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Show GEN REQUIRED , j TO CARRY CARDS Jill men in the State of Utah Jbetween the ages of 18 and 39, fcrho have been subject to Selec-(ivi Selec-(ivi Service registration for as ton- as six months and who do hot have their classification cards, iV4e advised today by Colonel BTa. Rich, State Director of Se-' Se-' ective Service, to communicate With their local boards at once. )jf and after February 1, the Di-eCtor Di-eCtor pointed out, any man in hi age group who does not have njhis personal possession his Illssification Card (Form 57) as irdl as his Certificate of Regis-ration Regis-ration is liable to fine or im-ironment, im-ironment, or. both, f he recent order of the Selec-lvf Selec-lvf Service Bureau of the War rlinpower Commission, setting hg February 1 deadline for po- , fes$ion of Classification Cards by of military ages, has met with prompt response in Utah, th Director said. Many regis-'tra regis-'tra ".ts are reporting to their lo- '1 boards, requesting classifica-' classifica-' iol or asking that lost Classifi-I Classifi-I ation Cards be duplicated. How-vi How-vi r, Director Rich says he beef be-ef es there are still a few who 3' e failed to get in touch, with hair boards because of careless-" careless-" les? or negligence, i Registrants in the 45-to-65-e r-old group are not affected i ivfthe order, and Director Rich a$ there are actually only a ' loldful of men in the State who be considered as delinquent, : arding to Selective Service .ilations, for failure to keep ouch with their local boards, -ertheless, he emphasized that . he present emergency no man J be allowed to avoid military ift ionsibility merely because of fa ure to keep his local board Adi ised of his whereabouts. h Z has been determined, there-kf. there-kf. Director Rich said, to re-jauie re-jauie each registrant subject to tha order not only to have his fRcfistration Certificate (Form 2) in Jiis personal possession but 4l"t to have his classification I Form 57, with him at all I i'S to show that he has been J, sified by his local board. While, after February 1, those , ' fstrants who fail to carry their psification Cards will be lia-i lia-i i to fine, imprisonment, or : i, the Director made it plain i neither arrest nor prosecu-l prosecu-l of violators of the Selective lining and Service Act, or Re-t Re-t I itions promulgated under it, jr he function of the Selective f I vice System or of its agents, f. : uding local board members. Federal Bureau of Investi-:fon Investi-:fon investigates most of the ; s, as the Department of Jus--1 is the authorized enforce-Refit enforce-Refit agency. When there is sus-lested sus-lested delinquency, the1 case is !feffcrred to the appropriate Unit-pjStates Unit-pjStates District Attorney. Violators of the Act, or its re-ruiitions, re-ruiitions, are liable under the M to a maximum fine of $10,000, frtive years in prison, or both-) both-) ?o that each registrant in Utah ifi comply with the order re- Suying possession of Classifica-I Classifica-I Cards as well as Registra-m-I Certificates, Director Rich Hii that: fi J |