Word: doubters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this week, when a compromise version of the Burke-Wadsworth Bill emerged at last from the Senate Military Affairs Committee, Henry Stimson's fire and logic had yet to convert many a doubter. Biggest obstacle to conscription still was the Congressional state of mind typified by Iowa's grey GUY MARK GILLETTE. Like most of the other opposition Senators, Mr. Gillette has voted for billions in emergency Defense appropriations. Last week he announced that conscription should be delayed until there is an emergency. For good measure, Guy Gillette also devised a new definition of military training: "This idea...