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...Moskòfs Know. The Turks are solidly behind the government's decision to join U.N. forces in Korea. Inönü's party did not oppose so popular a move, but was considerably piqued at not being consulted, so as to gain some of the credit. It declared that had it been running the government, it would have got some concessions from the U.S. before committing troops. Prime Minister Menderes loftily said that he would not quibble with the U.S. and the U.N. on so critical a matter. "I'd decide the same...
Having fought the Russians (whom they call the moskòfs) 13 times in the past 400 years and with a half-million men now under arms, the Turks are undismayed at their exposed position on Soviet Russia's southern flank. They are glad the world is beginning to realize that they have not lost their ancient talent for fighting. The news of spectacular Turkish feats in Korea did not amaze Tahir Atar, a villager from Mengen in central Anatolia. Said he last week: "We knew what our kids could accomplish, but our friends, the Americans, didn...
...vote-conscious efforts to put off the 18-year-old draft as long as possible, the subcommittee had swung to Chairman Johnson's idea of writing priority into the legislation: 1) 100,000 reclaimed 4-Fs and about 290,000 married men between 19 and 26 with no previous military service; 2) 18-year-olds approaching 19; and 3) the rest of the 18-year-olds. Shouldn't those husbands be drafted, Eisenhower was asked...
...days later, the Congressmen hopefully tackled Assistant Secretary of Defense Anna Rosenberg. How about the 799,000 4-Fs? "Here is what the country is disturbed about," explained Chairman Carl Vinson. "We read where some football player or prizefighter, able to draw $10,000 a season and perform all the work of star athletes, just hasn't got the physical strength to carry a rifle, a hand grenade, or to cook." And as for those disqualified for mental deficiencies, "even if a man can't read Latin or Greek, he can do a little fighting...
...Like Anyone Else." Mrs. Rosenberg replied that physical standards were already down to World War II levels, that mental standards were being lowered "as far as security will permit." The 4-F files were under review, she said, and she estimated that about 150,000 4-Fs could be drafted for limited service (a figure she later revised to 75,000 to 80,000). "Athletes will be regarded like anyone else," she said. "If an athlete has a punctured eardrum, he will be inducted, because men with punctured eardrums are taken...