Show A registrants position analyzed 0 A registrants order number is fixed by the order in which the serial numbers in his local board area were drawn in the national lottery it A aa as 3 emphasized by national headquarter 4 selective service system A particular number on the national master list cannot possibly ba a regis local board order number each local board crosses off all numbers on the national master list which are higher than the highest 1 numbered registrant of that local board the regi registrants position bostion as shown on the national master list will be changed accordingly in each local board some confusion alo ako has been caused by assuming suming rs that all men having the same order rumber number in various local areas will be calle 1 l at the same time this is not correct for example if local board A classifies men av available for service the quota for local board A will be 10 times greater than that of local oard board b B thus a registrant with order number in local board A will be called at the same time as a registrant with order number 10 in local board B this method insures a fair and equal apportionment of men called from large and small communities 0 support by a selective service registrant of his parents grandparents brothers and sisters must be considered as a basu for dependency deferment from training in the same way as his care of a wife or children would be national headquarters selective service system said today in a letter to state headquarters C A dykstra director of selective service suggested that when local boards consider the classification of registrants they should carefully weigh all questions of dependency and not confine their investigation to the dependent status of wives or children the director pointed out that a registrant can be deferred on dependency grounds only if his hig local board is convinced that a person is dependent in fact upon him this includes eludes in wives as well as other claimed dependents mr dykstra asserted he said when local boards investigate continued on page four A registrants POSITION ANALYZED 0 continued from page one questions of dependency they mu must st not confine their inquiry to the status of wives or children selective service regulations clearly say that a dependent may be a parent grandparent brother r sister or a person under 18 years ears of age or any person who is is physically or mentally handicapped whose support the registrant has assumed in good faith support of these dependents is as important to one man as another mans support of his wife local boards should always consider this fact in carrying out the selective service policy of preserving the american home as a unit they should remember also that the theory of the dependency deferment is that selective service should not make public charges of dependents nor even reduce their support when it has been reasonable and where the support was bona fide director dykstra said I 1 |