HEARING BEGUN IN SENATE
GENERAL MARSHALL GIVES EVIDENCE
MANPOWER FOR ARMED FORCES
(Rec. 11.30 p.m.) _ WASHINGTON, March 17. Two hours after Mr Truman’s address to Congress, the Secretary of State (General Marshall) gave evidence before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the universal training law and the revival of selective service.
He said , that diplomatic action without the backing of military strength in the present world could lead only to appeasement. General Marshall said that as well as manpower measures, reconsideration of the air programme was necesReferring to the importance of the Italian elections, he said: “They will decide not only whether Italy will continue its restoration to true democracy but will foretell whether the disintegration trend may reach the shores of the Atlantic.”
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25447, 19 March 1948, Page 7
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