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...faced, bullnecked, roughshod William L. Ayers, managing editor of the Chicago Journal of Commerce (circ. 24,000), knew the time had come. Draft-stricken, he was going to have to hire women. He was going to have to hire women copyreaders...
Congress lowering of the draft age to 18 cleared the college air. College officials, who had decided that any policy, however tough, was better than no policy, applauded. If the youth draft did not settle the wartime fate of the 1,700 U.S. colleges (enrollment: about 1,120,000), it set the stage for a settlement. Cleared up was the question: who would go to college-only men in uniform and the physically unfit. A battle over a big remaining question began behind closed doors in Washington: Who would run the colleges, the Army & Navy or civilians...
...Nazi collaborationist Jacques Doriot; another of the "political vultures" around Laval, contrasted with the resolute faces of Fighting Frenchmen as they enlist under De Gaulle in London. There is one memorable glimpse of the cold, incredulous fury in the eyes of the victims of Laval's industrial draft. In such shots The Fighting French has the fierce impact of a Daumier drawing. More important, the picture conveys a cumulative sense of a nation possessing not only the spirit but the gathering power to make a comeback...
Congress is still playing politics with the draft act. The O'Daniel amendment, disqualifying teenagers from overseas service until the completion of a year's training, can only complicate the organization of fighting units. The facts of war will not be altered; American "babes" will still be torn from their high-school teachers' arms. A few more Texas mothers may vote for "Pappy," but politics not military necessity will have called the tune. As amended the bill remains an election measure, proving to the people that Congress is allowing the Army requisite manpower, but making the proof so painless that...
...eighteen-nineteen year olds are glad to see the draft extension. Subject to call when they leave high-school, they will no longer be drafted when halfway through college or in the middle of an apprenticeship for war industry. Their position is clarified. Similarly, an unamended bill, by placing under the Army and Selective Service control of the entire group of military eligibles, could have made effective offensive planning possible. We are too far committed to action to allow an election minded Congress to tell our generals when and where they may use their men. The people were ready...