the Unit
ed States needs peacetime military
training. This conviction is evi
denced by nation-wide survey results
just released by the National Opin
ion Research Center, University of
Denver. ?
"To test the stability of public
opinion on the issue, NORC asked
separate but comparable cross-sec
tions of the population two different
ly worded questions, one stating an
argument against conscription in
view of the military implications of
the atom bomb, the other stating
an argument for conscription in
view of atomic Implications. No
matter how the question is worded,
a strong majority favor compulsory
military training in this country.
"Even the anti-conscription word
ing elicits a 68 per cent majority in
favnr nf milUnnr trninino A neni ? a
the atom bomb, while the pro-con
scription question elicits no more
than a 71 percent majority In favor
of the idea."
Some of the opposition to the
legislation came from people who
were dupes of what many officials
believe to be subversive organiza
tions. Some has been fostered by
congressmen looking for votes.
At this writing, however, it seems
that common sense and patriotism
are going to come to Uncle Sam's
rescue.
? ? ?
Cut German
Beer Supply
I have just been In touch with the
state department and am able to
say, unofficially, but by no means
uncertainly, that the Germans are
not going to get a soft peace. I do
not refer to the plan for slicing Ger
man industry to a very thin piece
or the renewed efforts at denazi
fication in the American zone. What
I am able to report is a step recent
ly taken which the Germans will un
doubtedly consider cruel and un
usual punishment.
They are not going to be allowed,
as they hoped they would be, to
brew beer. The United States gov
ernment has ruled "nothing doing"
because of the food situation and
"other, reasons."
For the precise data on the situa
tion I am indebted to my former
colleague, the Western Newspaper
Union's correspondent, now in Ger
many, Pauline Frederick. Here it
is:
"The situation on brewing of beer
In the three other zones of Germany
Is as follows, based on the reports
given us by the agricultural repre
lentatives of these zones In Berlin:
"British zone?Brewing of beer
prohibited by military order.
"French zone?Brewing permitted
xfitil the recent critical food short
ige stopped it.
"Russian zone?Brewing permit
ed but no information is available
>n the amount of grain being used
n the Russian zone for this purpose.
"The proposed brewing program
n the American zone requires 39,000
ons of barley which will produce
ibout 23 per cent of the 1931 con
lumption based on a 12-month peri
id in our zone. The 1931 produc
ion was the lowest on record. No
rcal is permitted for brewing pur
>oses until local food processing
teeds have been supplied.
"Thirty-nine thousand tons of bar
ey represents the breadgraln ra
lon requirements of our zone for
ipproximately 10 days. The rela
lve caloric value of 39,000 tons of
>arley in the form of beer is 80.33
tillion calories, or to put it another
ray, one liter is equal to 100 grams
if bread In caloric value.
"In the brewing process as com
isred with the utilization of barley
or bread approximately 20 per cent
if the food value of barley is lost
"The whole question of brewing
wer In our zone is a big political
me and promises have been made
ly the minister-presidents and di
ectors of agriculture that this beer
vould be forthcoming in the spring
nonths when farmers and workers
an have it in the heavy working
eason. The German authorities
isve agreed that if the beer is made
t will not be issued as a supple
nent to the present ration but will
e issued as a substitute for bread
issed on its caloric value."
Well, politics or no politics, the
lermans aren't going to get their
teer?let the foam fly where it may.
BARBS ? ? . by Baukhagt
I
j la my mall: "Tha cm of Russia
(versus Iran reminds me of what the a
elephant said to tha ilea as they ..
were gotag into tha Ark: 'Quit your
a a a 1
Reports af son spot disturbances
make mo wonder if perhaps Old Sol 1
disapproves of this business of
eorthliags fooling with tha atom. It 1
would be comic if it weren't cosmic.
Another mail item clipped from
n English publication, circa 1630:
'What is a Communist? One who
has yearnings
'or an equal division of unequal
earnings;
dler or bungler, or both, ha is wiU
tng
'o fork out his copper ana pocket
your shilling."
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WARSAW, CITY OF RUINS . . . Life goes on in a city of complete
ruins. Children in Warsaw, Poland, are playing games in front of the
ruins of Marien Kircher, the oldest church in the Polish capital.
Charred wreckage forms a cross in the background. The population,
once over a million, has dwindled to a few thousand of under-nourished
and ill-clad population. Warsaw is the "ghost city of Europe." The
mystery is why the few remain in Warsaw.
HOOVER DISCUSSES FOOD . . . Herbert Hoover, center, former
president of the United States, who is currently making a tour of
Europe to study tbe food problem, is shown following his arrival in
Csechoslovakia with Lawrence Steinhardt, left, U. S. ambassador,
and President Benes, right, of Cxeehoslovakia. Hoover has reported
an argent need for food in most countries of Europe if open revolt
and starvation is to be averted.
PINING UNDER THE PINES . . . Tte laid that In the iprinf a yomig
man'i fancy turns to thoughts of love, so Jimmy Murray, Johnson
City, N. I., not wanting to b? an exception to the rale, whispers
sweet nothings to his lady fair, Kathy Callahan. They're all wrapped
np in the mysteries of poppy love as they hold a tryst under the pines.
Many an oldster eooM take a lesson from this young fair couple.
