Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29
Text Of SeIective
Service Measure
Passed by Senate
Government Is Given
Authority to 'Droft'
Defense PIunts
Continued From Page A-s)

tCOnLlnueQ FTOIu rage A-o.1
of selective service In carrying
out the provisions of this act.
th) Any person indicted into
the land or naval forces for
training and service under this
act shall, during the period of
such training and service, be per-
mitted to vote in any general,
special, or primary election oc-
curing in the State of which he
is a resident, If under the laws
of such State he is entitled to
vote in such election even though
he is outside of such State at the
time of such election.
Section 8. ANY person charged
as herein provided with the duty
of carrying into effect any of the
provisions of this act, or the rules
or regulations made or directions
given Hereunder, who shall
knowingly fail or neglect to per-
form such duty, and any person
charged with such duty, Or hav-
ing and exercising any authority
under said act, rules, regulations,
or directions who shall knowingly
make, or be a party to the max
ing, of any false, improper, or in
correct registration. classification.
physical or mental examination,
deferment, induction, enrolment,
or muster, and any person who
shall make, or be party to the
making Of, any false statement
or certificate as to the fitness or
unfitness or liability or non-lia-
bility of himself or any other
person for service under the pro-
visions of this act, or rules, regu-
lations, or directions made pur-
suant thereto, or who otherwise
evades registration or service in
the land or naval forces or any
of the requirements of this act,
or who counSels, aids, or abets
another to evade registration or
SCI VIC ia tIlC idllA VI Ildf OIL All ISo
of any of the requirements of
this act, or OF said rules, regula-
tons, or directions, or who in any
manner shall knowingly fail or
neglect to perform any duty re-
quired of him under or in the
execution of this act, or any per-
son or persons who shall know
ingly hinder or interfere in any
way by force or violence with the
administration of this act or the
rules or regulations made pur-
suant thereto. or conspire to do
so, shall, upon conviction in the
district court of the United
States having jurisdiction thereof,
be punished by imprisonment for
not more than five years or a
fine of not more than $4,000, or
by both such fine and imprison-
ment. or if subject to military or
naval law may be tried by court
martial. and, on conviction, shall
suffer such punishment as a
court-martial may direct. In cases
of persons subject to this act who
fail to report for duty in the land
or naval forces as ordered shall
be tried exclusively in the dis
trict courts of the United States
having Jurisdiction thereof and
this class of cases shall not be
tried by the military and naval
courts martial unless such per-
son has been actually indicted for
the training and service pre-
scribed herein or unless he is
subject to trial by court-martial
under laws in force prior to the
enactment of this act. Gases
brought under this provision shall
be given preference for trial by
the respective district courts.
Precedence shall be given by
courts to the trial of cases arising
under this act.
Military Membership on
Boards Is Forbidden.
Section 10. (a) The President is
authorized
ID To prescribe the necessary
rules and regulations to carry
this act into effect:
% To create and establish a
selective service system, to pro-
vide for the classification OF
registered men on the basis OF
availability for service and train
ing and to establish local boards
no member of which shall be
connected with the military
establishment and such other
agencies, including appeal boards
and agencies of appeal, no MEM
Der of which shall be connected
with the military establishment
as he may deem necessary to
carry the provisions of this act
into effect. Such local boards
shall have the power within their
respective jurisdictions to hear
and determine, subject to the
right of appeal to the appeal
boards herein auth orlzed, all
questions of exemption or defer
ment under this act and all
questions of or claims tor in
Guiding or discharging individuals
or classes of individuals from
induction under this act.
80 To appoint, by and with
the advice and consent of the
Senate, and fix the compensation,
at a rate not in excess of $10,-
600 per annum, of director Of
selective service who shall be
directly responsible to MIN, and to
appoint and fix the compensation
of such other officers. agents and
employees as he may deem neces-
sary TO carry out the provisions
of this act: Provided, that any
person so appointed whose salary
is at a rate in excess of 5000
per annum shall be appointed by
and with the advice and consent
of the Senate;
"a To utilize the services, in
formation, facilities and person.
mel of the departments and agen-
cies in the executive branch Of
the Government, and of the sew
eral States. Territories, posses
sions and the District of Column
bia and the subdivisions thereof.
in the execution of this act, and
to require of each the perform
ance of such duties as he directs