The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-18
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The drawlng determined for hum dreds of thousands of youths and relatively old men without defer Hnent grounds how soon they will Dc called to the colorS,
 The first number S,A8b - was drawn by Secretary of War Henry L. stlnson at 6:06 ?, m. last night The last number came out of the historic Roldfish bowl shortly after sunrise today as thousands of gov- ernment workers hurried to work.
 Tho lottery was similar to the lest two under the lo40 selective service act except for a noticeably more serious atmosphere, There was less show, almost no drama and color.
 Tedious Work
 Throughout the night the tedious drawing of capsules from the his- torlc goldfish bowl" went on while the hoarse voices of the tellers droned out the numbers. As the end approached near dawn, only Q few spectators were present. See lective service ofhcials and report CTS were crowded around the stage in the interdepartmental auditorium and in the workroorls in the rears
 The TOGO numbers in the lottery affected the destiny of 1,e60,000 youths from 20 to 2l--youngsterS who were born four years after World War Land 7,S60,000 men of S6 to 44, inclusive, many of whom were in World War I drafts.
 They registered February l6, and thus joined the l7,000,000 men who had already registered and had been classified under the Selective service act of 1940.
 Hundreds of thousands of those whose numbers were drawn last night and early today will form part of an army which President Roose- welt has said would strike at the Axis whenever possible on whatever fronts the United Nations are able to open. The manpower goal for that army is 3,6o0,00 by the end of this year; 1t may be built up to 100000 or i0,000,000 before total victory >4s achieved.
 Mood Had Changed
 From the time the first number was drawn shortly after c p. m, last night until the end there was e difI ferent mood in the high-ceilinged blue and gilt auditorium than that which prevailed at each of the pre-. vious two lotteries under the pres- ent act. The new mood was defined by the fall of Singapore, the fall of Java, the siege of Bataan and the threat to Australia,
 Brig, Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, see lective service director, keynoted the occasion before the first drawing in a brief speech which affirmed that this is everyone's war"
 At SOS D. m, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson stepped to the front of the auditorium and stood silently while . hlindfold, fashioned from the upholstery of e chair in which signer of the Declaration of Independence once sat, was knotted around his head.
 Then he fumbled around in the almost over-howing bowl, picked out Q capsule and handed 1t to one Of the three girl tellers. The first order number was T-3486.
 Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox drew the next. Concessions to ceremony - high con gressienal. army and navy otficiN! a.l crew 1umbers-slowed the lottery during the first half hour, but 1t soon was speeded until 1t averaged more than 300 numbers an hour.
 Men for Labor
 Tn his speech Hershey had fore. shadowed the possibility that there might one day be 0 registration of men for labor as well as combat duty.
 Men are selected to fly airplanes," !" he said. "They may be selected to build airplanes. Men should be se- lected to man ships; they should be selected to built ships. Men have been selected to drive tanks-to gain victory on the battlehelds. Men have been selected to drive tractors to produce food in the grain fields"
 Nearly 1000 persons watched the drawing of the first number. No- body screamed-as a woman did at the first drawing under the io40 act. By ?. El., half of the audience had departed and by midnight there were fewer than 50 spectators left and one of them was asleep.
 No. 34e6, the one drawn by Stim- son, went down in history along with the first number drawn by Sec- retary of War Newton D. Baker fin the first draft lottery, July 20, 1917, and with the first number drawn on October 20, i940, under the present selective service act.