Show DRAFT LOTTERY SET MARCH 17 WASHINGTON Feb 23 UP UP- UP I The first wartime draft lottery in 24 years will take place March 17 St. 17 St St. Patricks Patrick's day Selective service headquarters announced Sunday night that the order in which the latest I registrants will be called for military military mili mIll tary service will be determined then The men involved are those between 20 and 44 years of age inclusive who registered last week Officials said the new registrants registrants registrants regis regis- trants probably would not be called before May Quotas will be i filled in the meantime from those in the year 35 brackets who signed up in 41 1940 before 41 before the nation was at war l Called Again The drawing will be held here with high government officials drawing the first numbers from the historic fishbowl which was used for draft lotteries of the first World war Meanwhile selective service officials officials officials of of- are working on a program for safeguarding essential phases of national life through allotment of manpower on the home front frontas frontas' as as' well as to the armed services I Many industries and agriculture ha y lye complained p that rigid draft exemption standards have depleted depicted ranks of laborers Brigadier General General Genral Gen Gen- eral ral Lewis B B. B Hershey will testify before the house agricultural committee committee committee com com- Tuesday on the farm labor problem Some Must l Stay Home He told a press conference Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- that ev cant can't go to towar war war somebody somebody has to stay home and make bombs He said that nearly every phase of life is essential essential essential es to some degree and added that that includes drug store clerks pharmacists key newspaper newspaper newspaper per workers and innumerable others which at first glance may seem seem unrelated to the war effort He said local draft bards would be instructed soon to consider key radio and newspaper as essential to the war effort but that he would confer with spokesmen spokes spokes- men of both industries before is issuing issuing issuing is- is suing directives |