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Show 'JAHINIRTflW i NE1WS M KOM OUR CONGRESSMAN . W. H GRANGER Ficts of Demobilization hn fiermanv surrendered the m had 5.50O.OOO men overseas, j was then imperative to move tandreds of thousands of these mm with the greatest possible ,pfed to the Pacific to end the Ja:anese war. Although Japan tis already desperate under our iii and sea attacks and the atomic bomb was in the last stages of Espeiiment, it would have been criminal to risk Japan's not fight- I in: tn suicidal finish and therefore jo delay movement of our men toxard the Pacific. But Japan Fiiendered, and it became urgent ! to demobilize the armed forces as j quickly and fairly as possible. i Tie War department estimated j that with an intake of 500,000 new j ice from selective service in- dictions in the 12 months ahead , i; could immediately begin to demobilize de-mobilize 6,500,000 of those who had already served their country. The quickest v ay to demobilize I ill these men ar.d women would te to load units nearest the ports Wo the ships as - fast as they sirive. This, however, would be unfair. In Europe and in the Pa- j ci5c there are hundreds of thous-ffids thous-ffids of men who have been fighting for their country for tag periods. If whole units were returned to the United States for charge it would result in allow-in? allow-in? many men who had been in the Army only a short (ime and too have had little or no combat to set out while those who have isht the longest and hardest to wait behiqd. H Discharge System !' is impossible to find a solution solu-tion or devise a plan which pleases everybody. The now well-known Wt system was originally com-Wted com-Wted on May 12 after the defeat 0 Germany, and recomputed as . Member-. 2, and throughout 1! mobilization the point score necessary for discharge will be ed again and again. "tors anrt ar,Hof .u e not eligible for release under age or point system may be JM if their families are so "Pendent on their earning abil- ill f3mUy leadshiP that un-e un-e hardships would result if they 'e retained in service. A hard-'P hard-'P discharge application . must accompanied by affidavits of rnpmi,0' more Persns other '' than Beta18 01 the applicant's taxation tax-ation , famiIy attesting the situ- iecKi, the man's home- The ion is left to the designated 1thotCmanders in. the-, field pCe " eenCe t0 me War de" bis :, 11 a soldier is overseas, Z?y submit the re- ant r Charge to the Adjut- form gWn' D- C, in affidavit aidaviraCCfmpanied by tne tw0 "lemhf , Psons- other than crs of the family. |