AMERICAN MOVE
CONSCRIPTION ISSUE AMENDMENT REJECTED (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 22, 11.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, August 21 The Military Affairs Committee has rejected the amendment postponing conscription until war was declared. Senate refused to consider an amendment to conscript wealth as well as men, holding that any measure designed to raise revenue must constitutionally originate in the House. During the Senate discussion 100 women members of the Congress of American Mothers gathered on the Capitol lawns and hanged an effigy of Senator Pepper as a protest against conscription.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21198, 22 August 1940, Page 7
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90AMERICAN MOVE Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21198, 22 August 1940, Page 7
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