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Sirs: TIME, [Jan. 25] on the enlistment of Freddie Bartholomew, as well as many a misinformed draft board, has now completely befuddled the noncitizen soldier or soldier-to-be, in re his becoming an American citizen automatically on his having completed three months' service in the armed forces...
Most of the men inducted into the armed forces in the next two or three months, said Draft Director Hershey, will be married men with children. Reason: "There will be nobody left to induct...
...stay a civilian, a man will have to justify his status by holding a job essential to the prosecution of the war. The draft director laid down the principle that will govern from now on: "I believe it will be the inevitable tendency of manpower procurement ... to give more weight to what a man is doing than to dependency...
Already, the New York Herald Tribune found, four New York City draft boards had all but exhausted their supply of childless married men. Seven boards had just begun to draft the married. Nineteen expected to begin late this month or in March. Soon, throughout the nation, the fathers of children would be taken from their jobs and sent...
...FRANCISCO--"Joltin'" Joe DiMaggio, slugging New York Yankee outfielder, received permission from his draft board today to enlist in the Army and will be inducted tomorrow...