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Selective Service
in Illinois

1940 - 1947

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thorized by the Sixty-Fifth General As-
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ernor's Office.

SELECTIVE SERVICE

IN ILLINOIS

1940-1947

A complete history of the operation of
the Selective Service System in Illinois
from its inception on September 16, 1940
to its termination on March 31, 1947

Written and compiled by

COL. VICTOR KLEBER, A.G.D.

formerly Deputy State Director
Illinois Selective Service System

PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

Service in the measure of that given by the personnel of the Illinois
Selective Service System in America's crucial emergency and war period
could be achieved only as the result of great patriotic urge. Volunteer per-
sonnel gave freely of their time without thought of material gain. Compen-
sated personnel toiled hours far beyond the time requirements of their jobs.
The only purpose of all was to do a job that was vital to the freedom and
well-being of their Nation.

Time was, by no means, the limit of contribution by these staunch citizens
of Illinois. The quality of their efforts was unsurpassed, their judgment unex-
celled and their integrity unswerving. In spite of difficult and sometimes heart-
breaking decisions, and in the face of almost insurmountable obstacles, all
carried on faithfully.

Little wonder, then, that the State of Illinois and all its citizens are
profoundly grateful to their fellow men and women who achieved such a
magnificent record in the administration of Selective Service in this State.
It is indeed most fitting that, through this history of Selective Service
operation in Illinois, posterity shall know of their glorious achievement
which not only helped Illinois contribute more than her proportionate share
of manpower to the armed forces but also was a definite factor in our State
establishing enviable records of wartime industrial and agricultural production.

As the Governor who had the privilege of being the nominal head of
Selective Service in Illinois during World War II, I congratulate State
Director Paul G. Armstrong and his thousands of loyal associates and extend
to them my most sincere personal thanks for their unselfish, patriotic service.

Governor of Illinois.
December 15, 1948.

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HON. DWIGHT H. GREEN
Governor, State of Illinois — 1941-1948

Upon receiving the sad news of the death of Governor Henry Horner, I
was called upon by the Adjutant General of Illinois to recommend a selection
of the various members of the Selective Service System for the State of Illinois,
and it became my responsibility to recommend citizens to serve on the Boards
who were to select our young men for military service.

In the defense program and later in the war effort of our Nation, the
prime requisites as recommended by Washington were integrity, intelligence,
fairmindedness and courage. It was no less important that those in their
official duties be entirely free of political influence, racial prejudice and
religious intolerance. None of these latter matters could be allowed to enter
into decisions which, in a collective sense, affected the lives of almost every
man, woman and child in the State.

Realizing the responsibility, I called upon individuals whom I had known
in The American Legion of Illinois for the twenty years prior to 1940. I
called these from a group of 101 downstate counties at Springfield, and from
Cook County at Chicago, and these men were told of the objective that was
wanted by the high officials of the Selective Service in Washington.

The magnificent record attained by the Illinois Selective Service System
was, in itself, the highest possible tribute that could be paid to the way that
the members of the Boards were selected. They proved their ability, fairness
and courage. The Selective Service Boards, from the State Director, Paul G.
Armstrong, down to every individual who served on Local Boards, all of
whom gave loyal and unselfish, patriotic service, constituted a vital factor in
America's emerging victorious from a terrible war that threatened our very
existence.

I know that every other citizen of Illinois joins me in expressing profound
gratitude to them for their momentous service during this trying time of need.

Former Governor of Illinois.
December 17, 1948

PHOTO BY BRETZMAN

HON. JOHN STELLE
Governor, State of Illinois — 1940

HERBERT GEORG PHOTO

THE LATE BRIG. GEN. LAWRENCE V. REGAN

Former Adjutant General, State of Illinois

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THE LATE HON. HENRY HORNER
Governor, State of Illinois — 1933-1940

Time after time — in the press, on the radio, and on the public stand — I
have paid generous tribute to the loyalty, intelligence and ability of the
patriotic citizens who were associated with me in the operation of the Selective
Service System from 1940 to 1947. Yet, any words I might have used then,
or could use now, fall hopelessly short of expressing my real feelings of
gratitude.

No one knows better than I the ceaseless toil of the workers, the tremen-
dous personal sacrifices they made, the forging ahead in their tasks in spite
of countless difficulties and critical decisions, their high purpose and their
unwavering loyalty to their country's cause.

The President of the United States did me great honor by conferring upon
me the Medal of Merit in appreciation of the exceptional record which the
Selective Service System achieved. Personally, as State Director, I was only
the symbol of a great body of faithful men and women whose efforts — and
theirs alone — made possible the opportunity for my receiving special honors.
In fact, I was privileged to accept the Medal for Merit on behalf of my loyal
associates who were the real earners of any acknowledgment for outstanding
performance of duties.

Again, I am happy to express my deepest gratitude to my staff, the Local
and Appeal Board Members, the Government Appeal Agents, the Examining
Physicians and Dentists, the Medical Advisory Board Members, the Members
of the Registrant's Advisory Boards, the Reemployment Committeemen, the
compensated personnel, and the many other citizens who rendered special
voluntary services to the System. The memories of my association with them
will always be one of my most treasured possessions.

State Director of Selective Service.

December 16, 1948

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COL. PAUL G. ARMSTRONG
State Director of Selective Service

My heartiest congratulations to the State of Illinois for its record of
achievement in raising manpower for our armed forces during one of the
most critical periods in our country's history.

The brilliant Selective Service record of Illinois and the other States con-
cerns the past, of course, but in certain respects it is a definite yardstick by
which we can measure the future; and the experience should teach us a great
many invaluable things which are of more than passing value, because our
existence may very well depend on how well we have learned the lesson of
those gruelling war years.

Victory could not have been won had it not been for Selective Service,
and the evidence is plain and irrefutable that Selective Service could not
have functioned successfully were it not based on democratic principles
older even than our Nation.

If we face an uncertain future, we must not forget that there has been
no time in our history when our future was certain. All we can do is to plan
arduously and intelligently for a number of contingencies and resolve that
any mistakes made in the past will not be repeated.

That is why I so firmly believe that the Selective Service organization in
Illinois and the other States has a job now — a job very well begun, but a
job by no means finished.

Director of Selective Service
February 2, 1949

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MA J. GEN. LEWIS B. HERSHEY, USA
National Director of Selective Service

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The preparation of a history such as this volume represents more than
the individual capabilities of the author. It is fitting, then, that I should
acknowledge my deepest thanks to those who have been especially helpful in
providing necessary research material and giving personal services which
contributed to the completeness and completion of the book.

Major Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, the able National Director of Selective
Service, graciously gave permission to reproduce certain portions of his
four Reports to the President and various other publications issued by National
Headquarters. In addition, he provided special statistical information neces-
sary to tell the full story of the Selective Service program in Illinois. I am
indeed obligated to him for his generous helpfulness.

I am particularly grateful to Col. Paul G. Armstrong, who established
such an outstanding record as Illinois State Director of Selective Service
in 1940-47, and who is again serving his country in a similar capacity. In
the planning of the book, Colonel Armstrong gave me countless hours for
interviews pertaining to policies to be followed. Night after night, he sacrificed
his personal time to read and edit reams of copy. He made available to me
important records and granted permission to use significant excerpts from
his Final Report to the National Director. Words are inadequate to express
fully the depth of my appreciation for his earnest and willing helpfulness, his
patience and his encouragement.

Space restrictions prevent my listing the names of all others who cooperated
in less, but important, measure toward the achievement of this volume, but
my thanks to them are none the less sincere.

These words would be wanting were I to fail to make mention of the
wisdom and farsightedness of Gov. Dwight H. Green and the Illinois State
Legislature in their making available to present and future generations of
Illinois citizens a complete history of this great State's glorious patriotic
contribution to its Nation in time of gravest need. To Governor Green, I am
especially thankful for the privilege of writing and compiling this historical
volume.

V.K.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Origin and Development of Selective Service ... 1

II. Principles of Selective Service 7

III. Creation of the Selective Service System 15

IV. Illinois Organizes 19

V. Establishment of State Headquarters 25

VI. Local Boards 59

VII. Boards of Appeal 77

VIII. Medical Advisory Boards , 81

IX. Operation of State Headquarters 85

X. Local Board Operation 91

XI. Registration 97

XII. Serial and Order Numbering 107

XIII. Classification HI

XIV. Classification in Operation 123

XV. The Appeal Process 199

XVI. Medical Aspects of Selective Service 207

9 XVII. Induction 229

< XVIII. Reemployment 241

TABLE OF CONTENTS— Continued

CHAPTER PAGE

XIX. Public Relations 253

XX. Enforcement of the Law 263

XXI. Selective Service Cost in Illinois 267

XXII. Appreciation of Service 271

XXIII. State Director's Recommendations 281

L'Envoi 289

Appendix 291

Addenda 507

Index 511

CHAPTER

ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF
SELECTIVE SERVICE

The principle of requiring able-bodied men to participate actively in the
defense of a nation in time of war dates back almost to the beginning of man.
From times immemorial, men have recognized the obligation to join in a
common defense — the defense of their persons, their women and children,
their property and their rights. Back almost to the time of Adam, father and
brothers combined to stand off enemies of the family; later, the bond of
unity in battle was extended to tribes and, finally, to nations.

The first recorded history of operation of selective service principles
can be found in the first chapter of Numbers in the Holy Bible, wherein it
is told that Moses and Aaron registered and classified the Jews, placing
603,550 able-bodied men in the fighting class — or, as it came to be popularly
known in our day, Class 1-A.

In the Roman empire, under the rule of Julius Caesar, men were drafted
for ten years military service and were required to furnish their own equip-
ment. When this program of conscription was discontinued, the power of
Rome declined.

AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

In America, the recognition of an able-bodied male citizen's obligation
to military service is as old as the Nation itself. The very necessities of
pioneer existence demanded a self-armed citizenry and emphasized the need
for universal military service. The Continental Congress, recognizing that
need, recommended to the inhabitants of the United English Colonies that
all able-bodied men between sixteen and fifty years of age be formed into
companies of militia (July 18, 1775). Such militias were formed — though
not by conscription methods — each group differing considerably from the
other in standards, requirements and procedure.

The thirteen colonies were united in their desire to become a free and
independent nation. Yet, each colony was a separate political body with
powers individual to itself, jealous of its rights and too often unwilling to
give up any of its powers to the Congress — even for a mutual cause.

Common sense dictated that a unified, mobile military force, that could
be used in any part of the war area, was necessary in the campaign against
the British during the War of Independence. Yet, it was almost impossible
to get the colony militias far from home, for tradition held them to be
purely local defense forces. Nor could they be kept in the field long enough to
acquire the proper amount of training, conditioning and discipline necessary

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for successful military operations. Hence, the newly-organized Nation fought
its victorious struggle for independence under severe military handicaps.

A Regular Army had been created (mostly on paper) by the Continental
Congress. Sufficient manpower, however, could not be induced to enlist on
a volunteer basis. Even though large cash bounties were offered, voluntary
enlistments remained hopelessly inadequate to meet the crucial needs of the
harassed leader of the colonies' armed forces — Gen. George Washington.

Time after time, Washington was forced to call urgently upon the various
States for personnel from the militia, and these ill-trained troops were gen-
erally unsatisfactory. While history records countless instances of valor,
the militia troops lacked training and discipline and proved a constant
problem to their army leaders. Then, because the men had volunteered or
were drafted in the militia of their own colony for certain specified periods
of time and for service within their own colonies, they could not be counted
on for the carrying out of an extended campaign. (One example of the
plight of Washington lay in his report from Morristown, New Jersey, on
March 14, 1777, when he stated that he had but 1,000 Regulars and 2,000
militia men — the latter's engagement for military service expiring that same
month — to face over 20,000 British troops in and around New York.) All
of these faults served to put the American military leaders at great disad-
vantage against the highly trained and experienced hired foreign troops of
the British.

With the formation of the new Republic in 1776, the Constitution gave
the central government the necessary authority to wage a war effectively
and successfully. Realizing the necessity of manpower volume and control,
Washington proposed a true selective service procedure to the First Con-
gress. He wanted to register and classify the men of the new nation by age
and physical fitness; to segregate the fit men between eighteen and twenty-
five years of age into tactical units; to give them special training by selected
instructors; to retain the men as long as necessary. Had the Congress fol-
lowed General Washington's request, an effective citizen army would have
been developed with a resulting shortening of the war. . . . His proposals,
however, failed to become law — despite his own pleas and those of Jefferson
and Madison.

As a result of this failure on the part of the First Congress to use
adequately its power to raise an army that could fight effectively, the war
dragged out for seven long years. During those seven years, the Americans
employed a total of close to four hundred thousand men, while the strength
of the enemy in any one year (1781) was but forty-two thousand men.

THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES

At the beginning of the War between the States, we had no effective
military policy as a nation. The first troops raised by the North in 1861

ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SELECTIVE SERVICE

were ten companies of District of Columbia militia — troops which could
not be used more than ten miles outside that area. Next, Lincoln called for
seventy-five thousand militia for a period of three months. The President
soon discovered that the South could not be subdued in three months.

Union troops in the Manassas area actually marched away from the field
of battle during the height of conflict — simply because their enlistment time
had expired! The South, in the meantime, had begun with a one-year enlist-
ment period which, while unsatisfactory, at least was a better policy than
was in effect in the North as it provided greater stabilization to the Southern
armies and kept the troops in the field during critical operations.

President Lincoln, finally sensing a long, drawn-out war, began recruit-
ing for "three years of the war." Here again the principle of obtaining
military manpower in volume by voluntary enlistment failed miserably.
Within a year, voluntary recruiting had fallen far short of its goal, and
when the Northern government, in desperation, ordered the draft of 300,000
militia to serve for nine months, recruiting collapsed entirely. Therefore,
the North was forced to rely upon the draft for its military manpower in
its effort to preserve the Union.

Many mistakes in the Draft Act of those days became readily apparent.
The first major error was that the draft was not introduced until almost two
years after the war began. In fact, the draft was resorted to simply to put
pressure upon those who had failed to volunteer. Next it was a strictly mili-
tary operation, Federally controlled and without consideration of State or
local rights.

Furthermore, among other faults, there was the great mistake of per-
mitting any able-bodied man to avoid service if he paid $300 to purchase
exemption or hire a substitute to fight in his stead. This latter phase of
the Draft Act led to the establishment of "substitute brokers" throughout
the North, a "racket" in which a man would hire out, for military service,
through a "substitute broker," report for duty, desert, then go back to the
"substitute broker," and hire out for some other man willing to pay $300
to stay home. This process was repeated over and over again with the con-
sequent loss of manpower and waste of funds.

Brig. Gen. James Oakes, as Assistant Provost Marshal ("State Director"
would be the term today), administered the draft in Illinois during the
civil war in the sixties. With the termination of the war and his active duties
ended, General Oakes prepared and submitted a comprehensive report in
which he particularly noi.ed the Draft Act's shortcomings and made sug-
gestions for corrective procedure for any future emergency which might
again require compulsory military service. Fifty years later, General Oakes'
recommendations were made the fundamental basis for the draft law which
was put into effect in World War I and which operated with reasonable
success.

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SELECTIVE SERVICE IN WORLD WAR I

History had proved time after time that a nation at war could not ef-
fectively obtain manpower in sufficient and continuing volume solely through
the volunteering process. The 66th Congress therefore lost little time, after
its declaration of war upon Germany and the latter's allies, in passing a law
requiring able-bodied men to serve their Nation in its emergency.

The World War I Draft Act eliminated the serious faults of the draft
of civil war days. It provided for the examination, selection and induction
of physically fit men of certain age groups by the local boards. Once a
selected man was mailed an induction card by his Local Board — telling
him that he had been inducted into the armed forces (National Army) —
such selected man was thereupon subject to military law and could be tried
by court-martial if he failed to report as directed by his Local Board.

One outstanding fault of the World War I Draft Act was that it permitted
"blanket deferment" for all men employed in some particular industry, the
outstanding example being the Emergency Fleet Corporation which was
engaged in ship-building occupations. Although countless men were neces-
sarily and properly deferred because of their industrial work, this provision
of the law enabled many other able-bodied men (the bulk of them untrained
and inexperienced industrially) who were needed by the armed forces, to
evade military service by gaining employment with the Emergency Fleet
Corporation. Outside of a few other minor faults, the World War I Draft
Act is considered to have operated satisfactorily.

There were 4,650 local draft boards in World War I. Approximately
24,000,000 men were registered. The draft provided 4,000,000 men to the
armed forces and, at the time the armistice was signed on November 11, 1918,
an additional 3,500,000 men were classified in I-A and were awaiting induc-
tion call.

SELECTIVE SERVICE PLANNING PRIOR TO
WORLD WAR II

Long before the actual passage of the Selective Training and Service
Act of 1940, men who were alert to the need for the defense of the Nation,
including the established defense agencies of government with all of the
major veteran organizations cooperating, had been busy planning and pre-
paring a selective service law for passage in the event of a serious emergency.
While many amendments were later found necessary to correct certain
abuses and conditions which developed, the original version of the Selective
Training and Service Act of 1940 was first written back in 1932.

In the National Defense Act of 1920, Congress placed upon the War
Department General Staff the responsibility for developing plans to obtain
military manpower in any emergency which might confront the Nation. In
1926, the Joint Army and Navy Selective Service Committee was estab-

ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SELECTIVE SERVICE

lished for the purpose of formulating and improving plans for the operation
of a selective service system that could be put into effect immediately in
case of necessity. The Committee was composed of a board of officers from
the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and National Guard. Approximately one
hundred reserve officers of the various service branches were assigned to the
Committee for training.

After the original drafting of the proposed law in 1932, the Committee
set up four annual regional conferences (Washington, Fort Sheridan, New
Orleans and San Francisco) for instructional purposes. These conferences
were attended regularly each year by the reserve officers assigned to the
Committee, specially assigned National Guard officers of the various State
Staffs in the respective conference areas, and a few Army and Navy officers
as liaison representatives. Each conference was of two weeks' duration and
was conducted for the thorough consideration of every phase of the pro-
posed selective service law and the regulations prepared for its administration.

In between conferences, the Committee's reserve officers and designated
members of the State Staffs took regular correspondence courses dealing
with the various aspects of selective service.

The Burke-Wadsworth bill of 1940, passed by the 76th Congress, was
the result of this extensive planning of more than eighteen years for a se-
lective service program for use in the Nation's emergency. The successful
administration of the Selective Service law was due not only to the careful
planning entered into long before the emergency arose, but also to the abili-
ties of the National Director, the State Directors and their staffs to adapt
the System rapidly to changing conditions and needs brought about by
total war.

CARTOON BY HARRY TURNER, INDUCTEE OF CHICAGO BOARD NO. 14

CHAPTER II

PRINCIPLES OF SELECTWE SERVICE

Perhaps the shortest and broadest definition of the underlying principles
of Selective Service can be found in that portion of the Selective Training
and Service Act of 1940, which reads as follows:

"The Congress further declares that, in a free Society, the obligation
and privilege of military training and service should be shared generally
in accordance with a fair and just system of selective compulsory military
training and service."

In those words, the Congress expressed the doctrine of the obligation of
man to join with his fellow men in the defense of the rights and principles com-
mon to a family, a community, a State or a Nation.

Perhaps no other activity which the Nation has ever experienced affected
the homes of so many of its citizens as did Selective Service. It was a far-
flung organization which reached into the densely populated sections of
New York City . . . the mines in Pennsylvania . . . the wheat fields of Minne-
sota . . . the oil fields of Texas . . . the apple orchards of Washington . . . the
cotton fields of Mississippi ... in fact, into every little hamlet in the re-
motest parts of the country. In every one of the three thousand and seventy
counties in the United States, at least one Local Board was set up with from
three to five members, assisted by clerical, legal, medical and other personnel
in their work of operating the Selective Service System.

Originally, the Act provided that every male citizen, and every male
declarant alien residing in the United States, who had attained his twenty-
first birthday but had not yet reached his thirty-sixth birthday, was required
to register and be subject to twelve months of military training and service.
In later amendments to the law, Congress extended the registration age
limits to include all men between the ages of eighteen and sixty-four years,
inclusive. Induction liability was confined to men ages eighteen to forty-
four years, inclusive.

Inducted men were required to serve for a period of twelve consecutive
months unless sooner discharged or the Congress declared the national
interest imperiled. After their service, they were to be transferred to a
reserve component of the land or naval forces for a period of ten years or
until they reached their forty-fifth birthday, whichever was sooner.

The Selective Service law, as passed in 1940, provided a limit of 900,000
men on active duty with the Army. World events of 1941 sounded a warn-
ing of growing danger to the safety of the United States, and on August
18, 1941, Congress amended the Act to extend the period of an inducted
man's military service from twelve months to eighteen months period also

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empowering the Army to enlist or induct as many men as it needed, so long
as proper facilities were available for all in service. (This amendment had
only one vote majority in the House of Representatives.) After Pearl Harbor
the period of military service liability was made unlimited.

Deferments from compulsory training and service were confined mostly
to those whose civilian occupations were necessary to the Nation's health,
safety and interest, and to those whose removal from civilian life would
work a personal or financial hardship upon their dependents. Details of
deferments of other nature will be found under "The Various Classifications"
later in this volume.

Classification of a registrant was made in his own community — by men
who were his neighbors, who knew local conditions and, in many cases,
actually had extensive knowledge of the circumstances of the individual
registrants themselves. Thus the law intended that the process of selection
was not to be done mechanically by some far-removed group, but rather
by local groups who were vitally interested in community and individual
welfare as balanced against the Nation's military needs.

So that no arbitrary element of classification would exist, the law pro-
vided that a registrant, a dependent, an employer, or certain others, could
appeal from the determination of a Local Board. In some cases, even an
appeal to the President of the United States was provided. Every person
concerned was thus assured of the fullest possible consideration before final
decision was made as to the registrant's availability for military training
and service.

Since the average registrant was untutored in the technicalities and com-
plications of filing claims for deferment, the law provided assistance to
them — first, through Advisory Boards for Registrants, who helped regis-
trants fill out their Selective Service questionnaires: second, through Gov-
ernment Appeal Agents who advised the registrants and assisted them in
filing deferment claims and appeals. By their watchfulness, the Government
Appeal Agents also protected the interests of the Federal government.

No classification, under the law, was permanent. Any exemption or de-
ferment provided by the Act prevailed only so long as the legal reason
for such exemption or deferment continued.

Considerable criticism of the draft in World War I developed because
of group deferment of men employed by the Emergency Fleet Corporation
at that time. While a great number of men so employed were most valuable
to their country in their civilian occupation, the special exemption allowed
many others to find an easy means for escaping military service. Therefore,
in the Act of 1940, the 76th Congress eliminated the possibility of such
criticism by specifically providing that (1) no deferment should be made
except on the basis of the individual status and circumstances of the regis-
trant, and (2) no deferments should be made of individuals by occupational

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groups, or of groups of individuals in any particular plant or institution.
(During a later period of administration of the Selective Service law, critical
shortage of vitally needed war materials required that certain industries
be given adequate protection by special deferment consideration. However,
even in these cases, deferment was made by the Local Board only on the
basis of the individual importance of each registrant's occupation and
ability and was supported by documentary evidence showing skill and need.

In the administration of the Selective Service program, men would have
to leave good-paying jobs and enter military service. To protect the civilian
livelihoods of these men after their release from active duty, the Congress
made it mandatory for inducted employees of the Federal government and
private enterprise to be restored to their same positions, or positions of like
seniority, status and pay, after their military service. State, county and
municipal governments, under the Constitution, were not covered by this
law. (The State of Illinois later passed a similar reemployment law for
military personnel.)

Throughout the entire administration of the Selective Service Training
and Service Act, both the law and the regulations pursuant thereto were
amended to meet any changes and problems which arose. Thus, the basic
fairness of the law itself and the ability and willingness to make necessary
changes for the good of the Nation and its citizens demonstrated, in actual
practice, the true democracy which our forefathers so wisely set up as the
path for the United States of America.

OBJECTIVES OF SELECTIVE SERVICE

Obviously, the basic objective of Selective Service was to procure mili-
tary manpower for the armed forces. However, the System had the further
responsibility of obtaining such manpower with the least possible disturbance
to the industrial, agricultural, social and religious life of the Nation. Too,
from the standpoint of the armed forces themselves, every fit man of mili-
tary age could not summarily be drafted and sent into service, for many of
these men were vital in the production and shipping of food, armament,
ammunition and other equipment so vital to the active and successful prose-
cution of war. It has been carefully estimated that it takes seven men behind
the lines to support every single fighting man at the front. Picture, then
the tremendous number of civilians necessary to produce the sustenance,
equipment and supplies needed by the total number of men actually engaged
in the pursuit of war.

