| Show Congress Plans to Give Draft Agency a Budget Hike WASHINGTON DC D.C. CPS CPS- With CPS With little debate and even less notice the Selective Service which Service which oversees military registration tion and conscription has picked up a healthy 25 percent increase in its funding for next year The funding provision which gives Selective Service an extra 6 million million million mil mil- lion for a total budget of 27 million is currently resting in a Senate House-Senate conference committee It will be discussed when Congress reconvenes after the elections Since key conferees agree on the terms the measure is expected expected expected ex ex- to get a quick approval Meanwhile Selective Services Service's September Services Service's September estimate estimate estimate esti esti- mate that 93 percent of eligible young men registered for the draft over the summer is now being double-checked double by a Government Accounting Office team Their results are due in January January moreover is when the next round of military registration is supposed to begin At that point according to spokesman Paul well start registering men with year birth 1962 I It t will be the start of continuous continuous continuous con con- registration in which eligible men register during the month of their birth |
