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June 26, 1946

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DRAFT BILL SENT TO TRUMAN, EXTENDING ACT TO MARCH 31; EXEMPTS 18-YEAR-OLD CLASS; PAY RISE APPROVED This and 2-Month Halt of Conscription Speeds Final Passage VOTE IN HOUSE 259-110 Action Is Taken After Bitter Attack on Forces Abroad-- Single 'No' in Senate... Majority Votes in Both Parties Two-Month Draft Moratorium DRAFT BILL SENT TO WHITE HOUSE Bitter Attack on the Army Hope" for All-Volunteer Army DRAFT HOLIDAY LETTER War Secretary Disclaims Plan for Permanent Conscription

By William S. White Special To the New York Times

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Notable Births

Candace Pert

1946Candace Pert, American neuroscientist and pharmacologist (died 2013)[†]

Candace Beebe Pert was an American neuroscientist and pharmacologist who discovered the opioid receptor, the cellular binding site for endorphins in the brain.

Notable Deaths

Max Koegel

1946Max Kögel, German SS officer (born 1895)[†]

Otto Max Koegel was a Nazi officer who served as a commander at Lichtenburg, RavensbrĂŒck, Majdanek and FlossenbĂŒrg concentration camps. In 1946 he was arrested for his role in The Holocaust, but hanged himself in prison before he could stand trial.

Yƍsuke Matsuoka

1946Yƍsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1880)[†]

Yƍsuke Matsuoka was a Japanese diplomat and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan during the early stages of World War II. He is best known for his defiant speech at the League of Nations in February 1933, ending Japan's participation in the organization. He was also one of the architects of the Tripartite Pact and the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact in the years immediately prior to the outbreak of war.