Evening star., 1942-04-01
New Registrars
ToGet FirstCaII
In May or June
,Druft Boards Ordered
To Be Ready to Fill
Mixed Quotes

National Selectlve Service head
quarters disclosed today that
men who registered February 16
would be classified Immediately
and some probably would be in
Quoted into service in May or
June.
The announcement indicated a
partial settlement at least of a
dispute between the War Depart
ment and selective service over
when local draft boards would be
able to call new registrants to I'LL
Army quotas
The selective service statement,
in the form of a memorandum to
local boards, instructed the boards
to start classification at once of
the men enrolled in the last regis
tration "and to prepare to fill the
Army's June call for men, and pos
sibly the May call" with both new
and old registrants.
The memorandum explained that
If any local board does not have a
sufficient number of old registrants
available in Class la to fill its May
call, it should call enough men from
the reservoir of new registrants to
f1ll its quota.
Procedure Not Yet Decided.
After June l, however, the an
nouncement said, acquisitions prob
ably will call for both new and old
registrants, but it added that the
exact procedure to be followed in
filling calls for June and succeeding
months will be made the subject
of a subsequent memorandum.
Selective service said:
The War Department has indi-
Gated that beginning June 1, 1912,
acquisitions will probably call for
men of both age groups. In such
event it will be necessary to lay calls
for the month of June, 1912, and
for subsequent months on both age
groups. In those local boards where
the first age group is exhausted by
June l, 1912, calls will of necessity
be made only upon the second age
group. The precise method which
will be followed for the filling Of
calls for the month of June, 1912,
and for subsequent months, as be-
tween registrants in the first age
group and registrants in the second
age group, will be made the subject
of subsequent memorandum"
Regulations May Stand.
1t was explained that men who
registered October 16, 1910, and July
| /, 1941, constituted the first age
group" with those who registered
February Is being referred to as the
second age group"
1t was disclosed a few days ago
that the War Department wanted to
start calling new registrants before
the lists of old registrants available
for service are exhausted, while
selective service wanted to exhaust
the lists of old registrants before
starting to call on the new regis
trants.
Selective service had contended
that the War Department plan
would necessitate redrafting Of reg
ulations before questionnaires could
be sent out to new registrants. since
questionnaires are sent out by order
numbers. But a selective service
spokesman questioned on this point
today said he believed it would not
be necessary to redraft regulations
to carry out the plan outlined in
today's announcement.
Proportionate Plan Used.
Asked whether Secretary of War
Stimsons scheme for calling old and
new registrantS for service on
proportionate basis might be
adopted for use after June l, the
spokesman said he couldn't say.
War Department officials had indi-
Gated that the ration system would
be followed.
Today's memorandum said that
local boards which had not COM
pleted mailing of questionnaires to
old registrants should continue to
mail them, but at the same time
the local board will proceed to mail
questionnaires to new registrants
and to classify them" in sufficient
numbers to insure the filling Of the
June call estimated not to exceed
the call of February, 1912 entirely
from new registrants "if such action
Is required"
Men between 81 and 35 years Of
age, inclusive, registered october Is.
1910. Those who reached 21 years
of age between october Is, 1910, and
July /, 1941, registered on the latter
date, and on February Is those who
had not previously registered, but
who were within the ages Of 20 and
IS years were listed.
McNutt Explains Census"
Meanwhile. Federal Security Ad-
ministrator McNutt said today that
a QUESTIONABLE going to seleetive
service registrants this week consti-
tuted an "occupational census"
making possible the first accurate
and practicable budgeting of the
Nations man power"
The QUESTIONABLE, a four-page
document. is to be sent to all men
who registered February Is and is
intended to place on the record any
special skills. aptitudes or expert
ence that might be helpful in the
war effort.
when the information called for
has been received" Mr.. McNutt
said, "the United States Govern
/ rnent will have for the first tiY11e a