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Show Selectee's Fitness I j Decided Upstate j Pointing out that the examina-i examina-i tion of registrants by local board . physicians is merely a preliminary examination to eliminate the obviously ob-viously unfit, Lieutenant Colonel H. A. Rich, state director of selective se-lective service, this weekwamed registrants that they should await actual induction into the army before be-fore making any final disposition of financial and personal affairs. 'JEvery selectee," the director said, "must undergo final physical physi-cal examination at an army reception recep-tion center. The examination by local board physicians is merely preliminary to the army test. No selectee, therefore, should assume that because he has passed the local board tests, or even because he has been ordered to an army reception center for possible induction, in-duction, that he will be accepted by the army." Registrants who are inducted will be given ample time to return to to their homes to adjust their personal affairs within a few days after induction, Director Rich states, pointing out that a liberalized liberal-ized policy regarding furloughs for newly inducted registrants has been accorded by the war department. He said: "Local boards have been instructed in-structed to attach to the delivery list for each group of prospective inductees the names of those for whom furloughs are recommended, recommend-ed, and the selective service system sys-tem has been assured by the war department that such furloughs will invariably be granted if recommended by the local board.' These furloughs for inducted registrants will begin not later than five days after induction, the director said, and will not exceed ten day except that when an inductee in-ductee lives at a considerable distance dis-tance from the army reception center, a leave up to fifteen days may be granted. "This new army policy should prevent any undue hardship to selectees who are inducted", Director Di-rector Rich asserted. "In the past there were some cases of hardship hard-ship under the present system of inducting forthwith selectees whe pass their final physical examination examina-tion at army reception centers. Some men, expecting induction had made final disposition of their personal affairs and then were re- jected. Others were considerably i inconvenienced after induction while awaiting leave to adjust i pressing personal matters. Now I every prospective inductee can be assured that if he requires reasonable reason-able time to return to his personal affairs, leave will be granted to j him within a few days after in-l in-l duction". i All local boards in Utah have been advised to give full publicity j to the policy now in effect, the di- rector said, and to inform their j selectees not to release their pos- sessions, or otherwise make final disposition of financial and per-' per-' sonal affairs, before final action I is taken by the army examining ! board. ! |
