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Show M1IED .MEN WILL : HOT-ESCAPE DRAFT Renewed Discussion Not i Likely to Result in Gen- j cral Exemption Order. WASHINGTON, Arg. JS. R-ncwcd iis ui-sion of t In.1- at at us of married mcu j uii'It-r Hie .-K'-tivt n.-rvice law has: lu't-ii ;i reused by publication of IVroi - I 'lent W Kmhi 'h r'!y yesterday tu Sena- : tor '".'ks 's i ui wiry dealing with this ' an J oth'.-r .subjects. In inaiiy quarters : tin pr'"-i'ii'ii t h sir: rcrut!! t that he ha 1 ', no doubt Sfiiator Wt-ek's point as to the exempt inn of married men wa wed ! taken, was interpreted as an indication that he approved exemption of any man j of family who had not married merely to escape military duty. i The president has full power to direct that the regulations governing selection j he amended tu this effect. A proposal i specifically to exempt, all married men ! was made when the bill was in the sen-j n t an amendment t u that effect by j Senator Smith of Georgia being Inst by I a wide margin. This fact, together j with the regulat ion later promulgated ; by the president making exemption pos- ihi only in ease of actual dependency, j are t.akn as indications thai: no fen- oral exemption of married men as a class wili be given now. n cum t ion i tig local boards today against attempting to fill quotas by selecting se-lecting an ine'piit.abie number of men who have wa i ved exoin pt.ion and are, therefore, practically volunteers. General Gen-eral Crowder said that the greatest care must be exercised in sending forward the last 10 per cent of any quota. "The last 10 per cent," he said, "must be selected with great care to be sure that no one in the whole quota is sent for military duty while a selected select-ed person with an earlier order of obligation obli-gation for military service is allowed to remain at home. ' ' |