deferments Are Local Matter;
New Registration On Own List
Emphasizing that no group or
class deferment from military
service can be made except by
Congress, Brig. Gen Lewis V,
Hershey. Director of Selective
Service, told a press conference
that three basic facts must be
kept in mind in interpreting any
statement concerning the oper
ation of Selective Service.
These, he said, are:
C No group or class exemption,
ot deferment, can be made in
addition to those exemptions
specifically stated in the Act.
2. A deferment because of oc
cupation can be granted only to
an individual by his own local
board and all deferments are
provisional, subject to w thdraw
al, and given only to serve the
National interest- not the re
gistrant's interest.
3. Three things must be proven
■fcy an individual seeking defer
ment by his local board: (a)
That the particular business,
industry, or profession in which
he is engaged is necessary in the
War Production Pregram or for
national health, safety or inter
est; (b) that the work he, per
sonally, is doing is essential to
its functioning, and (c) that
there is no supply from which a
replacement can be secured.
A pa-ticular fact to keep in
mind when interpreting any
memorandum concerning defer
ments issued by National Selec
tive Service Headquarters, or
any announcements by other a
gencies, group spokesmen, or
individuals,” the General said,
‘ is that neither the Director nor
anyone else in the Selective
Service System, except a local
board, can grant deferment even
to an individual and that no
group or class exemptions can be
made except by Congress.
'‘Any other registrant seeking
deferment from military service,”
be asserted, “must apply for it
through his local board. Also no
deferment because of occupation
can be made for longer than six
months, when it must be review
ed, and each local board is charg
ed with the duty of keeping con
stant scrutiny of each registrant
it has deferred and of reclassify
ing him at any time the reason
for his deferment coases to exist.”
The third national Selective
Service lottery was held in
Washington March 17. Under
present plans, the order number
of the registrants who enrolled
as of February 10, will not be
integrated in the old master
lists as were the order numbers
of the men who registered on
July 1, 1941, in the second Sel
ective Service Registration. Con
sequently it is not expected that
any of tne February registrants
will be inducted in the immed
iate future.
It is contemplated that regist
rants in the third registration
will not be called until they have
answered their questionnaries
and have been classified, which,
probably will not be before May
according to expectations of Na
tional Headquarters. Prior to
May, all War Department quotas
necessarily must be filled from
men 21 to 35, inclusive, who re
gistered in 1940 and 1941.
If, while the February regist
rants are being classified, the
War Department requests men
in age groups from 21 to 35
years, the quotas will come from
the 1940 and 1941 registrants. If
the request is for men of the 3rd
registration, the calls will be
filled by the February 1942, re
g strants.
Serial numbers issued to the
new registrants by the local
boards, in the manner prescribed
by Selective Service Regulations,
will be marked T-l, T-2, and so
on, to designate the Third Re
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To operate a taxi upon the
public streets of Kodiak it is nec
essary to apply to the City
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proval of the application and
payment of $15 a license is issued
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gistration enrollees.
General Hershey pointed out
that “publication of order num
bers, or even names, in commun
ities is authorized, as such pub
lication will not reveal exactly
the total number of registrants
enrolled throughout the Nation
in the February registration — in
formation which is still restricted
by the War Dept.”
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