Extreme hardship in family life could not be permitted, for the man
whose family is in dire need because of his being in service could not
possibly avoid worry over his loved ones which caused low morale with
a consequent inefficiency that made him a liability, rather than an asset,
to the armed forces. The religious life of the community could not be sud-

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denly upset; political structures had to be maintained intact; true conscien-
tious objection to organized war had to be recognized as a fundamental
liberty.

These and many others, were the vital considerations that confronted
Local Board members in determining just who should go into service and
who should stay home.

ILLINOIS PREPARED

National plans for selective service provided that the National Guard
State Staffs of the various States were to assume the responsibility of plan-
ning for individual State operation of selective service in case emergency
required. The original plans for a State selective service organization in
Illinois were therefore prepared in 1935 and 1936 under the direction of
Adj. Gen. Carlos A. Black, who assigned the task to Major John A. Prosser
of the State Staff. The State Plan was founded on the basis provided by
the Joint Army and Navy Selective Service Committee, being amended and
amplified to cover the requirements of this particular State.

(At the time, plans were also made to institute a voluntary recruiting
plan which was intended to be operated in the interim while the Congress
was considering the adoption of a selective service law. The Voluntary
Recruiting Plan for Illinois was thoroughly worked out and ready for
immediate activation, but the quick action of the 76th Congress in 1940
in passing the Selective Service law eliminated the necessity for using the
organized voluntary enlistment campaign.)

In developing the State Plan for Selective Service in Illinois, the assigned
members of the State Staff set up local and appeal board areas on the basis
of population, also selecting tentative locations for the various board head-
quarters. Arrangements were made for the use of the election machinery
for registration of men in the event mobilization of military manpower be-
came necessary.

During the succeeding years prior to 1940, Majors Stanley R. McNeil
and Robert M. Woodward of the State Staff were given special assignments
for selective service training and attended the yearly conferences conducted
by the Joint Army and Navy Selective Service Committee, also expanding
their knowledge of the subject by correspondence courses. (In addition,
the State's Voluntary Recruiting Plan was developed under the immediate
supervision of Major McNeil.)

When Adjutant General Black died in 1939, he was succeeded by Brig.
Gen. Lawrence V. Regan who, shordy after taking his new office, ordered
certain members of his staff to assemble in Chicago for the purpose of study-
ing plans for operating Selective Service in Illinois. The following officers
were in attendance at that conference:

PRINCIPLES OF SELECTIVE SERVICE

Col. William E. Swanson Maj. Stanley R. McNeil

Maj. Robert M. Woodward Capt. Alexander T. Sedgwick

Capt. Frank J. Conley 1st Lt. Fred W. Jacobi
1st Lt. Charles J. Magnesen

Maj. Victor A. Kleber, an Army reserve officer assigned to the Joint
Army and Navy Selective Service Committee, was in part-time attendance
at the conference and assisted in the meetings.

Because of the trend of events, General Regan later assigned Lt. Charles
J. Magnesen to full-time duty on coordination of Illinois' selective service
planning.

In early summer of 1940, when it appeared inevitable that some kind
of selective service legislation would be introduced shortly in Congress,
General Regan, along with other Adjutants General, conferred with the
Joint Army and Navy Selective Service Committee in Washington. On his
return, he immediately ordered the organization of a selective service school
at Camp Grant, Illinois, and arranged for members of the State Staffs of
Michigan and Wisconsin also to attend the school, which was conducted by
Lt. Col. Peter C. Bullard of the Regular Army. Almost every phase of se-
lective service operation was considered at this school. Actual selective serv-
ice operations, including a simulated "registration" at the Armory in Rock-
ford, were gone through in order to attain a working familiarity with the
various procedures in the subject.

As soon as it appeared that the 76th Congress would approve the Burke-
Wadsworth selective service bill, General Regan made assignments of State
Staff officers to specific duties in connection with the selective service organi-
zation. Because approximately 45% of the State's population resided in
Cook County, it was decided that a branch office of State Selective Service
Headquarters should be located in Chicago.

Thus, Illinois was well prepared to function when the Congress deter-
mined to authorize compulsory military service.

Glutton for Punishment

When the call went out in 1940 for volunteers to serve as Local Board
Members, William Eggleston of Pontiac, a veteran of World War I, was one
of the first to respond. He served on Livingston County Local Board 2 until
August 12, 1942, when he resigned to enlist in the Seabees.

After serving in uniform for almost three years, Eggleston was discharged
and returned to civilian status. Within sixty days afterward, he was again
in the harness as a Member of the same Local Board. What a patriot!

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On the opposite page is shown the group which attended the 5th Anni-
versary Selective Service Conference which was held at Illinois State
Headquarters in Springfield on September 16-17, 1945. (Individuals in
the photograph are listed from left to right.)

FIRST ROW (left to right)— Lt. Col. Harry W. Taylor, Field Officer and
Ass't Occupational Advisor*; Lt. Comdr. Walter J. Eden, USN, Navy
Liaison Officer and Field Officer; Col. Stanley R. McNeil, Executive Offi-
cer*; Col. Louis A. Boening, Ass't State Director*; Col. Paul G. Arm-
strong, State Director; Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, National Director of
Selective Service; Col. Harris P. Ralston, Deputy State Director; Col.
George A. Irvin, Regional Field Officer, National Headquarters* ; Col.
Victor A. Kleber, Deputy State Director; Lt. Col. Edward I. Edwards,
Chief, Field Division; Lt. Col. Marshall G. Buck, Chief, Veterans Per-
sonnel Division; Mr. Edwin H. Felt, Administrative Assistant*.

SECOND ROW (left to right)— Maj. John B. Morgan, Field Officer and
Ass't Occupational Advisor*; Maj. James C. Foster, USMCR, Marine
Corps Liaison Officer and Field Officer; Lt. Col. Edmund P. Coady, Chief.
Manpower Division; Lt. Col. William A. Rodger, State Procurement
Officer; Mr. Nate Felt, Chairman, Illinois Appeal Board No. 1, Group
12*; Maj. William H. King, Administrator, Illinois Board of Appeal
No. 1*; Maj. Fred W. Jacobi, Ass't to State Procurement Officer; Maj.
George W. Biggerstaff, Ass't to Colonel Ralston; Capt. Earl R. Stege, State
Legal Advisor; Lt. Col. Robert H. Sykes, State Medical Officer; Capt.
Earl H. Blair, Ass't State Medical Officer.

THIRD ROW (left side only— left to right)— Capt. Robert J. Turnbull,
Field Officer and Ass't to Col. Buck; Lt. Comdr. William S. Bishop,
USNR, Naval Liaison Officer and Ass't Chief, Veterans Personnel Divi-
sion* ; Maj. Chas. J. Magnesen, Administrative Assistant and Chief, Per-
sonnel and Master File Divisions; Maj. Robert B. Sherwood, 6th Service
Command Selective Service Liaison Officer* ; Maj. Sidney T. Holzman.
Ass't Chief, Field Division*; Maj. Homer R. Lewis, Employment Coordi-
nator and Field Officer*.

REAR ROW (left to right)— Capt. Francis W. Lorman, Ass't to State
Procurement Officer*; Mr. Waldo J. McCoy, Transportation Manager;
Capt. W. Robert James, Administrative Assistant; Capt. Kenneth L.
Allen, Field Officer and Ass't Occupational Advisor; Maj. Peter N. Mar-
tin, Field Officer*; Capt. Harry D. Melcher, Ass't State Procurement
Officer; Capt. John E. Egdorf. Medical Survey Officer*; Prof. Robert C.
Ross, Chief, Agricultural Division; Mr. Charles Coan, Ass't to Lt. Col.
Buck; S/Sgt Jay W. Bailey, Ass't to Lt. Col. Buck.

* Stationed at Chicago.

SELECTIVE SERVICE IN ILLINOIS

DEPUTY AND ASSISTANT STATE DIRECTORS

LT. COL. LEIGH N. BITTINGER

Deputy State Director
October, 1940 to December, 1941

KOEHNE PHOTO

COL. HARRIS P. RALSTON

Deputy State Director

November, 1942 to August, 1947

MARSHALL MARKER PHOTO

COL. LOUIS A. BOENING

Assistant State Director

October, 1940 to November, 1945

HARRIET LANE PHOTO

COL. VICTOR A. KLEBER

Deputy State Director

November, 1942 to April, 1947

CHAPTER III

CREATION OF THE SELECTIVE
SERVICE SYSTEM

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION

Under the law, the President of the United States was the head of Se-
lective Service. His major duties, in connection with the law, were to:

1. Establish the Selective Service System;

2. Prescribe the necessary rules and regulations for carrying out the Act;

3. Appoint the Director of Selective Service, appoint State Directors,
Members of Local Boards and Boards of Appeal, Government Appeal Agents
and Examining Physicians and Dentists;

4. Delegate any authority vested in him under the Act;

5. Take such other actions as were necessary to carry out the Act.

Almost immediately after signing the selective service bill into law, the
President issued his Proclamation for the First Registration on October 16,
1940. Several days later, he formally prescribed the regulations (fortunately,
as explained heretofore, a workable set of regulations had already been
prepared by the Joint Army and Navy Selective Service Committee) for the
organization and administration of the Selective Service System, and on
September 28, 1940, he designated Lt. Col. Lewis B. Hershey (who, at the
time, was the executive in charge of the Joint Army and Navy Selective Serv-
ice Committee) to perform certain duties under the Act.

Dr. Clarence A. Dykstra, President of the University of Wisconsin, was
appointed Director of Selective Service on October 14, 1940, and continued
in that capacity until he resigned on April 1, 1941. Colonel Hershey was
promoted to Brigadier General in November of 1940, and continued in
charge of the national headquarters and on July 31, 1941, the President
designated him as Director of Selective Service. (He was promoted to Major
General in April of 1942.)

It would be ungrateful to pass this point without acknowledging the
excellent cooperation given to the Illinois Selective Service System by General
Hershey. From the very beginning, he recognized the special problems of
this State, and he never failed to lend his whole-hearted assistance toward
their solution. On numerous occasions, he visited the Illinois State Head-
quarters and, on other occasions, made important addresses to Selective
Service groups and many industrial meetings in Illinois at which problems
of the draft were a paramount issue.

By his ability, understanding and fairness, General Hershey won the

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profound respect and genuine admiration of every member of the System
in Illinois. His inspiration and guidance unquestionably served to help
Illinois become one of the outstanding States in the administration of the
Selective Service law.

National Headquarters, which was staffed by a large group of trained
officers from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, maintained the policy of
non-interference with State administration. While the national organization
was ever ready and willing to assist whenever we in Illinois sought their
help, they not only respected our right of self-operation but actually pro-
mulgated the policy of requiring each agency down to and including the
Local Boards to carry out its own delegated responsibility of decision.

Close cooperation and coordination existed between the various State Head-
quarters and National Headquarters. Field officers from Washington visited
the State offices at regular intervals. These officers worked out of Regional Field
Offices established at various points in the country. Illinois was fortunate to
have a Regional Field Office located in Chicago.

The President, in Executive Order 9279 dated December 5, 1942, placed
the Selective Service System under the jurisdiction of the War Manpower
Commission (Paul V. McNutt, Chairman) which had been given the full
responsibility for mobilizing the entire manpower of the Nation. Exactly
one year later, in Executive Order 9410, the President removed the System
from such jurisdiction and appointed Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey a member
of the War Manpower Commission.

ILLINOIS' FIRST INDUCTEE

James Manning, 7742 Monroe Street.
Forest Park, having his fingerprints
taken by Sgt. William Jackson, after
Manning was first draftee accepted at
122nd Field Artillery Armory on No-
vember 19, 1940. Manning later rose
to the rank of First Lieutenant and.
unfortunately, lost his life on the
field of battle.

CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTO

CREATION OF THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

REGIONAL FIELD OFFICE AT CHICAGO

In March of 1942, the National Director established a regional field office
at Chicago for the purpose of maintaining closer and more frequent liaison
between National Headquarters and the area offices of the War Manpower
Commission, the War Production Board, the Sixth Service Command (subse-
quently the Fifth Army Headquarters), and other Federal agencies concerned
with the war effort. This office was in charge of Col. George A. Irvin, Inf., of
National Headquarters staff, during most of
its period of existence. The Regional Field
officer also acted as liaison officer with the Illi-
nois State Director of Selective Service and
rendered advisory counsel on request.

Colonel Irvin was recalled to Washington
in December of 1945 and was replaced by Maj.
John W. Barber who conducted the affairs of
the office until he was released from active
duty on May 17, 1946. Major Barber was suc-
ceeded by Lt. Comdr. Donald C. Hayward,
USNR, who continued in charge until July 8,

1946. At that time, Comdr. Chester J. Chastek,
USNR, took over and operated the Regional
Field Office until its termination on March 31,

1947. COL. GEORGE A. IRVIN

The officers of the Regional Field Office at Chicago cooperated excellently
with State Selective Service Headquarters and, on a number of occasions,
gave valuable counsel and assistance to the State Director and his staff.

While there were many officers who were temporarily assigned to duty
with the Regional Field Office, most of them were in a liaison capacity with
separation centers and did not actually office in Chicago. There were, how-
ever, certain officers who were on the regular staff of the Regional Field Office
for limited period of time. They were:

1st Lt. William L. Klare— February 6, 1943 to March 8, 1943

Lt. Col. John B. Cuno— April 13, 1943 to April 6, 1944

Lt. (later Lt. Comdr.) Donald C. Hayward, USNR, who subsequently be-
came Regional Field Officer— March 1, 1945 to May 17, 1946.

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PERSONNEL IN THE ENTIRE SYSTEM

So that the reader may gain a better idea of the magnitude of the adminis-
stration of Selective Service from the national level, the following limited
statistics (as of August 31, 1945) are quoted:

PERSONNEL

Civilian Personnel
No. Com- Uncom-

Unit Designations of Units Military pensated pensated Totals

National Headquarters ... 1 132 903 3 1,038

State and Territorial Head-
quarters 55 752 2,522 9,427 12,701

Local Boards 6,443 . . . 14,052 87,122 101,174

(6,270 in Continental
U. S. and 173 in Alaska,
Hawaii and Puerto Rico)

Boards of Appeal 249 ... 433 2,501 2,934

Extra Appeal Groups .... 265 ... .... .... ....

Advisory Boards for Reg-
istrants 5,354 ... ... 75,896 75,896

Medical Advisory Boards. 674 ... 22 8,502 8,524

13,041 844 17,932 183,451 202,267

Breaking down the above statistics still further, we find the following
persons served the System (as of August 31, 1945) as volunteer workers not
receiving compensation from the System.

24,323 Members of Local Boards

7,900 Government Appeal Agents

28,350 Examining Physicians

7,414 Examining Dentists

19,135 Reemployment Committeemen

2.501 Members of Boards of Appeal

75,896 Members of Advisory Boards for Registrants

8.502 Members of Medical Advisory Boards
8,876 Medical Survey Program Workers

257 Veterans Activities Workers

3 Medical Assistants
294 Miscellaneous

183,451 Total

The above two sets of figures reveal the magnitude of the System which
involved approximately 35,000,000 male residents of the United States and
its Territories.

CHAPTER IV

ILLINOIS ORGANIZES

Under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, the Governors of
the States were responsible for the administration of Selective Service within
their various states. Most of the Governors delegated their powers to their
State Directors.

On September 16, 1940 — the date on which the Selective Service bill be-
came law — the Hon. Scott W. Lucas, United States Senator from Illinois,
and Adj. Gen. Lawrence V. Regan conferred with Paul G. Armstrong, a
former Illinois Department Commander of The American Legion, and in-
formed the latter that they wished to submit his name to the Governor,
recommending his appointment as State Director of Selective Service.

Mr. Armstrong, a staunch Republican, inquired of his conferees as to
whether or not acceptance of the post would involve changing of his politics.
On their assurance that it did not, and that the position would be entirely
free of any political pressure or interference, he expressed his willingness
to accept.

Senator Lucas and General Regan then presented Mr. Armstrong's name
to the Governor. Governor Horner, having had considerable contact with
Mr. Armstrong while the latter was State Commander of The American
Legion, and knowing of the wide and favorable acquaintance of the prospec-
tive Director throughout the State, readily agreed to the nomination and
immediately forwarded his recommendation to the President of the United
States. The President made the appointment which was shortly confirmed
by the United States Senate. (At the time the appointment was being con-
sidered, Mr. Armstrong was a leading candidate for the national commander-
ship of The American Legion — at The Legion's National Convention at
Boston in 1940 — but withdrew his candidacy immediately upon learning
of the Presidential appointment of himself as Illinois State Director of
Selective Service.)

BACKGROUND OF THE STATE DIRECTOR

Paul G. Armstrong, the son of Rev. Arthur E. and Luvia A. Armstrong,
was born in the Presbyterian parsonage at Leadville, Colorado, on October
26, 1890. At the age of five, while on a visit to his grandparents in Vermont,
he suffered the loss of his father through death. Later, his mother returned
with her children to Denver, Colorado, where Paul was reared.

At the age of sixteen, while still a student in high school, Paul enlisted in
the Colorado National Guard — his first military experience. Through circum-
stances beyond his own control, he was forced to leave high school in his

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senior year to take employment and thus aid in the support of his mother.

A veteran of World War I, he served in that emergency as a member of
Machine Gun Company, Eighth United States Infantry. He was in active
service in France for one year, and was given an honorable discharge in
1919, having attained the grade of sergeant.

Most of Armstrong's business life has been spent as a salesman. After
his discharge from the Army in 1919, he became affiliated with Parker,
Thomas and Tucker Paper Company of Chicago, ultimately rising to the
position of Vice President of that firm at the time he became State Director
of Selective Service, taking a leave of absence while serving the Federal
Government.

Armstrong's great interest in the affairs of veterans extends well over
a quarter of a century. In early 1920, he joined Square Post No. 232
of The American Legion, Chicago, and became active in that organization;
he held all the elective offices of his Post, including that of Commander in
1927. Subsequently, he held all the elective offices in the District, County
and State, finally being elected State Commander in 1934. He was elected
National Committeeman of The Legion in 1935 and 1937, and has served
on many committees all the way from his own Post up to the national organi-
zation; he served as Vice Chairman of the National Rehabilitation Com-
mittee— with the exception of one year when he was a member — from 1937
until November of 1947.

NOTE: At this point, the author takes the liberty of adding that the President of
the United States, in November of 1946, awarded Paul G. Armstrong the Medal for
Merit (the highest civilian award for wartime service) for distinguished service
through his administration of Selective Service in Illinois. The Medal for Merit was
presented personally by Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, the National Director of
Selective Service, at a testimonial dinner given by over 1,200 friends of State
Director Armstrong — Selective Service associates, public officials, business executives
and other friends. Furthermore, Armstrong ivas appointed a Lieutenant Colonel in
the Illinois Reserve Militia by Governor John Stelle in November of 1940.

THE GOVERNOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES

According to the provisions of the Selective Training and Service Act,
the Governor was responsible for the proper administration of Selective
Service within his State. Likewise, the Governor had the authority to delegate
his powers to the State Director of Selective Service, which action was taken
by the Governor of this State.

All three Governors who held office during the period that Selective
Service was in operation placed their full confidence in the State Director
and refrained from exerting or allowing any political pressure or influence
to interfere with proper administration of the Act. This "freedom from
politics" was first manifested by Governor Horner when he, a Democrat,

ILLINOIS ORGANIZES— GOVERNOR

cast aside political considerations and recommended a Republican, Colonel
Armstrong, for the post of State Director, at the same time giving assurance
that proper and impartial administration of Selective Service was paramount.

While Colonel Armstrong was attending the Boston Convention of The
American Legion, he conferred with the then Lieutenant Governor, Hon.
John Stelle (likewise a Democrat), who was to succeed to the office of
Governor after Governor Horner's death on October 6, 1940. The two
agreed that political equity should obtain in the selection of Members of
the Local Boards and that such membership should be denied to any man
holding a public office, contending for public office or openly active in the
political life of his community. Furthermore, there was ready understanding
that the actual operation of Selective Service would be kept free of politics.

In November of 1940, a new Illinois Governor was elected — the Hon.
Dwight H. Green, a Republican. He was inaugurated on January 13, 1941.
Shortly after his election, Governor Green called in State Director Armstrong
and stated that he was entirely satisfied with the way Selective Service was
being operated in Illinois and that the State Director would continue to be
the active head of the System in Illinois. The Governor also assured Colonel
Armstrong that he would immediately issue orders to all office holders and
others under his jurisdiction to the effect that no one would be permitted
to exercise any pressure or influence upon any member of the Selective Serv-
ice System in Illinois because of political interest in some particular registrant.

Governor Green adhered rigidly to his pledge, and during the entire
administration of Selective Service in this State, he did not — nor would he
permit anyone under him to do so — ask for special consideration for any
particular registrant. In addition, early in the program, Governor Green
issued a proclamation to all State employees under his jurisdiction to the
effect that no deferments would be requested by department heads except
in the most critical cases. Even in these cases, such deferment requests were
to be submitted to the Governor for his approval before being forwarded
to the Local Boards concerned. The other elected State officials issued similar
proclamations. In all cases, the policies set forth in the proclamations were
adhered to rigidly throughout the entire Selective Service operation.

Whenever the Governor received a letter pertaining to the Selective
Service status of some particular registrant, the Governor immediately replied
with the statement that, since Selective Service was under Federal jurisdiction,
he was turning the letter over to the State Director for whatever action was
indicated according to the regulations.

While Governor Green religiously refrained from interfering with the
operation of Selective Service in Illinois, he nevertheless maintained a con-
stant interest in its problems and progress and frequently conferred with
State Director Armstrong, receiving regular reports on such problems and

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progress. In addition, the Governor always willingly gave his whole-hearted
cooperation on any request made by the State Director.

In order to promote constant high morale among Selective Service person-
nel in Illinois, Governor Green made numerous trips to various parts of the
State to address the volunteer and compensated personnel and encourage
them to carry on their arduous and trying duties, so necessary to the success
of the Nation's war effort.

It was through the Governor's personal interest and official help — and gen-
erally at his own suggestions — that Illinois Selective Service obtained:

(1) The Governor's Rehabilitation Program (sponsored by Governor
Green), in which the State furnished the surgical skill and hospitaliza-
tion necessary to correct certain defects of rejected men in order to
make them eligible for military service.

(2) A Joint Resolution of the Senate and House of the Illinois State
Legislature, commending Local Board Members and Government
Appeal Agents for their patriotic service. This resolution, presented
at a time when resignations of non-compensated personnel were being
threatened because of cessation of war with Germany, was credited
with continuing the important services of experienced men vitally
needed in the operation of Selective Service.

(3) Funds in the amount of several thousand dollars annually to print
the Illinois Agricultural Questionnaires and Supplements which were
used in gathering substantial evidence pertaining to farm deferments.
This Questionnaire, originated by Illinois, was adopted by a number
of. other States where agriculture was outstanding.

(4) Funds for printing and mailing important morale-building messages
to non-compensated personnel.

(5) Publication of a 48-page booklet containing the names of Illinois
Local Board Members, Board of Appeal Members, Government Appeal
Agents and other non-compensated personnel who had been awarded
the Selective Service Medal by Congress.

(6) Funds for printing, framing and mailing the Distinguished Service
Certificate awarded to certain volunteer personnel of the System in
this State, the Certificate being authorized by the Illinois State
Legislature at the Governor's suggestion.

(7) Publication of this volume — a permanent record of the magnificent
and vital national service performed by Illinois citizens in peacetime
and in war.

(8) Miscellaneous assistance necessary and beneficial to the proper
operation of Selective Service in Illinois.

The constant support and cooperation given by Governor Green to the

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State Director was one of the factors which enabled Illinois to establish
an enviable record among all the States in the Union for its outstanding
efficiency, integrity and impartiality in the administration of Selective Service.

THE STATE DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES

From the very beginning of the Selective Service program, and during
the entire period of operation under three Governors (two Democrats and
one Republican), the State Director had full control of the administration
of Selective Service in Illinois without official interference of any kind.
Whenever he requested help from the Governor's office, he received all possible
cooperation and support. With unrestricted liberty of action, it was possible to
exercise his powers to the fullest extent in the proper and efficient administra-
tion of the law and regulations.

