Show number numbers placing Is explained by writer k A registrants order number Is fixed by the order in which the serial numbers lu in his local board area were drawn in the national lottery it la Is emphasized by national headquarters selective service S er system A particular number on the national master list cannot posy possibly be a registrants ants local board order number each local board crosses off all numbers on the national master list which are higher than the biggest serial numbered traut trant of that local board the line registrants position as shown on the national master list will be changed accordingly in each local board soni some contusion confusion also lias has been caused by that all aill men having the same order number in u various var louls local areas will be called at the same time this Is not correct for example tt if i local beaird A classifies men available for service and local board B classifies CO 60 men aval available lable for service the quota quola for or local board A will be 10 times greater than that of local board B thus a registrant will order number in local board A will be called at tile ithe same time as aa a registrant with order number 10 in local boand B D this method insures a fair and equal apportionment of men called from large and ismall communities by a selective service registrant of ails parents grandparents brothers and isi sisters must be considered a as 9 a basis for ide dependency pen denicy deferment from training in the same way as adf his care of a wife or ceif dren would be national Foad quarters selective service system said today in a letter to state headquarters 0 A dykstra director of aselee selective Ser serville Servi vilce ice suggested that when local boards consider the classi classification fl of registrants they should carefully weigh all questions of dependency find and not confine their investigation vesti gation to the dependent status of wives or ch liden the director pointed out that a registrant can be deferred on de dency grounds only if hu his local board Is convinced that a person la dependent in fact upon him this includes wives as well as other claimed dependents mr dyk dykstra stra asserted ile hi sa bald id when local boards investigate questions of they must not confine their inquiry to the status of wives or chr ildren selective sen service ice regulations clearly say that a dependent may be a parent grandparent brother Other lT sister or a person under 18 years of age or nay any person who Is ghyst cally or mentally handicapped whose support the registrant lias has assumed tn in good faith support i of these dependents is as important to one min man as an other mans support of ills his wife local boards should always consider thih ibis fact in carrying out the Select selective lye service policy of preserving the american home as a unit they should remember also that the theory ot of the dependency do de ferment is that selective service should not make public charges of dependents nor mor even eon reduce theler support it ins has been reasonable and where the support was bona atle fide director dykstra said |