Evening star., 1941-07-10
Hemisphere Limitation
Expected 10 Be Kept
For Se|ectees, Guard
New Droft Drawing
To Be Held July u;
10000 Involved
Nv the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The selective service ban against
use of trainees outside the Western
Hemisphere appeared likely today
to remain unchanged for the pres
ent, despite the recommendation of
the Army general staff.
Authoritative reports. were that
congressional leaders have advised
President Roosevelt they cannot win
approval at this time for the neces-
sary legislation.
Well-advised informants said Mr..
Roosevelt was inclined to agree with
the recommendation of Gen. George
c. Marshall. the chief of staff, that
both trainees and National Guards
men be made legally available for
duty outside of the hemisphere,
should the need arise.
President Delays Action.
The President, nevertheless, de-
cided against seeking action for the
present in view of the adverse con-
greSsional outlook. He was repre-
sented, however, as interested in
several plans which would permit
certain number Of trainees to be
inducted into the Regular Army for
longer period than the present
one-year term.
Any action on these plans, how
ever, appeared unlikely before July
1.-THE date which selective service
headquarters fixed yesterday for the
lottery here that will determine the
order in which the 100000 young
men who registered July will be
subject to call for training.
Duplicates Earlier Drawing.
The lottery will be a miniature
duplication of the first Selective
service drawing last October, when
the service sequence of 16,500O 900 was
involved. The same glass jar will be
used, but the ceremonies will be
simpler and officials expect the
drawing to be completed in two
hours, in contrast to the all-day all
night marathon of the lottery nine
months ago.
AS far as could be learned, the re-
ports of congressional leaders to
President Roosevelt on the possibil-
ity of Selective Service Act changes
dealt only with the ban on using
trainees or Guardsmen outside the
hemisphere, and not with Gen.
Marshall's companion recommended
ton that the Army be authorized to
keep both classes of troops in service
longer than the present legal limit of
one year. This companion proposal,
however, has aroused strong opposi-
t1on in Congress.
The question of duty outside the
hemisphere was said to figure in
two plans which Mr.. Roosevelt has
under consideration.
One plan is to have Congress au-
thorlze him to induct a designated
percentage of selectees into the
Regular Army for period Of several
years service. Members of the
Regular Army may be sent any,
where under orders from the Presi-
dent, as commander in chief of the
armed forces; hence such selectees
would be available for unrestricted
service.
Another plan under study was said
to involve an adaptation of the
Canadian system, by which only VOL
unteers are taken for foreign service.
Ample Volunteers.
Those urging this system, a
spokesman said, have advised the
Chief Executive that the Canadians
are obtaining an ample number of
volunteers. This informant added
that if it ever should be necessary
to send force outside this hemi-
sphere it would be more effective
and would have better morale if it's
members were Regular Army men or
selectees who had volunteered to go
abroad.
Only $50 numbers will be drawn
IN the second peacetime selective
service lottery, compared with 5000
in the October, 1910, drawing. The
largest number of 21-year-olds reg
istered in any draft district was
66l at Sparrows Point, Md.
Secretary of War Stimson has
been invited to pick the first num-
Der out of the bowl at Z pm.
week from tonight.
The new numbers will be integral
ed with the first draft order num-
bers on proportional basis in each
selectlve service district.