Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-07-02 | Page 8 | 19,668 Draftees Register with Salt Lake Boards

19,668 Draftees Register With Salt Lake Boards offender Is held until such lden- jtiflrstion is established. I Too msny young men. approximately approxi-mately 45 per month. Miss Erickson Erick-son asserted, are failing to notify I their board when they become 18 years old. As a result, board records rec-ords become a problem since cards are numbered in order of birthday sequencs. Those eligible for draft are all men between the ages of 18 and 25, Including World War II veterans. vet-erans. Registrants must notify the board immediately when- change of address takes place i A total of 19.668 men have been registered by Salt Lake City and county selective service boards since the draft waa rrinstituted in September, Louise Erickson, chief clerk and coordinator for the' boards, reported Saturday. Of this number, she said, 11,787 are Salt Laks City residents. The youths ars under orders to be prepared pre-pared to fill an immediate call, although local boards have received re-ceived no calls for men since Janu- 7t Is probable, ' Miss Erickson continued, that calls will corns in August or September. Voluntary enlistments, thus far, she explained, ex-plained, have provided enough men for th armed forces. Bin warned that all men who have reached their 18th birthdays must register with one of the three draft boards at 222 8. West Temple, Tem-ple, adding that draft card Is not only necessary to obtain employment em-ployment but must also be shown in ease of any type of arrest made by police. Otherwise, she said, the