The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-07-25
New Draft Law, Effective
September l, Will Be Tight
And Tough; Few Deferments

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into effect September /, is very
strict and from here on in don't
blame the Noble county draft
board for what happens. There
viii be very few deferments and
all young men in this county, be-
tween the ages of 19 to 90 will be
subject to the draft.
There is only one class that re-
ceives the same consideration and
this is the farmer. 1t is expected
there will be very few, if any, de
fermentS here in this particular
class.
Washington has drawn up a nine
point score on how the new draft
law will work. Tight and tough,
here it is.
1. Draft boards will start calling
men again September 1.
(September l is the end of the
two-month draft-holiday. No men
were drafted in July or August.)
2. Those drafted will be 10
through 20.
(Since May Is no youths under
20 had been drafted. This week
President Truman told draft boards
to take men 10 through 29.)
3. Youths still in high school can
get deferred. Not so college youths.
If called, they won't be allowed to
finish out a quarter or semester,
unless their draft boards make
make some special exceptions in
individual cases.
4. Fathers will not be drafted,
nor will men considered extreme
hardship cases. But-a man will
not be deferred because of depend
ents.
S. Every man in the 1929 age
group who now has an occupation
al deferment will be re-examined.
The rule here is very tough.
Selective Service told the boards
not to defer anyone unless he is
indispensable and irreplaceable to
the national existence"
(This means that almost no one
will have an occupation that can
@. But farm workers still will get
the same special consideration -
for deferment - that they got
through the war. A special section
of the draft law provides for them.
(Which means: deferment for
farm workes undoubtedly will be
far greater than for any other kind
of work in this countryD
z. Draft boards will review the
cases of men 10 through 20 who
have been found physically unfit
for military service.
(Which means: Some men now
excused from military service be-
cause of poor physical condition
will find themselves drafted, if the
doctors think they've improved
enough to fit requirments.)
8. There's no quota system based
on age. For instance: Draft boards
will take whom they can in the
group 1929, and not try to pick
Just so many of one age, so many
of another.
9. Draft boards will consider
drafting war veterans if (A) they
have not served outside the United
States and (B) had less than six
months military service.
(Which means: If a man served
less than six months, but served
them in the United States, and was
then discharged, his draft board
may draft him again.
(If a man had been in the SER
vice only two days or two months
or any length of time less than SIX
months but had been on duty only
as far as three miles outside the
Continental limits of the United
States, he wouldn't be drafted.)
Some misunderstanding may
have occurred because, while Sc
lectiye Service was frightened up to
get more men, the Army sus-
pended the enlistment of Negroes.
This did not mean that the Army
was getting so many volunteers
that 1t really wouldn't need any
.draftees. It means only this:
So many Negroes were enlisting
that--unless this was stopped for
a while-the proportion of Negroes
to white men in the Army would
be greater than the Army wants.
About 100000 Negroes have en-
listed since last fall. Which means:
One out of every five recruits has
been a Negro. But the proportion
of Negroes to whites in this coun-
try is about / to 10.
The Army wants to keep the pro-
portion of Negroes in the service
al / to 10. So, except for some Ne
gro specialists, the Army has sus-
nded the enlistment of Negroes
Tor a while.
One by-product of the coal strike
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