Show Iq r I ASKS KS 9 MEN MENI I r r it l IMMEDIATE DIATE DRAFT 1 4 v V- V Inductees Slated For Army to Fill New Quotas V ASHINGTON WASHINGTON July 10 UP Thc A The Defense department Monday Monday Mon- Mon Monday day asked for draftees at the earliest possible date for forthe forthe forthe the army In a statement the department said that the draft call is required to meet power man-power needs No other recourse is presently available the department said I Shortly before the announcement announce announce- ment Maj Gen Lewis B B. B Hershey I I had estimated at a news conference confer- confer i I ence that it would take selective I I service 60 days to start delivering i I men once drafting has begun But Buthe Buthe he said he believed it could furI furnish furnish fur fur- I nish as many as within 90 days if necessary I Hershey director of selective service held the thc conference to answer some of the qu questions being asked about the draft since President President President dent Truman last week authorized its use if necessary to bring the armed services to desired strength Start With Men i 25 Hershey said selective service will ill start slad with the year olds and go down the line when it got gota a call for men Only men aged 19 to 25 inclusive can be drafted I under present law Hershey said there were not many men who could be obtained from the 25 and 24 2 age brackets because many exempted veterans of the last war were in those groups He said when you get down to age 23 you begin to get bet into the group that didn't fight didn't fight in the thc war Asked whether he thought as 1 many as men could be begotten begotten begotten gotten from the 23 bracket Hershey Hershey Hershey Her Her- shey said he didn't know but thought that number could be found in the 23 3 and 22 brackets Those estimates would mean se selective selective selective se- se service could call up men without dipping into the pool of men under age 22 Announcement Text Here is the text of the Defense e departments department's announcement of it its draft call A call for or OOOO inductees at atthe atthe atthe the earliest possible date has been transmitted to the selective service system by the Department of De De- The inductees will be assigned to the Department of the Army in accordance with its request request re- re quest under terms of the selective service extension act of 1950 This draft call is required to meet the new ceiling approved by bythe bythe bythe the president I The army stated that no other resource is presently available Mr Truman approved new ceilings ceilings ceilings ceil ings for the armed forces last week celt For Fot military reasons the exact figures have been kept Jept secret |