A Universal Military Training plan, involving 800,000 men and a possible four billion dollar cash outlay for the first year, began to undergo the scrutiny of the House Armed Services Committee yesterday.
Chairman Carl Vinson (D.-Ga.) announced that the Committee will hear amplifications of the report in closed sessions for the remainder of this week and will open the public hearings on January 15. This U.M.T. plan, originally drafted by a special civilian commission, will remain in committee until late February.
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