Evening star., 1953-01-11
4 States Drafting V
19-Year-0Ids Now;
Others Plan 10 Soon
BY the Assoeioted Press

BY the Assoeioted Press
Four States are drafting 19-
year-old men this month and at
least a dozen others will do so
in February. an Associated Press
survey showed yesterday.
Selective Service headquarters.
in a year-end statement, had es-
timated the number Of States
that would be drafting 19-year-
olds in February as several"
It made no mention of the pos
sibility of taking any this month.
Virginia Making Check.
The survey of State Selective
Service directors showed 81 States
including Maryland-and the
District of Columbia do not plan
to take 19-year-olds in February.
Directors in 10 States indicated
it was too early to tell and one
said maybe" Virginia, among
these 10, is making a check to
determine makeup of the Febru-
ary quota.
The present draft age is 1872
to 26. Since inductions started
in 1948. draft boards have been
taking the oldest men registered
first. Now they have worked
down from the 26 to the 20
year-olds and have drafted, de-
ferred, exempted or rejected al
most all the men between those
ages.
Until this month the State
directors had been working under
an order to take no 19-year -olds.
The order. issued last February
by Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
National Selective Service Di-
rector, was junked at a State
directors meeting here last
month, although there was no
public announcement at the
time.
The survey indicated the num-
ber of 19-year-olds among the
$4,000 men to be drafted in
February will not be large. No
exact figure could be arrived at
because a number of State di-
rectors said they didn't know
now. Only Arizona, with a Feb
ruary quota of 47 men to fill,
will call all 19-year-olds.
Records Are Behind.
Questioned about the surveys
results, Brig. Gen. Louis H. Rem
frow, Deputy Director OF Ma
tional Selective Service. said:
You've got more information
on this than we have. Our records
are always a month or so be-
hind. But, I don't find the re-
suits at all surprising. We had
expected all along that almost
every State would be taking 49,
year-olds in April"
Although the directors weren't
asked specifically when after
February they'd start drafting
19-year-olds, many volunteered
information that tended to bear
out Gen. Renfrow's expectations.
At least 90 expect to be draft
ing 19-year-olds in April.
The Associated Press survey
showed that the four States that
will be drafting 19-year-olds this
month are Washington. Wiscon-
sin, Wyoming and New York
(upsCate). Pennsylvania may be
taking some this month, but the
director said he couldn't tell
now
States Planning Move.
The 16 States that will be TAX
ing 19-year-olds in February and
the estimate of how many are:
Arkansas, 100-125: California,
small percentage of total quota;
Delaware, six or seven of SO
quota: Illinois. 300: Iowa, antici-
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each board; Minnesota, very
few; Nevada, all At quota.
New York-upstate, some
New York City, about 500: North
Carolina, less than 100 of 1882
quota; Oregon, more than half of
631 quota; Pennsylvania, quite
number of 5000 quota; Texas,
very few; Washington, some;
Wisconsin. don't know how
many; Wyoming, some.
The survey showed that of the
States that are in doubt or won't
call any in February, at least
these States expect to call 19-
year-olds in March or April:
Alabama, Arizona. District of
Columbia, Florida, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jer-
sey, New Mexico, Rhode Island.
and West Virginia.