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The Mcdowell Times
Keystone, Mcdowell County, West Virginia
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The U.S. Senate passed the Burke-Wadsworth conscription bill 58-31 after 14 days of debate, adding an amendment to draft industrial plants for defense production. It mandates registration of 12 million men aged 21-31 for a year of military training, endorsed by President Roosevelt. The bill heads to the House amid efforts to expand the age range. This follows the President's signing of the National Guard mobilization bill for 408,000 troops, with first 55,000 mobilizable from September 15.
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Climaxing 14 days of debate in which a coalition of administrationists and Republicans overcame the opposition of an anti-conscription Bloc, the senate passed the Burke-Wadsworth conscription bill after inserting an amendment authorizing the government to draft private industrial plants when such action is necessary to insure production of defense materials. The roll call vote was 58 to 31.
Proponents of the amendment argued that if you conscript manpower, you must conscript property, too.
The draft measure would require 12,000,000 men between the ages of 21 and 31 to register for a year of compulsory military training.
Endorsed unequivocally by President Roosevelt as an integral part of his $14,000,000,000 rearmament measure, the bill went to the house of representatives where a fight loomed to raise the age bracket to 21 to 45 in effect doubling the reservoir of potential draftees.
Wendell Willkie during the week had come out for a "draft bill now" which helped kill delay attempts by the isolationist group.
The senate acted less than 24 hours after the President signed the National Guard mobilization bill authorizing him to call out 408,000 state militiamen and army reserves for a year of active service. The first contingent of 55,000 may be mobilized beginning September 15.
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senate passed the bill 58 to 31; sent to house of representatives; national guard mobilization bill signed, authorizing call-up of 408,000 for one year, with first 55,000 from september 15.
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After 14 days of debate, a coalition of administrationists and Republicans defeated anti-conscription opposition to pass the Burke-Wadsworth bill, including an amendment to draft industrial plants for defense production. The bill requires 12,000,000 men aged 21-31 to register for one year of compulsory military training, as part of Roosevelt's rearmament program. Willkie supported immediate action against isolationist delays. This occurred less than 24 hours after signing the National Guard mobilization bill.