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According to an Associated Press dispatch, they estimated that if Congress authorized UMT by the end of March, the Armed Services could be ready to receive the first 13-year-old recruits by July...
...Karl T. Compton, former president of M.I.T. and now acting chairman of the commission, reported that the Armed Forces are working on preliminary plans for training facilities. Many Congressmen, however, foresee a long debate before the plan is instituted. Others feel that UMT should wait until the necessity of drafting young men is over...
When the Training Commission submitted its blueprint for UMT to Congress Sunday, it asked the plan be started at the earliest possible time. "The clear prospect is that the present generation must live in danger for many years," the Commission stated...
...effect the plan appears similar to one proposed last year by President Conant, who advocated starting UMT on a full scale and permitting the Selective Service System to lapse. President Conant also proposed that no person, including those planning to enter the professions, should be deferred...
...Security Training Commission, composed of a five-man civilian commission, began work last fall after Congress approved the overall plan of UMT. Congress left details for the form and operation of UMT entirely up to the commission...