Evening star., 1940-09-19
City Heads 10 Get
New DC. Draft Area
Map Tomorrow
Four Guard Officers
Are Recommended as
Aides of Gen. Cox
BULLETIN.

Selective service officials of the
District will submit their revised
draft area plan to the Commis-
sioners at pm. today, instead
of tomorrow The change in
plans was made early this after
noon after it was learned En-
gineer Commissioner David Nc
Coach. jr.. would be absent from
the District Building tomorrow.
The revised draft area map pre-
pared by District selective service
officials to provide additional regis
tration places for the estimated
98. 900 conscription eHgibles in WASH
ington will be placed before the
Commissioners tomorrow morning
Brig. Cen Albert L. Cox. selective
service executive, announced today.
The plan was to have been sub
mitted today. but the pressure Of
other business led the city heads to
postpone the conference until to-
morrow.
The rezoning OF the areas was
completed late yesterday by Col.
Charles A. Dravo, assistant selective
service executive, after it was de-
cided that increased age limits in
the draft legislation as finally passed
would place too big q load on many
of the 19 board areas originally
mapped.
% Areas Possible.
The new chart, it is understood.
will provide %, possibly %, board
areas, with two registration places
in each.
Gen. Cox will confer with the city
heads on the new map and pros
pective personnel additions to the
Districts draft organization. 1t was
considered likely that few appoint
ments might be announced follow
ing the conference
Meanwhile. it was disclosed that
four District National Guard officers
have been recommended to the
commander of the Sd Corps Area for
duty as members of Gen. CoX's staff
to aid in establishment and opera
ton of the local draft machinery
officials here are awaiting approval
of the requested assignments by
Maj. Gen. James K. Parsons, Sd
Corps Area commander.
The men are:
Maj. Hugh Everett. jr., structural
engineer for the Southern Railroad,
who has been recommended to be
chief of the Districts registration
and classification division.
Maj. Walter Welsh of the Office of
the general counsel of the Veterans
Administration. who would be placed
| in charge of the inspection division.
Second 1t. Albert L. Cox, jr., son
of the Guard commandant. who
would be chief of the mobilization
division.
Capt. Gordon Hittenmark. radio
announcer, who has been recon-
mended for the post of public rela-
tions officer.
Printing to Start Soon.
Printing of registration cards Is
expected to get underway within a
few days at private concerns in the
District. This work was relinquished
by the Government Printing Office
on the ground that il could be more
satisfactorily handled by private in
dustry in the various States. Card
mats and proofs already have been
sent out to Selective service execu-
tives, but the questionnaire forms
to be used later by the registrants
have not been completed
Offers of cooperation from vari-
Gus patriotic, religious and civic Or
ganizationS are continuing to pour
in at the office of Gen Cox. A letter
was received yesterday from Argo
Lodge, Bnai Birth stating, I'VE are
at your command
Col. Dravo has BEEN invited to ex-
plain the local draft program at a
supper meeting of the District Chap
ter Of the Rainbow Division Veterans
at Z pm. Saturday at the Capitol
Park Hotel.
the judge. On this point Mr.. Seal
said that sometimes even Under the