TRAINING FOR ALL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23687, 20 June 1940, Page 9

TRAINING FOR ALL

AMERICAN YOUTHS YEAR OF COMPULSION MR. ROOSEVELT'S PROPOSAL By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received June 10, 6.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, June 18 President Roosevelt said to-day that he would probably propose to Congress within the next three to six weeks some form of universal Government service for all young American men and women. He said the service would be military only in the broadest terms. It would probably represent a year of compulsory training, involving both combat duties and duties behind the fighting lines. Mr. .Roosevelt emphasised that he regarded the words "military training" in the broadest sense, and pointed out that compulsory training did not necessarily mean training boys solely to be infantrymen or pilots and so on, but training them in all technical pursuits in order to gear the nation's economy to the problems of present conditions. The subjection of all Americans to training, the President added, should have a salutary effect on the national morale. He suggested that it would have been a good thing if the journalists to whom he was making the announcement had had a year of camp discipline. American youth was patriotic, but its idealism tended toward "isms." Mr. Roosevelt was vague regarding the proposal for training women. AMERICAN CARTEL PLAN INCLUSION OF NEW ZEALAND DISCUSSION SUGGESTED "WASHINGTON, June 18 Experts of the State, Treasury, Commerce and Agricultural Departments are preparing the western hemisphere cartel plan and are expected to report to President Roosevelt on Thursday, after which the scheme may be presented to the other American States. The New York Sun hints that the inclusion in the plan of Australia and New Zealand, as well as Canada, is being discussed. The Senate rejected by 45 votes to 33 an amendment to the National Defence Bill, framed to terminate future Treasury purchases of- foreign silver. It thus reversed its previous stand.

The cartel plan was described in a cablegram published yesterday as an inter - American economic offensive designed to create a central trading agency for the 21 American republics and Oanada, the idea being to compel the totalitarian States to trade on American-terms. It was further referred to as a western hemisphere cartel to handle the problems of all the American nations in view of the growing influence of Germany's barter system. LINER DELAYED * . . REPATRIATING ITALIANS LONDON, June 18 The liner Monarch of Bermuda, on which 700 Italians, including Signor Bastianini, the Ambassador to Britain, were scheduled to leave for Lisbon from a northern British port last weekend, has not yet sailed. Meanwhile 20 Italians, who refused to sail, have been interned. ICELAND OCCUPIED TROOPS FROM CANADA LONDON. June IS It is announced that the first contingent of Canadian troops has landed in Iceland. LONDON CHILDREN THREEQUARTERS REMAIN 4 LONDON, June 18 The last, batch of children have left London under the County Council's scheme. It is estimated that only 105,000 have gone from the total child population of 450,000 in the Greater London area. BRITISH PETROL SUPPLY British Wireless LONDON, June 18 The present position of Britain's supplies ol petrol was described in the House of Commons by Mr. G. W. Lloyd, Under-Secretary for Petroleum, as "very satisfactory." He had not, therefore, proposed to make a further reduction on petrol allowances. RUMANIAN CABINET FALLS BERLIN, June 18 The official news agency stated that the Rurianian Cabinet had resigned. ,