Henderson Daily Dispatch

'Replacement' Is Big Word In Draft Rules
Washington, Aug. 17 — (AP) — Paste the word "replacement" in your hat so you can keep it on your mind. It's important in the new regulations issued by the war manpower commission to get all draft age men into war production or into the Army. Because of "replacement" all fathers—whether they moved from a non-essential job in a war-supporting one for patriotic reasons or just to stay out of the draft-will benefit equally. A memorandum from selective service headquarters to local draft boards. pointing out that the Army's need for men must be met without hurting war production. says: "To meet this problem it is necessary (Continued on Page Two)

'Replacement' Is Big Word In Draft Rules
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necessary to arrange for the orderly replacement of men through replacement schedules or otherwise and to obtain deferment for a sufficient number of necessary men until they can be replaced."

In order for a man to be given occupational deferment he must be considered a "necessary" man in war production, or in support of the war effort and on this point the memorandum says:

"In determining whether a registrant is a necessary man the replaceability of the registrant is of paramount importance, and may be based on various factors which should be considered carefully."

This could be considered a challenge to men wishing to stay out of the draft to make themselves so essential in war production that their draft boards will have to grant them deferment which is never for more than six-month periods.