The earliest statement made by Colonel Armstrong, as State Director,
was that "Every citizen of Illinois who was under the jurisdiction of Selective
Service would receive honest and fair consideration and that the law and
regulations would be administered without fear or favor." This statement
became the keynote for administration of Selective Service throughout Illi-
nois and inspired and enabled all Illinois personnel of the System to carry
out their duties freely, and strictly in accordance with the rules and regula-
tions according to the law.

While the State Director's general responsibility was to administer the
Selective Service and Training Act within the State of Illinois, it is apropos
that his major duties, under that responsibility, be set forth herein:

1. Organize and direct State Headquarters and its various departments
and divisions;

2. Organize and direct Local Boards, Boards of Appeal, Advisory Boards
for Registrants, Medical Advisory Boards and all other Selective
Service agencies within the State under his control, maintain such
agencies at full strength;

3. Organize and direct regional instructional meetings for volunteer and
compensated personnel of the Selective Service System and sustain
high morale among such personnel;

4. Issue State Headquarters memorandums and bulletins in connection
with interpretation of regulations and policies of Selective Service;

5. Require all agencies under his jurisdiction to submit necessary reports

and maintain files of such reports ;

6. Direct the leasing of all property for Selective Service use and author-
ize the expenditure of Federal funds for salaries, transportation, furni-
ture, equipment, supplies, etc.

7. Confer with agricultural, industrial, racial, religious and special

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groups with reference to their particular problems encountered through
Selective Service operations;

8. Keep the general public, industry, agriculture and other groups in-
formed, through the press and radio, as to Selective Service regula-
tions, policies, requirements and activities important to such groups;

9. Build and maintain public morale and promote confidence of regis-
trants, dependents, employers and all others in the principles and
operation of the Selective Service System;

10. Maintain proper liaison with other Federal agencies, such as: Army,
Navy, Marine Corps, Civil Service Commission, Department of Justice,
War Manpower Commission (U. S. Employment Service), Department
of Agriculture, Veterans Administration, etc.

11. Take any other action to insure the proper and efficient administration
of Selective Service within his State.

Tunisian Sand

There's blood on the sand of Tunisia.

It's blood of the brave and the true
Of three nations who battled together

With banners of red, white and blue.

As they marched o'er the sand of Tunisia

To the hills where the enemy lay
They remembered the orders they were given

"The Pass must be taken today!"

Some thought of their homes and their mothers

Some of their wives or sweethearts fair,
And some, as they plodded and stumbled.

Were softly whispering a prayer.

But, forward they went into battle

With faces unsmiling and stern
They knew, as they charged up the hillside,

That many would never return.

Their blood's on the sand of Tunisia.

It's their gift to the freedom they love.
May their names live in glory forever

And their souls rest in Heaven above.

— Pfc. Frank 0. Smith. ASN 36302278

CHAPTER

ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE
HEADQUARTERS

As soon as he received confirmation of his appointment as State Director
of Selective Service, Colonel Armstrong set about immediately to establish
State Headquarters. At the time, he was maintaining an office in the
Morrison Hotel in connection with his candidacy for the national commander-
ship of The American Legion, and used this office temporarily to begin his
functions as State Director, working in close cooperation with Adjutant
General Regan. Mr. Edwin H. Felt of Chicago was placed on the Adjutant
General's payroll and assigned to Colonel Armstrong as an assistant.

The first order of business was to find locations for the State Head-
quarters office in Springfield and a branch office in Chicago. Through the
courtesy of Adjutant General Regan, arrangements were made to provide
several rooms on the first floor of the State Armory Building in Springfield
for the location of State Headquarters. Several rooms in the building at 100
West Monroe Street, Chicago, were leased for the Chicago Office.

On September 23, 1940, Col. Harris P. Ralston, C of E, and Maj. Howard
G. Wade, Ord., both reserve officers and engineers in civilian life, were as-
signed by the Under Secretary of War to the State Director as liaison offi-
cers; Lt. Comdr. Walter J. Eden, USNR, a transportation company executive,
was also assigned for a period of several weeks, later (July 1, 1941) or-
dered on extended active duty at Illinois State Headquarters.

Maj. Stanley R. McNeil, AGD, and Maj. Lester N. Johnson, MC, both
Illinois National Guard officers, reported for duty on September 27, 1940 —
Major McNeil took temporary charge of the Cook County Office and Major
Johnson became State Medical Officer to supervise the procurement of phys-
icians and dentists for use in the Selective Service program.

On September 30, 1940, State Director Armstrong opened his headquarters
in the Armory Building, Springfield. The Adjutant General very generously
provided personnel and equipment to assist the State Director during the
organizing period of the System in Illinois. Fortunately, also, The Adjutant
General arranged for Illinois State Headquarters to obtain the temporary
services, on inactive status, of Lt. Col. Edward A. Fitzpatrick, Spec., a
reserve officer who not only had been a member of Gen. Enoch Crowder's
staff in the World War I draft organization, but had also continued his
activities through the Joint Army and Navy Selective Service Committee.
Perhaps no man in the country ever made a more thorough study of com-
pulsory military training. His book, "Conscription and America," pub-
lished in the summer of 1940 became the "bible" of hundreds of military

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officers in their study of the subject. In civilian life, Colonel Fitzpatrick is
the president of Mount Mary College for Women in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Illinois was extremely fortunate in obtaining the services of Colonel
Fitzpatrick, not only to steer State Headquarters' course in its uncertain days,
but also give specific instructions to staff members and civilian personnel,
both compensated and volunteer. Truly, Illinois' initial success in its ad-
ministration of Selective Service was due largely to the valuable assistance
and sound advice given by this officer who had long been considered the dean
of Selective Service men. After assisting in the organization of Illinois, he
was later (1941) ordered to active duty and assigned to National Selective
Service Headquarters in Washington where he rendered magnificent service
throughout the war.

On October 7, 1940, Col. Clay M. Donner, QMC, Maj. Marshall G.
Buck, QMC, Maj. William A. Rodger, FD, Capt. Joseph U. Dugan, QMC,
and 1st Lt. Charles J. Magnesen, Inf., all of the Illinois National Guard, were
assigned to extended active duty with the State Director. Maj. Victor A.
Kleber, Spec, Army Reserve officer, reported for duty at the Chicago office
on October 10, 1940.

United States District Attorney Howard L. Doyle at Springfield, on
October 10, 1940, loaned his assistant, Baird V. Helfrich, an Army Reserve
lieutenant of infantry, to help the State Director in obtaining Government
Appeal Agents and Members of Registrants Advisory Boards in the State.
Lieutenant Helfrich was later commissioned a Captain, JAGD, in the
National Guard of the United States and ordered to active duty as the
State Legal Officer at Illinois Selective Service Headquarters on March 18,
1941. (Promoted to Major while at State Headquarters, he was later trans-
ferred to the Office of Strategic Service and went to Burma for counter-
intelligence work.)

On October 16, 1940, through the recommendations of Governor Stelle,
Lt. Col. Leigh N. Bittinger (Illinois Reserve Militia) was appointed assistant
State Director for the entire State, and Lt. Col. Louis A. Boening (Illinois
Reserve Militia) was named Assistant State Director in charge of Cook
County. Colonel Bittinger, a veteran of World War I, had just completed a
year as Illinois Department Commander of The American Legion and was
holding the position of Superintendent of the Onarga Military Academy at
Onarga, Illinois. He was appointed Deputy State Director on October 12,
1941, and served in that post until November 26, 1941, when he resigned
to accept the position of Superintendent of the Chicago Home for Incurables.
Colonel Boening, a veteran of the Spanish- American war and a Major in
World War I, was a well-known motion picture equipment manufacturing
executive, and remained in charge of the Chicago office of Selective Service
until October 31, 1945, when he resigned to become General Sales Manager
for the Revere Camera Company.

STATE HEADQUARTERS

Capt. Edmond P. Coady, Inf., reported for duty at State Headquarters
on November 6, 1940, and 1st Lt. Fred W. Jacobi, FD, reported the following
day. Both of these officers belonged to the Illinois National Guard. They
completed the 1940 staff organization of State Headquarters.

In the early days of organization, the State Director and his Staff worked
day and night in order that Illinois would be ready for the national regis-
tration to take place on October 16, 1940. Permanent clerks were selected;
final arrangements were made for the first registration; printing, equipment
and supplies were procured; members of Local and Appeal Boards were
chosen. The last function occupied the State Director's primary attention,
and the method of selecting these uncompensated board members will be
discussed in a later chapter.

By October 16, 1940, the day of the First Registration, State Headquar-
ters was sufficiently organized so as to function adequately, and the bulk
of the Local Board Members had been appointed by the President. Since
the First Registration was handled by the election officials, the Local Board
Members did not assume active duty until after that date.

The regular staff of the State Director was composed mainly of officers
on active duty with the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and National Guard. A
number of these officers had received special training in Selective Service
procedure and were specifically assigned to Illinois State Headquarters by
their respective branches of service.

Subsequent to Colonel Bittinger's resignation, Col. Clay M. Donner, QMC,
served as Executive Officer from December 1, 1941 to August 31, 1942,
when he was transferred to National Headquarters.

Mr. Edwin H. Felt, special assistant to the State Director, was previously
employed in newspaper and radio work, and was prominent throughout the
midwestern States as a referee in football and other sports.

Mr. Waldo J. McCoy, the transportation manager, held the position of
General Freight Agent for the Illinois Terminal Railroad and, early in
the Selective Service program, volunteered his services in organizing the
procedure for the transportation of registrants. His services were so valuable
and necessary that the State Director prevailed upon the management of
the Illinois Terminal Railroad to grant Mr. McCoy a leave of absence for
the duration of Selective Service activities.

Prof. Paul E. Johnston of the Department of Farm Economics, University
of Illinois, was appointed Agricultural Advisor to the State Director on
February 1, 1942 and rendered most valuable gratuitous service to the Sys-
tem until August of 1945.

Through the good offices of Dean Howard P. Rusk of the College of
Agriculture, University of Illinois, Dr. Robert C. Ross, Professor of Farm
Management at the University, was given permission to assist the State Di-

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rector on a part-time basis, as Agricultural Advisor, from August 2, 1943
to March 1, 1944. The problems in connection with agricultural deferment
requests became so numerous and important that Professor Ross was ap-
pointed Chief of the Agricultural Division on March 1, 1944 and continued
in that position, on a full-time compensated basis until March 31, 1947.

Mr. William H. King, as Administrator of the Cook County Boards of
Appeal, Mr. Tappan Gregory as Coordinator of the Government Appeal
Agents in Cook County, and Mr. Stephen E. Hurley, as Coordinator of
Cook County Advisory Boards for Registrants, all made outstanding contri-
butions, without compensation, to the System in Illinois. These three exec-
utives were, at various times, presidents of the Chicago Bar Association.

As a special advisor on occupational deferments, Professor John Schommer
of the Illinois Institute of Technology gave his voluntary services in generous
measure and rendered valuable assistance to the State Director.

When the Medical Survey Program was put into effect, the State Di-
rector obtained the uncompensated service of Dr. David Slight, Professor of
Psychiatry, University of Chicago, as the Medical Survey Advisor.

FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL RELATIONSHIPS

National Headquarters, under the Direction of Selective Service, was
the policy-making authority for the entire System. Regulations, memoranda
and directives on general policy, and "State Director Advices" on adminis-
tration, were issued to the State by National Headquarters.

The State Director and his Staff interpreted these publications in the
light of conditions in Illinois and, wherever necessary, issued supplementary
publications for the guidance of Local Boards in adapting national policies
to local conditions in the respective Board areas.

As is shown in several parts of this volume, State Headquarters main-
tained close relationship with all agencies under its jurisdiction. Countless
visits to individual Local Boards were made by the Staff officers and field
auditors. In addition, the State Director frequently held general meetings
throughout Illinois, such meetings being attended by Local Board Members,
Government Appeal Agents, Board of Appeal Members and clerks of the
Boards. These meetings were usually scheduled concurrently with the ad-
vent of some new function or significant change of regulations, such as prepa-
ration for Registration Day, the urgency for reviewing deferments for the
purpose of obtaining additional needed manpower for the armed forces,
the inauguration of the veterans' assistance program, etc. These meetings
served a valuable purpose in promoting a better understanding of the policies
of National and State Headquarters.

Illinois maintained most satisfactory liaison with other Federal agencies,
and received excellent cooperation from the Department of Justice, the
United States Attorneys, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Natur-

STATE HEADQUARTERS

alization and Immigration, United States Civil Service Commission, War
Manpower Commission, United States Department of Agriculture, Office of
Price Administration, Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.

The advantageous cooperation received from the Governors of Illinois
has been set forth elsewhere in this volume. The Adjutants General, like-
wise, were exceedingly helpful. All other state officials responded generously
whenever called upon to render any assistance to the Selective Service Sys-
tem. Effective liaison was also maintained with Department of Public Safety
(including the State Board of Pardons and Paroles and the various prison
authorities), Department of Public Welfare, Department of Public Health,
Illinois Public Aid Commission and the Department of Registration and
Education.

PERSONNEL AND FUNCTIONS

More detailed explanation of the duties of the various Divisions of State
Headquarters will be presented later in this chapter.

Following is a roster of the executive personnel of the State Headquar-
ters staff and their principal assignments, each executive being listed ac-
cording to the date of his entrance on duty with State Headquarters. Also,
each officer is shown with the highest rank held during his duty with the
System in Illinois, some of the officers achieving further promotion after
transfer to other duty with the armed forces.

STATE HEADQUARTERS EXECUTIVE STAFF

Name (and Rank Principal Date assigned Date left

if Military Officer) Assignments to Illinois System

Paul G. Armstrong* * * State Director Sept. 18, 1940 July 1, 1947

After termination of Selective
Service System, he was appoint-
ed State Director of the Office of
Selective Service Records.

Col. Harris P. Ralston, C. of E.** . . .Deputy State Director Sept. 23, 1940 July 31, 1947
Reverted to inactive status Oct. and State Occupational
15, 1946; then received Presiden- Advisor
tial appointment as Dep. State
Dir. (Civilian status). Released
account of completed service.

Maj. Howard G. Wade, Ord Occupational Advisor Sept. 23, 1940 Aug. 1, 1941

Transferred to National Head-
quarters.

Col. Stanley R. McNeil, AGD* Executive Officer, Chi- Sept. 27, 1940 May 20, 1947

Retired for physical disability. cago Office
Lt. Col. Lester S. Johnson, MC State Medical Officer Sept. 27, 1940 Mar. 5, 1941

Transferred to 33rd Division.
Col. Clay M. Donner, QMC Executive Officer; also Oct. 17, 1940 Aug. 31, 1942

Transferred to National Head- Chief of Manpower and

quarters. Field Divisions

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STATE HEADQUARTERS EXECUTIVE STAFF— Continued

Name (and Rank Principal Date assigned Date left

if Military Officer) Assignments to Illinois System

Lt. Col. Wm. A. Rodger, FD* Chief, Finance, Procure- Oct. 7, 1940 May 20, 1947

Retired for physical disability. ment and Supply Divi-
sion; also State Pro-
curement Officer

Lt. Col. Marshall G. Buck, QMC* . . .Chief, Veterans Person- Oct. 7, 1940 May 27, 1947
Transferred to duty in Alaska. nel Division; also Chief,

Field Division

Maj. Charles J. Magnesen, Inf.*. . . .Chief, Personnel Divi- Oct. 7, 1940 Nov. 15, 1946
Transferred to overseas duty in sion; also Chief Regis-
Pacific theater. tration and Dependency

Classification Divisions

Capt. Joseph U. Dugan, QMC* Chief, Public Relations Oct. 7, 1940 Mar. 12, 1943

Transferred to overseas duty in Division
European theater.

Col. Victor A. Kleber, AGD* Deputy State Director Oct. 10, 1940 Apr. 14, 1947

Transferred to National Head- (Administration) ; also
quarters. Chief, Public Relations

Division

Leigh N. Bittinger Deputy State Director; Oct. 16, 1940 Nov. 26, 1941

Resigned to take commercial po- also Assistant State Di-
sition. rector

Louis A. Boening Assistant State Director Oct. 16, 1940 Oct. 31, 1945

Resigned to take commercial po-
sition.

Edwin H. Felt Administrative Assist- Oct. 18, 1940 July 1, 1947

After termination of Selective ant; also Personnel Su-
Service System, he was appoint- pervisor, Cook County
ed to position of Assistant State
Director, Office of Selective Serv-
ice Records.

Waldo J. McCoy Transportation Man- Oct. 23, 1940 Aug. 31, 1947

Released account of establishing ager; also Chief, Per-
business for himself. sonnel Division

Lt. Col. Edmond P. Coady, Inf.* . . . .Chief, Manpower Divi- Nov. 6, 1940 Jan. 3, 1947
Released account of completed sion
service.

Maj. Fred W. Jacobi, FD* Assistant Chief and Nov. 7, 1940 Aug. 31, 1947

Loaned to National Headquar- Chief, Finance, Pro-
ters from Mar. 17, 1943 to April curement and Supply
2, 1945, and from Jan. 3, 1947 to Division; also Records
Mar. 8, 1947. Disposal Officer

Maj. Baird V. Helfrich, JAGD*. . . .State Legal Officer Mar. 18, 1941 Mar. 7, 1944

Transferred to Office of Strategic
Services for overseas service in
Burma.

Capt. Walter A. German, QMC Field Officer Mar. 18, 1941 Mar. 16, 1" 1 1

Transferred to National Head-
quarters.

Maj. Corwin S. Mayes, MC State Medical Officer April 4, 1941 Sept. 14, 1941

Retired for physical disability.

STATE HEADQUARTERS

STATE HEADQUARTERS EXECUTIVE STAFF— Continued

Name (and Rank Principal Date assigned Date left

if Military Officer) Assignments to Illinois System

Lt. Comdr. Walter J. Eden, USNR* . Navy Liaison Officer July 1, 1941 Dec. 31, 1945

Released account of completed

service.
Maj. Lloyd W. Warfel, C. of E Occupational Advisor, Aug. 1, 1941 June 16, 1942

Transferred to Secretary of War Cook County

Office.
Lt. Col. E. Mann Hartlett, MC State Medical Officer Oct. 2, 1941 June 7, 1944

Transferred to National Head-
quarters.
Capt. Norman W. Smith, Spec Public Relations, Reg- Apr. 26, 1942 July 29, 1944

Transferred to overseas duty in istration and Field Di-

European theater. vision, Cook County

Lt. Col. Harry W. Taylor* Occupational Advisor; June 6, 1942 May 2, 1947

Released account of completed also Field Officer, Cook

service. County

Lt. Col. Robert H. Sykes, MC* Assistant State Medical June 30, 1942 Jan. 6, 1946

Released account of completed Officer and State Med-

service. ical Officer

Lt. Comdr. Wm. S. Bishop, USNR* .Assistant Navy Liaison July 15, 1942 Mar. 4, 1946

Released account of completed Officer; also Veterans

service. Personnel Division,

Cook County
Maj. Peter N. Martin, C. of E.* . . . .Occupational Advisor; July 23, 1942 Jan. 31, 1947

Released account of completed also Manpower and

service. Field Divisions

Maj. Sidney T. Holzman, Inf., DSC*. Field Officer, Cook July 24, 1942 Sept. 28, 1945

Transferred to Regular Army County

Recruiting Service.
Maj. John B. Morgan, C. of E.* . . . .Occupational Advisor; Sept. 4, 1942 Oct. 30, 1945

Released account of completed also Field Officer, Cook

service. County

Maj. Wilbur A. Thomas, AUS* Occupational Advisor Feb. 19, 1943 July 12, 1945

Released account of completed

service.
Dr. Robert C. Ross Chief, Agricultural Di- Aug. 2, 1943 May 31, 1946

Released account of completed vision

service.

Maj. James C. Foster, USMCR* . . . .Marine Corps Liaison Apr. 9, 1943 May 16, 1946
Released account of completed Officer
service.

Capt. Kenneth L. Allen, AUS* Occupational Advisor July 8, 1943 Nov. 2, 1945

Released account of completed
service.

Capt. Harry D. Melcher, QMC* Finance, Procurement Aug. 27, 1943 Jan. 21, 1947

Formerly served at State Head- and Supply Division
quarters as Master Sgt. from
Oct. 10, 1940 to Apr. 17, 1943.
Commissioned and reassigned to
Illinois Aug. 27, 1943. Trans-
ferred to overseas duty in Pacific
area.

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STATE HEADQUARTERS EXECUTIVE STAFF— Continued

Name (and Rank Principal Date assigned Date left

if Military Officer) Assignments to Illinois System

Maj. William C. Talsey, AUS* Occupational Advisor Sept. 2, 1943 June 26, 1945

Retired for physical disability.
Maj. Geo. W. Biggerstaff, Inf.* Occupational Advisor; Oct. 1, 1943 June 30, 1946

Released account of completed also Records Disposal

service. Officer

Lt. Col. E. I. Edwards, Jr., QMC* . . .Occupational Advisor; Oct. 13, 1943 Apr. 16, 1947

Transferred to National Head- also Assistant Chief,

quarters. Field Division

Capt. John E. Egdorf, MAC* Medical Survey Officer Dec. 20, 1943 June 30, 1946

Released account of completed

service.
Capt. Francis W. Lorman, CMP* . . .Induction Station Officer Feb. 3, 1944 Nov. 30, 1946

Formerly served at State Head-
quarters as Tech. Sgt. from Oct.

10, 1940 to Aug. 28, 1943. Com-
missioned and reassigned to Illi-
nois Feb. 3, 1944. Released ac-
count of completed service.
Capt. Robert J. Turnbull, C. of E.* . .Occupational Advisor; Feb. 1, 1944 Apr. 29, 1946

Released account of completed also Field Officer

service.
Capt. Earl R. Stege, CMP* State Legal Officer Feb. 16, 1944 Apr. 29, 1946

Released account of completed

service.
Capt. Earl H. Blair, MC* Assistant State Medical Mar. 10, 1944 Mar. 26, 1946

Released account of completed Officer and State Med-

service. ical Officer

Capt. Benj. R. Wetenhall, CMP* .... Field Officer Apr. 1, 1944 Oct. 10, 194-4

Transferred to Prisoner of War

Section, War Dept.
Maj. Homer R. Lewis, FA* Field Officer, Cook Feb. 1, 1945 Nov. 25, 1946

Previously served overseas. County

Transferred to overseas duty in

Japan.
Capt. William R. James, Inf.* Administrative Assistant Apr. 27, 1945 Apr. 29, 1946

Previously served overseas.

Released account of completed

service.

***Awarded Medal for Merit.
** Awarded Legion of Merit.
*Awarded Army Commendation Ribbon.

It Wouldn't Help Anyway

A proud registrant called up his Local Board office and reported the birth
of twins. The clerk at the Board didn't quite catch the message over the phone
and said "Will you repeat that, please."

"Not if I can help it." was the reply.

STATE HEADQUARTERS

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ILLINOIS STATE HEADQUARTERS STAFF IN 1943

On the preceding page are shown State Director Armstrong and members
of his staff on September 19, 1943. Where an asterisk (*) is shown, the
officer was then assigned to duty at the Chicago office. Military rank
shown is the highest achieved while on active duty with the Selective
Service System. In the picture, from left to right, are:

BOTTOM ROW: Lt. Col. William A. Rodger, Col. Victor A. Kleber,
Col. Harris P. Ralston, Colonel Armstrong, Col. Louis A. Boening*,
Col. Stanley R. McNeil*, Lt. Col. E. Mann Hartlett.

MIDDLE ROW: Lt. Col. Marshall G. Buck, Lt. Col. Harry W. Taylor*,
Lt. Col. Edmund P. Coady, Lt. Col. Robert H. Sykes, Prof. Robert C.
Ross, Maj. Baird V. Helfrich, Maj. William C. Talsey*, Maj. Wilbur A.
Thomas, Maj. James C. Foster, USMCR.

TOP ROW: Edwin H. Felt*, Maj. John B. Morgan*, Lt. Comdr. William
S. Bishop*, USNR, Maj. Walter A. German, Maj. Peter N. Martin, Prof.
John Schommer*, Maj. Sidney T. Holzman*, Maj. Charles J. Magnesen,
Capt. Kenneth L. Allen, Capt. Norman W. Smith*, Capt. Harry W.
Melcher.

Lt. Comdr. Walter J. Eden, USNR, and Waldo J. McCoy were also mem-
bers of the Staff in September of 1943, but were not able to be present
for the above picture. Maj. Fred W. Jacobi, while a member of the Illi-
nois Staff, was on loan to National Headquarters at Washington.