PARIS CELEBRATES AGAIN ... Per the tret time dace the war
Parte herat forth with all Ma peat ap gaiety la a colorful earahral that
hraaght forth Ma hrighteat ecetamea aad loata. The holiday apirtt
penetrated dewaward late the yowager hrackets, tee, aad here we
aee three ehUdfraa at ft* hiaay who marched throogh the atreeta at
Parte la maagoerade, the hardiUpa at war a thiag at the paat.
AIR COMMANDER . . . Lt. Gen.
George Stratemeyer, former com
mander of the U. S. air forces in
China, has been appointed com
mander of the newly formed air
defense command. He will be
responsible for defense of the
United States.
MAT RULE AGAIN ... As a
result ol the recent Greece elec
tion, Kins George II, now in exile
in England, may be returned. He
first reigned in 1922, but fled the
country the next year due to an
uprising. He was restored to his
throne again in 1935 but forced
Into exile in 1941 when the Ger
mans overran his country.
CONTENDER WORKS OUT . . .
Billy Conn, who meets world's
champion heavyweight Joe Louis
at Yankee stadium on June 19,
punches the bag at his camp at
Greenwood Lake, New Jersey. A
$3,500,000 gate Is expected.
EGGS GETTING LARGER . . .
This 8. C. White Leghorn hen is
certainly in a class by herself.
Held by owner, Mrs. William
Bnrnham, Albany, N. I., she looks
over her 14-onnce egg, 5 inches I
long, 8 inches in circumference.
COMFTON HONORED ... Dr. |
Karl T. Cemptoa, president of the 1
Massachusetts Institute of Tech- {
nolorr. Boston, whs was awarded
the highest award the war depart- 1
asewt aaa hutnw on a elvfUan.
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By PaulMallon^^
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
BARUCH CALLED TO AID
IN STABLE FUTURE
WASHINGTON. ? Whenever the
Democrats get into great trouble,
they call on Baruch, the financier.
He was assigned the delicate task
u _ of keeping the atom
bomb sale (or
democracies with
out offense to oth
ers, as chairman of
the new commis
sion. Again, he was
rushed up to the
house banking com
mittee to save the
OPA and war pow
ers control bill.
Baruch about which con
gress is plainly
dubious in the face of business
clamor to kick off government re
straints. But in this last assignment,
Baruch utterly destroyed the fic
tions of the administration inflation
policy ? said the price structure is
out of gear, mistakes have been
tragic, the Truman-Bowles bulge in
the line against inflation was actual
ly a break and a grave one ? and
laid down his own new program to
harness inflation and get produc
tion.
The program will not be
adopted. While Baruch has long
served as a fireman for the ad
ministration, and has been
called in to pnt out blazes
getting beyond control, and gen
erally issues wise advice ? the
administration never follows the
advice. At the outset of the war,
this clear-thinking and unpreju
diced mind openly told Mr,
Roosevelt how to prevent infla
tion by a real wage-price con
trol, but the President punc
l?t? A ? A " * '
?uivu mi cuutrui setup SO Ul<11
it became a sieve with the
resultant prices of today and the
unending wage disputes. Again
Baruch submitted a report on
reconversion just before the war
end, and only one of bis points
was adopted ? reconversion be
ing left in its current state.
MANY BARUCH PLANS
NEVER CARRIED OUT
The official fireman, thus, has
been unable to get his own fire ex
tinguisher adopted in the past
simply because the administration j
wanted to play political economics?
wanted to get the votes of pressure
groups?rather than to accomplish
its announced objectives.
.The new Baruch plan is suf
fering from the same trouble. A
ban on strikes for a year seems
impossible to attain because of
opposition of the unions. Estab
lishment of a high court of com
merce to plan an economy fair
to all groups is difficult because
the pressure groups would try
to pack it, as they have packed
similar economic tribunals or
pressured them into ineffective
ness. To dispel the sham conten
tion that wage increases will
not bring price Increases would
be contrary to what is consid
ered a good political working
formula by the administration
in an election year.
*1 3??
nun we aumiia5i,raiion is already
doing most of the other things
Baruch recommended, but frequent
ly in such a way as to defeat its
own purposes. While it is doing his
things, it is simultaneously doing
other things at cross purposes which
prevent it from getting results, or
achieving announced goals. Its
wage increase policy is, for in
stance, at cross purposes with its
inflation and price policies; and its
price-holding policy is being daily
violated by allowances of indirect
price increases.
So we seem to be inevitably em
barked on a loose patchwork recon
version program from which we are
not likely to escape. I Judge, for
instance, Congress will enact a lim
ited compromise renewal of the war
powers and OPA, with amendments
designed to correct the worst de
fects, but the correction of the de
fects will rest with the administra
tive branch. Congress cannot take
hold and legislate a whole new pro
gram. Once the administration gets
renewal of its powers, it no doubt
will continue its chosen, current
way.
This way will not be unsatisfac
tory to business, but will fail to
Establish any permanent solution of
the labor problem or confidence
for the economic future. My guess
s some nrivate aunranraa E-.? -1 I
ready been made that the Bowles
idea of limiting profits will not ba
carried into effect.
Price increases have been author
zed daily for the past three weeks
o get production, and I see the
itock market is staggering to its
eet after having been knocked fiat
>y the first announcement of the
lew Truman-Bowles policy.
However, once we get production,
nost of our ills will evaporate, be
cause competition can protect prices
letter than government, and if com
letition can be restored in the la
>or market, there will be fewer
itrikes.
There are still several major
itrlkaa to be called.
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