Evening star., 1950-08-10
Draft Deferment
Possible for Top
CoIIegeStudents
Selective Service
Lists 3 Conditions;
More Camps to Open
By George Beveridqe

De COIlSlQereQ LOT QrdIC QeIer-
nent. under new Selective Serv-
ice System decision.
In other developments in the
fast-moving military manpower
picture:
/. The Army is planning imme-
diate reopening of five more
camps, with a total ca
pacity of 101 800 men. This was
viewed as strong indication that
the Defense Department plans to
call up more National Guard and
reserve units, with a possibility
that some of the Guard forces may
be of division size.
2. High draft officials, with a
look at present manpower pools,
voiced new concern over the high
rejection of men sent to the Army
for examinations.
Three Conditions Set.
3. A bill to subject doctors, den-
lists and other specialists to draft
registration has been introduced
by Senator Gurney, Republican
of South Dakota.
The new ruling on college STU
dents authorizes local draft boards
to consider requests for defer
ment from students to meet three
specific conditions.
The conditions are that they
have finished at least one year of
a full-time course. that they
ranked scholastically in the up
per half of their class and that
they have showed intentions,
prior to August /. of enrolling in
a full-time course this fall.
The new ruling is the first i'm
portant policy change on draft
deferment since the first call went
out a month ago.
Rules Not Mandatory.
The regulations, however. are
temporary, designed to clarity the
situation for students planning to
continue their education. Also,
they are not mandatory, but mere
ly permit draft boards to con-
slider granting deferments if they
think it advisable.
District draft officials said they
had not yet. received copies of the
new authorization.
Existing regulations provide that
a student who is actually attend
ing school may be deferred until
the end of the scholastic year, but
be would be subject to call before
MS course of study.
In addition to- full time under
graduate students. full time grad
late students may be considered
Is having met the conditions. pro-
'ided they ranked among the up
per half of their classes during
heir last undergraduate year of
,ull-time instruction.
May Be Reconsidered.
Draft registrants who meet the
three conditions and already have
been ordered to report for induc-
tion may be reconsidered if their
local boards so decide, the Selec-
tive Service announcement said.
Under other provisions, medical
students and other specialists al
ready may request deferment.
Theological students are deferred
automatically.
The Army'S expanding training
calls for reopening these
Ave installations: Camp Rucker,
Daleville, Ala, 25,000-man capac-
ity; Camp Stewart. Hinesville,
Ga, $500; Camp Roberts, San
Miguel, Calf, $4,000; Camp
Mccoy. Sparta, Wis, $1,000, and
Camp Edwards, North Falmouth,
Mass, 10000.
Opening of the new camps
raises to 13 the number of CEN
ters available for training expand
ing numbers of combat and service
troops.
Emphasis Put on Recall.
Emphasis on recall probably
will center on units of non-divi-
sional size to fill out the training
and Army officials stressed
that summonses to larger units are
dependent on manpower needs of
the international situation.
The concern of draft officials
over high rejection rates of men
sent for examinations is highest
over the large turn-down because
of failure to pass the new military
tests, which were not in
force during World War II.
While there are no immediate
plans to tighten present exemp-
ton and deferment policies. draft
heads fear they may run into
trouble if increased calls for man
power are passed along.
Warn on Deferments.
Further, they warn that in
dividuals deferred under present
policies, and their employers.
should not count too heavily on
future exemption from service.
In the new doctor draft pro-
posal, meanwhile, Senator Cur
ney, former chairman of the
Armed Services Committee, asked
in his bill that the draft act be
amended to require registration
of professional, technical and
scientific persons up to the age of
As.
The present registration is
limited to men 18 through 25
years old. and only those at
least 10 can be inducted. A SINH
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