THE STATE DIRECTOR'S FIRST STAFF

On the opposite page are shown State Director Armstrong and the mem-
bers of his first staff. An asterisk (*) denotes assignment to duty at the
Chicago office of State Headquarters. Military rank shown is the highest
achieved while on active duty with the Selective Service System in Illinois.
In the picture, left to right, are :

BOTTOM ROW: Col. Harris P. Ralston, Lt. Col. Leigh N. Bittinger,
Col. Armstrong, Col. Louis A. Boening*, Col. Stanley R. McNeil*.

MIDDLE ROW: Col. Clay M. Donner, Col. Victor A. Kleber*f Lt. Col.
William A. Rodger, Lt. Col. Marshall G. Buck, Maj. Lester S. Johnson,
Lt. Col. Edmund P. Coady, Maj. Baird V. Helfrich.

TOP ROW: Edwin H. Felt*, Prof. John Schommer*, Maj. Fred W.
Jacobi*, Capt. Joseph U. Dugan, Capt. Walter A. German, Maj. Charles
J. Magnesen.

STATE HEADQUARTERS

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STAFF MEMBERS NOT SHOWN IN GROUP PHOTOS

SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO

COL. EDWARD A. FITZPATRICK

Special Adviser to

the State Director

September-October, 1940

MORTON HARVEY PHOTO

MAJ. HOWARD G. WADE

Occupational Advisor,

Cook County,

September, 1940 to

August, 1941

JEROME FRITZ PHOTO

MAJ. CORWIN S. MAYES HON. TAPPAN GREGORY MAJ. LLOYD W. WARFEL

State Medical Officer, Coordinator, Occupational Advisor,

April, 1941 to Government Cook County,

September, 1941 Appeal Agents August, 1941 to

Cook County, June, 1942
March, 1941 to
March, 1947

STATE HEADQUARTERS

ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS
NOT SHOWN IN GROUP PHOTOS

PROF. PAUL E. JOHNSTON

Dep't of Farm Economics

University of Illinois

Agricultural Advisor

February, 1942 to August, 1945

CAPT. BENJ. R. WETENHALL

Field Officer, Springfield
April, 1944 to October, 1944

:::m

HON.
STEPHEN E. HURLEY
Coordinator,
Registrants11 Advisory-
Boards, Cook County
March, 1941 to
March, 1947

DR. DAVID SLIGHT

Professor,

Dep't of Psychiatry

University of Chicago

Medical Survey Advisor,

October, 1943 to

August, 1946

CURTIS STILLWELL

Special

Coordinator

September, 1940 to

March, 1947

SELECTIVE SERVICE IN ILLINOIS

NON-EXECUTIVE CIVILIAN COMPENSATED PERSONNEL

Secretaries, stenographers, typists and clerks at State Headquarters were
obtained through the cooperation of, and in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the United States Civil Service Commission. Therefore, the
employes were free of outside influences and were able to progress strictly
according to their own demonstrated ability and industry.

Time after time, these employes manifested their loyalty and willing-
ness to make their contributions to patriotic necessity far more than could
be measured in terms of material compensation. In stress times, they re-
peatedly worked overtime — even long hours nights and Sundays — without
compensation, or with compensatory time off. The normal work week was
forty-eight hours for the greater part of the entire operation, but many of
the employes worked sixty hours a week and over whenever it was necessary
to keep abreast of critical work.

The majority of the compensated employes who began their service at
State Headquarters in 1940 or early 1941 remained at their posts until the
closing of the program when slackening work forced their release. Time
after time, these "pioneers" refused offers from other agencies and organiza-
tions— in spite of being tendered higher pay and shorter working hours.

The following list shows the non-executive civilian personnel who were
employed at State Headquarters (at either Springfield or Chicago) with
the month and year each entered the service of the System and the month
and year of their release from Selective Service employment at Illinois State
Headquarters.

NON-EXECUTIVE CIVILIAN EMPLOYES OF
STATE HEADQUARTERS

Springfield Office

Name Entered on duty Left

Adair, Ruth V March 22, 1913 June 17, 1946

Adrian, Agnes January 3,1942 March 26, 1944

Armstrong, Jane T November 27, 1940 November 4, 1942

Banaitis, Vito F November 16, 1940 March 11, 1942

Barniskis, Muriel C November 25, 19 10 October 31, 1941

Bensch, Francis L November 12, 1011 December 16, 1941

Berger, Glen H October 28, 191°) July 11, 1947

Beveridge, Joseph I January 12, 1942 March 31, 19 18

Blackwood, Carolyn P March 5, 1941 August 17, 19 17

Borden, Charles October 29, 19 10 July 31, 1947

Bower, William H October 24, 1940 July 31, 1947

Bowman, Loretta December 12, 1941 July 31, 1943

Brockschmidt, Marian K November 12, 1941 January 14, 1946

STATE HEADQUARTERS

NON-EXECUTIVE CIVILIAN COMPENSATED PERSONNELr-CWmaed

Springfield Office
Name Entered on duty

Burch, Eleanora A May 9, 1944

Burger, Betty R October 21, 1940

Burns, Harry October 12, 1944

Cadigan, Catherine M January 1, 1943

Coan, Charles October 18, 1940

Cobb, Helen M October 11, 1940

Coulter, Russell D October 26, 1940

Crawford, Roceil February 2, 1942

Crookston, Dorothy J July 6, 1942

Crump, Virginia December 26, 1941

Cunniff, William M October 23, 1940

Curry, Mary F March 30, 1942

Davis, Bobbette K June 21, 1943

Deames, Germaine M October 10, 1943

Devine, Thomas J October 18, 1940

Dittmar, Lois H April 22, 1942

Doherty, Betty A August 29, 1941

Donohue, Marjorie A October 5, 1942

Dudda, Gertrude E August 23, 1943

Egan, John R October 18, 1945

Eldridge, A. Eileen May 29, 1944

Erickson, Marjorie M April 16, 1942

Ferreira, Edna V October 12, 1940

Firke, William F July 1, 1941

Fitch, Gerald G October 21, 1940

Flinn, Christine S April 3, 1941

Flinn, Raymond E November 8, 1940

Flynn, Virginia G January 4, 1944

Franklin, Betty R February 10, 1944

Freeark, Mary B January 24, 1944

Furman, Eleanor W August 30, 1943

Gallett, Claude W October 23, 1940

Geist, Mary M May 6, 1941

Gillan, Walter H October 21, 1940

Goulet, Joseph E June 21, 1943

Graham, Josephine B February 16, 1942

Grintson, Robert E November 6, 1944

Grissom, Louis E October 18, 1940

Left

February 16, 1945
March 22, 1945
August 15, 1947

December 5, 1945
October 21, 1945
September 8, 1944
July 31, 1947
April 16, 1943
October 7, 1946
April 4, 1947
July 31, 1947
June 30, 1947

September 11, 1944
July 31, 1947
July 31, 1947
December 29, 1944
January 16, 1943
May 31, 1944
July 14, 1945

August 30, 1947
May 22, 1946
July 31, 1947

July 31, 1947
March 27, 1945
June 25, 1945
March 31, 1948
July 21, 1946
September 29, 1946
December 21, 1945
September 24, 1945
September 14, 1945

July 31, 1947
July 11, 1947
July 31, 1947
May 31, 1944
August 24, 1947
August 15, 1947
July 31, 1947

SELECTIVE SERVICE IN ILLINOIS

NON-EXECUTIVE CIVILIAN COMPENSATED PERSONNEI^Contf/med

Springfield Office

Name Entered on duty

Hagar. Martha J October 16, 1940

Halberg, Juliana D June 13, 1941

Haley, Paul H November 29, 1940

Hamilton, Helen October 14, 1940

Harford, Andrew J July 20, 1942

Hayes, Ernestine B June 28, 1943

Hildenstein, Ellen E July 28, 1942

Hogan, Mary J January 2, 1945

Holmberg, Nina M July 15, 1943

Holt, Arthur S October 19, 1940

Hornbeck, Walter L November 18, 1940

Hostick, Catherine R January 24, 1944

Housh, Marjorie M July 11, 1945

Humphrey, Mary E November 9, 1943

Humphries, Henry, Jr August 3, 1942

Ianson, Agnes M August 24, 1942

Ingerski, Doris C December 29, 1941

Jacobs, Roscoe C January 6, 1942

Jones, Dorothy M December 1, 1941

Kennedy, Teresa V September 7, 1942

Keslick, Lucile April 11, 1941

King, Ira April 1, 1941

Kingdon, Clyde October 26, 1940

Kinsey, Ruth E February 25, 1944

Knepler, Rose C January 8, 1944

Korkok, Ruby B October 13, 1943

Kruzick, Kay M June 2. 1943

La Rue, Dorothy J December 30, 1941

Lasher, Clayton S November 14. 1940

Long, Kathern K October 11, 1940

Lochbaum, Isabel S December 22, 1941

Lukens, Mary C May 5, 1943

McAfee, Margaret S December 29. 1941

McCaleb, Beulah M October 10, 1940

McDonald, Mary E January 27, 19 11

McGeath, James G May 12, 1941

McGowan, Bernadine May 3, 1944

Marrs, Edith E March 6, 1944

Mayfield, Jess J March 7. 1945

Left

August 8, 1942
March 8, 1942
February 3, 1946
December 7, 1941
December 3, 1945
December 30, 1944
June 9, 1945
December 11, 1945
October 9, 1944
December 12, 1943
May 12. 1946
June 19, 1945
October 17, 1946
November 6, 1944
March 31, 1944

April 1, 1946
May 26, 1945

July 1, 1947
June 4, 1944

June 30, 1947
July 26, 1947
February 3, 1945
October 19, 1944
May 25, 1945
April 10, 1946
January 2, 1946
September 23, 1946

December 9, 1941
July 31, 1947
February 4, 1946
March 15. 1946
February 7, 1945

August 21, 1945
June 30, 1947
December 26, 1945
October 11. 1943
June 30, 191-7
June 30. 1947
July 1, 1947

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NON-EXECUTIVE CIVILIAN COMPENSATED PERSO^NEl^^Continaed

Springfield Office
Name Entered on duty

Meacham, Eva S July 21, 1942

Merritt, Pauline M December 11. 1942

Metz, Mary E April 1, 1941

Milkovich, Pauline February 3, 1942

Miller, Margaret J October 14, 1940

Mitchell. Jeanette M June 30, 1941

Mohlenhoff, Emily M January 2. 1942

Moore, Helen S June 10, 1944

Moos, Alice A December 27, 1940

Naber, William H January 20, 19 11

Nickels, Violet M October 16, 1940

O'Bryan, Roland F June 11, 1946

O'Connor, Florence A February 16. 1942

Odom, June G July 16. 1945

Oliver, Nelda K February 14, 1944

Olson, Josephine K October 10, 1940

Osborn, Evalyn M October 11, 1940

Paine, Isabelle A April 19, 1944

Palman, Morris October 17, 1940

Pearce, Frederick L October 25, 1940

Pehlman, Carl E November 7, 1940

Peters, Anna B October 14, 1940

Peters, Dorothy M March 23, 1945

Peterson, Vivian L May 11. 1942

Pfeifer, Margaret M January 5, 1942

Pronto, Marie T November 22, 1940

Ramey, Nettie E November 11, 1943

Rash, Lauren E May 12, 1941

Reesor, Ola October 19, 1942

Reilly, Lillian A June 10, 1943

Reisch, Susanne M September 1, 1943

Rice, Abigail December 14. 1942

Riddel, Marie A January 10, 1945

Ruddell, Marie L February 16, 1942

Rudolph, Roy H October 21, 1940

Ryan, Imelda J July 8, 1942

Ryde, Albert P October 30, 1940

Samuel, H. Gene January 14, 1941

Sankey, Katherine C June 1, 1943

Left

February 5, 1946
October 24, 1944
September 23, 1946
June 20, 1947
June 20, 1947
May 31, 1942
March 6, 1946
April 1. 1947
July 1, 1947

March 31, 1947
July 31, 1947

July 31, 1947
July 31, 1947
June 30, 1947
June 21, 1946
January 16, 1945
March 10, 1946

March 22, 1946
October 26. 1945
February 25, 1944
November 12, 1945
July 31, 1947
December 31, 1946
March 8, 1946
July 31, 1947
January 22, 1946

July 11. 1947
November 19, 1942
July 31, 1947
August 5, 1947
October 12, 1945
January 4, 1945
January 6, 1946
May 12, 1946
July 31, 1947
November 22, 1946
August 1, 1947

February 28, 1946
July 14, 1944

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NON-EXECUTIVE CIVILIAN COMPENSATED PERSONNEL— Co/iftnucrf

Springfield Office
Name Entered on duty

Sanner, Marjorie April 8, 1941

Sargeant, Elma A October 18, 1943

Saylor, Alva J February 16, 1942

Schienle, Carlyne K August 12, 1943

Scott, Oren E March 4, 1946

Shaw, M. Clarice September 1, 1942

Simpson, Cecil C October 18, 1940

Simpson, Maridall July 1, 1943

Spille, Fred S June 17, 1942

Stahl, Anita February 11, 1942

Sullivan, Frances E August 1, 1942

Sullivan, Helyn S December 1, 1942

Swope, Marian L January 14, 1944

Taylor, Ruby B October 16, 1940

Thomas, Velma H November 1, 1943

Thompson, Lois M February 15, 1945

Thon, Ann January 2, 1942

Todd, Edna B October 15, 1940

Vanlandingham, Faye I June 2, 1944

Vickers, Emory H October 31, 1940

Wallace, Myra B January 2, 1942

Weiler, Joseph J October 25, 1940

Wheatfill, Fern G March 28, 1944

Williamson, Frances L November 12, 1943

Wise, Leona L March 22, 1943

Wolf, Edwin C April 1, 1941

Zoch, James E February 2, 1946

Zoch, Wanda E November 25, 1940

Chicago Office

Abrams, Rose J May 4, 1944

Anderson, Esther December 27, 1940

Askin, Eleanor L February 16, 1943

Barber, Edna S July 26, 1943

Beeskow, Elizabeth M April 28, 1942

Bitterli, Arthur C October 27, 19 10

Blanchard, Winifred A October 28, 1940

Brill, Shirley January 24, 1944

Left

January 31, 1946
December 14, 1945
February 23, 1943
December 5, 1944
March 1, 1948
July 29, 1944
July 31, 1947
September 21, 1944
August 30, 1947
July 18, 1944
February 28, 1947
June 30, 1947
September 28, 1945

October 4, 1943
December 27, 1945
March 21, 1946
July 31, 1947
July 28, 1946

December 13, 1946
July 11, 1947

February 1, 1946
July 31, 1947
June 30, 1947
August 2, 1945
April 18, 1946
March 31, 1948

June 30, 1947
March 31, 1948

September 5, 1944
June 30, 1947
March 31, 1946

May 31, 1947
August 1, 1947
July 1, 1947
December 1, 1942
October 7, 1946

STATE HEADQUARTERS

NON-EXECUTIVE CIVILIAN COMPENSATED FERSONNEI^C ontinued

Springfield Office

Name Entered on duty Left

Carlson, Ann October 26, 1940 May 25, 1947

Cairo, Evelyn L April 8, 1944 July 31, 1946

Connors, Nancy M October 5, 1942 September 18, 1943

Daley, Clara M May 16, 1942 February 17, 1946

Daugherty, Margaret May 10, 1941 February 20, 1946

Dubil, Sophia L February 19, 1942 August 31, 1944

Duffy, Jeanne C October 16, 1942 November 9, 1945

Dungan, Seville I April 1, 1942 July 2, 1947

Dwyer, Dulcie B December 30, 1940 April 21, 1946

Erbach, Elsie E October 29, 1940 January 6, 1943

Esterly, Mabel April 10, 1942 October 7, 1946

Gembolish, Marie S October 22, 1940 June 30, 1947

Graffy, Madeline C October 28, 1940 July 1, 1947

Hailman, Harriet C October 10, 1940 September 12, 1942

Hamalian, Elizabeth M November 18, 1940 February 20, 1943

Hanson, Olive G December 6, 1942 May 31, 1947

Holcomb, Mary J December 1, 1942 November 9, 1944

Jung, Matilda H March 3, 1943 November 23, 1945

Kaeser, Dolores M July 1, 1944 October 17, 1946

Kaminsky, Lillian April 19, 1944 September 23, 1945

Kelly, Margaret H July 30, 1941 November 27, 1943

Kerwin, Mae W June 17, 1942 September 30, 1946

Kinney, Marie W January 18, 1943 July 4, 1947

Korsland, Olga M May 12, 1942 June 30, 1947

Lacey, Clyde M June 30, 1945 June 30, 1947

Litzkow, Elaine R March 2, 1943 February 1, 1946

McMahon, Mary March 14, 1941 January 25, 1944

Mason, Lillian W October 10, 1940 October 1, 1942

Mitchell, Lucille M July 27, 1942 November 10, 1944

Norton, Mary B May 3, 1944 July 31, 1946

Orlich, Mary April 10, 1944 June 24, 1946

Parker, Elnor E February 18, 1945 October 7, 1946

Peri, Marie F .August 20, 1942 October 31, 1945

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NON-EXECUTIVE CIVILIAN COMPENSATED PERSONNEL— Continued

Chicago Office
Name Entered on duty

Plummer, Marie E July 6, 1942

Reszel, Antoinette L March 20, 1941

Riggs, Rosemary E October 12, 1940

Ringler, Lucille January 2, 1942

Rogers, Eileen M May 18, 1942

Rubin, Betty C March 1, 1944

Russell, Helen L August 24, 1942

Rynder, Mary A March 9, 1942

Salavatore, Lucille D February 19. 1943

Sarbacker, Kathryn M July 9, 1945

Saunders, Anne E July 13, 1942

Schenden, Marguerite July 16, 1942

Sheehan, Raymond P October 8, 1940

Smithwick, Eleanor L January 2, 1942

Snoddy, Mildred 0 November 18, 1943

Stautis, Helen V January 13, 1941

Stephenson, Marie A November 17, 1943

Stogdell, Clarence L September 27, 1943

Swain, J. D August 18, 1945

Torrey, Edith July 27, 1942

Vinje, Hulda A December 21, 1942

Von Langworth, Gladys S November 15, 1940

Walsh, May L March 14, 1941

Wasilewski, Mabel N February 1, 1945

Wennerberg, Chester C January 12, 1942

Wheeler, Darlene B December 16, 1940

Winters, Helen M January 2, 1942

Left

May 31, 1945
July 1, 1947
July 7, 1942
February 8, 1944
May 9, 1947
May 5, 1945
January 9, 1946
February 1, 1946

February 22, 1946
February 21, 1946
March 17, 1946
March 31, 1946
March 11, 1946
January 27, 1946
September 30, 1946
February 18, 1943
September 16, 1945
October 18. 1944
May 9, 1947

May 15, 1946

January 30, 1946
August 22, 1942

January 24, 1944
July 12, 1946
September 14, 1944
May 17, 1946
February 2, 1917

Speaking of Patriots!

What was probably the Nation's record in "family action" in volunteering
for induction into military service occurred in the case of the five Harkless
brothers of Peoria — Burrell, Weldon, John, Leonard and Fred. The five
brothers, part of a family of fourteen children, all volunteered at one time
and reported for induction on May 6, 1941.

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ILLINOIS STATE REGISTER PHOTO

STATE DIRECTOR AND ENLISTED DETACHMENT
OF STATE HEADQUARTERS

The above photo was taken just prior to the transfer of the enlisted
detachment (except Sergeants Bailey, Lau, Musialek and Smith) to the
Army Finance School at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Shown, left to right,
front row, are: Sgt. Jay W. Bailey, Sgt. William H. Pronto, Sgt. Walter
Ignatchuk, Colonel Armstrong, Sgt. Walton Leach, M/Sgt. James E.
Zoch; rear row, left to right, are: S/Sgt. John R. Egan, T/Sgt. Francis
W. Lorman, Sgt. Donald F. Lau, S/Sgt. Charles A. Lucas, Sgt. Robert
Noesges, T/Sgt. Clifford S. L. Griffin. Other enlisted men who were
members of the detachment at the time, but not present for the photo
were: T/Sgt. Vincent H. Egan, T/Sgt. Harold R. Smith, Sgt. George W.
Donnelly, Sgt. Stanley Musialek.

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ENLISTED DETACHMENT

Fifteen enlisted men of the Finance Department and the Quartermaster
Corps of the Illinois National Guard were inducted into Federal service on
October 10, 1940, and assigned to the Finance, Procurement and Supply
Division of Illinois State Headquarters. They were:

M/Sgt. Harry D. Melcher, FD*f Sgt. Jay W. Bailey, QMCf

M/Sgt. James E. Zoch, FD*f Sgt. George W. Donnelly, FD

T/Sgt. Vincent H. Egan, FD* Sgt. Walter Ignatchuk, QMC*f

T/Sgt. Clifford S. L. Griffin, FD*| Sgt. Walton Leach, QMC*

T/Sgt. Francis W. Lorman, FDf Sgt. Stanley Musialek

T/Sgt. Harold R. Smith, QMC Sgt. Robert Moesges, FD*

S/Sgt. John R. Eganf Sgt. William H. Pronto, FD*
S/Sgt. Charles A. Lucas

In the early days of organization, these men toiled from fifteen to
eighteen hours a day — frequently more — receiving, packing and shipping
countless forms, office equipment and supplies for the various local and
appeal boards in the State. They also performed administrative and clerical
duties concerning the pay of civilian personnel, travel of local and appeal
board members, preparation of purchase orders and vouchering of all
accounts. Several of the enlisted men supervised civilian employes in the
performance of their duties in the Finance, Procurement and Supply Division.

The original group of enlisted men served faithfully until August 30.
1943 when all except Sergeants Bailey, Musialek and Smith were transferred
to Army Finance School at Fort Benjamin Harrison for service with the Army
Ground Forces. Subsequently, a number of them were promoted and served
overseas. Sergeants Melcher and Lorman were graduated from Officers
Candidate School, commissioned and returned to duty at Illinois State Head-
quarters. Sergeant Smith was later discharged because of physical disability,
and Sergeant Musialek was released because of being over age. Sergeant
Bailey enlisted in the Regular Army in November of 1945, but continued with
State Headquarters until February of 1947, at which time he was transferred
to duty with Fifth Army Headquarters in Chicago.

Subsequent to the transfer of the original group listed above, three other
enlisted men reported for duty at State Headquarters:

Sgt. Donald F. Lau, who reported on November 23, 1942 and served in
the Finance, Procurement and Supply Division until December 1,
1943, at which time he was transferred to the Quartermaster Corps
Officers Candidate School at Camp Lee. \ irginia.

* Served overseas.

t Awarded Army Commendation Ribbon for work with Selective Service.

$ Awarded Purple Heart Medal for wounds in action in Europe.

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Sgt. William P. Butcher, an attorney in civilian life, who reported on
May 1, 1944 and assisted the State Legal Officer until he was trans-
ferred to Fifth Army Headquarters in July of 1945.

Corp. Francis M. Thompson, a veteran of the Canadian Army in World
War I, who reported on October 8, 1942 and functioned in the
Finance, Procurement and Supply Division until April 3, 1943, when
he was released on his request for discharge because of being over
the current military age.

ORGANIZATION OF STAFF FUNCTIONS

From the outset, the administration of Selective Service in Illinois was
under the direction of the State Director whose office was located at Spring-
field. At first, nine divisions were established at the Springfield office, func-
tioning under the immediate supervision of Assistant State Director Leigh
N. Bittinger, each Division Chief being responsible State-wide for the proper
accomplishments of the functions assigned to his partciular division.

In Cook County, the branch office operated under the supervision of
Assistant State Director Louis A. Boening, four Section Chiefs serving as
coordinators on the various functions.

Colonel Bittinger served as Assistant State Director until October 12,
1941, on which date he was advanced to the position of Deputy State Director.
After his resignation on November 26, 1941 — to become Superintendent of
The Chicago Home for Incurables — Col. Clay M. Donner was appointed
Executive Officer.

Late in 1942, State Director Armstrong deemed it advisable to reorganize
his staff in the interest of increased efficiency. His reorganization, effective
on November 7, 1942, established two Departments and twelve Divisions.
In the accompanying listing, the Chiefs of the various divisions are listed
from the beginning of the Selective Service program.

STATE HEADQUARTERS ORGANIZATION

DEPARTMENTS
Operations Department —

Col. Harris P. Ralston, C of E, Deputy State Director. This department
included the activities concerned with registration, classification, man-
power calls and functional operations of Local Boards.

