Word: drafting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Dealing with what it called a "deep, long-standing, and complex situation," the Committee divided the issues into dropping bombs on Russia. Many people who talk so glibly about dropping these bombs neglect the consequences of such action. It would mean that the draft would be extended indefinitely; recenversion would be ended indefinitely; we would be forced to police the world...
...must stay strong. It is "imperative," he said, that the draft act be extended. "Should the occasion arise, our military strength will be used to support the purposes and principles of the [UNO] Charter...
...story of Stalin's reaction to a discussion of the moral influence of the Pope: "How many divisions has he got?" At week's end, after Congress had digested the headlines and the advice, it appeared likely that members would change their minds and continue the draft (see ARMY & NAVY), would take a long and sober second look at the universal military training bill (which had once seemed likely to die without debate), would consider the proposed $3,750,000,000 loan to Britain "'much more sympathetically than heretofore...
...maintain an Army of that size, Patterson insisted, continuation of the draft was an absolute necessity. Demobilization had already drained off most of the old Army. He had promised to release all drafted men as they reached two years' service, beginning June 30. Though the total of volunteers had passed the 600,000 mark, the monthly rate was beginning to fall off. Without the spur of the draft, it would probably drop sharply. The Army could not afford to gamble; it needed the assurance of a constant manpower reservoir...
...days, if a player got his sweat shirt damp by working too hard, it usually took him a leisurely hour in the clubhouse to change; now the men were back on the field in five minutes. The competition was threeway: 1) a crop of rookies just blooming when draft boards nipped them; 2) big-name stars, back after a year or two in service and looking for their old spots; 3) the wartime stand-ins who refused to believe all the bad things said about them...