Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-08

Inc Dulk OF
PICKERING the trouble is
in the draft board offices. | was
talking 10 one harasSed official
this week.
Being married" he said,
"does not exempt a man from
service. Men don't seem 10 UNI
derstand that. Neither do their
wives. They think that marriage
means that a man can't be
drafted
Maybe you know this already.
Fine. You don't have 10 read
any more. j.,
But the fact remains that
there are, even now. thousands
and thousands Of people In De-
troIt who don't know IL.
They still 60 Ia the draft
board and say. "YOu can't draft
me. read in the paper that
married men wouldn't he
drafted. I'm married"
Wives say the same thing.
They have the gall 10 walk IN
and say. You can't draft my
husband He's married " Some Of
these women have jobs IL some
cases they have been asked.
Are you going to quit your
job -
"Oh. no, the woman says.
Certainly not Why should !?
We'll then says the draft
board. you arc capable Of sup
porting yourself Wen 90 ahead
and draft him.
you cant do that" insists
the lady stubbornly Hes mar
ried They can't seem 10 get the
idea through their heads.
Let's put II bluntly. We
haven't got enough single men
10 fill our army.
In this particular board, the
next quota calls for 100 men.
Officials say there aren't more
than 80 single men left. Are
married men going to be
drafted: What do YOU think:
The draft boards are trying 70
call men whose entry into the
army Will cause the least hard
ship Al home. It's better TO draft
a married man whose wife can
work than a single man who is
supporting a mother who can I
work.
Men who arc married hui
without children viii be called
before mon who have children.
In time vel have 10 call mon
with children. / expect 70 be
called when that times comes,
and it's my guess that that time
isn't too far distant Maybe
within The coming year.
Sometimes the draft officials
get To feeling that people
haven't got much patriotism in
them. Recently there was sur
vey Of teen-agers, IL and ~
years old.
Roughly 20 per cent-one out
of fiVe-said that they had been
married recently and expected
IN he fathers soon. II seems
pretty plain that these young
husbands are trying 10 dodge
the draft.
II they realized that In
fairly short time they're going
10 he called anyway. perhaps
they wouldn't he in such
hurry.
Not everybody takes that at
titude.
One day a woman visited the
draft board and started out,
I'm widow and I've with my
two sons
We're sorry. hut one Of tho
boys will have 10 serve, the
draft official said
No, no, said the woman
THAT isn't what | mean They
both want 10 60 and / want
them to That's what l came 10
tell you
The draft board put the
widow IN touch with an employ
ment man. He said she was too
old, but she persuaded him that
she wasn't She's doing inspee-
ton work IN a plant. and both
her boys are in the army She's
one Of the best workers IN the
department now, by the way
Maybe somebody else can do
n better job of explaining all
this than ! can. but " this col
umn can get one idea across,
I'm satisfied.
The draft boards are trying To
take men whose induction will
cause the least hardship at
home. That's fair. sensible
way. Marrying 10 beat the draft
II cheap trick, and II won't
IL