Show ECONOMIC highlights industrial news review last january an official announce ment said that the united states army would reach a total of men by the end of 1942 since then the actual size of the arm army y and precise plans for its expansions expansion i I 1 have not been announced inasmuch as they are military secrets of the first order some commentators have forecast that in time the army might total nine or ten million the best available information seems to indicate that a total of at least 6 million will be attained that is obviously going to have a revolutionary effect on the manpower of this country however there is no factual evidence to sup port the scare rumors which say that every physically fit man under 36 is certain to tc be placed in un uniform I 1 selective service heads a are re making a genuine effort to create an army of the size needed with I 1 minimum dislocation of amer american i can f family amily life here is how matters shape up at this time according to published statements first practically all available single men in the 20 35 year bracket have been called in time women and older men will replace thousands of young men in defense industries second the selective service boards are placing in the IA I 1 A classification sifi cation all men who have no genuine claim for dependency that in eludes men with working wives men who contribute little to the support of their households andi and men with means Almo stall of these men will be in uniform by the end 1 of thear the year unless they are unable to pass the physical examinations or perform vital work in war industry I 1 I 1 third it is universally belle believed veol enst Con caness Co ness aress will soon approve h yil bli provi providing diniZ government grants to dependents of service men these grants crants as now projected are sma small 11 around 50 a month for a wife and child but they will make it possible le for the selective service boards to call thousands of men who are 1 now deferred for economic reasons fourth a new draft classification 3 B ha has b s been adopted and that is a matter of very great in at the present time men with genuine dependencies are classified as 3 A the 3 13 classification is for men with genuine dependencies who in addition are employed in war work the hope is that thousands of men who now have jobs will shift to war jobs in order to obtain the 3 13 deferments some observers say that eventually the selective service boards will operate on the work or fight policy which existed in world war 1 I in other words a man will be given the choice of going into the army or leaving a non war occupation for a war occupation the industries which are classified as essential to the war effort are definitely limited in number lawyers store clerks newspapermen wholesalers advertising men etc have no claim for deferment def deferment arment is given only to men who hold a job which is directly and absolutely necessary to the production and transportation of the raw and finished materials which are involved in war I 1 what this all adds up to is plain if you are a single man under 36 in reasonable health you will go into the army unless you are virtually sn in some wor war industry if you have dependents who look entirely to you tor for support you will be deferred for the time being but there is a strong likelihood that in time the continuance of your deferment will depend upon your obtaining a job in war industry if you have minor physical defects you are not exempt from military service the original physical standa standards have been relaxed and men with defective eyesight hearing feet etc ate are being called to the colors and assigned to noncombatant non combatant duty |