Evening star., 1941-04-27
Local Draft Boards
Upheld Last Week in
70 Of 81 Appeals
Two Policemen Deferred;
13 SeIectees to Fuce
Induction Tomorrow

mediate military service were up
held in 20 of 80 appeals cases heard
last week by the District Board Of
Appeals, according to decisions an
nounced yesterday.
Two policemen-one a White
House guard and the other traffic
officer-were deferred to class II
because of their occupations. and
the case of a registrant who ap-
pealed for deferment in any one OF
three classes, including the con-
scientious objector category, was
referred to the United States at
torney's ONCE.
Six registrants were given class
III deferments by the board because
of dependents, one was granted a
students rating, I'D, and two reg
istrants' cases were returned to
local boards for additional informa-
ton.
The White House policeman was
Kenneth o. Pratt, IS, who had been
placed in class IA, available for
immediate service in the Army, by
Local Board No. g. The Board OF
Appeals voted unanimously to defer
him to class II. A unanimous vote
also decided the case Of Pvt. Harold
Franklin Gipe, Is. metropolitan
police traffic division officer. who
had been classified IA by Board
No. "a.
Advances Three Grounds.
The registrant whose appeal re-
ouested deferment to any one oil
three classiflcations was Willis Erie
Giese, 34-year-old occupational
ANALYST with the United States En-
ployment Service of the Social
Security Board.
Mr. Giese. who was classed Ia by
Board No. 2, appealed his case on
the following grounds:
/. That his was a necessary occu-
patton.
2. That he had completed his
military service.
3. That he was consclentlously
opposed to the training program.
The Appeals Board decided that
| the last plea should be investigated
first and promptly turned the case
over to the Justice Department, as
| prescribed in the selective service
regulations.
Defends Position.
| Mr.. Giese defended his position
late yesterday in a statement to
/ The Star. He said:
'T sincerely believe that mill
| tarism is un-Chrstian and that 1t
has a degenerating influence upon
| the men who become a part OF it..
These convictions are based on my
knowledge of Christianity and from
my experience Is years ago when
I was a member of the military
service.
O." = The National Guard in my
| community was very anxious to OBJ
tain young members and to do so,
! solicited a number of us who were
under age. Furthermore, my father
encouraged my joining because he
had been member in his youth.
1t was during peace-time and we
were paid 81 night for paradlng
around. During my military service
I became thoroughly convinced that
I could never participate as an
active member of the war combat
organization because of the many
inhuman practices of killing that
necessarily must be Endorsed.
In the last Is years since my
military training ! have done con-
siderable amount of study in COL
leges and independently with regard
to a persons attitude toward war
fare. This has substantiated my
convictions that I would be of very
little use to the Army as soldier I"
In Guard Two Years.
Mr.. Giese said he was in the Ma
/ tional Guard for about two years.
! Selective service regulations require
six consecutive years Of National
Guard service for deferment to
! Glass IVA, one of the three re-
Quested by Mr.. Giese.
Registrants whose appeals were
denied by the board, the class to
which they appealed and the board
vote were as follows:
Cecil Gilbert Hale, %, Of Board
No. II, bus driver, who appealed To
Class III, 80.
Alfred Thomas Fallon, jr, %,
Board 81, an apprentice printer,
Glass III, 5-3.
Harold Army Moxley. 81, of Board
%, buying and selling supervisor
with a produce concern, Glass III,
30.
Paul Clay Thompson, %. of Board
"a, an automobile salesman, Glass
IV-F physical disability, 80.
James C. Beauchamp, %, of Board
2, an apprentice machinist, Glass
II, 60.
David F. Carswell, 26, of Board 2,
file clerk, Glass I'D, 80.
Ira Oscar Pile, %, of Board 2,
Navy Department clerk, Glass I'D
lease reconsidered after decision in
appeal to Glass lid, IL.
Edward Francis Kirby, Is, of