Show Lowered Physical Standards May Delay Draft of Fathers WASHINGTON June 14 UP Many lP-Many Many of the more than 2800 men rejected by the armed services for physical disqualifications disqualifications disqualifications may be reclaimed as a result of lowered standards delaying delaying delaying de de- de- de laying the induction of fathers testimony before a house com corn m indicated Monday Selective Service Director Lewis P. P Hershey in in testimony last month at hearings on the war man manpower manpower manpower power commissions commission's appropriation bill which was made public by the committee Monday said lowered navy standards might postpone the drafting of fathers three or four months Since then the navy has dropped its requirements Although official official cial indications have been that the drop was not sufficient to produce enough reclaimed men to postpone postpone postpone post post- pone the father draft three or four months there have been hints it t might be held off beyond the date last mentioned officially August August August Au Au- gust 1 And while Hershey and War WarMan WarMan WarMan Man Power Commissioner Paul V. V McNutt told the committee that eventually a great majority of physically fit fathers might be in uniform there were many points in their testimony suggesting a brighter outlook for family heads One was McNutt's statement that the armed forces by the end of June will have men toward their top planned strength of men by the end of this year and that army inductions I may be cut about 60 per cent after next December With the armed services needIng needing needing need need- ing only men a month at most for the rest of this year they said there are still enough ugh childless childless childless child child- less men and physical to meet quotas until August 1 at least and the fathers needed to tomake tomake make malte up the balance can be drawn from a pool of about family tam fam fly ily heads |