The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
WASHINGTON
-DAYBOOK
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, Oct. TIL have been
50 many requests for explanations of selective
service rulings that I have decided to devote a
series of columns to questions and answers.
This is the first effort to clarity the problems
which arise under the Burke-Wadsworth Sc
lective service bill.
@. My birthday is October II. On that date
I will be 36. Am I subject to registration?
A. Certainly. The law says that any man
between the ages of 81 and SO Chat is, if on
that date you ARE 81 or $50 you must register.
Thus, if you are 81 on that date or SO the day
after, you must register.
@. I am taking an automobile trip on Octo-
Der IA. On October Is, l will be in Grand
Canyon National park. Where do I register?
A. In Grand Canyon National Park. Under
the S~elective Service regulations, if a person
subject to registration is out of his state or
registration district and CAN NOT GET
BACK, he must register in the registration
district in which he is staying. In the case of
National Parks, provision is made for the Ma
tional Director to register not only all resi-
dents in his park. but all visitors. In the case
of visitors, these cards are sent back to home
states for handling. There are % national
park in which this ruling holds true. The
ruling also applies to CCC camps, to men on
vacation but travelling outside theit state or
district, to visitors on Indian reservations.
@. 1 am ill in a hospital. How can 1 register?
A. Provision will be made through your
county clerk to register you just as if you were
in your own registration district.
@. I am ill at home. I can not get out to
register. What must. 1 do to avoid penalties
under the law?
A. DeputiZe a competent person to register
for you. In this instance, the person you depu-
tie will act as registrar for you. With, of
course, the permission Of the local board. If
you are too i'll or quarantined on registration
day, present yourself to your local board as
soon as possible and under these circum-
stances, have a physicians certificate or other
competent evidence on hand to prove your
case .
Q. 1 am going to be out of the United States
on registration day. What must 1 do to avoid
the penalties of non-registration?
A. Present yourself ito your local board
within five days after you get back in the
United States, offer them proof that you were
outside the United States on October Is "a
ticket sub, stamped passport, reports from
your local newspaper, or affidavits from re-
sponsible neighbors would be evidence enough
and register in the ordinary manner.
@. 1 am subject to selective service regis
~tration, but at present am in a reformatory.
Will l get in more trouble if / do not register?
A. Not unless you fail to register on the
date OF expiration of your sentence. This
ruling also applies to persons in insane asy-
lums, Jails and penitentiaries. Such persons
will be registered ION the day of discharge"
by the superintendent or warden of the institu-
ton and your responsibility from there on is
to your local registration board in the voting
precinct in which you formerly had residence.
@. My working hours are such that 1 can't
get to the registration board on October Is.
What do I do?
A. If your employer prevents your getting
there on that day, he is obstructing selective
service and subject to penalties under the law.
In most cases registration day will be a holi-
day and persons who have to work on holidays
will be given time off to register. l