Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-07-22 | Page 7 | 4300 Draft Dodgers Convicted in Past 3 Years, FBI Says

3 J Draft Dodgers Convicted l lIn In Past 3 Years FBI Says WASHINGTON July 22 INS The The federal bureau of Investigation tion disclosed Thursday that draft dodgers had been convicted of ot violating the selective service law since its enactment nearly three years ago This was viewed by selective service officials as extremely gratifying inasmuch as the F FBI B BI I I has obtained convictions on 96 per percent percent percent cent of cases brought to court These officials declared that the experience with individuals attempting attempting at at- tempting to avoid induction Into the armed forces has proved that there is no concentrated avoid avoid- ance The F FBI B I reported that it has conducted investigations into cases where registrants had committed minor violations of the selective service laws such as failure failure failure fail fail- ure to report changes in address failure to report job changes or other changes in status and other minor violations Investigations of these cases the F FBI B BI I reported has resulted in providing upwards of men for induction through the selective selective selective tive service machinery Enforcement Enforcement Enforcement Enforce Enforce- ment officials asserted that in the i case of these violators it Is the policy of the F FBI B I to to get t the e boys into the army rather than into Jails Therefore they reported when violators In this category are uncovered uncovered un un- covered they are encouraged to enlist Into the armed forces or to bring their selective service files up to date so that they may be subject to induction In most instances it was determIned determined determined deter deter- mined failure to meet selective ve service requirements has resulted from negligence or a misunderstanding misunderstanding misunderstanding standing of selective service regu regu- lations Early this year the selective service system estimated that only three-tenths three of one per cent of the registrants were delinquent in meeting selective service rules For purposes of comparison the officials pointed out that there was a 45 per cent delinquency rate during the first World war It n was the opinion of both the F FBI B I and the selective service system that the number of wilful violators of the selective service system system draft draft dodgers was dodgers was surprisingly surprisingly surprisingly sur sur- small considering the millions of Individuals made subject subject subject sub sub- to the draft call