The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-04-17

board Of appeal shall classify the l registrants. giving consideration to each class in the order in which the l local board gives consideration thereto when 1t classifies a regis trant. lSea part 623a lbl Such classification of the regisrant shall be final. except where an appeal to the President is taken. provided however. that this shall not be con- strued as prohibiting a local board from changing the classification of registrant in a proper case under the provisions of part 626 1This part or the Regulations provides that the local board shall reopen and consider anew the classification of a registrant if and when his sta tus Is changed, or when instructed to do so by the State Director of sel- ectiYe Service. or the Director of seleetive Service.1
 Section 62732 Of the Regula- tions further states. If the board of appeal does not affirm the local boards classification, the local board. upon receiving the file from the board of appeal. shall pro- eeed as follows.
 t1l Mail a Notice Of Classifica- ton lForm 57l 10 the registrant. the government appeal agent, and to the person who made the appeal. if other than the registrant or the government appeal agent.
 @ Enter on the Classification Record (Form 1009 the date of mailing the notice.
 l5) Enter on the Classification ! Record lForm Io0a the board Of appeal classification and with red ink. draw line through the local board classification.
 Congress has absolutely nothing to do with the classification of in dividual registrants. That body. a. . lone has the power to provide for the deferment Of groups or classes. as Congress alone has the power to change the law which now specifi- cally prohibits such group defer ment. The fact that Congress alone has this authority was correctly set forth in the March 20 issue of the Wrangeu Sentinel, under the head ing. 'Deferment up 10 Local Board or Congress. Your attention is cal led to the fact that while Mr. Will Hams quoted from General Her shey's press release Of March 1 l942, he did so only in part. This same release from the Director spe- officially states. Should a local board misinterpret any National or State Headquarters memorandum and so base an individual defer ! ment, the Selective Service System provides a check through the gov ernment appeal agents who are ap- pointed for every local board by the Governor of the State Section 603.71 Of the Regulations sets forth the duties Of government ap- peal agents as follows. TO appeal from any classification by a local board which. in his opinion, should be reviewed by the board of appeal. ;. to care for the interests of ignorant i registrants and their dependents 1 with respect to appeals. and, where l the decision of the local board is a. 1 gainst the interests of such persons l and where il appears that such l persons may not take appeals. due to their own nonculpable ignorance. l to inform them of their rights and l assist them to enter appeals to the l board of appeal. and. after classifl- cation, to investigate and report up l on matters which are submitted for his investigation by the local l board. "
 hope this is fully explanatory i All of us naturally want Selectiye Service affairs to go forward as smoothly as possible. All of Us, too. 1 realize what a worthwhile duty is ! being performed by the board mem l bers who have given so freely of their time in this great effort. Sincerely yours. l E. L. Bartlett
 Acting Governor i Periscoper is happy to know it ] was only a clerical error, as, we be- ] lieYe every good American is. par
  ] tieularly at this time when nothing l must stand in the way of all out ] victory. We have. and we believe ] everyone should have, complete con I fidence in the SelectiYe Service sys- tenn. We have full confidence in our Alaska division of the setup, includ- ] ing Acting Gov. Bartlett and Dir ! ectOr Mccormick We commitment , them on the work they are doing . and their determined efforts to [. stamp out any political tinge. The
 above letter is indicative of their [ sincere efforts. If Periscope did a service by being on the alert, we're ! glad of it.
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