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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 19, 1941.
TIME FOR FINAL U.S. ACTION CLOSE AT HAND
ADDRESSING THE annual meeting of the American Council on Education on the subject of the war and the British universities, James B. Conant, President of Harvard University, said: "It would seem to me the time for final action by this country is close at hand.” His audience was com- posed of representatives of practically all of the major national and regional associations in the country.
Dr. Conant. recently returned from England, was applauded when he expressed his conviction that "the English people will not make peace with Hitler" and again. when he said: "I do not believe the American people will sit idly by with Hitler controlling the Allantic Ocean and undermining our freedomí in this hemisphere. It seems to be clear that in all likelihood the longer we delay in sending full aid against the Axis powers, the longer will be war, and the greater will be the ulti- mate misery for all mankind."
Dr. Conant in describing the British precaution; for preventing the wastage of skilled men sad he wondered if the United States would do as well, He described the British
under programme which the scientists of the coun.... try are mobilised for national service.
engineers, Physicists. chemists and doctors are at work where they are most needed, he said. If men of these professions: had been allowed to volunteer at the start, or had been drafted, the shortage to-day would be "serious indeed. One wonders whether we in the United States will be far- sighted enough to profit by the example."
British Plan Described
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The British Government, continued, developed the idea of "reserve occupation" before the ↑ war. The Arst schedule listed thousand or more categories of employment which were regarded as essential to the defence of the country. These included a dozen or so categories involving univer-
To sity-trained
each category was assigned an age limit. Men above this age were "reserved":
that
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