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Show Director Rich J Advises Selective Service registrants in Utah today were urged by Act ing State Director, H. A. Rich to learn the fundamental physical standards of this Nation's armed forces, consult their doctors and dentists to determine whether they conform to these standards, and to have remediable defects corrected prior to examination by local board physicians. Pointing out that such action by registrants would constitute a distinct service to their country and to help the individual registrant, regis-trant, Major Rich said that the men could not of course, be expected ex-pected to learn highly technical details of the standards. However, How-ever, he asserted, they can acquaint ac-quaint themselves with the basic requirements and, upon consultation consult-ation with their own physicians or dentists, determine whether they are physically qualified according ac-cording to the general standards. Although the local boards and the armed forces are the final judges of a registrant's fitness, Major Rich said that registrants would be able, by following the suggested course, to make some determination of their chances of induction as physically fit without with-out waiting to be called before a local board physician. Furthermore, Further-more, he emphasized, men who learn they have physical defects and have remediable ones corrected cor-rected so as to qualify themselves for training will render patriotic service to their county and im-pove im-pove their own .health. He said: "Learn the minimum physical requirements as laid down by the Selective " Service - Regulations. Consult your family doctor or dentist, one or both, if you discover dis-cover or suspect that you fall short of what is demanded of you. Follow their advice; let them put you back into good condition if arrangements can be made oh a mutually satisfactory basis if not, let them direct you to the nearest clinic, hospital, or social service agency best suited to your particular needs." Enumerating some of the manor ma-nor nhvsipal mniiirempntc! Aflinr Rich listed the following: 1. Teeth requirements: An adequate ad-equate number of serviceable teeth 6 biting and 6 chewing teeth, three pairs of each that are oppisite to each other when chewing. Fillings, crowns, dummies dum-mies and fixed and removable bridges may make teeth accept able. (Continued on Page 5) |
