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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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The U.S. Army halved its proposed January 1949 draft call from 20,000 to 10,000 men and set February's at 5,000, citing a $15 billion fiscal 1950 budget limit, far below earlier estimates by Secretary Royall.
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WASHINGTON, NOV. 30.-(AP)-The Army today cut in half its proposed January draft call for 20,000 men.
Lack of money was given as the reason.
At the same time, the Army announced the February call would be for only 5,000 men.
"The reductions were necessitated by the limitation of the military budget for fiscal 1950 to $15,000,000,000 of which $600,000,000 are for stock-piling of strategic raw materials," the national military establishment said in a statement announcing the Army plans.
The new draft calls fall far below the 30,000 a month average which Army Secretary Royall estimated last June when plans were being made for the peacetime draft.
The first call for November was 10,000 and the December call for 15,000.
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Washington
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Nov. 30
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january draft call cut from 20,000 to 10,000 men; february call set at 5,000 men; due to fiscal 1950 military budget limitation to $15,000,000,000 with $600,000,000 for stock-piling strategic raw materials
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The Army cut in half its proposed January draft call for 20,000 men due to lack of money. The February call would be for only 5,000 men. The reductions were necessitated by the limitation of the military budget for fiscal 1950. The new draft calls fall far below the 30,000 a month average estimated by Army Secretary Royall last June. The first call for November was 10,000 and the December call for 15,000.