Evening star., 1940-12-12
81 SeIecfees
From Dc. in
JanuaryCa||
Second Group Will
Ruise Total for
Training to l33

A maximum OF 81 washington
selectees will be called in the Ma
tional Capitals second quota early
in January under the Selective Serv-
ice Act, Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox,
selective service executive for the
District, said he had been unofh-
cially advised today by the Sd Corps
Area headquarters.
This group will raise the Districts
number of men chosen for one years
military training to 1873. since
earlier calls in November sent 81
Washingtonians to training centers.
More than enough QUESTIONABLE
have been sent out by the 25 draft
boards here to enable the boards To
classify and summon the young men
needed in a short time, Gen. Cox
said. The exact number of men
that each of the boards will furnish
in the early January call will be an
nounced on Monday. he added.
Volunteers to Fill Quota.
While selective service officials
here declared that the volunteer
element of future quotas would be
minimized, with emphasis hereafter
being on the 'Selective' phase OF
the induction, it was understood
that most of the local boards would
be able to fill the January quota
with volunteers. All except one of
the 81 men inducted here in Novem-
Der were volunteers.
AS was the case in the first in
duction. the January selectees will
be sent TO the Washington induction
sta ton. 458 Indiana avenue NV.
for final physical checkup. So far
only about 12.5 per cent of the
local boards Selectees have failed
to pass the rigid final Army tests
and these were quickly replaced by
substitutes.
After induction at the station
here the selectees will be sent to>
Fort George G. Meade, Md, for as
signment to training bases.
Boards to Await Quotas.
Gen. Cox said that no local
boards will summon in prospective
selectees for physical examination
until the exact number that the
boards must furnish in the ouota
are known early next week. These
preliminary examinations are given
as short a time before induction a
possible to assure a minimum g.
change in the selectees physical
condition
He added that he had no specifo
information at this time REGARDING
the possibility of further quota calls
| later in January. Last week he es-
timated that perhaps 400 selectees
| would be inducted from the District
in January.
The induction rate is slower than
was anticipated because of the fac
that quarters and training facilities
in military camps are not being
completed as rapidly as national Sc
lective service authorities had
| hoped.
First Decision Is Made.
Meanwhile, the Districts Draft
Appeals Board handed down its first
decision. one that sets an important
precedent in determining how little
a working wife must be making to
be in the category of a dependent
of a selectee.
The Appeals Board, affirming
decision by local board No. 20. held
that wife who was making sl,44O
per year was not dependent of
Government employed-selectee max
ing $4,000.
The selectee was among the area s
first so to receive questionnaires
Board No 20 officials placed him
in class No. l, meaning that he
probably would be sent to training
camp about January or February.
The selectee appealed from the
ruling and the Appeals Board,
headed by Chairman William Leahy,
considered the various factors in
volved. The couple was renting an
apartment and did not have the
steady payments to make had they
been buying a house. They had no
children. The selectee. it is under
stood. is about % years old.
Leo Rover, chairman of Board No.
20 said a number of young men
with wives making between S400 and
$500 annually had been placed in
the deferred status, but in this case
it was felt that the wife would be
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