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Show Young Men and Selective Service Although we arc supposedly in peace times, Selective Service, to maintain the nation's armed forces, continues, and the responsibility of the individual to this Selective Service program is no less now than in war time. Apparently Apparent-ly because we are not at war registrants are becoming more and more negligent of their responsibilities, Selective Service officials report. This negligence comes from lack of attention of men of military age to the responsibilities placed upon them by the Selective Service Act. The most common fault is failure fail-ure of registrants to keep their boards informed. Trie law provides that the registrant must inform the board in writing of every change of status. This includes all changes of address, and changes in employment or dependency de-pendency that may have a bearing on the registrant's availability for military service. Failure to notify the board of such changes could cause considerable inconvenience and expense to the individual. Technically any registrant who fails to supply this information in-formation is delinquent and could be ordered into service immediately as a result. Certainly it would give the board a better chance to property adminster its duties if full information in-formation were available at all times. The law provides that the board act only on the information in the registrant's regis-trant's file, which could mean that the individual may be inducted when he is entitled to deferment, simply because he failed to keep the board informed of his status. "Young men turning IS years of ;;ge frequently fail to register in accordance with the law, which makes them delinquent and liable for immediate induction. The law provides that each young man must register within five days of his 18th birthday, and no one should delay longer than this. It has been found that young men who have failed to register when they should have, offered such excuses ex-cuses as not being able to get out oi class in time to get to the Selective Service office, or because they were busy at their jobs, or were out of town attending school and so on. This is a serious matter and all ung men are urged to accept these responsibilities, register on time and keep the board fully informed at all times. |