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...President Roosevelt's wartime manpower investigator, he was "shocked to learn that at least 4,000,000 men had been rejected as 4Fs." He was also shocked by a prewar American Medical Association finding that two-thirds of U.S. families could not afford the cost of serious illness. Said Baruch...
...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...
...college men, but hinted that in view of past policy the prospects are not encouraging. "I see no reason why a student should be treated any differently than anyone else," stated Boston Area Director Leon J. Kowal, while James Walsh, Assistant to the State Director, said that "the 4Fs have not to give in to the production army. The time we need them is now, and the fact that a fellow's going to college will work neither for nor against him. If the bill is enacted, it will be no more of a blow to college 4Fs than...
...football's greatest worry is that draft boards may get unsporting ideas. A dozen players are 4Fs; one is an ex-sailor who survived two sinkings and 14 days in an open boat. Unique among pro footballers is Danny Fortmann of Colgate, a crack guard for the Bears. He is the League's sole Phi Beta Kappa...
Lampy's two runs followed an unfortunate train of events in which one of last year's lively balls was substituted for the traditional grapefruit. Major league talent scouts, on the prowl for likely looking 4Fs, girded their loins and scrammed after three innings. They missed the mighty rally...
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