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Major General Lewis B. Hershey pressed the opposition speaker, Edwin Randall, on the question, "If not UMT, then what?" when the two spoke last night at the Law Forum on the topic, "UMT in America's Future." Isadore H. T. Muchnick '28 was moderator...
Randall is expected to take the position that UMT will not be a positive innovation in the national scene, and will neither reduce military expenditures nor strengthen the present system of Selective Service...
Hershey will defend these charges, and the inevitable accusation that UMT means military control of the country during peacetime...
Ernest W. McFarland (D-Aris.) said that the final decision would rest with other ranking Democrats, and with Carl Vinson (D-Ga.), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Mr. Vinson has thus far said that he has no plans for reconsideration of UMT in his committee at this session...
Richard P. Russel (D-Ga.), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that failure of the present Congress to adopt a UMT program would be almost a "national tragedy." Russel pointed out that a Reservist can be kept on ready status, including two weeks training, for less than $450 annually, while a regular costs...