Evening star., 1950-10-01
Delay in Doctor Draft
Is Held Likely Despite
Call for 922 Medics
By GEORGE Beyeridoe

BY George Beveridee
Possibility of a further hitch in
operation of the new doctor draft
law was raised last night, despite
disclosure that the Army has pro-
posed November Is draft call
for more than 900 physicians.
A high Defense Department Of
fetal told The Star the Army's
November Is call had gone from
Defense Secretary Marshall's Of
flee to the Munitions Board on
Friday night-a few hours after
the House Armed Services Com
mittee lashed out at the draft
delay.
Munitions Board officials, how
ever, said there is some doubt"
the call will be sent to Selectiye
Service until a closer check is
made OF "other manpower re-
sources" open to the Army.
The board, whose members are
Under Secretaries of the Army
Navy and Air Force, transmits ali
draft calls for the services.
Other Developments.
In other military manpower
developments:
!. District draft officials noti-
fed 139 men-103 of them re-
cruits already examined by the
Army and the other SO a second
group of .delinquents" who failed
to appear for pre- induction tests
Ito report for induction Wednes-
day.
2. Selective Service officials pre-
pared to draw up preliminary pro-
posals to wipe out certain depend
ency categories as reasons for
draft deferment. A Presidential
order is needed for the change.
3. The House Armed Services
Committee prepared to question
Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, chief
OF naval operations, tomorrow at
closed-session investigation into
the Navy's personnel situation.
4. The Coast Guard announced
that all enlistments due to expire
before July 8, 1851 would be ex-
tended IL months. It also an
nounced that a limited" recall of
Reserve personnel may be issued,
but predicted most recalls will be
on voluntary basis.
922 Doctors Asked.
The Army's request for No.
vember Is doctor draft, it was
learned. calls for 922 doctors. Ac-
tually, Army officials hope no
physicians will be inducted as pri-
Yates. But their request would
serve notice that young doctors
trained at government expense,
who have had little or no service.
would face induction by that date
unless they volunteer for active
duty.
Munitions board officials did
not indicate what "other sources"
of doctors may be available, but
a strong probability is that they
were referring TO q pool of 1929
Navy reservistS trained in Viz
programs during the war.
Gen. Marshall has ordered the
Navy to send the Army $40 of the
former Viz students to meet an
immediate need The first
group of 235 must report for
Army duty by october Is. BY
next March, however, the Army
must have 5000 more doctors and
1,400 dentists.
Selectiye Service Director Lewis
B. Hershey, meanwhile, still has
hopes that the doctor draft regis
tration can be set for October 16,
although a Presidential order for
the registration has been held
up on its way to the White House
by an inter-agency disagreement
over who is to be registered.
Gen. Hershey has proposed that
only the Government-trained, nom
veteran doctors-those the Army
wants first-be forced to register.
Several other agencies want all
doctors to be registered, even If
separate registration dates are set
for those in different categories.
Solution Expected Shortly.
A Budget Bureau official said he
expects the proclamation trouble
to be Strengthened out within a
few days" He said there appeared
to be pretty good agreement
several days ago" between the
agencies but that several objected
later.
Gen. Hershey will run head-on
into the inter-agency situation in
considering the dependency de-
ferment change-as well as any
other revisions in draft policy.
President Truman three weeks
ago specified that induction poll
cies should be developed by "big
three" committee consisting OF
the Defense Secretary, the Secre-
tary of Labor and Gen. Hershey.
The committee, which not yet has
met as a unit, probably will be
called by the National Security
Resources Board.
The denendencv ol1eSti0nS al.