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l1cA4lS Duttl4kAO4S OIL 6COl1, III. AtOb-
ert H. Riley. State Commissioner
of Health, and DR.. Harry B. Nc
Carthy, of the University of
Maryland School of Dentistry.
Next Monday, the first two
categories of doctors, dentists and
veterinarians listed in the draft
law must register. The categories
| include those trained at govern
ment expense during the war, or
otherwise deferred from World
War II duty to continue educa-
ton. if they had less than 81
months of active duty. Reservists
do not have to register.
The new decentralized commit
tee system is similar in many re-
spects to the procurement and as
signment program during the war
to rule on availability of medical
specialists for active duty.
The national advisory commits
sion, parent body of the State
groups, is headed by DR.. Harold A.
RuSk, of New York, who frequent
ly has been called to Federal as
signments by the White House.
The commissions membership is
exactly the same as that of the
Medical Advisory Committee to
the top-policy agency. the Ma
tional Security Resources Board.
| Details of Mondays registration
still are being worked out. Pres
ent plans. however, call for each
registrant to receive a detailed
personal Questionnaire-for use by
the commissioners we'll as a
Selective Service form, to be re-
turned within five days. The
QUESTIONABLE will help start a
medical roster of the Nations
medical resources. Eventually.
| the Rusk committee hopes to
expand the roster even beyond
the 50-year -age limit set by the
Draft Act.
This, it appears, is the way the
medical draft plan will work:
| l. The armed forces will make
a draft call on selective service for
doctors. dentists or veterinarians
2. Selective. service. on advice
OF the Rusk committee. then will
assign State draft quotas based on
size Of the national call and the
numbers of medical men available
as shown in the registration.
3. State draft officials will pre-
pare for induction of the men,
working in close conjunction with
the new advisory committees.
Draft classification will start as
soon as Mondays registration is
over.
Will Rule on Essentially"
Primary consideration for the
ADVISORY groups will be to rule on
the essentially" of young doe
tors to the communities in which
fthey practice. t's+@ r.~
/ Recommendations to aid the
committees in essential" and
personal hardship deferment cases
were expected to be drawn up
this week by the Rusk commits
sion. 1t also is important that
the committees and draft officials
get, quickly, answers to questions
about registration and service lia-
bility which will pour into local
boards next week.
Although some doctors with
months of war service will register
Monday, officials expect to aim
first at those with less than 80
days of active duty. This is the
first category slated for induction
by the draft law.
Actually, both draft heads and
the Rusk group hope the draft
threat will be sufficient to force
the medical men to volunteer for
active duty without being in
Quoted. Those who do will get an
extra 500 a month pay. 1t seems
likely, however, that many will
wait at least until the local draft
boards induction machine begins
rolling before they volunteer in
sizeable numbers.