Word: draft-board
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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...already rejected for military service as physically or mentally substandard, 200,000 have been certified by draft-board physicians as mendable cases. On these 200,000 the first work will be done. They will be sent willy-nilly, said the President, to private doctors and dentists for treatment of eyes, teeth, hernias, venereal diseases, etc. As soon as they are fit, they will be immediately certified for military service...
...morning last week, young Rockefeller left his Manhattan penthouse apartment to be inducted into the Army. Reporters were waiting on the sidewalk. At local draft-board headquarters Rockefeller stepped into an ambush of reporters,* cameramen, newsreel photographers, radio newscasters. Flashlight bulbs and questions popped all around him: what had he done the night before (visited his parents), when had he gone to bed (midnight), when did he get up (5:45), when did he usually get up (8 or 8:30), how much money did he have with him ("just pocket change"), did he like beans (yes), would he mind...
...outdone, the draft-board chairman told newsmen he had "special confidence in Mr. Rockefeller's integrity and ability," named him to lead a contingent of 30 men on a subway ride to the induction centre. Rockefeller squirmed, carefully refrained from giving any orders. Photographers went with him in the subway, shot pictures during the ride. When he got out, three newsreel trucks were waiting to catch him lugging his suitcase for the remaining three blocks. Sweat began to drip from his face, wilted his collar, stained his necktie...