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Show lashifigfon Letter by W.K, Granger DRAFT MEASURE PASSED After exhaustive ttatkn study, public opinion polls hi , of you will recall that I n 1 ally conducted such a throughcci tae First Coner? ional Di-rict of Utah), and U sidcrablo debate, our draft icy is finally fixed, pending President's approval of thA-. The draft law wil March '31, 1947. Father! C eighteen-year-olds are evP and fathers now in service request discharge after a 7 1, 1946. Farm workers ceferred, and any man J f oefore expiration of the law ! be released after ei.ehtcpn Z H51 ot service. The ArmThSSS en any man over 29 fftr j T since V-J Day; therefore Lt7 eligible age of 45 has little & nificance. "e s,& Although the draft law 1. been extended until March io it is hoped that military rea5 mcnts will be met. with fi, paid volunteers. The revised n scale for the Army provides ft a private or apprentice will receive $75 per month f .tend of S50: andPpayS?JS be graduated accordi' through the ranks. A mlcrff gcant and chief petty officer 5S receive $165 per month insH of $138. In addition to tK rnie, any man who voluniiEJ before the final termination of the war, and after three year?n service, will be entitled to all ft. benefits of the GI Bill, sj m receive four years 0f coiwl training plus subsistence, which for a single man has a dollar vat uo of about S4340, and for a mar ricd m?.n, $5240, Tn the hone of making this vol imteer system work, the Army has ar.r-ofl not to draft any ma riunns July or August. Let ik ,innn this volunteer basis is a sue-cess. |