Evening star., 1948-08-27
Some j. ). Units
Cut Registration
Time for Draft
D. c. SeIective Service
Approves Proposal
By Federal Agencies
By Robert X. Welsh


days next week instead Of the II
days allotted for men by age groups
District selective service oficials
have been informed.
Registration chiefs approve this
for Government departments here
because it is legal, will not change
the order in which men might be
called for induction, and can ease
the burden on many volunteer regis
trars.
They hope, however, most men
elsewhere in the District will wait
for their designated dates before re-
porting for registration. District
headquarters still Is short Of volun-
teer workers to man previously an
nounced general registration CEN
ters in four school buildings.
May Register Ahead.
Monday, first date Of the regis
tration period, will be for men born
in 1922, after August 30 of that year
All other groups have been given
two days for registration, ending
September 18. After that date
youths will register as they be-
come ID. Men 10 through Is are
liable to induction for 81 months
unless in categories to be deferred in
accordance with Presidential regu-
lations.
There is no rule against register
ing ahead of time, but late-comers
except in emergency cases, are in for
trouble.
Plans for putting the new draft
program into effect will be out
lined by Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey
in a Nation wide radio address from
Greenville, S. c., tonight. The Ma
tional Selective Service director, on
a cross-country tour in connection
with the draft, will speak on a
National Broadcasting program
carried by most of the systems sta
tions from 10:45 to II pm.
At "briefing" sessions yesterday
for more than 500 representatives
OF Federal agencies, private indus
try, civic and patriotic groups ane
individual citizens who volunteered
TO serve without pay as registrars
District headquarters officials de-
clared Washington will differ II
several major respects from othel
parts of the United States in reg
istering an estimated total OF 5O,'
900 men.
Private industry and Federal
offices here are cooperating with
the Selective Service System by ar
ranging to register thousands ol
men at their places of employment
City Wide Basis.
Moreover, Washington is the only
large community in which reglstra-
ton ceuters will be on city-wlde
basis instead of by draft board
areas. A man can register here at
the place most convenient to him
whether it be the District Building
Municipal Center, Armory, Dunbar
Wilsen and Roosevelt High Schools
Thomson Elementary School, or po-
lice or fire stations.
Still another difference is that all
IS draft boards will have Offices at
1901 D street NV, where District
headquarters are located. and where
World War II service records are
readily available.
Volunteer registrars who attended
morning and afternoon instruction
sessions conducted by District Sc
Iective Service Director William E
Ieahy and Deputy Director Frank
D, Norton, in the Departmental
Auditorium, represented only frac-
ton of the total volunteer per-
sonnel. They were sworn IN and
given the administrative oath and
nav waiver forms to distribute to
other volunteer registrars from civic
and patriotic groups or in Federal
and District government agencies
1900 Volunteers in d. c.
The Districts volunteer regis
trars probably will total 200, Mr.
Norton estimated today.
Mr.. Norton said that registrars fol
the District Building, Municipal
Center and District Armory were
vet to be named. He said the vol
unteer Red Cross would cover the
District Building, the Selectlve
Service itself and the volunteer
center of the Council of Social
Agencies would register those In
the Municipal Center and the
American Legion Auxiliary would
have charge of registration at the
Armory.
He added that II the Districts 35
fire stations agreed to register those
within the draft age in their neigh
borhoods, in addition to the fire.
men, it was likely that it would not
be necessary to open registration
places at Roosevelt, Wilson and
Thomson Schools.
with the fire stations, the Gov
eminent itself and 80 points in large
private industries, we will have the
city pretty well covered" he COM
mented.
More Registrars Sought.
The District registration organi-
zation Is still short of volunteers
to man the centers at the four
school buildings. Mr.. Norton said
Citizens associations are being can
vassed in an effort to obtain neces-
sary workers. About $500 could
be used so that all the registrars
will not have to put in a full nine
hours on each Of the II days. Regis
tration centers will be open from
s am. to pm
Volunteer registrars from Fedora,
agencies were advised by Mr.. Nor
ton to let draft-eligible employees de-
eide for themselves whether they
want to list Washington or some
other community as their perma.
nent address for draft purposes
Veterans who register during the
August 30-September 1S period were
reminded again to bring discharge
papers. photostatic copies or writ.
ten data of some kind, showing
their period of military service, ser.
ial number, and so forth Members
of armed services reserve compo.
nents also should bring documentary
information to facilitate the filling
in of registration cards. officials
said.