Show every citizen has duty in defense I 1 program D national figure states of the american people 1 ie to it a thorough knowledge of the whole program ot of Nat national Jonal cefeus an aud d tile part each individual must play in it Is vital ital to its success brig geu gen lewis it hershey deputy director ot of selective service told the annual amibal con ve lution of the advertising adjei using ceredi a tiou of america at a luncheon meet lug ing lit in boston massachusetts lack of understanding oi of the general requirements tor for national Do cofene fene by the people as a whole and particularly among regist UIKI and Is the major lent leni ot of tilie the selective tiie service tent tem in mating proper classification ot of registrants registrant the general beneral de claier blared want in many any instances he said investigations ot of complaints con con coming riling classifications by service ten ice local boards reveal that neither aliel the registrant nor noi ahe abe eni employer has haa given the fahe board full in tact fact lie said in some cases employ eril have refused to fo accept any responsibility for requesting iju forment and have placed upon the local board the entire taa of erf attempting to determine the valm i of au an employee whose worth woith was wa IS known noan primarily to this same em r and whose worth wal was known to no one else pointing out that the united states ila haa and natural resources such its as few other countries possess general hershey iner shey declared that ibis strength can bo be built into a defensive aprem b by training anil a courage and know leil ledge e lie ile said we ve tire engaged lu ili building our a strength luto into a defensive system allis alila system ihas has ta in its plait pian trained vien men it hits has guns guas and and tanks aud and airplanes and iio food d an all moving in a li pattern attern of un unity ity under tile the control of trained lea leaders ders and trained men but bat before we reach that place before batore we reach that stage iii out defense there lire are many barriers to cross meu 1161 must be selected for set vice for whom arms and equipment are to be made and food produced in this broad land of ours are hundreds of places where arak arms munitions tanks trucks and air piane are made in our ou mines we must produce the itlie minerals from which a mechanical army fash lont its weapons broad acres acrea demand the hand of man to i produce food and products product a which ire fabri fabricated caled into supplies for our armed forces there Is a place for thousands of different erent types of ima do use well the itlie manpower with which we adelso are go fortunately blessed requires training i and courage and knowledge training straining that we may use each man maian ln the oie place that ithac lie he Is babest best fitted to i fill courage that we will use him there and eliat we will not le let any customs from another age send into our armed dorcea men who best serve ill dibe weapons weapons rather thail in using them knowledge ot uie the system of selection which our congress has placed upon the statute books of this country knowledge that each citizen may in do lils ilia raft alart all alf lie are blocks in making the file mosaic of uie tile selective service system it Is the duty ot of each registrant uie general gereral to scare search it his own qua qualifications tons and patriotically answer the question where can cali I 1 best nerve my luy gutlon now in making this analysis the legit trant could consult the ithe registrants advisory boards boa ids which have bave been set till ni under the selective service system he be declared and then present tile coni plede picture of ilia skill and aad capa capacity elty likewise the employer has a solemn duty general hershey IIer shey pointed out to take stock ot of his business ot of the ithe part that he be is playing in tile ithe notional national defense picture anda and to determine exactly what part 1 any cuip employee loyeL who Is a selective the service sen ice registrant Is play ing in the production pattern ile he should then give the local I selective service sen ice board full benefit of his information the general said it the hie registrants the members of t the it le registrants advisory boards ti andi and the employers perform duty genet general al hershey IIer shey said 1 I am not disturbed about the action of our local boards I 1 have flip assurance that comes with considerable knowledge in this field makes me believe that the great majority of the local board will place the individual in th place in tho the national pattern that taut the information Inform tion atlon made avail ble to hem iem indicates tes Surn inIng up Gen general ertil hershey declared arod the the successful operation of 01 the selective service alya tein km de upon the individual oltI zep uie the registrant the lie inon nion ibera ibers ot df the adai adlora adlo ary rj bord board the local board the government appeal if fent the appeal board bofird and finally the big highest liest appeal agency agenar uie U president of the united states and inck back of 0 all ajl appeals stand our oui citizens who tire are the ithe final arbiters in nil MI ot of these cases it Is quite futile for the local board boam or the appeal board to make deci if lit in the 1011 long run ruji chey tire are not hot lit in accor daneo blab toe the aldies nl of all ous people for abose reasons rea ions general iier her ghey told ibold the advertisers lit it Is important that knowledge be disseminated as broadly as possible not only concerning uie the operation ot of qa he selective servile system but of the ithe whole program prop am of cd national defense |