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Show Selective Service Will WillContinue WillContinue Continue to Draft Men MenAfter MenAfter After V-J V J V-i i - - Day , Says HeadMaj Head Hersheyannounced Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey Hersheyannounced Hersheyannounced announced at Indianapolis Sat Saturday Saturday Saturday urday that selective selechve sel seivice vice will willcontmue willcontinue willcontinue contmue continue to draft men after V J Jday day dayGen dayGerm Gen Germ Hershey said the nece necesHy necesity necesity sHy sity for maintaining mamtammg strong oc occupational occupational cupational forces on two contm coritmn contments coritmnents continents ents after V J day would mean meanthe the continuation contmuatIon of drafting drafhng m in morder inorder inorder order to replace men who are el elIglble eligible eligible Iglble igible for discharge under thepoint the thepomt thepoint pomt point systemWe systemWe system drafting100 We plan to continue contmue draftmg drafting 100 000 men a month until July July1946 1946 the draft director dlfector assert asserted asserted asserted ed Of course we could cut that thatIf thatif thaiif If the war should end before beforethen then believedthe He added that he believed the high draft rate would b b"continued bcontinued " ' contmued continued through the next year yearregardless yearregardless regardless yearregardless of encouragmg encouraging events encouragingevents encouragmgevents eventsSaymg eventsSaying Saying Saymg that we found our ourselves ourselves ourselves selves short during durmg the battle battleof battleof battleof of the bulge in m December Gcn Germ GenHershey GcnHershey GermHershey Hershey explained expla111ed that It itsmuch s smuch smuch much easier and speedier to re . lease release men if we find fmd we don t tneed : need them than it is to draft draftand draftand and train tram men |