Administrative Department —

Col. Victor A. Kleber, AGD., Deputy State Director. This department
included the activities concerned with personnel, finance and procure-
ment, legal matters, physical examination procedure, field inspections,
public relations and general administrative procedure.

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DIVISIONS

Finance, Procurement and Supply Division —

Chiefs: Lt. Col Wm. A. Rodger, FD, from October 10, 1940 to May 12,
1947

Maj. Fred W. Jacobi, FD, from May 12, 1947 to September 31,
1947

Duties :

1. Preparation of the budget to cover fiscal requirements;

2. Obligation of all funds for necessary purchases and other expenditures,
including rents and payrolls, authorized by the State Director;

3. Procurement of furniture, equipment and supplies;

4. Leasing of and alterations on all leased property;

5. Arrangements for necessary transportation for registrants and Selective
Service personnel;

6. Arrangement for meals and lodging for registrants forwarded for
physical examination and/or induction;

7. Preparation of vouchers for payment of rents, furniture, equipment
and supplies;

8. Maintenance, including protection, of all Federally-owned automo-
biles and other property under the care of the Illinois Selective Service
System ;

9. Maintenance of a comprehensive accounting system;

10. Until May 17, 1943, this division handled payrolls for compensated
personnel. This function was then transferred to the Personnel Divi-
sion.

Personnel Division —

Chiefs: Maj. Charles J. Magnesen, Inf., from October 10, 1940 to October

29, 1946

Mr. Waldo J. McCoy from November 4, 1946 to August 29, 1947
Assistant Chief for Cook County: Mr. Edwin II. Felt

Duties :

1. Procurement and assignment of all compensated civilian non-executive
personnel necessary for the operation of State Headquarters, Local
Boards and Boards of Appeal;

2. Maintenance of records of compensated civilian personnel:

3. Preparation of compensated civilian employes payrolls (and also
certification of same after May 17, 1943) for transmission to the
Finance Officer, United States Army, Chicago;

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4. Liaison with the United States Civil Service Commission on matters
pertaining to the employment of civilian compensated personnel;

5. Responsibility for sales of war and victory bonds and maintenance of
records of same.

Registration Division —

Chief: Maj. Charles J. Magnesen, Inf.
Duties :

1. Liaison with election officials in connection with First Registration;

2. Supervisory management of subsequent registrations;

3. Advice to Local Boards on registration and processing of registration
cards ;

4. Clearance of out-of-State and out-of-Board-area registration cards;

5. Liaison with prisons, jails and insane asylums in connection with
registration of inmates of such institutions;

6. Maintenance of State Headquarters registration records.

Occupational Deferment Division —

Chief: Col. Harris P. Ralston, C of E.
Duties:

1. Advice to Local Boards on all occupational deferments including
scientific engineers and professional students; (NOTE: This division
handled agricultural deferment matters in the early part of the pro-
gram. This function was later transferred to another division.)

2. Issuance of policies in regard to replacement schedules and advice and
assistance to employers in the preparation thereof.

3. Processing of all industrial employment certification forms;

4. Participation in instructional meetings of the Illinois Manufacturers
Association, Chicago Association of Commerce and other industrial
groups on the subject of industrial occupational deferment;

5. Processing of deferment requests for physicians, dentists and veteri-
narians certified by the Procurement and Assignment Service;

6. Advice to Local Boards on registrants' requests for permits to leave the
United States.

Dependency Classification Division —

Chief: Maj. Charles J. Magnesen, Inf.
Duties :

1. Advice to Local Boards on interpretation of regulations pertaining to
dependency classifications;

2. Assistance to Local Boards in obtaining special dependency investi-
gations;

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3. Coordinator in classifications of penal institution inmates requesting
parole for the purpose of entering the armed forces.

4. Liaison with Special Panel Boards, penal institutions and the Illinois
Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Agricultural Division —

Chief: Prof. Robert C. Ross.
Advisor: Prof. Paul E. Johnston.

Duties: (NOTE: Agricultural deferments became such an important and
voluminous part of occupational deferments that a special Division was
set up on August 2, 1943 to deal exclusively with agricultural deferment
problems.)

1. Advise State Director on Agricultural deferment policies and status
of agricultural employment and production in Illinois;

2. Advise Local Boards on agricultural deferment matters;

3. Liaison with agricultural associations, United States Department of
Agriculture War Boards, the Extension Service, farm bureaus, farm
advisers, and other agricultural agencies, regarding agricultural de-
ferment policies;

4. Preparation of Illinois Agricultural Questionnaire used for obtaining
evidence necessary in connection with agricultural deferment claims:

5. Recommendations on applications for release from armed forces be-
cause of agricultural necessity.

Manpower Division —

Chiefs :

Col. Clay M. Donner, QMC, from October 10, 1940 to September 1, 1942
Lt. Col. Edmund P. Coady, Inf., from September 1, 1942 to January 29.

1947
Lt. Col. Marshall G. Buck, QMC, from February 1, 1947 to May 12, 1947

Duties :

1. Apportioning of manpower calls received from the National Di-
rector to Local Boards;

2. Liaison with the Armed Forces Induction Station in connection with
manpower calls;

3. Processing of transfers for physical examination and/or induction:
1. Advice to Local Boards on classification of aliens; processing of

forms for such aliens;
5. Advice to Local Board- on classification of conscientious objector>:
processing orders for const ientious objectors to report to camps of
work of national importance;

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6. Advice to Local Boards on classification of ministers of religion and
divinity students;

7. Maintenance of induction records, including statistics.

Medical Division —

State Medical Officers:

Lt. Col. Lester S. Johnson, MC, from October 10, 1940 to March 5, 1941
Maj. Corwin S. Mayes, MC, from April 1, 1941 to September 14, 1941
Lt. Col. E. Mann Hartlett, MC, from September 29, 1941 to June 1, 1944
Lt. Col. Robert H. Sykes, MC, from June 1, 1944 to January 15, 1946
Capt. Earl H. Blair, MC, from January 16, 1946 to March 26, 1946

Duties :

1. Assistance in obtaining the voluntary services of physicians and
dentists necessary in the operation of Selective Service in Illinois;

2. Supervision and coordination of physical examinations, and liaison
with, Local Boards and Group Examining Physicians and Dentists and
Medical Advisory Boards;

3. Interpretation of and advice on regulations pertaining to physical
examination of registrants;

4. Advice to Local Boards on classification of physicians, dentists and
veterinarians and students for these professions;

5. Liaison with the Procurement and Assignment Service on matters per-
taining to the availability of physicians, dentists and veterinarians for
military service; processing of forms submitted in this connection;

6. Operation of Medical Survey Program (Dr. David Slight, Director,
and Lt. John E. Egdorf, Assistant Director) ;

7. Processing of registrants selected for correction of physical defects
through the Governor's Rehabilitation Program.

Field Division —

Chiefs :

Col. Leigh N. Bittinger, from October 15, 1940 to October 12, 1941
Col. Clay M. Donner, QMC, from October 12, 1941 to August 31, 1942
Lt. Col. Marshall G. Buck, QMC, from August 31, 1942 to December 3,

1944
Assistant Chiefs:

Capt. Norman W. Smith, Spec, Ass't at Chicago from August 31, 1942

to July 29, 1944
Lt. Col. E. I. Edwards, QMC, Ass't from December 8, 1944 to April 14.

1947
Duties :

1. Assignment and direction of Field Officers;

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2. Training, assignment and direction of Field Auditors;

3. Maintenance of Local Board inspection records;

(NOTE: Field Auditors operating in the downstate area had their
base station at Springfield; those operating in Cook County were
based at Chicago.)

Legal Division —

State Legal Officers:

Maj. Baird Helfrich, JAGD, from October 10, 1940 to March 1, 1944
Capt. Earl R. Stege, CMP, from March 1, 1944 to April 24, 1946

Duties :

1. Advice to State Director, Staff, Local Boards, Boards of Appeal, and
Government Appeal Agents on legal questions pertaining to the
Selective Service regulations;

2. Processing of appeal cases passing through State Headquarters;

3. Advice to Local Boards on classification of moral basis (Class IV-F,
Moral) ;

4. Processing of transfers for classification;

5. Maintenance of records, including statistics, on delinquents;

6. Liaison with and assistance to United States Attorneys in cases involv-
ing violations of the Selective Training and Service Act and regula-
tions ;

7. Clearance of files of conscientious objector claimants granted hear-
ings by hearing officers in United States Attorneys' offices;

8. Supervision of procurement of Government Appeal Agents and
Advisory Boards for Registrants — including maintenance of records
pertaining to their service;

9. Liaison with Government Appeal Agents and Boards of Appeals;
10. Liaison with State and Local Bar Associations.

Veterans9 Assistance Division —

Chief: Lt. Col. Marshall G. Buck, QMC
Assistant Chief for Cook County:

Lt. Comdr. William S. Bishop, USINR

Duties :

1. Instructional and coordinating contact with Local Boards and Re-
employment Committeemen on matters regarding reemployment of

veterans ;

2. Conduct regional meetings on reemployment matters;

.'). Assistance in establishment of local information and employment
centers for veterans;

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4. Liaison with United States Employment Service;

5. Liaison with United States Attorneys in connection with troublesome
reemployment cases;

6. Direct contact with employers, where necessary, in efforts to obtain
reemployment for veterans without resort to Federal courts;

7. Supplying of officer-speakers to organizations desiring explanations
of Selective Service law and policies pertaining to reemployment of
veterans ;

8. Processing of requests for discharge from armed forces when State
Director's recommendation was requested;

9. Advice to Local Boards on classification of veterans.

Public Relations Division —

Chiefs :

Capt. Joseph U. Dugan, QMC, from October 10, 1940 to March 12, 1943
Col. Victor A. Kleber, Spec, from March 12, 1943 to April 14, 1947

Duties :

1. Preparation and distribution of State Headquarters publicity releases
to press and radio ;

2. Arrangements for and preparation of radio broadcasts;

3. Editing of "CHATS," State Headquarters' house organ (originally
named, "Selective Service News") ;

4. Liaison with press and radio;

5. Handling of public requests for lists of registrants, confidential in-
formation pertaining to registrants, and general information per-
taining to Selective Service.

CHICAGO OFFICE

While the State Director spent the bulk of his time at State Headquarters,
Springfield, the fact that the majority of registrants in Illinois were located
in Cook County made it necessary for him to maintain a branch office at
Chicago. Ordinarily, he spent an average of two days a week at the Chicago
office, which was organized along lines similar to Springfield. All Chicago
activities were coordinated with and functioned under the State Headquarters
office at Springfield, the central point of administration for the State.

When the Chicago office was first established, it was temporarily under
the supervision of Major (later Colonel) Stanley R. McNeil, AGD. The
position of Assistant State Director in charge of Cook County was created
and, through the Governor's recommendation, Mr. Louis A. Boening (Lieu-
tenant Colonel, Illinois Reserve Militia) was appointed to the post on Octo-
ber 10, 1940. Colonel Boening continued to head the Chicago office until

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October 31, 1945, at which time he resigned to become general sales man-
ager for the Revere Camera Company, Chicago.

Following Colonel Boening's resignation, Colonel McNeil, as Executive
Officer, assumed charge of the Chicago office and continued in that respon-
sibility until May 30, 1947, when he was retired for physical disability.
Subsequently, Mr. Edwin H. Felt was placed in charge and remained in such
position until the termination of Selective Service.

In addition to his duties as Executive Officer. Colonel McNeil was in
charge of the Classification and Induction Sections, as well as serving as
counsel on Selective Service matters in general.

Occupational deferment matters in Cook County were originally handled
by Maj. Howard G. Wade, Ord. : upon his transfer to National Headquarters
on August 1, 1941, he was succeeded by Maj. Lloyd W. War f el, C of E who
continued in the Occupational Deferment Section until June 16, 1942, the
date of his transfer to the Office of Secretary of War. Major Harry W.
Taylor, C of E, then assumed charge of the Section, Captain John B. Mor-
gan, C of E, becoming his assistant on September 4, 1942. On August 7.
1944, Captain Peter N. Martin of the Manpower Division in the Springfield
office was transferred to Chicago and assigned to duty in both the Occupa-
tional Deferment and Field Sections.

Prior to his transfer to Springfield in November of 1942, Col. Victor A.
Kleber was in charge of the Registration and Public Relations Sections,
these functions being taken over by Capt. Norman W. Smith who, in addi-
tion, served as Assistant Chief of the Field Division until July 29, 1944
when he was transferred for overseas duty.

From the outset to the termination of Selective Service, compensated
clerical personnel in Cook County were under the supervision of Mr. Edwin
H. Felt who, in addition, served as an Administrative Assistant to the State
Director.

When the Selective Service program first commenced in Illinois, the
361 Local Boards had to be furnished with forms, stationery and other
supplies on short notice. Because 180 Boards were concentrated in Cook
County alone, it was deemed advisable to set up supply facilities in the
Chicago office. Accordingly. First Lieutenant (later Major) Fred W. Jacobi
was assigned to the Supply Section. That phase of the Chicago organization
was discontinued in March of 1943, by transfer to the Finance, Procure-
ment and Supply Division at Springfield.

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NAVY AND MARINE CORPS LIAISON

From the very beginning of the Selective Service program, cooperation
between the System in Illinois and the Navy (which also had jurisdiction over
the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard) was always of the highest order.

In the early days, liaison between the System and the Navy was readily
handled by the State Director or a member of his staff. As the Navy manpower
requirements rose, however, the Navy found it advisable to assign one of its
officers to the Illinois State Director for the primary purpose of handling all
Navy liaison matters connected with the System, at the same time making the
officer available for any special work which the State Director might assign
consistent with the primary duties of the officer.

Lt. Comdr. Walter J. Eden, USNR, a Chicago transportation executive
and veteran of World War I, officially reported for duty with the State Director
on July 1, 1941 and remained with State Headquarters until his release from
active duty on December 31, 1945. Commander Eden, prior to his official
assignment, was already somewhat familiar with Illinois State Headquarters
procedure for he had spent several weeks at the Headquarters in September
and October of 1940, giving his personal assistance to help organize the Sys-
tem in this State. His regular assignment as Navy Liaison Officer was there-
fore doubly welcome.

After America entered World War II as an active participant, the Navy
manpower requirements rose still higher, and Lt. (later Lt. Comdr.) William
S. Bishop, USNR, also a veteran of 1917-18 and formerly the well-known
conductor of the column, "The Soldier's Friend," in the Chicago Herald-
American, was assigned to Illinois as Assistant Navy Liaison Officer, with duty
station at Chicago.

These two officers maintained close contact with the Navy recruiting sta-
tions and other Navy installations and rendered valuable service both to their
own branch of service and to the Selective Service System. In addition, Com-
mander Eden served as a field officer, visiting and counseling many Local
Boards throughout the State. When America's victory appeared certain and
the armed forces began discharging men in volume, Commander Bishop was
appointed Assistant Chief of the Veterans Assistance Division and aided im-
measurably in the achievement of the System's outstanding service to veterans
in Cook County. Commander Bishop was relieved from active duty on Decem-
ber 31, 1945.

The Marine Corps likewise established its own liaison when, on April 9,
1943, it assigned Capt. (later Major) James C. Foster, USMCR. a veteran of
Marine Corps service in the First World War and, at the time of his reactiva-
tion, a prominent steel manufacturing executive of Sterling, Illinois, to State
Headquarters as Marine Corps Liaison Officer. Major Foster carried on con-
stant and effective liaison between the System and the Marine Corps recruiting
stations. In addition, through the cooperation of Marine Corps Headquarters,

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he served the State Director as an administrative assistant and also rendered
valuable special service in the Field Division.

During Major Foster's period of service as Marine Corps Liaison Officer.
Illinois provided (both by enlistments and inductions) 14.339 men of military
age to the Marine Corps. Additionally, 3.680 seventeen-year olds who en-
listed in the Corps brought the total Illinois contribution to the Marine Corps
up to 18,018 for the period. Major Foster was relieved from active duty on
July 18, 1946.

The following figures — covering the period from September 16, 1940
through December 31, 1945 — show the relative manpower contributions of
Illinois to the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard:

Total Credits
Inductions Enlistments (Men)

Army 504.875 134.682 639.557

Navy 95,682 122,757 218,439

Marine Corps 14,168 17,755 31,923

Coast Guard 1,248 10,272 11,520

TOTALS 615,973 285,466 901,439

Subsequent inductions and enlistments brought Illinois" manpower contri-
bution up to 910,448 men by January 31. 1947. This was augmented by the
enlistment of 19,850 women in the armed forces.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS

A number of the officers were given special assignments which did not

normally come under the domain of any of the major organized divisions of

State Headquarters. These assignments were:

Senior Military Officer:

Col. Clay M. Donner, QMC, from October 17, 1940 to August 31, 1942
Col. Harris P. Ralston, C of E, from September 1, 1942 to October 15, 1946
Col. Victor A. Kleber, Spec, from October 16, 1946 to April 14, 1947
Chicago Office — Col. Stanley R. McNeil, AGD, from September 27,
1940 to May 20, 1947

Military Adjutant:

Maj. Charles J. Magnesen, Inf., from October 7. 1940 to November 15,
1946

Navy Liaison Officer:

Lt. Comdr. Walter J. Eden, USNR, from July 1, 1941 to December 31, 1945

Ass't Navy Liaison Officer:

Lt. Comdr. Wm. S. Bishop, USNR, from July 15, 1942 to December 31,

1945
Liaison Officer from December 31, 1945 to March 4, 1946

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Marine Corps Liaison Officer:

Maj. James C. Foster, USMCR, from April 9, 1943 to May 16, 1946

Savings Bonds Officer:

Maj. Charles J. Magnesen, Inf., from October 7, 1940 to November 15,

1946
Chicago Office — Col. Stanley R. McNeil, AGD, from September 27,

1940 to May 20, 1947
Records Disposal Officer:

Maj. George W. Biggerstaff, Inf., from July 16, 1945 to August 1 1946
Maj. Fred W. Jacobi, FD, from August 1, 1946 to August 31, 1947
Chicago Office — Maj. Sidney T. Holzman, Inf., DSC, from July 16,

1945 to November 27, 1945
Chicago Office — Lt. Col. Harry W. Taylor, C of E., from November 27,

1945 to May 2, 1947

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GENERAL HERSHEY HONORED BY ILLINOIS PERSONNEL

As a tribute to his superb leadership, the entire personnel of the Illinois
Selective Service System honored Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, National
Director of Selective Service, with a testimonial dinner held in Chicago
on May 29, 1942. More than 1,100 persons attended the dinner. Honor
guests shown in the picture on the next page are: Col. Chester L.
Fordney, USMCR, commanding the U. S. Marine Corps station at Chi-
cago; Maj. Gen. George C. Grunert, USA, commanding general of the
6th Corps Area; Gov. Dwight H. Green; General Hershey; Col. Paul G.
Armstrong, State Director of Selective Service; Capt. E. A. Lofquist,
USN, representing Adm. John Downes, commandant of the Ninth Naval
District, Great Lakes. Colonel Armstrong was the toastmaster for the
dinner.

At this testimonial meeting, the State Director's own Post of The
American Legion — Square Post No. 232 of Chicago — presented Colonel
Armstrong with a stand of the National Colors on behalf of those
attending the dinner.

The Selective Service Mural at the rear of the speakers was painted by the
well-known Chicago painter, J. Z. Allen, for Chicago Local Board 144.

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CHAPTER VI

LOCAL BOARDS

SELECTION OF MEMBERS

The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 required that every Mem-
ber of a Local Board must:

1. Be a citizen of the United States;

2. Reside in the county in which his Local Board has jurisdiction;

3. Be a civilian (not a member of the land or naval forces of the United
States;

4. Not be subject to induction under Selective Service (before the induc-
tion age limit was reduced, all Local Board Members had to be thirty-
eight years of age or older. Later on, when Congress reduced the
induction age limit, vacancies on Local Boards were filled by younger
men, many of whom had served in the armed forces of the Nation) .

In the early part of the Selective Service program in Illinois, Local Boards
were composed of three members each. (After Pearl Harbor, this number was
increased to five so as to assure a minimum of three members being present
at every board meeting.) The urgent problem of the State Director at the
outset was to obtain reputable Illinois citizens to serve as Members of the
361 Local Boards which were to be established throughout the entire State.

While the average citizen is highly patriotic, America was at peace at
the outset of Selective Service, and no man properly could have been cen-
sured for any unwillingness to sacrifice considerable personal time and
risk incurring the ill will of some of his neighbors by service on a Local
Board. Yet, the citizens of Illinois responded nobly when called upon to
render special service on behalf of their Nation's mobilization of manpower.

Because State Director Armstrong had formerly served as Illinois Depart-
ment Commander of the American Legion, he had achieved personal acquaint-
anceship not only with countless veterans of World War I (in The American
Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled World War Veterans, United
Spanish American War Veterans, and others) but also with numerous promi-
nent citizens without veteran affiliation. His appeal for volunteers was
therefore directed to the veterans' organizations, service groups such as
Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions and others, Chambers of Commerce, farm organiza-
tions, civic groups and the labor unions, both A. F. of L. and C. I. 0.

Citizens of the United States are, under the Constitution, all on an equal
basis without regard to nationality, race, religion, politics or special affili-
ations. The selection of Local Board Members, therefore, presented the
problem of elimination of Board control by any special group — to prevent

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any public criticism, just or unjust, because of preponderance of Members
of a Board belonging to any individual group.

Because the State Director had made his recommendations with "equali-
zation of representation" in mind, complaints as to favoritism or prejudice
on the part of a Local Board were rare indeed and, if raised, were very
easily answered. Any man who was known to be politically active was auto-
matically rejected as a possibility for Board membership. In any case where
an already appointed Board Member became politically active after his ap-
pointment, his resignation was requested and obtained. The general poli-
cies which were maintained reduced political charges to a minimum and
enabled the State Director to refute successfully any occasional charge of
political favoritism on the part of some Local Board.

After lists of prospective Members were obtained, each prospect was sent a
questionnaire requesting information as to his willingness to service, his ability
to devote the necessary time for Selective Service duties, the nature of his busi-
ness or profession, prior military service, if any, his political, club, society or
labor union affiliations. From the information received in the questionnaire,
the State Director was able to select tentative Board Members who were over
the current military age limits, to make proper political division in each
Board, and to insure against domination of any Board through political,
religious or racial preponderance.

At the American Legion National Convention in Boston during the latter
part of September, 1940, Lt. Gov. John Stelle discussed with the newly-
appointed State Director the matter of appointments to membership on Local
Boards. Governor Stelle felt that the majority of the members should be
veterans of previous wars — because of their familiarity with military pro-
cedure and their special interest in national defense — and that the Board
membership should reflect an equitable representation of the various aspects
of each community. He furthermore stated that there should be, to the
greatest extent possible, an equal division of the two major political parties —
in order that actual or suspected political favoritism be eliminated. State
Director Armstrong heartily agreed with the principles expressed by Gov-
ernor Stelle.

A few weeks later, after Governor Horner passed away, Governor Stelle
called a meeting in Springfield of downstate district and post commanders
and other leaders of The American Legion for the purpose of obtaining names
of citizens for appointment to Local Board membership. This was done
because (1) both Governor Stelle and State Director Armstrong were very
active in affairs of the Illinois Department of the Legion and knew the vet-
erans organization leaders personally; (2) these veterans were well ac-
quainted with the citizens in their own communities, and ( .'} > the veterans
could be depended on for the immediate action which was urgently needed
at the time. A similar meeting was called in the Engineering Building. 205

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West Wacker Drive, Chicago, to obtain recommendations for Members
of Local Boards in Cook County.

Since not all of those recommended as the result of these meetings were
able to serve, and because a number of Boards were not completed, it was
therefore necessary to obtain additional Members. Fortunately, the annual
State-wide meeting of the Commanders and Adjutants of The American
Legion was scheduled for Springfield on October 19 and 20, 1940 and, with
the assistance of the Legion leaders, all Boards were completed.

At all meetings, the veterans were told of the qualifications needed for
appointment to Local Board membership and that the Governor (who was
responsible for the submission of recommendations to the President) would
not consider any man who was politically active — that is, a man who held
public office or who was an active candidate for such office.

These meetings provided the names of veterans and other substantial
citizens in each community wherein a Local Board had been established.
After the selected names had been processed in the State Director's office
(with full consideration as to political affiliation, race and creed), they
were presented to Governor Stelle for approval, following which action they
were forwarded to National Selective Service Headquarters in Washington
for appointment by the President.

