Show col gray confers with local board chairman airman lt col oscar W gray assistant director of selective service I 1 in utah topped stopped briefly in monticello wednesday to discuss some local problems with A J redd chairman of the local board col gray is to washington D C to confer with national draft officials several points that have been rather vague were cleared up by col grays visit he stated that it is now possible for men whose number has not come up for induction and who are unable to make definite plans tor for work or school because of the imminence of the draft to enlist at once and that such enlistment will be counted on the current quota of the local board they may not however choose the branch of service but must serve where they are assigned col gray said throughout the country there have been many of these men who have been more or less just marking time until they were called another matter that col gray explained is that before a quota call is issued the number of volunteers from the district the number of reservist called to active duty and the number of national guard units called into service are all taken into consideration and the final quota fuoti is determined ter mined only by these factors As regards san juan county col gray was careful to explain that the indian population with its large percentage of 4 F cla classifications because of illiteracy is also a prime factor in the making of the quota he said further in connection with the indian population that a review of the files by the local board and recalling some of those already 1 sliced I c in the 4 F could quite probably result in induction of some of them which would further lighten the added ad ed burden that has been borne by the whites col gray will stop at window rock headquarters for tho the navajo indian Reserva reservation tinn to ask cooperation e from officials there in aiding the tha local board to keep keen in touch with registrants and to see that every one is registered as soon as he reaches that age he will also contact officials of the consolidated ute indian ae A agency 0 e n at ignacio colorado for the same purpose 6 colonel gray congratulated the local board on their the r conservation of manpower and the reservoir a of men they have built up there ar according to chairman redd hedd 33 white men examined and ready for induction in addition there are perhaps half that miny indians who are examined but who will probably qualify for IA I 1 A cla sifi cation this is an indication of good management according to the colonel and reflects P much healthier healthy r condition than in some other districts |