Word: bille
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When: Registration can begin as soon as the bill is signed, induction 90 days later...
...peacetime service or 90 days' service between Pearl Harbor and V-J day; ministers and conscientious objectors; married men and "necessary men" in industry, agriculture and science (at the President's discretion); members of active reserve units or the National Guard who join before the bill is signed or before they reach...
...bill also provides that the U.S. is in no way to be committed to any legislative program approved by WHO. Harness explained the congressional suspicion: "We're in there with Great Britain, Russia, Yugoslavia, Rumania and Hungary. All have some form of socialized medicine or compulsory health insurance...
...bill does not spell it out, but committee members say that internships and hospital residencies may count as "active practice...
There were exceptions, of course, but he charged the textile industry with profiteering on poor quality goods. His bill of particulars: polo shirts and quilts with "nonwashable sewing threads"; printed dress fabrics that "not only cannot withstand perspiration . . . but cannot even withstand water without staining"; women's woolens that fade in sunlight; taffeta and moire finishes "that disappear when wet"; "socalled washable fabrics [that] shrink 6, 7 and 8%"; raincoats that shrink in the rain...