Washington, Aug. 2.
The Senate Military Affairs Committee yesterday postponed final action on the Administration's conscription bill as support developed for a proposal to limit the immediate application of the bill to 1,000,000 men.
Of these 1,000,000 men, 500,000 would be conscripted in autumn and the remainder next spring. They would be chosen from men of all ages between 21 and 31 years. After the preliminary conscription of the 1,000,000 men called for in the new proposal, no further draft would be permitted without Congressional consent.
Meanwhile, President Roosevelt yesterday summoned the Under-Secretary of State, Mr. Sumner Welles, the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Harold R. Stark, and the Chief of Army Staff, General George C. Marshall, to a special conference on hemispheric and national defence.
The Chairman of the House Milit-cry Affairs Committee, Mr. Andrew J. May, yesterday introduced a bill in the House of Representatives authorizing the President to call up for cne year's active military service all National Guard and reserve units. providing they are not used beyond the limit of the Western Hemisphere, excepting in United States territories and possessions. The Philippines is specially included in the latter category.
The President's authority to call up these forces would extend until June 30, 1942. The bill was referred to the Military Affairs Committee for study.—United Press.
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