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...nation is entering a period in which Selective Service needs should be relatively light, Major General Lewis B. Hershey said last night...
Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey still insisted that the plan was flexible and fair, but quickly added that draft boards had only been told that they may defer bright collegemen; not that they shall. All was confusion again. The new plan provoked cries of favoritism, questions on whether aptitude tests are a proper basis for deferment, and a spate of radio comedians' gags. The outcry sounded as if Selective Service was planning to exempt college students, not merely defer them...
...tour began in New York on the afternoon following the East-West game. From there, the encourage proceeded to Hershey, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Cincinnati. Smith plans to rejoin the group in St. Louis this Sunday, then play at Indianapolis on Monday, Detroit on Tuesday, Milwaukee on Wednesday, and Boston on Thursday in the final game of the trip. He will then fly to New York for a team banquet at Toots Shor's on Saturday. In addition to both teams, the troupe includes a few Jugglers, two Chinese acrobats, and a band...
...part of the order is mandatory now anyway and boards could choose to ignore it. But some House members wanted assurance in law that the test could not have a mandatory status. The Committee itself hopes that this amendment will appease some Administration supporters who disagreed with Major-General Hershey's system...
Officials of the testing service, which also prepares the College Board Examinations, last night declined comment on the Princetonian story. The CRIMSON reported in October that Major General Davis B. Hershey, director of Selective Service, had asked the Testing Service to draft a classification test...