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...hospitalized and part of this is due to overwork. . . . 280,000 registered nurses are now practicing in this country . . . 27,000 additional nurses could be made available to the armed forces without interfering too seriously with the needs of the civilian population." Mr. Roosevelt's proposal: draft nurses...
Little additional light could be shed on the latest 4-F draft scare at press time last night, although the threat to the nation's colleges was made more specific by some commentators...
While the May-Balley "limited national service" bill was urged upon Congress in Committee, figures showed that Harvard's graduate schools were in a worse position than the College. Most of the 858 undergraduates are below draft age, or foreign students, while the 25 percent in the 4-F category include chemistry, physics, pre-medical, and biological sciences students who may be exempted from a 4-F draft...
Elliott Perkins '23, director of the War Service Bureau, said that he was "still puzzling about it." In the event that Congress enacts the service draft proposal into law, Perkins feels that his War Service Office may well be able to act as an advisory body in the placement of 4Fs in industry. He remarked that "no matter how hard you study, you aren't going to affect...
...draft will continue to take its share of 18-year-old males...