Evening star., 1940-11-01
Presses Work 36 Hours.

at high speed.
Presses Work 36 Hours.
Capt. Hart revealed that crews at
the Government Printing Office had
kept five presses in operation for So
hours turning out the lists, so that
there would be no delay in moving
the wheels of the selective service
machinery Plates were changed
several times to avoid wearing type
impressions thin and making in
distinct numbers.
The printing started as soon as
the first master sheet of $50 num-
bers was filled in after President
Roosevelt had opened the lottery in
the Departmental Auditorium at
noon Tuesday and Secretary of War
Stimson had drawn the first num-
ber
The last of the lists came off the
presses at midnight Wednesday
night. Hours were taken to check
each list for botched or missing
numbers before the task of mailing
was started.
The lists were sent first to the
most distant capitals. Air mail was
used on all bundles going to points
west of the Mississippi and the
Gulf States.
This cost the Government an
estimated $4,000, despite the official
nature of the mail, because air mail
cannot be franked.
Some Copes for Archives.
To points east of the Mississippi
special delivery mail was used.
About 1000 copies of the list will
be kept at Selective service head
quarters. A number will be printed
on bond paper for the permanent
archives.
While each board is to get only
three copies, there are enough extra
copies going to the State draft
headquarters to supply any need
that may arise.
The queStionnaireS-neXt step In
mobilizing 100000 citizens for train
ing by next July and 100000
within five years-will go out
gradually. No board need send
more at a time than is estimated
to produce enough men for the
next quota. The Army plans to
call the first 10000 about Novem-
ber 18 and increments making up
100000 by February %.
A breakdown of the State quotas
announced recently, giving the
local addresses of all men now
serving in the armed forces, is
being prepared, but probably will
not be ready for a month. This
information will enable each area
to assign local quotas within its
borders, based on the net State
quota assigned by national head
quarters and on the credits received
for soldiers and sailors from these
communities. If this list is not
ready when the, Army issues its
first call for men, the Governors
and executive draft officers will
nave to estimate how many men
each town and county should
furnish.
Lists Only Serial Numbers.
The national master list con-
tains only the serial Cegistration
numbers drawn from the 5000
capsules placed in the historic gold
fish bowl at the lottery. They are
arranged in the exact sequence in
which they came out during the
1712 hours of the drawing.
The first sheet of the booklet,
however, contains excerpts from
the regulations already sent draft
boards.
Upon receiving the national
master list" these instructions
state, "the local board shall give
each registrant an order number.
The greatest care must be used in
the assignment of order numbers
because the order numbers estab-
lish the order in which the regis
trants will be selected for service"
The regulations also point out:
Serial numbers on the national
master list which are not held by
any registrant of the particular
local board are simply crossed off
the national master list ana ignored.
1t is suggested that the local board
shall, as its first step in the as
signment of order numbers, mark
the order numbers opposite the ap-
plicable serial numbers on the ma
tional master list"
The chief problem with which
the boards will have to wrestle is
deferment on two grounds-de-
tendency and vocational.
The law provides that no man
considered vital to an industry or
business-no man who cannot read
lily be replaced-is to be called at
this time, and that all men with
dependents are to be deferred.
May Take Sworn Testimony.
While the questionnaires will fur
nish basic information, any board
is authorized to summon witnesses
or documentary evidence and take
testimony under oath in cases where
such proof is considered necessary.
The goldfish bowl which held the
5000 capsules and was used in two
World War lotteries left at II am.
today under guard of honor, on its
return trip to Independence Hall in
Philadelphia.
Director Dykstra, in whose Office
the bowl has been guarded since the
close of the lottery, intrusted its
return 10 Capt. H. o. Richardson OF