With the introduction of the universal military training scheme in Australia during 1911, he was given command of the B Section, 17th Australian Army Medical Corps.
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The outbreak of the Korean War fostered the creation of the Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951 ( Selective Service Act of 1948 ).
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He strongly supported universal military training, regarding it as the only viable long-term approach to building a reserve force, and thus making possible a smaller regular military establishment.
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In December 1946, Gibson was named to President Harry S . Truman's nine-member, civilian commission studying the future of universal military training; he was the panel's only black member.
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He was roundly criticized for the decision around the country, and was indicted 10 days later by a federal jury for violating the Universal Military Training and Service Act.
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Du Maurier's play was described in the " Annual Register " as " a forcible and written argument in favour of universal military training " . ( quoted in)
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Additional resolutions were passed urging that universal military training not be implemented and that the American government should " make every effort to secure universal disarmament by international agreement.
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Peck worked with A . Philip Randolph, a black union leader, after President Truman proposed the Universal Military Training Act ( UMT ), which continued segregation in the military.
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Despite General Marshall s unsuccessful promotion of Universal Military Training immediately following World War II, he would get another opportunity when he became the 3rd Secretary of Defense in September 1950.
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A Universal Military Training clause was inserted that would have made all men obligated to perform 12 months of military service and training if the Act was amended by later legislation.