The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13
Proposed Law Calls
 Upon Male Residents
 Between 1865 Years
No OiiicaI Action Taken in Anticipation of Congress Adopting Measure; SeIective Service Ofcials Spec.
 uIating on Setup for Another Enrolment Day

A review Of population statistics an the possession of the Waterbury Health Department reveals that probably between le,000 and le,000 mon in this city will be affected by the law pending before Congress, which provides for registration of all men between the ages of 10 and 04,
 This figure excludes all men who have already registered, either in October, iDA0, or in July of this year. 1b does not exceed in any great amount the number who signed their names to the draft roster here since the inception ot selective service. In le40 there were i9,23b and this year 0e6 registered, making 0 total for oil men between tho ages of 2i to S5 of lS,0S0,
 Most directly affected will be those whose ages fall between 90 and 2l years, and 30 to A6 years. If the blll is accepted these men, not pre- viously eligible for military service, will now become liable,
 Classification
 Based upon figures available in past local eensuSes there are some 1900 to 1000 youths in the city who are either nineteen or twenty years old, Tn the SS to 45 ten.year span there are in the nelghbofhood of 5000. This would make an addi. tional reservoir of approximately 10000 men who may be called upon to take up arms during the present national emergency,
 No possible foundation, of course, exists for computing how many Of these will not be required to enter the military forces, Tn the older age group especially there will undouht. edly Do many defermentS granted for dependency. Tn addition, others may never see service because of the variety of grounds thus far, At least, accepted as valid for deferment,
 One of the provisions of the bill, allows new FeglstrantS to be called ahead os those who were entered in the past two registrations.
 While the new policy, If adopted by Congress, may succeed in expe- ditlng the induction of the 10 to 9i-yGAr Age group Conceded to be physically more acceptable than the older age eategorles) in Water. bury, ct least, 1t will involve much Teshuffllng of names and classified. tlons already listed.
 Difficulties encountered by local draft boards last July, when youths who had become 9i Slnoo tho co. tobeP i0, ie40, registration added their names to the conserlptlon scrolls provide an inkllng of what is in Etofe for selectivo service at- tAches.
 Ia this city 0eO new men were added in various ratios Co the exist- ing lists of registrants in July. The 'integratlon" was affected by plae- ing the name of now rogistrant after each 18th, 18th or 18th naIne on the old list, depending upon the proportion of old r0giStFants who had not yet been indueted, to new,
 If and when tho now law goes in- Co effect at may prove necessary to extract the io4i FeglStrants from the combined groupings, 90 as to make them more quickly available for induction, and these will have, once more, to Do eooFdlnated with the 70 to 2i year oldS,
 While ln tho past there have not been too many protests from youths who felt that an injustice had been done them when they were called ahead of others who had registered the year before, it is not unlikely that some objectlng voices may be heard now.
 What t will moan, In effect, Is that the seiectlvO service agencies will begin to tap new sources of Rlanpower without having first ex- hausted the old.