Evening star., 1942-06-30
Registration
Of Youths Goes
Slowly in DC.
Most Of Those
Appearing Voice
Intention to Volunteer
pictures on Page A-6.)

Ready and willing to 60 any
time the Army calls them and,
in many cases ahead of that call,
the Districts thousands of 18 to
20 year-oldS registered for selec-
tive service today to complete
the Nation wide inventory of
manpoWer.
If they had their say most of the
boys would prefer the Air Force.
Many of the 18 and 10 year olds who
are not liable to selective service
until they turn 20 indicated today
they were planning to volunteer
ahead of time.
Although approximately 10000
youths are expected to register be-
fore the school enrolment centers
close at 9 pm, the morning hours
OF registration put no burden on the
teacher registrars who gave up va
cation time in volunteering for the
registration.
One explanation for the slow reg
istration was, The boys have been
getting up early to get to school
on time all winter. They like to lie
abed late during vacation"
Some Out Of City.
Many Of the youths, some of the
teachers said, already have gone
away to school in the accelerated
college program and will register
out of the city.
Many others, however, already
are IN the armed forces. A substan-
tial number already have enlisted In
the Army, Navy or Marine Reserve
and therefore did not have to
register today.
Central High School, scene OF
some of the heaviest previous regis
trations, reported only so registrants
in the first hour and a half, and
Powell Junior High School had
about 40 registered an hour after the
centers in 81 schools opened.
Principal r. w. Eaves at Thomson
School commented it was the slow
est registration he had seen at the
school, including those for sugar,
gas and selective service. Only 81
youths had registered by 9 am.
Among the youths registering
there was Ralph w. Disney, 49,
year-old son of Representative Dis
ney Of Oklahoma, who is working at
the Internal Revenue Bureau here
between terms at the University of
Oklahoma.
At Henry D. Cooke School. a
teacher predicted that the boys
would bring their dates with them
and register tonight.
Alphabetical Order Requested.
1t was thought, however, that the
slow registration was partially due
TO the request from selective service
headquarters that the youths reg
lister IN alphabetical order, with
those whose names began with the
letter A to H reporting during the
morning hours, those whose names
began with I to M registering in the
afternoon and the remainder regis
terlng after AIS pm.
One of the early registrants said
he would be in the service now If he
had any relatives to take care of his
wife and 8-month-old baby. He was
Sun Ming. 10, of 901 Sixteenth street
NV. who said the American Army
and the Chinese Army are one"
At Western High School, a Puerto
Rican student at Georgetown Uni
versity told the registrar he wanted
to be indicted with his friends back
home.
Supt. of Schools Frank w. Ballou
saw to it personally that his 49,
year-old son registered early. DR..
Ballou escorted young Robert to the
registration center at woodrow Will
son High School at 7 am.
O'Conor's Sons Register.
The two eldest sons of Marylands S
Governor, Herbert r. O'Conor, jr.,
20, and Eugene F. O'Conor. 18. fol-
lowed in their fathers footsteps by
registering at Annapolis, Md, today.
Gov. OConor, who is As, registered
(See REGISTRATION, Page A-6)