Word: bille
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Mather also attacked the "high-handed procedure of the Committee in failing to hold public hearings on the bill in an effort to railroad it through Congress...
...Congress passes the Andrews Bill, every non-veteran student has a four-to-one chance of ducking the draft...
...CRIMSON computed these odds last night after viewing census figures and the terms of the bill, which passed the House Armed Services Committee on Monday by a thumping 28 to 5 vote. The measure would make men aged 19 through 25 liable for two years of military service...
Excluding veterans, most of whom are exempt from the bill, there are three million American men who fall into this age group. In its present form, however, the proposal sets a limit of 620,000 on the number of men the Army may draft...
...veterans, the Andrews Bill exempts only those who (1) had one year of service prior to September 2, 1945. or (2) were wounded or decorated for bravery, or (3) have had 90 days service and are members of organized reserve units...