Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-25
Leahy Chosen
Head Of Draft
Appeals Board
Goodwin Is Elected
Secretary After
Eioht Are Sworn In

Wlllldul Z. LcdIly, dLCOIIlcy, was
chosen chairman of the Districts 10
man Board of Appeals, whose job it
will be to make the final decisions in
the selection of Washington men
for military training.
Earl Goodwin, newspaper columnist
and radio commentator, was elect
ed secretary of the board at a
meeting Immediately following the
administering of the oath of Office in
the quarters of Brig. Gen. Albert L.
Cox. District Selective Service head,
In the National Guard Armory.
Eight members of the board were
sworn in at about Il 80 m by Capt.
G. Tinsley Garrett of the executive
staff of selective service headquar-
tiers. Two members-John Callan
OIoughlin and John Locher-were
out of the city, and will be sworn in
on their return. Others to whom the
oath was administered were DR..
James A. Cannon, C. Herbert Mar
shall and James A Cobb, Cecil
Owen, DR.. w. C. Moore and DR..
George C. Havenner.
Cox Extends Welcome.
Gen. Cox welcomed the board
members and outlined briefly their
duties under the selective service
program. He said:
IT am obliged and the District
Commissioners are obliged as we'll
to you for your willingness to serve
on this board"
Gen. Cox told them that selectees
who felt they had been wrongly
classified would come to them for
the final decision. The appeal cases,
he said, would be reported to the
board by the Government appeal
agent for each of the IS Draft Board
areas, or by members of the Regis
trants' Advisory Committee at each
area.
Under the terms of the Selective
Service Act, he explained, the board
may expend $270 for office help. Of
fees for the board have been estab-
nshed on the fifth floor of the Dis
trict Building, he said, adding that
an effort had been made to cut
down the costs in the administra-
ton of the Selective Service Act.
No Gases Yet.
At present there are no appeal
eases waiting action by the board.
OF the 81 men who are to be in
Quoted Wednesday and Thursday,
AZ are volunteers, and no appeals
have been noted.
Selective Service headquarters an
nounced change in the program
scheduled for the 81 men to be
indicted this week.
Thirty-two will report at 7:30 a m.
wednesday at the induction center
at 468 Indiana avenue NV. From
there they will be taken to Walter
Reed Hospital for complete
physical examination. The schedule
then calls for their appearance at
Selective Service headquarters at
the National Guard Armory at 10
am, where brief ceremony will be
held.
The remaining 10 men will report
at 7:30 am. the following day and
60 through the same procedure.
1882 to Be Enrolled Today.
The Nations draft program called
for enrolling 1882 military trainees
today with total of 9,434 men to
be called during this week for active
Army service.
All Army corps areas except the
first at Boston, the ninth at San
Francisco and the fourth at Atlanta
were called upon to supply man
power as part of the defense pro-
gram. The LIST and 9th Corps Areas
already have filled their quotas of
draftees for 1910 and the 4th Corps
Area will be called upon for 3,283
men between December and Is.
BY the end of this week Army
plans provide for having mustered
1887 draftees into service.
Corps areas in which draftees ARE
being indicted this week are the
second at New York, third at Bal
timore, fifth at Columbus, sixth at
Chicago, seventh at Omaha, and
eighth at San Antonio.
Chairman Leahy lives at 1925 Gar
field street NV. He was assistant
United States attorney from 1918 to
1919, special assistant United States
attorney again in 1921, and Special
Assistant Attorney General in 1925.
Secretary Goodwin is former presi-
dent of the White House Core
spondents Association, and served as
a first lieutenant in the Chemical
Warfare Corps during the World
War.