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...close to disaster hit the great aircraft plants around Los Angeles. Never before had so many of their workers failed to show up on the job-the plants' skilled men had been stampeded by the U.S. Government. A few headlines, such as HALT DEFERMENT OF DEFENSE WORKERS IN DRAFT, MARRIED MEN TO BE INDUCTED, had put a crimp in vital war production...
What is more, the headlines this time were no false alarm. At the recent rate of inductions (a military secret), the U.S. is roaring down the road toward a 10,000,000-man army. Selective Service Headquarters believes that "by this time next year every able-bodied man of draft age, regardless of dependents, will be in either the Army or Navy, or should be prepared to go in soon." Said Draft General Lewis B. Hershey to factory workers with dependent wives: "Begin making arrangements now." California's draft director announced that draft boards should "plan for the withdrawal...
...ride them. God knows we are not big enough to ride your outfit. You are one of the biggest corporations in the world." Later, the Senator philosophized for the record on such far-flung subjects as education of youth, property rights v. the human rights of men in the draft, social progress as demonstrated by the funnies and society pages. By noon of the second day Farish had reached page five...
...Towne raised dollar cotton. Mrs. Towne, pallid Loraine and nympholeptic little Elaine went to Europe. Van, demoniacally drunk, scorched around the State in an Apperson Jackrabbit with a siren on it, leaving terror, curses and shaken fists in his wake. Old Man Towne borrowed $500,000 against the open draft notes signed in his name in Van's handwriting, and against the importunate cables from abroad. One day he came back from Memphis with a suitcase and called Mammy in. Old Man Towne explained that he was deeding over to her the house in Memphis and that the suitcase...
Stating that all college students must prepare for active participation in the war effort and that all able bodied men are destined for the armed forces, the report merely reemphasizes what every college student has known since Pearl Harbor. The accelerated stream of draft questionnaires pouring into college mail boxes during recent weeks is a far more visible storm signal than the report's statement that it is impossible to guarantee a complete course of study to any student. Passing responsibility from committee to committee, the report features few concrete proposals...