1955 Amendments to the Universal Military Training and Service Act: Hearings ... Eighty-fourth Congress, First Session on H.R. 3005, an Act to Further Amend the Universal Military and Service Act by Extending the Authority to Induct Certain Individuals, and to Extend the Benefits Under the Dependents Assistance Act to July 1, 1959; H.R. 6057, a Bill to Further Extend the Authority to Require the Special Registration, Classification, and Induction of Certain Medical, Dental, and Allied Specialist Categories; to Provide for the Continuation of Special Pay for Physicians, Dentists, and Veterinarians, and for Other Purposes; and S. 1467, a Bill to Amend the Universal Military Training and Service Act to Provide for the Determent and Exemption of Certain Persons Employed as Veterinarians by the Department of Agriculture

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1955 - Draft - 250 pages

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Page 1 - An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes", approved October 14, 1940, as amended, is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a colon and the following : "Provided further, That...
Page 249 - States who, by reason of religious training and belief, is conscientiously opposed to participation in war in any form. Religious training and belief in this connection means an individual's belief in a relation to a Supreme Being involving duties superior to those arising from any human relation, but does not include essentially political, sociological, or philosophical views or a merely personal 'moral code.
Page 158 - In essence, the fundamental purpose is to assure the integrity and vitality of our free society, which is founded upon the dignity and worth of the individual.
Page 126 - The sale of, or dealing in, beer, wine or any intoxicating liquors by any person in any post exchange or canteen or army transport or upon any premises used for military purposes by the United States, is hereby prohibited. The Secretary of War is hereby directed to carry the provisions of this section into full force and effect.
Page 201 - I would like to mention briefly 10 inflationary factors which stood out in the 5-year period between the end of World War II and the beginning of the Korean war.
Page 94 - Whenever Congress determines that more units and organizations are needed for the national security than are in the Regular components of the ground and air forces, the Army National Guard of the United States...
Page 99 - The power to declare war, to raise and support armies, to provide and maintain a navy...
Page 113 - Respect for fundamental human rights and for the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. 2. Respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations. 3. Recognition of the equality of all races and of the equality of all nations large and small. 4. Abstention from intervention or interference in the internal affairs of another country.
Page 71 - The ophthalmologists are another group. They are physicians who have taken postgraduate work in the eye and have passed examinations given by the American Board of Ophthalmology. They are especially trained to perform eye surgery and to treat diseases of the eye.
Page 249 - Nothing contained in this title shall be construed to require any person to be subject to combatant training and service in the armed forces of the United States who, by reason of religious training and belief, is conscientiously opposed to participation in war in any form.

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