The same basic procedure was followed on subsequent lists of pros-
pective appointees as Local Board Members, as well as on other volunteer
positions for which the President made the appointments. The Governor,
having been assured that his policies with reference to selection of rec-
ommendations had been and would be followed, delegated the authority for
such recommendations to the State Director.

Because of their familiarity with military procedure, every effort was
made to obtain the maximum number of veterans of previous wars as Local
Board Members. Approximately 70% of the Illinois Local Board Members
were veterans. They were men of various creeds, races and political groups,
who were engaged in industry, business services and agriculture. Many of
them were executives in important corporations.

In the beginning — because of the urgency for speed in organizing the
Local Boards — recommendations for appointments as Local Board Members
were sent in without consulting the potential appointees. It developed, how-
ever, that some of the potential appointees felt that they could not or should
not serve on Local Boards, and it was therefore necessary to submit new
names to Washington. In one county, twenty-three appointments were re-
quired before a three-man Local Board was obtained. After the basic set-up
had been completed, recommendations were made only after each indi-
vidual had been contacted and had signified his willingness to serve.

In obtaining replacements made necessary by additions to Boards, death,
resignation or other reason, it became the policy to request recommendations

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from the original Members of the Local Boards. This was done to insure
full cooperation and harmonious procedure at the Local Board level. In any
case where the Board, itself, had no specific recommendation to offer, the
State Director made his selection from available lists of volunteers, each
proposed appointment being carefully checked with the Local Board con-
cerned before it was forwarded to National Headquarters at Washington.

LOCAL BOARD MEMBERSHIP INCREASED

Hardly had the terrible news of Pearl Harbor flashed over the radio on
Sunday, December 7, 1941, when State Headquarters was flooded with offers
to help in the carrying out of the job that everyone knew was absolutely
necessary in order to preserve the Nation.

Realizing that the number of men inducted through Selective Service
would be tremendously increased, and feeling that the Local Boards should
be strengthened so that a minimum of three Members would be assured
for every meeting, the State Director, on January 17, 1942, announced an
increase in the membership of Local Boards from three to five.

By the time that the State Director determined to increase the member-
ship of each Local Board from three to five Members, he had learned the
necessity for placing experienced farmers on Local Boards situated in areas
where agriculture predominated or was, at least, a vital factor in the
community.

Consequently, recommendations on such basis were sought from each
farming area Board, as well as from Mr. Earl Smith (then president of
the Illinois Agricultural Association), the United States Department of
Agriculture War Boards and other farm groups.

The State Director furthermore endeavored to obtain, as agricultural
Members, men who were actually "working farmers" (familiarly referred
to as "dirt farmers") who operated their own farms rather than men who
owned farms but were primarily engaged in some other activity. On vir-
tually every Local Board in the agricultural areas, the State Director man-
aged to place at least one, and in most cases two. working farmers, thus
giving the Local Board the benefit of the practical and valuable knowledge
of the men who were thoroughly familiar with the production and labor
requirements of almost every farm in their respective communities.

At the outset of the program for obtaining farm representation on the
Local Boards in agricultural areas, there was a feeling that these farmer
members might lean too heavily in favor of agriculture. This, however,
was a needless fear, for the farmer members of Local Boards — knowing
the agricultural situation in their own areas so well — were extremely strict
and invariably insisted that a farm registrant (and his employer) show a
real and specific need for his services before they would consent to deferment.

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METHOD OF SELECTION PROVED SOUND

The Illinois State Director's method of selection for Local Board mem-
bership was a definite success, and was later adopted by a number of other
States. Board Members demonstrated their even temperaments, their flexi-
bility in the face of reason, their intelligent judgment and their integrity.
Only in a few instances was it necessary to take special corrective action.
These corrective actions were taken quietly and without publicity which,
if released, might have jeopardized public confidence in the System. Such
publicity might also have reflected upon the separated Member and unjustly
injured his reputation.

Little or no difficulty was encountered as the result of racial or religious
composition of a Board. In one instance, it was discovered that a Local
Board in Chicago was composed entirely of men of a certain nationality.
Upon learning that the Board meetings were being conducted in a foreign
language, the State Director transferred one of the Members to another
Local Board, replacing the latter with a man who did not speak or under-
stand the foreign language concerned.

In Chicago, there are certain areas which each have tremendous popu-
lations of some particular group of foreign origin, areas in which the in-
fluence of the mother country is still a strong factor. The same situation
prevails in a number of areas throughout the rest of the State. The Illinois
policy of selecting Local Board Members and other non-compensated per-
sonnel equitably on the basis of a spread of representation proved success-
ful and prevented criticism that might otherwise have been received from
those citizens who were not members of some particular race, religious faith
or political party.

The quality of the membership personnel selected was evidenced not
only by the outstanding record of fair decisions by Illinois Local Boards
but also by the fact that most of the Members willingly gave up their nights,
Sundays and holidays in order to keep abreast of the ever present volume of
work. In dozens of cases, Members worked as high as fifty hours a week
without one cent of pay, their compensation being realized in the satisfac-
tion of making an important contribution to the successful prosecution of
their Nation's war.

The names of Local Board Members, as well as location of the Board
offices, will be found in the Appendix.

LOCAL BOARD OFFICES

Original Selective Service regulations provided that each Local Board
be established, so far as possible, to have jurisdiction over not more than
3,500 registrants. On the basis of the election registration (the 1940 census
figures were not available at the time of planning), the State Selective Serv-

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ice Plan, formulated by the Illinois National Guard, set up 284 Local Board
areas for the entire State. Chicago was allocated 78 Boards, suburban
Cook County 25, and downstate Illinois 181.

After the First Registration, it was discovered that the results of registra-
tion did not work out strictly according to the planning. For instance, one
Local Board in Chicago was found to have almost 12,000 registrants, while
another Board in the same ward had only a trifle over 800 registrants. This
divergence, on a lesser scale, was found to exist in different parts of the
State, but particularly within Cook County.

As the result of the necessary redistricting of Local Board areas so that
each Board would have approximately 3,500 registrants, 361 Boards were
established for the whole State — 144 downstate county Boards, 37 down-
state city Boards, 151 Chicago city Boards, 14 suburban city and 15 rural
boards in Cook County.

In any county where a large city was located, it was found best to have
one or more Local Boards handle the urban registrants and one or more
Boards take jurisdiction over the registrants in the agricultural area of the
county.

County Local Boards were designated with the name of the County and
numbered from 1 up, depending on the number of Boards in each county.
City Local Boards were designated with the name of the city and numbered
according to the number of Boards in each city.

Outside of Cook County, the "county" Local Board was generally estab-
lished at the county seat. Whenever additional county boards were neces-
sary, they were located according to distribution of population and con-
venience of transportation. During the period of Selective Service operation,
a number of necessary changes were made in Local Board locations. In
September of 1944, a program of consolidation of Local Board offices was
started with the result that Illinois accomplished an annual savings of ap-
proximately $100,000 in rentals.

In establishing Local Board offices, free space in public buildings (posl
offices, State armories, county and city buildings, veterans' organization
headquarters) was obtained as far as possible. At the peak. 57 Local Board
offices were located in such free space in all parts of the State except within
the City of Chicago.

When Selective Service first began operation in Illinois, things happened
so quickly that it had not been possible to make arrangements for office
space, office furniture, equipment and uecessar) supplies lor the 361 Local
Boards. However, this deficiency did not daunt the public-spirited citizens
who had been appointed to carry out Selective Service operation. They pro-
vided or borrowed office space Eurniture, equipment and supplies, generally
using their own funds for necessary cash expenditures, in order to get
the organization under way and at work. Because oi technical regulations

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pertaining to purchases for the Federal government, these citizens were
never reimbursed for their expenditures. In addition, all of them gave up
untold amounts of personal time away from their businesses and positions.

It was determined that the office equipment and furniture for each Local
Board would be held to an absolute minimum, and the original purchases
for each Local Board was authorized for the following:

1 — 50x34 double pedestal flat top desk

1 — 60 inch center drop DP typewriter desk

1 — standard typewriter

1 — swivel chair without arms

1 — typist's swivel chair

1—72x34 inch table

6 — straight leg chairs

1 — 4-drawer letter size filing cabinet with lock.

Additional 4-drawer filing cabinet for each 1,000 registrants or frac-
tion thereof.

Later on, it was necessary to increase this furniture and equipment by
additional typewriter desks, typewriters and filing cabinets.

It was not deemed necessary to provide any Board Chairman, Secretary
or Member with a desk for his own use, since it was rarely ever necessary
for any one of these officials to perform any clerical function. His task was
to conduct hearings — confer with registrants and dependents and meet
with the other Members of the Board for consideration of cases.

Except for the initial supply of Selective Service forms necessary for the
First Registration, all printed matter was obtained from the Government
Printing Office through National and State Headquarters. Only on occasion
did State Headquarters provide necessary special forms which were pro-
duced at the Springfield office by the multilith or mimeograph process of
duplication. Most of these letter forms were required for the obtaining of
special reports required by State Headquarters.

GOVERNMENT APPEAL AGENTS

Attached to each Illinois Local Board was a Government Appeal Agent
(attorney) who served as a legal counsel for both the Federal government
and the Selective Service registrants. Specifically, his duties were:

1. Review classifications made by the Local Board and, as authorized by
the regulations, take an appeal from the Board's classification in any
case where he believed that a registrant's induction would create an
injustice to the government, a registrant, a dependent or an employer;

2. Advise and assist registrants in the preparation of the claims for
deferment;

3. Make special investigations requested by the Local Board;

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4. While not listed as one of their official duties, many Government Ap-
peal Agents, on the Boards' requests, advised Local Boards on legal
questions which arose pertaining to Selective Service regulations or
the status of registrants;

5. In the event a Government Appeal Agent felt that a case warranted
an appeal to the President, he presented the facts to the State Direc-
tor for the latter's consideration and determination as to whether
or not such an appeal should be made.

Obviously, it was necessary for each Government Appeal Agent to de-
vote considerable time constantly to thorough study of Selective Service
regulations and directives in order that he could capably perform his duties.
As time passed and classification actions became too voluminous — making
it physically impossible for one man to perform all of the above duties —
one or more Associate Government Appeal Agents were assigned to any Local
Board making request for additional legal help.

The State Director selected his recommendations for Government Ap-
peal Agents and Associate Government Appeal Agents from lists submitted
by the Illinois Bar Association and the county and local bar groups within
the State. Appointments, as the result of these recommendations submitted
through the Governor, were made by the President of the United States.

Because of the large number (180) of Local Boards within Cook County,
State Director Armstrong deemed it advisable to have a Coordinator of
Government Appeal Agents within that county. He, therefore, recommended
and obtained the appointment of the Hon. Tappan Gregory, former presi-
dent of the Chicago Bar Association and presently (1948) president of
the American Bar Association, to serve in that capacity. Mr. Gregory gave
valuable and distinguished service in such post.

On February 24, 1941, at the quarters of the Chicago Bar Association,
the State Director held a meeting of the Government Appeals Agents and
Members of Boards of Appeal in Cook County. Colonel Armstrong, Appeal
Board Administrator King, Coordinator Gregory, State Legal Officer Helf-
rich and several other Staff officers addressed the meeting.

Approximately six hundred Illinois attorneys gave up a tremendous
amount of their valuable time to serve as Government Appeal Agents and
Associates during the life of the Selective Service System. By their careful
evaluation of classification actions, their counsel to Local Boards and, in
many cases, their ability to convince registrants of the fairness of their clas-
sifications, these attorneys rendered an outstanding contribution to their
Nation and State.

Government Appeal Agents and Associates are listed under their re-
spective Local Boards in the Appendix of this volume.

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REEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEEMEN

Section 8 of The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 provided
that, under certain specified conditions, every person who entered active
military service during the life of the Act was, after release from such serv-
ice, to be reemployed in essentially the same position he occupied at
the time he went on active military duty. The law also required the Selec-
tive Service System to render every possible assistance to such veterans and
also give employment help to other veterans who were not able to take
advantage of the reemployment provision of the law. Congress later ex-
tended reemployment rights to all persons who entered the armed forces,
subsequent to May 1, 1940, regardless of how they entered the service and,
in addition, to men who left their positions to serve in the Merchant Ma-
rine. Hence, under this provision of the law, a Reemployment Committee-
man was assigned to every Local Board in Illinois, some of the Boards find-
ing it necessary to have one or more additional Committeemen.

In selecting the Reemployment Committeemen for appointment, State
Director Armstrong requested recommendations from each Local Board,
and such recommendations were invariably followed. Because the already
established veterans' organizations had amply demonstrated their interest
and capabilities in the matter of finding jobs for veterans, a large number
of the Reemployment Committeemen in Illinois were also chairmen of the
employment committees of their own local veterans' organization Posts.

While most veterans experienced little difficulty in being reemployed in
their old jobs after release from military service, the Reemployment Com-
mitteemen were able to perform distinguished service in the few trouble-
some cases that did arise. Likewise, they rendered excellent service in the
matter of placing other veterans in new positions. (A more detailed ac-
count of the reemployment problem will be found later in this volume under
"Reemployment."

Reemployment Committeemen who served in Illinois are shown under
their respective Local Boards in the Appendix.

LOCAL BOARD EXAMINING PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS

Under the original plan of determining whether or not a registrant was
physically qualified for military service, registrants were first examined by
a physician, serving without compensation, attached to each Local Board
as Examining Physician. On the findings of such examination, the Local
Board placed a registrant in Class I-A (qualified for general military duty),
Class I-B (qualified only for limited military duty), or Class IV-F (physically
or mentally unfit for any military duty).

At the outset, only physicians were appointed for the examinations at
the Local Board level. On March 31, 1941, however, the regulations were

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amended so that one or more dentists could be assigned to assist in the
physical examinations at that level.

Local Board Examining Physicians were selected by the State Director,
recommended by the Governor, and formally appointed by the President.
The names of prospective Examining Physicians were obtained through the
cooperation of the Illinois Medical Society and the many county and local
medical societies. On a number of occasions, Local Boards made appoint-
ment suggestions which were followed.

The Examining Dentists were also appointed by the President and were
obtained through the recommendations of the Local Boards and the various
dental societies.

Examining Physicians and Dentists were, so far as possible, above the
ages liaMe for military service. From time to time, it became necessary
to appoint additional physicians and dentists due to many of their col-
leagues leaving Selective Service to enter the medical departments of the
different branches of the armed forces.

The Illinois physicians and dentists who gave voluntary assistance to
the Selective Service System made a genuine and vital contribution to the
war effort. Many of them examined thousands of registrants — and often
under trying and embarrassing circumstances which interfered with their
normal practice — and thus caused the process of obtaining manpower for
the armed forces to be speeded up immeasurably.

The names of Local Board Examining Physicians and Dentists who
were part of Selective Service in Illinois will be found under their respective
Local Boards in the Appendix.

ADVISORY BOARDS FOR REGISTRANTS

The average registrant found it somewhat difficult to understand the
technicalities and give adequate answers to the voluminous questions on the
Selective Service questionnaire. Therefore, in order to assist registrants in
filing complete and correct information on their questionnaires (and often
on special claim papers), Advisory Boards for Registrants uric established.

In most of the counties, a complete Advisory Board was assigned to
each Local Board. In the populous areas of Chicago, however, one Ad-
visory Board was assigned to each ward and handled the registrants' as-
sistance for as high as five Local Boards in a single ward. Their were only
a few instances wherein a Local Board in Chicago had its own Advisory
Board.

The Advisory Board members were obtained through recommendations
made by the various Bar Associations throughout the State, and their ap-
pointments were made by the Governor. Approximately 3,000 Illinois at-
torneys voluntarily served in the uninteresting and sometimes tedious work

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of filling out necessary Selective Service forms and other papers for regis-
trants. Invariably, a registrant could obtain advice almost at any hour of
the day.

Each Advisory Board consisted of at least three attorneys. The Chair-
man of each Advisory Board outside of Cook County was usually the
County Judge.

So that the Chairmen and Members of the Cook County registrants'
advisory boards might readily obtain correct information pertaining to
their duties and to Selective Service procedure in general, the Hon. Stephen
E. Hurley, prominent Chicago attorney (and later President of the Chicago
Bar Association) was appointed Coordinator of Advisory Boards for Regis-
trants in that county. In his capacity, Mr. Hurley sacrificed of his own per-
sonal time in great measure and rendered a genuine patriotic service to
his Nation.

Members of the Advisory Board for Registrants are listed in the Appendix.

LOCAL BOARD CLERKS (COMPENSATED PERSONNEL)

While compensated employes of the Federal government are ordinarily
hired and assigned by the United States Civil Service Commission, the
urgency for speed in the organization and operation of the Selective Service
System was such that, at the beginning, Local Boards were permitted to
hire their own clerks. This was done by a majority vote in each Board.
At the outset, only one clerk was allowed for each Local Board, more having
been added subsequently, as needed.

In a great many cases, the Boards selected veterans of World War I
to serve as their clerks. These men — a number of them disabled veterans —
were somewhat familiar with military procedure, were clerically efficient,
could ordinarily work longer hours, and were considered able to deal prop-
erly with the thousands of men who were to cross each Local Board's
threshhold during Selective Service operation. Many Boards, however, se-
lected women for their clerks, and these women not only showed themselves
competent, but also matched the men in overtime work and demonstrated
their adroitness in handling registrants. As time went on, because many
of the men clerks obtained more lucrative positions, women came to occupy
most of the clerical positions in the Local Board offices.

After the original clerks were hired, Civil Service requirements were
put into effect, and necessary additional clerks were hired through the Civil
Service Commission and assigned by the Personnel Division of State Head-
quarters. Ultimately, all clerks without Civil Service status were required
to qualify as war appointees.

In April of 1941, under the terms of the Classification Act relating to
Federal civil service employes, it was provided that Local Boards (and

SELECTIVE SERVICE IN ILLINOIS

other Federal Agencies) should not employ, nor continue in employment,
any person related to any Member of the Board by blood or marriage as close
as first cousin.

At the time Local Boards were organized in 1940. a few of the Board
members in Illinois obtained the appointment of wives, daughters, daughters-
in-law or other close relatives as employes of the respective Boards on which
these Members served. These cases of nepotism were quickly and easily
corrected by the simple process of transferring the employes concerned to
other Boards.

Written words cannot possibly express the importance or extent of the
service of the Local Board clerical personnel. From the beginning until
almost the termination of the Selective Service program, they worked under
constant pressure and often under conditions that taxed their nerves almost
to the breaking point. When the average citizen was home from work and
enjoying his evening with his family, the Local Board clerks were frequently
found at their offices straining every faculty to meet some work deadline.
Quite often it was necessary for the clerks (and, in many cases, one or two
Local Board Members) to be at the Local Board offices until the late hours
of the night, or to arise as early as three or four o'clock in the morning to
check in registrants who were to leave by street car, bus or train for the in-
duction station for physical examination or induction. (In 1944, the State
Director was able to change the procedure for the Cook County Local
Boards so that the registrants reported direct to the induction station rather
than to the Board offices.)

An average of approximately 7,985 Illinois citizens rendered volunteer
service regularly to the Selective Service System in the overall period from

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YES, IT'S AN OFFICIAL SELECTIVE

SERVICE NOTICE

Several hundred of Chicago Board 80"s

registrants could not read or understand

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notice as shown here and got 100% re-
turns from it.

Gerald Move, the genial Mayor of

World War I. w.i- i Member of Chicago
Board 80.

LOCAL BOARDS

PERSONNEL OF THE ILLINOIS SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

Uncompensated

Presidential Appointments — as of December 31, 1945:

Separa-
tions
by Original Appointments

Total death, Total On or

serving resig- appoint- before No. Percent

Dec. 31, nations, ments Nov. 18, still still

1945 etc. made 1940 serving serving

Local Board Members.... 1,797 1,051 2,848 1,071 525 49.0

Appeal Board Members.. 100 48 148 75 50 66.7

Government Appeal Agents 481 290 771 334 206 61.7

Examining Physicians.. .1,819 1,218 3,037 302 125 41.4

Examining Dentists 613 183 796

4,810 3,790 7,600 1,782 906 50.9

Other than Presidential Appointments — as of August 31, 1945:

Members of Advisory Boards for Registrants 2,964

Members of Medical Advisory Boards 729

Reemployment Committeemen 634

Medical Survey Program Personnel 747

Others 4

5,078
Compensated

Civilian Employes — as of August 31, 1945:

State Headquarters 137

Local Boards 766

Boards of Appeal 24

927**
Military Personnel at State Headquarters — as of August 31, 1945:

Officers: Army 25

Navy 2

Marine Corps 1

Enlisted Men : Army 1

* Examining Dentists were not authorized until March 31, 1941.
** At the peak of activities, this figure was 1,367.

The above figures reveal that, during the latter part of 1945, close to
11,000 persons were actively assisting in the operation of the Selective Serv-
ice System in Illinois.

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(Continued from page 70)

its inception in 1940 to its termination in 1947. (This figure does not in-
clude the thousands of volunteer registrars who served on the various regis-
tration days.) It has been estimated that the services of these regular volun-
teers would have cost the Federal government an estimated $9,500,000 if
they had been on a compensated basis.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF LOCAL BOARDS

In accord with the Democratic processes in practice in our Nation
since its inception, Congress wisely determined that the primary selection,
under the Selective Service law, of men available for military service should
be made in the immediate area in which each registrant resided. Each man's
case was to be decided by a board made up of his own neighbors who knew
the local conditions and, in many cases, knew the circumstances of the in-
dividual registrant.

The Local Board, then, was the local point of operation of Selective
Service. Under the Act, each Local Board had the following responsibilities
and duties:

1. To register every man within the Board's area of jurisdiction in
accordance with the Selective Service law, the President's proclama-
tions and the regulations promulgated by him;

2. To require the submission of proper evidence by each registrant
(and others concerned) for classification purposes;

3. To summon before it — by supoena, if necessary — any witnesses whose
testimony was required in any case under the Board's consideration;

4. To keep fully informed on local, industrial and agricultural condi-
tions and thus enable it to determine equitably in each registrant's
case;

5. To grant registrants, on their request, personal appearances and,
within the Board's discretion, to grant hearings to dependents, em-
ployers and others interested in deferment claims;

6. To classify registrants strictly in accordance with specific regulations
and policies and according to their own best judgment;

7. To grant and forward appeals in accordance with the regulations;

8. To forward for physical examination and/or induction the numbers
of men required in manpower calls issued to the Local Boards by
the State Director;

9. To report delinquents under the Selective Service law and regula-
tions to the United States District Attorney after using every endeavor
to clear up such delinquencies;

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10. To issue, within its discretion, permits for its own registrants to
leave the United States;

11. To issue, within its own discretion, permits to agricultural registrants
to accept critical employment in war industry plants during slack farm
seasons;

12. To supervise the operation of the Local Board office and the prepa-
ration and maintenance of its records, including files of registrants;

13. To keep the citizenry of its community informed, through the press,
radio and other means of publicity, of all Selective Service matters
of public information;

14. To perform such other duties as were necessary in the proper ad-
ministration of Selective Service within the Local Board's area of
jurisdiction.

Serving as a Member of a Local Board not only meant the sacrifice of
personal time. It also involved the responsibility for maintaining a proper
balance between military manpower requirements on one side and the
industrial and agricultural needs of the community and family and social
protection on the other side. Too often — and invariably without sound
reason — it meant the loss of business and life-long friends because of being
compelled, by the military requirements of the Nation, to take actions un-
desirable to customers and personal associates. Time after time, Local Board
Members have been unfairly subjected to criticism simply because they car-
ried out their official duties strictly in accordance with the law and regulations.

From the above description of responsibilities and duties of the Local
Board, it can readily be seen that the Selective Service law and its adminis-
tration were calculated to operate on the basis of traditional fair play and
justice. That such procedure has been carried out effectively is without
question. Even in the early days when Local Boards traveled uncharted
roads of decision with many guiding policies and detailed directions lack-
ing, a Gallup poll (announced on May 21, 1941) revealed practically unani-
mous approval of the American public as to the integrity of the Local
Boards in the country. People in all sections of the country and in many
groups, factories and offices were interviewed, and their opinions obtained.
The question to which answers were sought, and the results, was:

"Do you think that the draft has been handled fairly?"

Of all people interviewed, 93% said "Yes" and only 7% replied nega-
tively. While 7% of the people interviewed thought that the draft had not
been handled fairly, such opinion was probably based upon prejudice
resulting from some personal disappointment occasioned during the nor-
mal administration of Selective Service. In fact, Dr. Gallup himself stated
that virtually no one interviewed in the poll thought that the Selective
Service Boards were not trying to do an honest and conscientious job.

