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Tuesday, August 8, 1972

Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, August 8, 1972

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WASHINGTON (RP) - The
Army yesterday announced
plans to nearly double the size
of the Women's Army Corps by
1978, to give the WACs almost
any type job except combat,
and maybe to put them in
pantsuits.
It's part of a plan to use
more women in the military
and to ease slightly the Army's
problems in achieving an all-
voluntary Army, by next sum-
mer.
"By bringing in more wom-
en, the Army will be able to re-
duce the number of men re-
quired in noncombat jobs," ex-
plained the WAC director,
Brig. Gen. Mildred Bailey.
She told a news conference
the 13,320 - member WAC, will
expand to 15,900 by next June

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and by June 1978 will be 24,000
the largest since World War
II when it was nearly 100,000.
To help attract new enlistees,
Gen. Bailey said the green uni-
form will be restyled to make it
more feminine,. more comfort-
able and easier to maintain. A
pantsuit for work also is being
considered, she said.
In the meantime, the WACs
have been authorized to wear a
more stylish black patent-lea-
ther shoe and a black beret in
place of the old World War II
style cap.
Skirt lengths, however, will
remain the same - one inch
above or one inch below the
knee. "We feel this is a good
reasonable skirt length for our
uniforms," said the 52-year-
old general.

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The WACs; now mostly in
clerical a n d administrative
jobs, will soon take their place
alongside men as missile-repair
crewmen, radar technicians,
electronics specialists, an d
heavy - equipment operators.
Women heretofore were al-
lowed to fill only 139 of the
484 Army jobs, but now only 48
are restricted for women; and
they all involve carrying a rifle.
The opening of new job op-
portunities to women followed
a report last month by a House
Armed Services- subcommittee
which accused the Defense De-
partment of "mere tokenism in
the utilization of women in the
armed services."
Two years ago WAC director
Elizabeth P. Hoisington became
the first woman in U. S. history
to be promoted brigadier gener-
al. In September, the ROTC
program is being opened to wo-
men who will be trained along-
side the men.
However, federal law still
prohibits women from attend-
ing the service academies. Ask-
ed how she feels about WACs
at West Point, Gen. Bailey re-
plied:
"It would be a nice thing to
have there, but I would not ex-
pend my time and energy to
actively seek it."
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