The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20

TSgulaC1OnS Wnlcn sETeSlOeuG kVOOSe- welt will issue when he signs the executive order giving the regula- tions the force of law.
 The provision is among the defi- nitions in the law and reads:
 "The term dependent when used with respect to a person registered under the provisions of this act includes only an individual CD. who is dependent in fact on such person for support in 8 reasonable manner, and (2) whose support in such man. ner depends on income earned by such person in a business, occupa- tion, or employment.D
 This definition of a dependent was formulated under plans for a draft law to be used in war time. But in this draft, to avoid disrupting homes and family life even in cases where the wife is not financially dependent on the husbands pay envelope, it had been planned to defer married men automatically.
 The law authorized the President to defer "those men in a status with respect to persons dependent upon them for support which rend- CTS their deferment advisable" The definition of dependent appears to bar a blanket exemption of married men.
 Local Boards to Decide
 The final decision now will be up to the local draft boards. Some men may be called upon to prove to those boards that their wife is a depend- ent. Officials privately expressed the opinion that the boards would defer married men except in most unusual cases.
 During the World War some re- sent ment was aroused at the blan- ket exemption of married men when 344,872 got married soon after pas sage of the law. Subsequently 122,- 563 were reclassified and were drafted.
 Indicating the general accuracy of the plans developed by the joint Army and Navy selective service committee in the 20 years since the past war, was the census bureau estimate that 16.404,000 men be- tween the ages of 21 and 35 in- elusive will have to register October 16. The committee had estimated 16,5O0, 900.
 Officials revealed that registra- tion officials will have no easy task on registration day. They will regis ter eligibles from TOO a. m, to SOC p. m. And then be locked up until all cards have been sorted and num- bered. The precaution is being taken, as in the case of election re- turns, to prevent tampering.
 The registration cards will be shuffled and each one given serial number, beginning with "1". That will be posted to inform the regis trant of his serial number and will also be entered on a sheet along with the registrant's name and ad- dress. The serial numbers will be drawn in lottery to determine the order in which registrants shall be drafted.
 Although no official director has been named to the selective service comimttee, the White House indi- cated that the machinery of prepar- ing for registration would go swiftly forward under its present tempor- ary heads.
 II Vital Questions
 Washington, September l9. - (UP) n Here is the final revised list of Il questions which every man of draft age must answer when he fills out his registration card on October 16:
 1. Name.
 2. Address.
 3. Telephone exchange and num- Der.
 4. Age in years, and date of birth.
 5. Place of birth.
 6. Citizenship, whether United States or foreign; and details.
 2. Name of person who will al- ways know the registrant,s address and whereabouts.
 8. Relationship of that person.
 3. Address of that person.