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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUTE CTV Hew Military Bill Compels Yoyilis To Serve Ter !(BSrV: Wednesday. July 27, 195S mm m Various Courses For Fulfillment 01 Obligations Editor's Note: ConirMf hat approv ed one of the most sweeping military manpower programs in the nation's peacetime historv. In the following dltpatrh CP. writer John W. Finney derrloe the major provisions of the ew reserve plan. By JOHN W. FINNEY United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) The new military reserve program will have a tremendous impact on the lives of America's young men of miltiary age. For the first time in history, they will be compelled to serve in the re serve following active duty. Here are the major features of the bill and the various courses by which youths will be able to fulfill their military obligation: Tive Years of Duty Compulsory Reserve Duty All men entering the service after enactment of the bill will be required to serve a total of five years on acitve duty and in the ready reserve forces. Men already in the service at the time of enactment will not be compelled to participate in the reserve. But if they volunteer for reserve duty, they will re ceive special "bonuses-in-time." These bonuses will reduce their term of active duty or the length of their non-participating ready reserve obligation. Ready Reserve Duty Ready reserve participation will con sist of attending 48 weekly drills plus two weeks of field training annually or 30 days of field training. Compulsion Men who fail to participate in the ready re serve will be ordered up for 45 days of duty under penalty of court martial action. Military Obligation The overall military obligation of youths entering the service after enactment of the bill will be re duced to six years. The obliga tion of men already in the serv ice will be left at eight years but they will not be required to participate in the reserve. Can Be Called To Active Duty Call-Up Up to 1,000.000 ready reservists can be called up to active duty by the Presi dent in an emergency. Standby reservists can only be called up in a national emergency declar ed by Congress, and then only through the selective service system. Six-month Training Program Pre-draft age youths who volunteer will be given six months of training followed by l1 years of ready reserve parti cipation. Youths will have these var ious courses by which they can fulfill their military obligation: Draft Be" drafted for two years, followed by three years duty in the ready reserve. Enlistment Enlist for two years in the Army, followed by three years of ready reserve duty; enlist for three years in the army or marine corps, fol lowed by two years of ready re serve duty; enlist for four years in the air force or navy, follow ed by three years of ready re serve duty. Reserve Youths from 17 to could enlist in the reserve. Ike Will Become Grandfather Again Washington (U.R President Eisenhower beamingly disclosed today that his daughter-in-law, Mrs. John S. Eisenhower, is ex pecting a baby in December. With an ear to ear grin, he told reporters that he came home from Geneva to be greeted by the good news that if ail goes well he will be a grandfather for the fourth time about Christmas. John and Barbara Eisenhower now have three children: David, 7; Barbara Ann, 5, and Susan Elaine 3. The Presidents son, an Army major, was transferred this month from Ft. Leavenwoeth, Kan., to Ft. Belvoir, Va., just outside Washington. erage business in 1920 and form ed the Shader-Winckler Co. with Frank J. Shader in 1921. The company later became known as the F. J. Winckler Co. "! "mi i mmmmmmmmk ACCUSED of giving prefer ential treatment to salesmen and making false official state ments, Maj. Gen. B. E. Gates, ret., former Chanute Air Force Base commander, faces trial in Illinois. (International) The White House has four el evators and 107 rooms. Interior Group OKs Hells Canyon Dam Washington (U.R) A House Interior Subcommittee by a one-vote margin approved a bill today to authorize construc tion of the 5484,000,000 Hells Canyon project on the Snake river. Chairman Wayne N. Aspinall (D-Colo.), said the vote for the controversial bill was 14 to 13, with all favorable votes coming from Democrats and all oppos ing -votes coming from Republi cans. Two Democrats were ab sent. The vote puts the bill before the full committee, which has its next scheduled meeting Tues day. Rep. Gracie Pfost (D-Ida.), one of four sponsors of the bill, said chances for full committee approval appeared to depend on when Congress, adjourns. She said she had discussed getting a vote with Chairman Claire Engle (D-Calif.), but add ed he made no commitment. The dam would be on the mid dle Snake river on the Idaho Oregon border. The Idaho Pow er Company is seeking Federal Power commission authority to build three comparatively low dams which would preempt the site for the proposed government dam. ' An FPC examiner has rec ommended that the company be given a licence for a single dam. Stock Car Races Planned at Ontario Ontario (U.R) After weeks of discussion, the Ontario Junior Chamber of Commerce yester day won the support of the Mal heur County Fair board, the senior chamber and a local horse riding club to sponsor stock car races once a week. The races will be held at Mal heur county fairgrounds where a quarter-mile track will be in stalled inside the regular horse track. President Silent On Use of T-H Law Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower declined to say today whether he might seek a Taft-Hartley injunction to end the copper strikes. A reporter asked the Presi dent at his news conference whether he intended to invoke provisions of the Taft-Hartley labor act in the strike against three major producers and re fineries. The President replied that be fore doing so it would be neces sary to examine the situation to see if it caused a national emer gency.. Government officials have" indicated that the Presi dent will not invoke the Taft Hartley law. Members of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union have been on a strike against Kennecott Copper Co., Phelps Dodge Copper Co. and the American Smelting and Refinery since July 1. Detroit Stock Exchange President Succumbs Harsens Island, Mich. 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