Eisenhower Wants Draft
Extended; Limit Service
Liability To 18 Months
WASHINGTON, March 21 m
Gen. Dwight '. D. Eisenhower
asked congress today to extend
the draft law indefinitely and to
limit service liability of induc
tees to 18 months.
If that is done, the chief of
staff told the house military
committee, the army can release
' all fathers by the end of August
or early in September regard
less of how long they have been
in service.
If it is not done, he warned,
the army may fall short by 165,
000 men of its estimated needed
strength of 1,070,000 on July 1,
1847.
.,' Both Eisenhower and Secre
tary of War Robert P. Patterson
argued against proposals for a
shorter extension of the selec
tive service act, which expires
on May is oi uus year.
a. Precarious
5 "Should the selective service
act not be continued and should
bur recruiting program fail to
establish and sustain a volunteer
army of the requisite size," Pat
terson said, "the military posi
tion of this country, and there
fore our abilty to preserve the
Air Group
Refuses To
Pay $10 Fee
" PORTLAND, March 21 (if)
Ninety commercial flight opera
tors, banded into a . new state
association, said here they do not
intend to pay the $10 registra
tion fee for airplane owners re
quired by state law. .
' But Leo G. Devaney, state di
rector of aeronautics, warned
, them, "The attorney general
isays it (the fee) is legal. If you
don't think so you'll have to take
it to court." The fee was due
January l.
Named President
;t Jack Miffling, Troutdale, was
t named president pro tern of the
j group and Oregon's only woman
airport owner, ttessie Halladay
of Joseph, was elected secretary.
A committee was named to draw
up a constitution and report
oacK at an Apm meeting in
Bend. It includes Arlo Living
iston, Corvallis; Bessie Halladay;
A. L. Tilse, Bend; Howard Burle
son, Albany; Carl Klippel, Ore
gon City; Casey Jones, Ontario;
Larry Moore, The Dalles; Floyd
Johnson, Troutdale, and Ernest
Piercy, Medford.
vi Roy Owen of " the Portland
chamber of commerce told opera
tors this city is "a shining ex
ample of what can happen when
aviation has no voice strong
enough to be heard in the right
piaces. ae saia owners should
work for construction of more
small air strips, beginning at the
city limits here.
peace we have won, would be
come precarious.
"This country cannot afford
to take chances on manpower
lor tne army," ne aaaea.
Patterson told the committee
that extension of the draft should
be coupled with a 20 per cent
overall increase In pay and at
lowances for all military person'
nel.
Eisenhower suggested that
legislation extending the draft
contain these restrictions: A
prohibition against service for
more than 18 months; a require
ment that no more men be in
ducted than are necessary to
meet estimates of strength re
quired by July 1, 1947; and e
stipulation that the army dis
charge all fathers now in service
and decline to induct any in the
future.
Strength Necessary
He told the committee that
strength is necessary to support
the position of the allies in the
United Nations organization and
said the smaller nations are
looking to tile larger ones to
supply that strength.
While Eisenhower said the
shortage in manpower require
ments of the army would be
165,000 by July 1, 1947, Patter
son estimated tne shortage at
170,000 men if the draft law is
not extended.
The secretary said present
army strength is about 2,500,000,
with a net reduction of one mil
lion expected between now and
next June. He said the war de
partment intends to continue
vigorous recruitment program
and already there have been
617,000 enlistments, more than
half of them for a three-year
period.
The top army men were also
to appear before a closed session
of the senate military committee
to testify on the draft extension
Secretary of State Byrnes and
Navy Secretary Forrestal also
may be heard.
Pappy's Ex
Says 'I Do'
YAKIMA, Wash., March 21 (JP)
Mrs. Helene Boyington and
George L. Gilbert, Seattle news
paper vendor, were married at
the First Presbyterian church
here yesterday after an elope
ment from Seattle.
rr The former wife of Lt. Col.
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, the
rharme air hero, and Gilbert, ap-
' lied for a marriage license in
eattle Saturday, then an
nounced that they had decided
against the marriage. Yesterday,
however, they picked up the
license and left town without
Announcing their destination.
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