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Inchball glided down from the chandelier and settled beside the Vagabond. "I couldn't help overhearing your thoughts, Vag," he squeaked. "You may be right, but I think this is the end. Look at the draft! Look at the decline in advertising! How about paper shortage; how about war-time censorship; how about the drop in enrollment...
...Roosevelt pleaded with the Dies Committee, which had had Joe on the mat once before, to re-examine his history, see whether he could not be given a clean bill of health. On reexamination, the Dies Committee flunked him again. Then the Army stepped in. A Manhattan draft board obligingly reclassified Joe, who had been 1-H (over 28, with no dependents), gave him a top rating of 1-A. In a few weeks Joe is to start his wartime career as a private in the Army...
Ever since World War I, when the French Canadians were embittered by a draft act, conscription has been a political issue in Canada. As late as November 1941, Mackenzie King pledged no conscription. But since then the U.S. has gone to war, and opposition critics have been sledgehammering demands for Total War with "conscription" as their battle...
Although a democracy's successful functioning depends on the people being properly informed, no U.S. newsman need expect to escape the draft as a "necessary man." Declared Draft Director Brigadier General Lewis B. Hershey: "It would be harder to defend an exemption for a newspaperman than, for instance, a physician. Whether you agree with it or not, almost everyone thinks he can write better stuff than appears under your bylines. Physicians use 75? words to describe minor ailments and the public doesn't feel the same about physicians as newspapermen. So, I guess newspapermen will have...
Though you would never guess it from its expression, a mule, whether pack, draft or riding animal, costs more than a horse. A riding horse for the Army costs around $162, a pack or riding mule around $184. From its hybrid ancestry, the mule inherits some sturdily pig-tailed virtues. It is as tough, wise and sure-footed as the ass, as strong and willing as the horse. Under fire, when horses go mad with fear, mules wait philosophically until led to safety...