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![handle is hein.milegres/selaaci0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 80TH CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES j REPORT
2d Session No. 2438
SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT OF 1948
JUNE 1.9, 1948.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. ANDREWS of New York, from the committee of conference, sub-
mitted the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany S. 2655]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses on the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 2655) to provide
for the common defense by increasing the strength of the armed-forces
of the United States, including theR eserve components thereof, and
for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have
agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses
as follows:
That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment
of the House and. agree to the same with an amendment as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the House amend-
ment insert the following:
TITLE I
SECTIoN 1. (a) This Act may be cited as the Selective Service Act
of 1948.
(b) The Congress hereby declares that an adequate armed strength
must be achieved and maintained to insure the security of this Nation.
(c) The Congress further declares that in a free society the obligations
and privileges of serving in the armed forces and the reserve components
thereof should be shared generally, in accordance with a system of selec-
tion which is fair and just, and which is consistent with the maintenance
of an effective national economy.
(d) The Congress further declares, in accordance with our traditional
military policy as expressed in the National Defense Act of 1916, as
amended, that it is essential that the strength and organization of the
National Guard, both Ground and Air, as an integral part of the first
line defenses of this Nation, be at all times maintained and assured.
To this end, it is the intent of the Congress that whenever Congress
shall determine that units and organizations are needed for the national
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