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...Army going to draft men with dependents? Did a notice to report for an Army medical examination mean induction forthwith? Was the Army planning to call men by age groups rather than by number? Had the Army reduced its training period to a matter of eight brisk weeks...
...Army did not want men with dependents, although draft boards occasionally took one, anyhow. A man who acquired a wife before Pearl Harbor was reasonably certain of being deferred, provided that he didn't marry her to duck the draft. But if his wife was a working girl, or being supported by rich relatives, he was due to be inducted...
Students should be allowed to enroll in the program their Freshman year, he recommended, and should be granted draft deferment until the completion of their college course. By giving them instruction for the full three or four years, much of the time that now has to be spent giving the pilots training after graduation would be unnecessary...
According to Emmons, it is not yet certain whether the course will be given this summer. "If it is," the draft boards may not continue the deferment of any of its members who do not take it then...
Paine's father won his hockey letter in 120, 8 and 9, and Paine himself has been top name in Harvard hockey since his Freshman year. Paine yesterday stated that he expected to be here next winter, harring, of course, the draft board. He does not take Naval Science at any other course which would exempt his being called into service...