Retention of Reserve Components and Selectees in Military Service Beyond Twelve Months, Hearings ..., on S.J.Res. 92 and S.J.REs. 93 ..., July 17-24, 19411941 - 254 pages |
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... peace . At that time we had a force of approximately 175,000 men on active duty , some 20,000 of whom were in the air service and 45,000 of whom were on foreign service . After deducting those men and also the number always necessary ...
... peace . At that time we had a force of approximately 175,000 men on active duty , some 20,000 of whom were in the air service and 45,000 of whom were on foreign service . After deducting those men and also the number always necessary ...
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... peace in a democracy , behind two great oceans . However , I submit , that to stop in the middle of the program when the situation as we see it is grave and critical would be disastrous . We are working against a time schedule . We have ...
... peace in a democracy , behind two great oceans . However , I submit , that to stop in the middle of the program when the situation as we see it is grave and critical would be disastrous . We are working against a time schedule . We have ...
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... peaceful state of mind . I finally came to the conclusion that if I could but feel that later on I might be investigated for having demanded too much my mind would be at rest . We must not make the mistake of going on the short side ...
... peaceful state of mind . I finally came to the conclusion that if I could but feel that later on I might be investigated for having demanded too much my mind would be at rest . We must not make the mistake of going on the short side ...
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... peace time basis , but from the moment of passage of the resolution we will have a unified Army that can be handled in a far more effective manner than is possible under present limitations . Senator DowNEY . Yes , but do I not ...
... peace time basis , but from the moment of passage of the resolution we will have a unified Army that can be handled in a far more effective manner than is possible under present limitations . Senator DowNEY . Yes , but do I not ...
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... peace , such as the Selective Training and Service Act , such as ordering into the Federal service of the National Guard , has had a profound effect on nations that are hostile to our purposes . We must not forfeit that advantage . We ...
... peace , such as the Selective Training and Service Act , such as ordering into the Federal service of the National Guard , has had a profound effect on nations that are hostile to our purposes . We must not forfeit that advantage . We ...
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Page 162 - I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again : Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.
Page 26 - To the extent provided for from time to time by appropriations for this specific purpose, the President may order reserve officers to active duty at any time and for any period ; but except, in time of a national emergency expressly declared by Congress, no reserve officer shall be employed on active duty for more than fifteen days in any calendar year without his own consent.
Page 39 - For the purposes of this resolution the committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized to hold such hearings, to sit and act at such...
Page 84 - ... except that whenever the Congress has declared that the national interest is imperiled, such twelve-month period may be extended by the President to such time as may be necessary in the interests of national defense.
Page 132 - ... be assigned to noncombatant service as defined by the President, or shall, if he is found to be conscientiously opposed to participation in such noncombatant service, in lieu of such induction, be...
Page 114 - They realize that in thirty-four months we have built up new instruments of public power. In the hands of a people's government this power is wholesome and proper. But in the hands of political puppets of an economic autocracy such power would provide shackles for the liberties of the people.
Page 222 - British settlers of the entire Continent of Africa, the Holy Land, the Valley of the Euphrates, the Islands of Cyprus and Candia, the whole of South America, the Islands of the Pacific not heretofore possessed by Great Britain, the whole of the Malay Archipelago, the seaboard of China and Japan, the ultimate recovery of the United States of America as an integral part of the British Empire...
Page 25 - When Congress shall have authorized the use of the armed land forces of the United States, for any purpose requiring the use of troops in excess of those of the Regular Army...
Page 208 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances.