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Show Draft Chiefs Stress Fan-Play Fan-Play In Selecting Draftees The necessity for complete fr.irness. In. ill to "draftees" ;;;.d to i he federal government, was ?ttvd in a one-day M-ainr.tR ,-oarsv for Utah's ;!$ !...! seiec-::e seiec-::e service boaicls cemrac.ed at ! ;".,e capitol. i governor Henry 11. IMood 'sounded the keynote of the hoards ! duties when he told the tather-;aa tather-;aa of about 100 members: 'I particularly ask for fair-mindedness fair-mindedness ... In that way only can be attained the objective of the law, namely, an orderly, just and democratic method wherby the military manpower of the United States may be made available avail-able for service . . with the least possible disruption of the social and economic life of the nation.''-I'rges nation.''-I'rges fair piny The same theme was stressed by Brigadier General W. G. Will- iams, selective service director for Utah, who warned: 'Don't exempt Bill Jones' boy when Bill Smith's boy is in the same category. Fair play is most important," It was sounded again and again throughout the day by Major H. Arnold Rich, assistant selective service director, who conducted the school, and others of the sel- ective service staff who spoke oil various phases of the program. "Yours is a job of equity and conscience ," said Major Rich. "The United States is interested in national prepardness, social health and industrial security. The social front at home must not be demoralized by taking men who .should -net. go." -No Mass Exemptions Major Clarence Burton and Captain Edward W. Henderson, advisers on deferment to the Utah, board, emphasized that deferment will be an individual matter-tlvit there will be no mass deferments of all workers in certain industries, indus-tries, such as were allowed during dur-ing the World War draft. "The question is: Can he be spared and if so, when?" declared declar-ed Major Burton. ''Determent works both ways. Some men may want to go, but if it is to be the interests of your community or the government that hie does not go, then see that he does not." Check-off lists will be provided all selective service board members, mem-bers, Major Rich advised, showing show-ing Just what they are expected to do with each registrant. ( Be Ready To Act "I want to assure you there will .... be an effective registration uu October 16" said Major Rich. "On the morning after October 16, you are charged with getting the registration reg-istration cards from the county clerks. From then on the responsibility resp-onsibility is yours. You should be prepared to go ahead." In typical military fashion, intricate in-tricate workings of the selective service act were drilled homo to the farmers, lawyers, laborers and business men who make up the selective se-lective service boards by members memb-ers of the Btate selective service staff. Captain John Summorhays explained ex-plained classification and selection; selec-tion; Lieutenant F Edward Walker, Walk-er, U. S. navy reserve, explained procedure in appeals to the appeal app-eal board and to the president and in mobilization and induction; induct-ion; Major John F. Sharp outlined out-lined physical examination procedure; pro-cedure; Captain A. V. Sconberfe discussed finance. "We none of us know every, thing about this conscription," said Major Rich. "No one does yet But when it goes into effect it I up to you to consider each problem pro-blem individually-and we will make It work a whole lot better than it did last time." |