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...Labor benches came charges of incompetence, statements that planes from the U.S. were lying idle in warehouses because no one had thought to order spare parts or maintenance equipment. Laborites also pointed to a survey just made by the big Amalgamated Engineering Union among workers in arms plants. Seventy percent of them said that their plants were running under capacity, due to mismanagement...
good teeth, sound physical condition, and a nervous temperament suitable for flying. Those who are in doubt about passing these requirements can take a preliminary free exam at the recruiting station that takes only 20 minutes and is 95 percent correct. No arrangements have yet been made with the Hygiene Department which his its hands full in giving preliminary exams to draftees...
...proposed reduction of the minimum draft age from 21 to 18 is passed by Congress, 96.6 percent of all present undergraduates will be subject to selective service, according to a study of age and enrollment figures for the entire College...
With 203 of a possible 377 questionnaires being returned, 193 men favored increasing undergraduates influence in elections and social functions, with five opposed and five making no reply (a 97.5 percent affirmative response). Oddly enough, the second biggest vote-getter among the four questions was the proposal to institute the payment of small annual dues to defray the costs of increased social activities. The vote...
Because request for vocational advice have increased more than 100 percent over last year, John L. Steele has been re-appointed vocational counselor at Phillips Brooks House...