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Hence, one may feel that this poll represented almost 100% approval of
the honest and conscientious work of the local Selective Service Boards
throughout the country. Honesty and conscientiousness, sacrifice and devo-
tion to duty, unlimited volunteer service that could not possibly be measured
in terms of dollars and cents characterized the service which the local Se-
lective Service Agencies rendered to their country during both peacetime
and war.

Even at a lime when married men were being called in great numbers,
the citizens of America overwhelmingly gave their approval to Selective
Service — on November 20, 1942, the Gallup poll showed that 82% of the
people approved the administration of Selective Service in their respective
communities.

SPECIAL PANEL BOARDS

Not long after the operation of Selective Service was put into effect,
the State Director began receiving requests from men in prisons requesting
that they be allowed to serve in their country's fighting forces. Private con-
sultations with various wardens revealed that some of these felons were
unquestionably the victims of circumstances, that they had shown definite
signs of reform and that many of them deserved to be given the opportunity
of being released from prison to join the armed forces of the Nation. State
Director Armstrong, convinced that here was an additional supply of man-
power for the armed forces, recommended to his superiors that a plan be
developed for the consideration of the pleas of these felons who desired
military service and the actual induction into the service of those found
worthy of release for military duty.

In February of 1943, National Selective Service Headquarters developed
a plan to obtain additional manpower for the armed forces through the
classification and induction of worthy inmates of penal institutions who
would thus be given an opportunity to serve their country in time of need
and help them repay their debt to society. National Headquarters' plan
required the establishment of Special Panel Boards — agencies which had
virtually the same powers as the Local Boards.

Immediately on receiving word of National Headquarters' plan, the
State Director contacted Governor Green, who quickly voiced his approval
and placed at the disposal of the Selective Service System the entire facili-
ties of the State's Department of Public Safely.

The rehabilitation of men with criminal records had long been the
major objectives of The Department of Public Safety, Division of Correc-
tion, State of Illinois. Consequently, the Division of Correction welcomed
the opportunity to participate in this new plan, obtaining the cooperation
of tin- State Board of Pardons and Paroles, also a division of The Department
of Public Safet\. relative to releases, suspension of sentence, et cetera, and

LOCAL BOARDS

lending every possible assistance toward achieving the induction of worthy
men under their jurisdiction.

A Staff committee for the establishment and operation of Special Panel
Boards in Illinois was appointed, consisting of Maj. Baird V. Helfrich,
State Legal Officer and Maj. Charles J. Magnesen. Chief of the Personnel
Division. A meeting was held with Mr. T. P. Sullivan, Director of the De-
partment of Public Safety, Mr. W. C. Jones, Superintendent of Paroles,
Col. Frank D. Whipp, Superintendent of Prisons, Mr. William J. Smith,
Jr., Superintendent of Supervision of Paroles, and Mr. Lawrence M. Gross,
Superintendent of Crime Prevention. Full and wholehearted cooperation
was promised — and generously given — throughout the entire program.

Contact was then made with the Local Boards having jurisdiction over
the areas in which the various penal institutions were located, and the con-
ference resulted in the establishment of six Special Panel Boards.

The wardens of the various institutions not only gave freely of their own
personal time, but also provided space, equipment and personnel for the
operation of the Special Panel Boards. The Records Clerk of each prison
accepted the position of Board Clerk without compensation and, in every
instance, rendered valuable and efficient service. (For obvious reasons, the
name of each Special Panel Board Clerk will not be listed.)

JOUVETTE PHOTO

PHOTO OF EVERY INDUCTEE GROUP PRESERVED

Chairman Harry Ford of Chicago Board 12 is shown with his collection
of pictures of every group of selectees forwarded by his Board to the
armed forces induction station.

SELECTIVE SERVICE IN ILLINOIS

The Army Version

Early to bed and early to rise
Makes a man realize

— that's he in the Army!

— Camp Borden News

LINCOLN-BELMONT BOOSTER PHOTO

VETERAN OF 1918 GOES BACK TO WAR

Frank Parker of 1015 Newport Avenue. Chicago, a Rainbow Division
sergeant in World War I, had horn the chief clerk of Chicago Board 144
since November of 1940. On June 4, 1942, when a group of the Board*-,
selectees reported for induction, the men were amazed when Parker
donned his coat and went ;il<m^ with them to the induction station as an
inductee. Though 58 years of age at the time, he volunteered for induc-
tion and was accepted for military service, thus having been the oldesl
man ever processed through the Chicago induction Btation. He Berved
in World War II for over two years. Prior to his own reentrj in the
Army, he had written induction orders for 103 selectees.

CHAPTER VII

BOARDS OF APPEAL

Hardly anything in the history of this country has affected the lives of
its citizens more than the judgments of Local Boards in determining which
men would be forwarded for induction into military service and which
ones would be allowed to remain at home. Each decision of a Local Board
was not an arbitrary one, but rather was based upon written evidence fur-
nished the Board by the registrant, his family, or his employer or other
interested persons, plus the intimate knowledge the Board ordinarily pos-
sessed of the neighborhood and the various factors which influenced public
morale and custom. These facts and factors constituted the basis of the
Congressional mandate in the Selective Service law that the decision of the
Local Board was final except as it was subject to appeal.

Every registrant — except in the case of physical findings — had the
statutory right to appeal his classification. Likewise, a bona fide dependent
or an employer possessed the same right of appeal — to the Board of Appeal.
(In certain cases, a further right of appeal to the President of the United
States was provided. The President delegated this final decision to the
National Director of Selective Service who was advised by a group of offi-
cers assigned to study Presidential appeals and make recommendations as
to decision by the director.)

SELECTION OF MEMBERS

Selective Service regulations required that every Board of Appeal be
composed of five members, one from each of the following categories: (1)
industry, (2) legal profession, (3) medical profession, (4) labor organiza-
tion and (5) agriculture.

In making his selections for recommendation for membership on the
Boards of Appeal, the State Director endeavored to obtain men whose knowl-
edge of social and economic conditions in the respective geographical areas,
plus their intelligence, judgment and integrity, would insure the maximum
uniform application of the Selective Service law and regulations.

The lawyer on each Board of Appeal was selected from recommendations
made by the Bar Association ; usually, he was a past president of the Associa-
tion. The labor member was chosen from recommendations by the A. F. of L.
and the C. I. 0.; invariably, he was a prominent officer of one of the organ-
izations. The physician was named from recommendations by the organized
medical profession; always being a well-known medical man in the area —
usually a president or past president of the county or local medical society.
The "working" farmer proposed by the different national and state farm

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organizations always, he was a successful farmer — generally a leader in the
agricultural activities of his area. The industrialist, or business member, was
picked from recommendations of the Associations or Chambers of Com-
merce and, in some cases, on recommendations of members of the State
Selective Service Staff. All Board of Appeal Members were prominent and
well-respected men in each community from which they were appointed.
Thus, the highest type of personnel sat in judgment in the higher court of
Selective Service classification. Appointments were made by the President.
Because of eight (subsequently twelve) appeal groups being located in
one office in Cook County, it was deemed important that the activities of the
various Boards should be administered coordinately for the sake of efficiency.
In considering a number of recommendations for the post of Administrator
of Cook County Boards of Appeal, State Director Armstrong unhesitatingly
selected the Hon. William H. King, one of Chicago's most prominent attor-
neys, who was then also President of the Chicago Bar Association. Colonel
Armstrong felt that Mr. King would have been justified, because of being an
extremely busy man, in refusing the tendered appointment. Instead, Mr.
King accepted and, during his tenure, spent a great portion of his time at the
central office of the Boards of Appeal, managing the staff of clerks, directing
the administrative work and counseling the various Boards of Appeal on
countless occasions. Illinois is indeed obligated to him for the eminent service
he performed for the Selective Service System of this State.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The major duty of the Board of Appeal was to consider the written evi-
dence in each appeal, as allowed by law and regulations, and determine
classification in each such case according to a majority vote of the members
participating in the classification. (A quorum of three was required for a
legal meeting of the Board.) The Board acted upon appeals taken by regis-
trants, dependents, employers, the State Director or the National Director.
Their classification procedure was almost identical with that of a Local Board
except that personal appearances, as well as communications direct to the
Board of Appeal, could not be considered. Only the evidence considered by
the Local Board, and contained in the registrant's file, could be used in deter-
mining classification. A further difference was that, in cases where the Board
did not unanimously choose to classify affirmatively on a conscientious ob-
jector's claim, the Board was required to refer the case to the Department of
Justice for investigation and recommendation (but not classification!.

BOARD OFFICES

Because Selective Service regulations required that Boards of Appeal be
set up so that each Board would cover approximately 70.000 registrants ol

BOARDS OF APPEAL

the first registration, fifteen of such Boards were established in Illinois —
eight located in Cook County and seven downstate.

Originally, each Board of Appeal in Cook County had jurisdiction over
appeals from a specified area within the county. Because of a heavy volume
of appeals from some areas and light volume in others, the inequity made it
advisable to reorganize the Cook County group into Board of Appeal No. 1
and establish eight "groups" so that any of the eight groups could consider
any appeal which originated within the entire county. This plan equalized
the work of the groups and speeded up the procedure immeasurably.

As the Local Boards increased their volume of classifications, the number
of appeals multiplied accordingly. Consequently, it became necessary for the
State Director to obtain authority to add four more groups to the Cook
County appeal machinery, plus an additional group at Peoria, bringing the
total to twenty appeal groups in the entire State. Early in 1945, the lightening
of the appeal load in Cook County made it possible to inactivate Groups 1,
2 and 3 of Board of Appeal No. 1.

By January of 1946, the volume of appeals had become so scant that the
State Director requested authority for reorganization of the Boards of Appeal,
and on February 1, 1945, the requested reorganization was approved and
authorized. Boards of Appeal 9 through 15 were accordingly disestablished
and Board of Appeal No. 2, consisting of eight groups, was established. This
permitted any appeal which originated in the downstate portion of Illinois
to be considered by any of the eight groups in Board of Appeal No. 2, thus
saving time on the handling of appeal cases as well as saving money by
eliminating travel of Board of Appeal Members for the purpose of considering
one or two cases.

Lists of the various Boards of Appeal, their specific locations and their
personnel will be found in the Appendix section; details of their procedure
and accomplishments will be discussed under "Operation — Boards of Appeal."

CLERICAL PERSONNEL

Each Board of Appeal, at the outset, was allowed one clerk. However, as
appeal cases increased, it became necessary to furnish additional clerks to
most of the Boards — particularly those in Cook County.

The clerical personnel of the Boards of Appeal was obtained through the
cooperation of the United States Civil Service Commission, and most of the
original clerks remained on duty with the System until its termination. They
were never found wanting in their duties, which required not only a high
degree of intelligent judgment but genuine capability and diligent application
to their arduous work.

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ILLINOIS STATE HEADQUARTERS

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

DWIGHT H. GREEN, GOVERNOR
PAUL G ARMSTRONG. DIRECTOR

ARMORY BUILDING

SPRINGFIELD. ILLINOIS

A PERSONAL MESSAGE T 0 EVERY SELECT

The enclosed order to report for Induc-
tion shove that you will be given the privi-
lege of serving your Country provided that
you are found acceptable at the Induction
Station.

Here are a fev suggestions which will be
helpful to you whether you are accepted or
rejected, particularly if you are accepted
and enter service. Report to your board of-
fice at exactly the time specified in the
attached order -- a few minutes earlier is
better. At the Induction Station, medical
officers will determine whether or not you
are fit for military duty. Give your em-
ployer this information so that you can step
right back into your employment if you are
rejected.

If you are found acceptable, you will
take the oath as a member of the Armed
Forces of the United States and, if you wish,
will immediately be ordered to active duty.
If , however, you need some additional time be-
fore leaving home, you may have a "furlough"
period of not lees than seven days. You must
then report at a specified time. Failure to
report ON TIME subjects you to disciplinary
action.

When leaving for active duty, travel
light. If you wish, take along a small bag
with a few clean undergarments, several hand-
kerchiefs, socks, soap, towels, and shaving
articles. They mlpht come in bandy if any
delay in issue of clothing is encountered.
Leave excess Jewelry, large sums of money and
valuables at home. The Armed Forces are not
responsible for your personal losses. If
possible, take a little spending money along
with you for such personal needs as you may
have before your pay day. Take some postal
cards with you -- also a fountain pen and an
Inexpensive watch if you have them. Also, if
you wear eye glasses, be sure to take alonp a
copy of your prescription which you can get
from your eye doctor. You may need the pre-
scription later on.

Most men leaving for duty find it advis-
able to have their family goodbyes at home
rather than at the railroad station. This
helps avoid any delays and also makes it
easier on you.

If you plan on making an allotment (to
which the government, in most cases, will
add an allowance), you should take along cer-
tain documents to secure this allotment and
allowance in the minimum time. You should
have your marriage certificate (or a certi-
fied copy), certified copies of birth cer-
tificates of your child or children and, if
your parents or other relatives are depend-
ent upon you for support, you should have two
affidavits to that effect, signed and sworn
to by two responsible citizens who are not
related to you or to your dependent.

When you arrive at the Reception Center
or at your station, you will be classified
for service. When you are interviewed, give
frank, honest and complete answers to all
questions. If you prefer a certain branch of
service, tell the interviewer. Your request
will be given consideration and you will be
assigned to whatever Job the service con-
siders is best for you.

Go with an open mind. Yours is the part
of a serviceman -- in a service on which
tradition imposes a high honor. Your Country
needs your help. Give your help freely so
that not only your Country but also yourself
and those dear to you may continue in future
years to enjoy the priceless heritage of
American citizenship which your forefathers
have passed on to you. Meet and know the
Chaplain of your organization. He can help
you in many ways. God bless you and keep
you.

PAUL G. ARMSTRONG 0
State Director

STATE DIRECTOR'S LETTER TO SELECTEI SS

Above is a facsimile of the letter which each Local Board enclosed with every order
to report for induction sent to its registrants selected for induction.

CHAPTER VIM

MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARDS

In the physical examinations of registrants at the Local Board level, many
cases developed wherein the Local Board Examining Physician felt that addi-
tional examination by a specialist was indicated, or wherein the Local Board
or the Government Appeal Agent questioned the findings of the Local Board
Physician. So that further determinations might be made as to physical con-
dition in these cases, the Selective Service regulations provided for the estab-
lishment of Medical Advisory Boards — groups which were made up (with
the exception of the special sections Medical Advisory Board No. 39) of the
following specialists: allergist, cardiologist, clinical pathologist, dentist, der-
matologist, neuropsychiatrist, opthalmologist, orthopedist, otorhinolaryngol-
ogist, proctologist, radiologist, roentgenologist, surgeon and urologist.

The Local Board directed any registrant concerned to the nearest Medical
Advisory Board, furnishing him with the necessary transportation, meals and
lodging for the travel and time (not to exceed three days) required to make
the visit to the Medical Advisory Board, as well as cost of necessary X-Rays.

Members of the Medical Advisory Boards were well-known specialists in
their particular medical fields and were selected from recommendations by
the Illinois Medical Society and the various county and local medical societies.
AH of these specialists served on a voluntary basis. Through their expert
knowledge and unstinted service, many registrants who might otherwise have
remained in civilian life were made available to the armed forces.

SPECIAL MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARDS

Certain diseases and disorders were prominent in the list of rejections
of registrants examined for military service. So that special study could
be given to the relationship of these diseases and disorders to potential mili-
tary service, a number of special medical groups were organized in con-
junction with Medical Advisory Board No. 39. These groups — known as
special "divisions" of Board No. 39 — were:

Allergy — Organized in 1941 (Chicago area)
Cardiology — Organized in 1941 (Chicago area)

Dentistry — Organized in 1942 in cooperation with the State Department
of Public Health for the purpose of giving dental rehabilitation to
indigent registrants in various parts of the State where dental clinics
were in operation
Dermatology — Organized in 1941 (Chicago area)
Gastro-Enterology — Organized in 1941 (Chicago area)

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Genito-Urinology — Organized in 1941 (Chicago area)

Internal Medicine — Organized in 1941 (Chicago area)

Laryngology — Organized in 1941 (Chicago area)

Neuro-Psychiatry — Organized in 1941 (Seventeen hospitals throughout

the State served as sections of this division)
Obstetrics — Organized in 1943 (This division was composed of eminent

obstetricians who examined fatherhood claims in registrants's files and

rendered opinions on problems presented by registrants in connection

with claims of:

(a) Pregnancy of wife :

(b) Date of conception ;

The division was set up in Chicago but served the entire State.
Ophthalmology — Organized in 1941 (Chicago area)
Orthopedics — Organized in 1941 (Chicago area)
Otolaryngology — Organized in 1941 (Chicago area)
Surgery — Organized in 1941 (Chicago area)
Tuberculosis — Organized in 1941 in cooperation with the State Depart-

ment of Public Health, Tuberculosis Division (State-wide)
Venereal Disease — Organized in 1942 (State-wide)

NEUROPSYCHIATRY REEXAMINATION BOARD

In May of 1942, because of a widespread feeling that many registrants
who had been rejected by reason of neuropsychiatry defects were rejected
without adequate cause, a "pilot test" was made in Chicago on the cases of
1,000 registrants rejected for neuropsychiatry defects.

Reexaminations of the 1,000 registrants were made by the Neuropsychi-
atric Division of Medical Advisory Board 39, and the percentage of "recovery
value" among registrants of this category was so small that the plans for a
state-wide program of reexamination of such registrants were abandoned.

CARDIOVASCULAR REEXAMINATION BOARD

Early in 1943 — through the cooperation of the National Research Council,
the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the Selective Service
System — a nation-wide test reexamination was made of approximately 5.000
registrants who had been rejected because of cardiovascular diseases. Five
cities were selected for the reexaminations — Boston, Chicago, New York.
Philadelphia and San Francisco. The examiners were all outstanding special-
ists who gave their services without charge.

MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARDS

For the special Medical Advisory Board in Chicago, Dr. G. K. Fenn was
Chairman and Dr. James B. Herrick was Honorary Chairman. The Exam-
iners were: Drs. Joseph A. Capps, N. C. Gilbert, Max Gethner, Sidney
Strauss, J. Roscoe Miller, George H. Coleman, Frank B. Kelly, Lawrence E.
Hines, Stanley Gibson, Carl 0. Rinder, Howard Wakefield.

In the reexamination of registrants who previously had been rejected at
the Local Board level or the induction station because of cardiovascular
defects, the following results were obtained at the five different cities:

New York Philadelphia San Francisco

1,000 1,035 959

192 171 274

808 864 685

19.2% 16.5% 28.6%

Chicago's low resubmission rate of 3.8% evidences very clearly that the
Examining Physicians at the Local Board level and the medical examining
officers at the Chicago induction station were most capable and thorough in
performing the examinations of registrants. It also accented the wisdom of
Illinois using cardiovascular experts in doubtful cases involving the heart or
the vascular system.

Boston

Chicago

Total cases examined. . .

. 1,000

1,000

Cases resubmitted

. 188

Cases finally rejected. . .

. 812

962

% of cases resubmitted .

. 18.8%

3.8%

Ode to Selective Service

I remember 'twas only some ten months ago

That they classified me in I-A,
And a couple of wise guys came down for a laugh

When a corporal marched me away.

I had hardly been gone from my town a week

When that son-of-a-gun in III-A
Took over my job at the vinegar works

(Only he got just double my pay.)

And, almost as soon as my troop train pulled out.

That flat-footed guy in I-B
Started running around with my girl friend at home

Who had promised to stay true to me.

But justice is justice — each dog has his day;

And those guys in III-A and I-B
Were reclassified so that they now drill all day

And cuss at their sergeant— THAT'S ME!

— Selective Service News Bulletin

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ALBERT KOLIN PHOTO

SEND-OFF FOR SELECTEES

Like many other Illinois Local Boards, Chicago Board 44- always arranged
an inspiring meeting of its inductees ahout to depart for service in the
armed forces. Each group was personally conducted to its local point of
departure.

A New High in Gall

Can you picture what classification Chicago Local Board 5 gave one
of its registrants who wrote: '"I am the owner of a tavern, and I con-
sider lliis job necessary for the health and welfare of the working man, and
so, I think I should get a deferment."?

CHAPTER

OPERATION OF STATE HEADQUARTERS

A number of important factors proved of special advantage to the proper
and successful administration of Selective Service in Illinois:

1. Freedom of control in carrying out the requirements of the law and
regulations. The National Director religiously maintained the prin-
ciple of "self-government" in State operation of Selective Service. He
believed that unwarranted interference would hamper rather than
help. Consistently, he permitted Illinois State Headquarters to formu-
late and practice policies which, after full consideration, were deemed
to solve special problems which arose in this State. He rarely ever
intervened in connection with classification determinations of Illinois
local and appeal boards: in those few instances, his intervention was
based upon an honest difference of opinion and a right of action
authorized by law.

2. Freedom from official influence, pressure or interference. The Gover-
nors expressed and carried out their confidence in the State Director
and subordinate agencies. They not only refused to use their own
power of influence in any classification case, but they issued strict
orders that every State official under their jurisdiction should follow
the same policy. (Proclamations similar to that of the Governor were
issued by the Secretary of State, the Auditor of Public Accounts, the
State Treasurer, the Attorney General and the Superintendent of
Public Instruction.)

3. The State Director's wide personal acquaintance throughout the State.
Time after time, State Director Armstrong was able to solve some
acute problem through personal appeal — averting the resignation of a
Local Board Member or other official: obtaining replacements for the
various Boards : securing increased effort in official duties on emergent
occasions; solving a vexing problem or controversy involving an em-
ployer or organization; and so on.

4. An able and willing group of staff members, many of whom prior to
the Selective Service program, had received specialized training in
the regulations and procedure.

5. Volunteer personnel who patriotically carried out their responsibilities
with a keen sense of duty, functioning with a genuine spirit of justice
and fairness — demonstrating their integrity beyond doubt.

6. Compensated civilian personnel who fully recognized their obligations
and gave efficient service freely and beyond the call of duty.

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7. The personal assistance of the Governor, of the State Director's Ad-
visors, and of the State's representative executives in industry, agri-
culture and labor — all of whom cooperated generously and assisted in
every way possible.

8. The confidence and support of the press and radio, without whose
valuable help the tremendous task would have been impossible.

9. A patriotic citizenry which was ever alert to the needs of our Nation
in its time of danger, as well as considerate of the exigencies of the
Selective Service program.

Policies of Operation

At the very beginning, the State Director informed his Staff, the Local
Boards and all others under his administrative control that their only job was
to operate Selective Service strictly in accord with the technical requirements
and moral principles of the law and the regulations. He assured his co-
workers that no one would ever be required to submit to any influence or
pressure that controverted his own individual sense of moral procedure;
there might be honest difference of opinion, as authorized by law, but no one
would ever be required to perform any duty which he knew to be improper.

The State Director constantly endeavored to "sell his ideas" with respect
to regulations and policies, rather than impose them upon Local Boards. In
addition, he maintained strict rules with respect to the conduct of his Staff
in contacts with or judgment of Local Boards which were:

1. Recognize the basic right of Local Board to determine classification
as it deemed correct in accordance with the regulations and estab-
lished policies;

2. Show the utmost courtesy and tact in dealing with Local Board Mem-
bers, personnel, registrants, employers and others:

3. Refrain from recommending appeals or taking other official actions
on behalf of the State Director without first contacting and obtaining
the approval of the Local Boards concerned;

4. Remember that Local Board Members, Government Appeal Agents
and other non-compensated personnel were giving their time and serv-
ices without charge and were making great personal sacrifices in order
to serve their country; that these volunteer members naturally would
resent any arbitrary orders but, with good leadership, would generally
be willing to accede to any reasonable request.

5. Lend every possible cooperation and assistance to the Local Boards.

In the early part of the Selective Service program, because of general
un familiarity with procedure, State Headquarters found it necessary to issue
a considerable number of instructional memoranda and bulletins which were
intended to interpret regulations and policies. However, as time went on and

OPERATION OF STATE HEADQUARTERS

Local Board Members and clerical personnel came to understand the pro-
cedures and rules, fewer instructional memoranda were necessary.

The more experience State Headquarters gained as the result of active
administration of and contact with the Local Boards, the more it realized the
great ability and devotion to duty on the part of the personnel of the Boards.
It soon developed that the best policy was to permit the Boards as much
autonomy as was possible under the law and regulations. Visits of field
officers and auditing coordinators were always welcomed, and usually these
visits prompted a special meeting of each Board visited, at which time the
Members eagerly discussed new regulations or policies in an effort to im-
prove the operation of the Board.

