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Pentagon lawyers discovered Monday that Secretary George C. Marshall's Friday directive guaranteeing students this option violated provisions of the Selective Service Act, in that a man who has been notified of physical examination cannot legally enlist in any branch of the armed services...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 --Three days of legal frenzy ended today as Defense Department experts found a way to allow college students to enlist in the service of their choice at the end of the academic year notwithstanding prior draft board action...
Under the substitute arrangement, draft boards will officially reconsider the classification of all college students who have received their notice--retroactively including all those notified or examined before Marshall's directive--and give them a chance to enlist before the end of the academic year. None of these enlistees will be taken before his school closes...
Until Congress made up its mind on a new draft law (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), the colleges hardly knew what advice to give their students, so the rush to enlist was likely to continue. Meanwhile, with varying degrees of alarm, educators were trying to guess what enrollments they may have when Congress finally does write a new law. Director Guy Snavely of the Association of American Colleges predicted that the number of men students might drop 80%. Other educators, though still gloomy, thought the figure exaggerated. Most expected a drop of about 35%. The American Council on Education in Washington said...
...week's end, station WKGR's chances of going back on the air were dim indeed. Owners Coil and Kirby left town for Texas, where they are now members of the U.S. Air Force. Owners McCarter and Scheiderer, both ex-servicemen, had just about decided to enlist. Ex-Advertising Manager Richard Pfar, daily expecting his own Army call, offered a final comment on the short, busy life of Station WKGR: "Gee, if we had known we were operating outside the law, we wouldn't have done...