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...Carmichael Explains...
...Carmichael points up the problem of getting educated men, and trained experts--doctors or radar men--into the Services. "Our strength as a nation is based on a diversity of skills," he says. "We need men in the army who are trained and can improvise and invent . . ." He thinks, along with Cole and Bronk, that U.M.S. would not be a success in keeping Services standards high...
...instance, he explains, if a man is drafted for two years and then returns to school, he is not likely to go back to the army voluntarily after he has received specialized training. Thus, Carmichael fears, the Army would have to draft doctors and technicians twice--once before and once after training--under U.M.S...
...After all," Carmichael states, "if we are merely interested in getting men into the forces, we may become begged down in infantry, thinking." And when it comes to infantry, Russia will always be ahead of us. We must depend on our skill...
Those sympathetic to the Conant proposals will not only be opposed by Trytten, Carmichael, Bronk and others; there is much strong pressure on Congress from large industry to work out a system that will insure deferment of engineers. Other groups are also already demanding privileges...