Evening star., 1940-10-15

sidered many men for the post. In.
Guiding Army officers as well as
civilians.
1T took time to sift all these"
he said. Everybody agrees that this
is an excellent appointment"
At registration-eve press confer
ence. Maj. Daniel e. Gould, field
section, national selective service
headquarters, predicted that an
overwhelming majority Of the men
eligible for the draft would keep
faith with their country" and
register.
AS for those who wilfully evade
the law-well, there are neighbors,
fellow employees. and other observers
who are apt to know, he pointed out.
Lottery Date Uncertain.
1t. Col. Lewis B. Hershey. execu-
tive officer at selective service head
quarters, said today it was planned
to hold the national draft lottery
from 10 to II days after registra-
tion.
No date has been set, even tenta-
lively, for this game of chance
which will affect the registered men
so vitally, but Col. Hershey said it
would take place as soon as pos
sible after the highest serial num-
Der of any registrant in the most
populous area is received. The
highest numbers in each State will
be telegraphed by the Governors as
soon as their local boards have
completed numbering the shufied
registration cards.
At the lottery, which probably
will be held at the Capitol, num-
bers corresponding to all the serial
numbers and enough higher num-
bers to take care Of late registrants
will be placed in capsules and drawn
from bowl. In the order in which
these numbers are pulled out. each
of the $500 local boards will call
up men for the classification that
will determine whether they are
eligible for immediate military serv-
ice or are placed in deferred
status.
Col Hershey urged local boards TO
complete numbering their cards as
quickly as possible, so that the lot
tery could be arranged for an early
date.
In the course of his discussion
with the press, Maj. Gould indicated
that it was not the intention Of
selective service headquarters for
"busybodies' to annoy people. Any
one with evidence against a draft
dodger should report it to the proper
authorities. he said.
Will Receive Receipt.
But those who register will receive
receipt-an Identification card
certifying that they signed up.
The law" Maj. Gould added,
says a man may be required TO
show his registration receipt. Those
who have registered should be glad
to show it to authorized persons. 1t
proves they have kept faith with
their country
Asked who "authorized persons"
would be, he said that was up TO
the local authorities.
After ALL" said Maj Gould. "the
selective service law is being ad-
miniStered by communities-by the
neighbors, the home towns, not by
a headquarters in Washington. We
are merely trying TO help them Or
ganize it and carry out the intent
of the law"
Must Find Places to Register.
There will be no registrars on
trains, planes or ships on inland
/ waterways, it was announced, but
it is up to the men travelling to find
a place to register
Those who are unable to register
because of long Journeys and insufi-
cient stops may register with their
local boards, but they must explain
satisfactorily their tardiness.
While headquarters estimates that
the average registrant who speaks
English can comply with the for
mallty in five or six minutes, others
will delay the procedure-thoee who
speak English haltingly or not at
all, and may require interpreters.
| Thus the average time has been
computed at 20 minutes.
I 1t is expected all the registration
cards-except those mailed for men
registering away from home-will
( be turned over to the appropriate
I local boards by Thursday night. The
local boards then will begin their
long task, which will start with
shuffling the cards and numbering
them for the national lottery and
end in the slow, difficult job of
classifying the men.
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