Evening star., 1943-02-14
B, tie Associated Press

Ss IRE Associated Press.
The teLt OF The radio talk last
night OF Maj Gen. Leris B. Her
shey, selectipe service director.
tollo,os,
This is welcomed opportunity to
express my personal thanks and the
Nations gratitude to the patriotic
volunteer workers who serve so i'm
portantly as members of the selcc-
tive service local boards. appeal
boards and advisory boards and as
medics! and dental examiners.
Theirs is a great responsibility, a
real service in the Nations war ef-
fort During the past two and a
half years they have selected mil
lions OF Americans for military
service, They have selected other
millions for service in industry and
agriculture, They have built the
greatest army in our history. They
have protected essential industry and
agriculture. But that is just the be-
ginning
II We are to keep faith with those
we nave selected for military serv-
ice. and We shall, we must do the
sll-important job that lies ahead in
such manner that every fighting
man. giving everything he has to
give on the battle front. will know
that we at home are doing every
thing We can to bring him back to
us victorious hero lust as soon as
possible.
Vital TO War Effort.
SelectlVe service must now begin
the task Of supplying men not only
for the Army but for the Navy, Ma
rlne Corps and Coast Guard as well
Daily the demands OF industry and
agriculture place an ever-increasing
strain upon our manpower re-
sources. To meet the needs in the
armed forces in industry and ae-
rtculture, the selection OF men 10
do the jobs that will contribute most
10 the war effort is of grea test inn
portance. AS part OF the War Men
power Commission. selective service
will continue to perform this i'm
portant function.
The cessation of voluntary en-
hstments, greater control over the
movement and utilization of labor
by other elements Of the War Man
power Commission and increased
facilities for analyzing labor needs.
all are important steps toward max
imum use of our manpower re-
sources. Together with the other
elements of the War Manpower
Commission, we must see to it that
all of our people who are capable
Of effective productive effort are
assigned to the task in which they
can contribute most to our war ef-
fort, Any job that contributes di-
rectly or indirectly to our war effor.
is a war job.
Supply Shinks Hourly.
Workers in war jobs must do
everything that must be done in
total war. They must bring out and
process the timber
They must produce the raw ma
terials we need for ourselves and
our Allies.
They must fabricste, process and
produce the supplies, weapons and
munitions of war
They must grow and process food
and fibers.
They must process the consumer
goods necessary TO maintain
healthy Nation.
They must maintain transporta-
ton communications. utility sys-
TENS and other essential public SER
vices.
They must do everything neces-
sary to make our fighting forces
invincible on the battlefronts and
our Nation healthy and efficient on
the home front.
The need for manpower grows
day by day.
The supply Of manpower shrinks
hour by hour. More than four mil
lion men must be added to the
Army. the Navy. the Marine Corps
and the Coast Guard before the end
OF this year
Must Re-examine Cases.
This means that approximately
$4,000 men must join the armed
forces every single day. 1t is more
than the population of Elwood, Ind. |
1t is five times the population of
Carson City, New. This is more
men than George Washington had
at Valley Forge during the bitter
winter Of 1777-l778. This is more
men than were in the victorious
Greek army that won the battle
Of Marathon.
The task Of selecting these men
will become more and more diff
cult day by day Every selective
service local board will find it more
and more difficult to select those
Of their neighbors who will serve
In the armed forces and those who
will remain at home TO serve in
agriculture, industry and activities
necessary to maintain a vigorous,
healthy and efficient Nation at max
imun war production.
The local board in each COM
munity must continually re-exam-
Inc the circumstances in all deferred
cases, whether occupational or
dependency. They must contin-
ually comb over their list OF
deferred registrsnts. l8 to 38 years
of age, and reclassify those whose
induction best serves the national
interest.
Fathers Must Be Called.
These local board members, ma
ture family men themselves. fire.
quently veterans Of other wars
must often reluctantly decide to
send a neighbor with dependents
but not engaged in war job into
the armed forces rather than dis
rupt war production or necessary
activities in the community by
inducing man without depend
ents who is in war job and
cannot be replaced at the time.
Congress has given the President
the power to defer registrants be-
cause OF their occupations and
because of their dependents The
President has delegated these pow
ers fo the rha irr1nan Of tho War