Court Opinion

ID: 9453077
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 18:01:42.835202+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:33:29.891982
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SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge,
(concurring):
As to Jones’ contention that he was deprived of due process of law because local draft board advisors were not appointed for registrants in the State of Wisconsin, it should be borne in mind that under the Universal Military Training Act the burden is placed upon each state to furnish men for national military service. The Act itself does not provide for the appointment of advisors to registrants. By executive order dated January 31, 1955, Selective Service Regulations were amended (32 C.F.R. § 1604.41) to provide as follows:
“Advisors to registrants may be appointed by the Director of Selective *784Service upon recommendation of the State Director of Selective Service * * *»
Thus in meeting its quota each state is free to appoint advisors to registrants or not as it sees fit. No federal constitutional provision requires such assistance. Steele v. United States, 1 Cir., 240 F.2d 142, 145 (1956). Defendant does not contend that he was treated differently from all other registrants in Wisconsin in this respect.