The practice of these principles of self-government and cooperation is
believed to have been largely responsible for the outstanding success of
Selective Service administration in the State of Illinois.

Headquarters Offices

Originally, State Headquarters occupied three rooms on the first floor of
the State Armory Building in Springfield. As activities increased, it was
necessary to add more working space to the point where, at the peak, Head-
quarters occupied the entire first floor of the north section of the Armory, as
well as a part of the drill floor. In addition, a building containing approxi-
mately 4,000 square feet, located at 1013 East Adams Street, Springfield, was
used to house the Finance, Procurement and Supply Division and serve as a
warehouse to maintain the stock of equipment and supplies for the entire
System in the State. On occasions, this warehouse also supplied other States
with equipment and supplies.

The branch office at Chicago was first located in the building at 100
West Monroe Street in that city, consisting of four rooms originally, and
expanding to approximately half of one floor.

On December 27, 1940, the entire sixth floor (6875 square feet) in the
building at 105 West Monroe Street, Chicago, was leased to house the eight
Cook County Boards of Appeal. By October, 1941, activities and personnel
had increased to such an extent that it was necessary to relinquish the space
at 100 West Monroe Street and move the Headquarters office to the sixth
floor of 105 West Monroe Street. The establishment of the Social Services
for Registrants Unit in the Chicago office of State Headquarters, plus expan-
sion of the occupational deferment, medical and veterans personnel sections,
made it necessary to lease an additional 6,330 square feet in the same build-
ing, thus bringing the total space occupied by the Headquarters activities and
the Boards of Appeal to over 13,000 square feet in the one building.

Personnel

As to personnel, State Headquarters had a total of 41 officers (38 Army,
2 Navy and 1 Marine Corps) assigned to it during the System's operation,

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the peak at any one time being 31 officers. Civilian employes averaged 752,
reaching a maximum of 1.367 at the busiest period of operation.

All military officers were competent specialists in their particular phases of
Selective Service operation. Most of them were of the higher military ages.
Many of the officers naturally desired overseas service, but because of their
particular training and value in Selective Service work, the State Director
could not reasonably consent to their release except in the cases of several of
the younger officers who, later in the program, were released and ultimately
went overseas.

All civilian employes ultimately were under the jurisdiction of Federal
Civil Service — and either qualified for permanent appointment or were issued
war service appointments. Because they had been well selected, they per-
formed efficiently, worked together harmoniously and constantly showed a
willingness to render service far beyond any standards that could be set
merely by compensation.

Since the State Director was not permitted to request deferment of any
of his male employes of military age, twelve of the men employed by State
Headquarters were inducted into the armed forces:

Springfield Office

Vito Banaitis — Cpl, Army
Joseph I. Beveridge — Pfc. Army
William F. Firke — S/Sgt, Air Corps
Raymond E. Flinn — M/Sgt, Army
Paul E. Haley— S/l CI, Navy
Andrew J. Harford — Pvt, Army
Walter L. Hornbeck — M/Sgt, Army
Carl E. Pehlman— Y/l CI, Navy
Lauren Rash — Pvt, Army
H. Gene Samuel — 2nd Lt. Air Corps
Edwin C. Wolf— M/Sgt, Arm)

Chicago Office

Raymond P. Sheehan — T/Sgt. Army

The women of State Headquarters, too, were well represented in the
various military service branches. They were:

Springfield Office

Miss Frances Bensch — Cpl, WACS

Miss Ellen Hildenstein— Y/l CI, WAVES

Miss Mary McDonald -Lieutenant, WAVES

Miss Agnes Merrick (later Mrs. Ianson) — Cpl, WACS

OPERATION OF STATE HEADQUARTERS

Chicago Office

Miss Anne E. Saunders — Captain, WACS
Miss Helen Winters— Ensign, WAVES

Additionally, there were a number of male and female employes who
were employed at the Local Board offices who enlisted in the armed forces.
Unfortunately, we do not have available the enlistment records of these par-
ticular employes.

Staff Meetings

Staff meetings were held at frequent intervals at the State Headquarters
office in Springfield. These meetings were presided over by the State Director
and attended by the entire executive staff at Springfield as well as a repre-
sentation of the staff at Chicago.

New regulations and policies were discussed in order to reach a uniform
interpretation and understanding on the part of State Headquarters. Divi-
sion chiefs presented special reports, and the representatives of the Field
Division kept the entire staff fully informed on the problems encountered
at the Local Board level throughout the State.

Similar meetings were held at the Chicago office, and the members who
had attended each Springfield staff meeting instructed the Chicago group
on the interpretations and policies formulated at the main headquarters.
Matters peculiar to the Chicago metropolitan area were also discussed at
these meetings.

FIELD STAFF

After Pearl Harbor, with the coming of war, Local Boards were inclined
more and more to seek the assistance of State Headquarters in the interpre-
tation of regulations as well as numerous questions of Board administration.
It became necessary for the State Director to assign certain officers of State
Headquarters to visit all Local Boards oftener and advise the Boards on
current regulations and policies. Each of such officers was assigned specific
counties for which he was responsible for regular Board visits.

In addition, in order that all Local Board reports be uniform, that the
rate of classification among the 361 Illinois Boards be kept at a proportional
uniform level and that checks be made on the quality of classifications, the
State Director appointed auditing coordinators (later designated as "field
auditors") for regular visits to the Boards.

In the appointment of the auditing coordinators, all male clerks of the
Illinois Local Boards were given the opportunity to take an examination to
compete for selection for the new positions. The examination was given both
in writing and verbally, and was conducted by a committee of the two
Deputy State Directors and the Chief of the Personnel Division.

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As the result of the examination, the following former Local Board clerks
were chosen as auditing coordinators:

Name From Local Board No. Date appointed Date left

Charles Borden Chicago 87 Feb. 1, 1943 July 31. 1947

William H. Bower. . . Hancock County 1 Feb. 1, 1943 July 31, 1947

Charles Coan Richland County 1 Feb. 1. 1943 Oct. 21. 1945

Russell D. Coulter. . .Chicago 91 Feb. 1, 1943 July 31. 1947

William M. Cunniff. . Whiteside County 2 Feb. 1, 1943 July 31, 1947

Thomas J. Devine. . . Kankakee County 2 Feb. 1, 1943 July 31, 1947

Gerald G. Fitch Chicago 72 Feb. 1, 1943 June 25, 1945

Claude W. Gallett. . .Cook County 11 Feb. 1, 1943 July 31, 1947

Louis E. Grissom. . . .Effingham County 1 Feb. 1, 1943 July 31. 1947

Arthur S. Holt* Waukegan 2 Feb. 1, 1943 Dec. 12. 1945

Ira King* Bond County 1 Feb. 1, 1943 Feb. 3. 1945

Clyde Kingdon Chicago 88 Feb. 1, 1943 Oct. 19, 1944

Clayton G. Lasher . . . Evanston 3 Feb. 1, 1943 July 31, 1947

Morris Palman Chicago 60 Feb. 1, 1943 Oct. 26, 1945

Frederick L. Pearce. .Chicago 77 Feb. 1. 1943 Feb. 25, 1944

Roy H. Rudolph .... Union County 1 Feb. 1, 1943 July 31, 1947

Cecil C. Simpson. . . . Saline County 2 Feb. 1. 1943 July 31, 1947

Joseph J. Weiler. . . .Chicago 75 Feb. 1, 1943 July 31, 1947

Subsequently, the following field auditors were appointed:

Albert P. Ryde Chicago 103 Aug. 1. 1944 July 31, 1947

Emory H. Vickers . . . Evanston 1 Aug. 14. 1944 July 11. 1947

Walter H. Gillan. . . .Tazewell County 2 April 1, 1945 July 31. 1947

* Separated from service by death.

Wise Men Change Their Minds

The members of Jackson County Local Board 2 at Murphysboro ex-
perienced a most pleasant surprise when they read the following letter from
one of their conscientious objector registrants:

"I am writing to tell you that I want to be in Class I.
At first, when I filled out my papers, I thought I was
right in not wanting to take military training, but I
have been convinced that my first thought was wrong.
The more I think about the situation, the happier I am
to be in this country. It seems as though a fellow
doesn't really appreciate this country until he sees
the condition of the rest of the world. I do not know
what class you have placed me in, but I hope it is
Class I. If you have not done this. I want you to. I
hope that I have not caused you too much trouble."

CHAPTER

LOCAL BOARD OPERATION

Illinois Local Boards, with rare exceptions, consistently performed their
functions in a complete and successful manner. They frequently went far
beyond the normal efficiency required in an operation of this type.

The primary objective of Selective Service was to obtain military man-
power for the Nation's armed forces. That Illinois Local Boards carried out
their part of this objective is evidence by the fact that Illinois slightly ex-
ceeded the national percentage of men furnished in ratio to populations
through enlistments and inductions.

At the same time, Illinois Boards rendered valuable service to the war
effort by deferring men who, in their civilian occupations, were necessary to
industry and agriculture. Proof of their wisdom in this direction lies in the
record of Illinois' magnificent industrial and agricultural production during
the period of actual war.

Membership on a Local Board was generally an arduous and thankless
job. It was difficult to be confronted with the unpleasant and often heart-
breaking responsibility of deciding which husbands, fathers and sons of their
neighbors and friends were to serve in the armed forces. There were two or
three occasions when Board Members suffered personal violence because of
necessary official decisions; at other times, Members who were in business
for themselves suffered severe trade losses. But these men were not deterred
from their duties by thought of consequences. Without fear or favor, they
carried out their responsibilities to their Nation in its time of need.

The outstanding lesson which had to be learned by the Local Boards was
how to determine justly and equitably which men should be made available
for military service and which men should be deferred occupationally, be-
cause of dependents, or for other reasons covered within the law and regula-
tions. The task of weighing the evidence in each case and applying the regu-
lations to it was not a simple one. As time went on, however, Local Boards
developed a remarkable ability to judge the evidence quickly and decisively
and to ferret out the individuals who attempted to use every kind of trick or
subterfuge for the purpose of evading military service. In these considera-
tions, every Board Member had ample opportunity — through actual experience
— to receive a liberal education in practical psychology and to apply its prin-
ciples more and more to Selective Service deferment problems.

Local Board Members soon learned the necessity for abiding by the rules
and regulations even though their own personal opinions were in conflict.
They showed their willingness to subordinate their own personal feelings and
act for the common good. They demonstrated that no personal sacrifice —

SELECTIVE SERVICE IN ILLINOIS

either on their part or the parts of others — was too great when the Nation's
safety was at stake.

In virtually every area, the Local Board enjoyed the confidence, respect
and cooperation of the general public. This in spite of the necessity for the
Board in the official performance of its duties, to break up families and other-
wise disturb the social and economic life of its community.

COOPERATION WITH EMPLOYERS

While not required to grant hearings to employers in regard to deferment
of registrants, it was the policy of most Boards to grant such hearings without
question. In many cases, the Local Boards even requested the employers to
appear, or Board Members made personal visits to plants in order to obtain
first hand information for the Board as to production requirements and
labor supply. On the recommendation of the State Director, a number of
industrial plants in various parts of Illinois invited large groups of Local
Board Members to make inspection tours through their plants. This practice
not only resulted in Local Board Members having a keener appreciation of
the employers' production problems, but also better understanding and good
will between the Local Boards and employers. These clarifying discussions
of mutual problems did much to reduce considerably the number of occupa-
tional appeals in Illinois.

Industry, in general, was most generous in its praise of the manner in
which their industrial deferment problems were handled by Illinois Local
Boards. Numerous laudatory letters and other communications were received
from industrial and commercial organizations and individuals.

While agriculture was given every possible measure of consideration, it
is perhaps natural that some farmers were disappointed and dissatisfied be-
cause a number of their sons and hired hands were made available to the
armed forces instead of being allowed to remain on the farm. In the main,
Illinois farmers proved themselves to be extremely patriotic, not only on the
question of giving up their farm help but also in the matter of working longer
hours themselves in order to increase production on their farms. The agri-
cultural leaders of Illinois cooperated wholeheartedly, and they consistently
manifested their confidence in the Local Boards. Their patriotic helpfulness
and faith in the System is best recorded by the fact that not a single com-
plaint was ever received from any recognized agricultural leader in Illinois.

PUBLIC CONFIDENCE MAINTAINED

The general attitude of the public was universally one of respect and
friendly cooperation. Thinking citizens realized fully the heavy responsibilities
and the value of the services of the Local Board Members and clerical per-
sonnel and frequently demonstrated their gratitude and admiration publicly

LOCAL BOARD OPERATION

PAUL PUCKORIUS STUDIO

INDUCTION PICTURES PRESENTED TO LEGION POST

Prior to the official disbanding of DuPage County Board 4, the Members
presented their interesting collection of inductee group pictures to
Alexander Bradley Burns Post No. 80 of The American Legion. Appear-
ing in the picture, from left to right, are: Paul Puckorius, the photog-
rapher who presented the pictures to the Board Members; R. D.
Thomason, Board Secretary; E. D. Timken, Board Member; Harold T.
Moore, Board Member; Bernie F. Nesbit, Board Chairman; W. G.
McCollum, Past Commander, Burns Post; Louis Edwards, Commander
Burns Post.

through community testimonial dinners. Even the registrants whom the
Local Boards had removed from civilian life and sent into military service
generally maintained a friendly feeling toward their Local Boards. This
attitude was best evidened not only by the many warm-hearted letters received
from their registrants in service but also by the cordial visits to the Local
Board office when home on furlough or after discharge from active duty.
Many of those who had been most bitter when inducted also came to realize
that the Local Board had carried out its responsibilities fairly and as required
by the law and regulations.

Throughout the entire State, the press and the radio gave the Local Boards
every possible cooperation and rendered valuable service by furnishing im-
portant Selective Service information to their respective communities.

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It goes without saying, of course, that the Local Boards did not please or
satisfy everyone with whom they had official business. Such performance is
beyond the realm of possibility. Local Boards were legally obligated to carry
out their functions strictly according to the regulations and directives, and it
was inevitable that some people should resent the official interference with
their private lives, regardless of the necessity for such action.

If Congress had spent years in the consideration of the provisions and
regulations of the Selective Service procedure, it could never have reached
the point where it would have achieved the drafting of a perfect law. The
variations within mankind and individual circumstances are such that no
rule or regulation will fit every person without some kind of disturbing im-
pact. Yet, in the majority of complaint cases, it was the Local Board — not
Congress — which got the blame. State Headquarters learned of many cases
of registrants who were indignant over the Local Board actions which sent
them into service, but who later changed their minds and expressed their
thanks to and confidence in the very same Board Members who had simply
carried out their duties according to law.

Occasionally, a complaint would be received at State Headquarters to the
effect that the decisions of different Local Boards were not alike in what
were considered similar cases. Now and then, a Local Board would be accused
of rendering contrasting decisions on two cases which, to all appearances,
were like in evidence. These complaints were always investigated by State
Headquarters and, invariably, it was found that, while the circumstances of
the registrants concerned might appear "identical" to the general public,
there was sufficient variation in the written evidence to show definite reasons
for different classifications. Since every Local Board had the statutory obli-
gation to classify each registrant upon the written evidence which reflected
his individual status, the Board had to make classification determination
accordingly and could not "group" their registrants in the classification
procedure.

Because human nature itself does not function on the basis of a mechanical
formula, it was natural that there should be some diversity of opinion not
only between Local Boards but also within the Boards themselves. This trait
of human nature has expressed itself since times immemorial, and one needs
only to review the records of other great American institutions, such as
juries, judges and other courts of decision — even the Supreme Court of the
United States — to realize the variation of human consideration and opinion.

The Selective Training and Service Act gave to each Local Board the
right to make up its own mind as to determination of classification — subject,
of course, to appeal. Local Boards, with full propriety, jealously guarded
that right of determination. Whenever it appeared that any Local Board was
basing its decision, or decisions, upon a misconception of evidence or mis-
interpretation of the regulations, it was invariably willing to correct its error

LOCAL BOARD OPERATION

upon proper advice. However, where the regulations were clear and the
evidence was complete, the Local Board insisting upon making its own deci-
sion. The State Director of Illinois was in full accord with such policy and
constantly reminded his Staff that the statutory rights of the Local Board must
be preserved intact.

It is undoubtedly true that, out of the millions of classification actions
handled in Illinois, some errors in judgment were made occasionally. Such
mistakes, however, were rare in occurrence and constituted such a fractional
percentage of the tremendous volume of classification achievements that they
hardly bear mentioning.

RELATIONS WITH STATE HEADQUARTERS

Local Board relations with State Headquarters were friendly and coopera-
tive throughout the entire Selective Service program. The governing attitude
was one of partnership in a most important enterprise, and Boards not only
welcomed but solicited the counsel of the State Director and his Staff on
interpretation of regulations and policies, as well as their specific aid on
individual cases. A difference of opinion on some particular case arose occa-
sionally, but such difference was invariably resolved on a mutual basis and
with good will.

At times, it was found necessary to request a Local Board to reopen a
case, specific reasons being given for the reopening. Quite often, the re-
opening was technically required to correct a legal defect. The matter of
classification determination, however, was left entirely to the judgment of the
Local Board. Only in rare instances was any resentment encountered on the
part of the Local Board and then, generally, because some community morale
question had entered into the concerned registrant's case.

Local Boards universally realized that State Headquarters did not wish
to dominate Board decisions, but rather to help the Board by supplying all
possible factual information available and to assist them in interpreting the
regulations (extremely complex at times) and policies properly in accord-
ance with the Act. In fact, as stated previously, The State Director kept his
Staff under strict orders not to direct a particular classification, but rather
only to advise the Local Board on the regulations and policies.

Whenever an officer encountered a case wherein he believed that the
Local Board had not classified in accordance with the evidence, such action
was called to the attention of the State Director who, after obtaining the
file in question and considering the evidence, determined whether or not he
would take an appeal in accordance with his statutory right. The State
Director's power and obligation to appeal were explained fully at all Local
Board sectional meetings and by memorandums to all members of the System.

Many Local Boards leaned heavily on State Headquarters for advice,
particularly in connection with cases of occupational or dependency defer-

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ment. They had little occasion to consult other governmental agencies,
except the United States Employment Service in regard to certain occupational
deferment cases. Contacts with the Armed Forces Induction Station were
generally maintained through State Headquarters.

Until V-E Day, resignations of Local Board Members were confined
almost entirely to those caused by incapacitating illness, death or moving out-
side the area of jurisdiction. Forced resignations or removals for cause
were confined to less than a dozen for the entire period of Selective Service
operations.

NTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO

THE "FISH BOWL" LOTTERY AT PALATINE

When 211 Selective Service registration cards for Palatine Township were
lost, State Director Paul G. Armstrong had all 211 men re-register and a
lottery held to determine the Bequence of the registrants' serial numbers.
Shown above in the foreground, left to right, are: Assistant State Director
Louis A. Boening, the State Director, and Maj. Victor A. Klober.

CHAPTER XI

REGISTRATION

Prior to the First Registration, The Adjutant Generals Office (Illinois),
with the assistance of the State Director of Selective Service, had contacted
the various county clerks and other officials charged with regular election pro-
cedure. As soon as the President issued his proclamation for the First Regis-
tration on October 16, 1940, these officials set their plans in operation.

School buildings, rather than the regular polling places, were chosen
generally for registration stations because (1) it was a cardinal principle
that all phases of political procedure should be completely disassociated from
the operation of Selective Service, (2) school buildings could more efficiently
take care of registration crowds, (3) public funds could be saved by obtaining
school space free, and (4) the general public was familiar with locations of
school buildings. Newspapers throughout the State gave exceptionally
valuable cooperation by frequent publication of the addresses of all

SERIAL MMlitU

OBDEM MMBLlt

Person Wao Win, al«

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REGISTRATION CARD

Filled out at time of registration and, if
the Board of registration had jurisdic-
tion, it was retained in thai Board's files.
Otherwise, it was forwarded to the proper
Board.

REGISTRARS REPORT

I>L--t BIPTION OF REGISTRANT

RACE

HEIGHT

WEIGBT
(Approx.)

COMPLEXION

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EA1R

Light

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Gray

Red

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Dro.n

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Indian

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Gray

Dark brown

Bald

B!«k

F. : no

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registration stations and all the rules pertaining to registration re-
quirements promulgated by the President. The various school authorities
throughout the State lent their whole hearted cooperation by declaring a
school holiday for Registration Day, furnishing the school buildings and
obtaining the voluntary services of teacher and school employes as registrars.

Registration cards and certificates were printed, as authorized by National
Selective Service Headquarters, in Illinois and delivered to various election
officials. Because of a shortage which developed in registration certificates
early on the day of the First Registration, it was necessary to obtain an
additional supply by immediate printing and distribution that same day.

Registrars were obtained by recruiting teachers, judges and clerks of
election, members of veterans' organizations and civic and social groups —
wherever they could be obtained. It is estimated that a total of approximately
42,000 persons served as registrars throughout Illinois on October 16, 1940.

REGISTRATION DOWNSTATE

Registration supplies were distributed by each County Clerk to the Chief
Registrar for each registration station. All chief registrars and registrars were
placed under Federal oath of duty.

All registration stations were given the telephone number of the nearest
State Police station, and arrangements were made for the police to deliver,
by automobile or motorcycle, any additional necessary supplies of registra-
tion cards or certificates. The National Guard made a plane and pilot avail-
able for this same purpose, but it was used only once — when it became
necessary to send 10,000 additional registration cards from State Head-
quarters in Springfield to Waukegan.

It was the lawful duty of every male citizen, of the United States, in the
age group 21 through 34 years, and every male alien of similar age residing in
the United States, to present himself at the registration station assigned for
his area on October 16, 1940 and register for Selective Service. If any man
who was required to register was away from his own area on Registration
Day, he was obliged to present himself at a registration station in the area
where he was temporarily located (college students away from home, travel-
ing men, vacationers, etc.) . His registration card was later forwarded through
the various State Headquarters, to the Local Board having Selective Service
jurisdiction over the area which included his place of permanent residence.

Registrars went to hospitals in their areas and registered men who were
patients in those hospitals. Also, if a man was ill at home, or was otherwise
unable to appear personally at the registration station, a registrar was sent
out to register him: in some cases, a member of the man's family was
deputized to make the registration.

Men out of the United States on Registration Day were required to register
within five days after returning to this country.

REGISTRATION

Every man, on presenting himself for registration, was required to furnish
the information to complete the Registration card (DSS Form 1) and swear
to, or affirm, the truthfulness of his statements. After signing his own card,
he was then given a registration certificate (DSS Form 2) which, according
to the regulations prescribed under the law, he was required to carry on his
person at all times.

Registration stations remained open from 6 a.m. until every man in
each area was properly registered. Some registration stations remained open
until past midnight on Registration Day.

After closing of the registration station, each Chief Registrar delivered
all registration cards to the County Clerk of his county, including the com-
pleted, spoiled and unused cards. (In later checking, a considerable number
of valid, completed cards were found among the packages of "spoiled" cards.
The discovery of this error proved the wisdom of retaining every card,
whether valid or presumed to be spoiled. )

As the County Clerk was notified of the official organization of a Local
Board in his county, he turned over the registration cards to the Chairman of
the Board. The procedure of the Local Board, with reference to the disposi-
tion of the registration cards, will be described after the special comment
pertaining to the registration activities in Cook County.

464,022 men were registered downstate on October 16, 1940.

REGISTRATION IN COOK COUNTY

Cook County has two election jurisdictions: (1) The Cities of Chicago,
Chicago Heights, Berwyn and Harvey, and the villages of Summit, Stickney,
Morton Grove, Elmwood Park and Skokie, all of which are under the election
of the Board of Election Commissioner of the City of Chicago; (2) the
remaining suburban cities, towns and rural areas within Cook County are
under the election jurisdiction of the County Clerk of Cook County.

So that the Selective Service registration in his area of jurisdiction would
be conducted efficiently, County Judge Edmund K. Jarecki, under whose
immediate control the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners functions,
appointed Mr. James Connery of the Election Commissioner's office as
Superintendent of Registration, and Mr. Henry Marski of the same office
as Assistant.

Judge Jarecki appealed to the 20,000 judges and clerks of election to
offer their services as registrars in the many schools where the registration
would be held. He also obtained the splendid cooperation of the Chicago
and Cicero Boards of Education in their declaring a school holiday, furnish-
ing the school building and obtaining the teachers and school employes to
act as registrars.

Classes on registration procedure were held in the Chicago City Council

SELECTIVE SERVICE IN ILLINOIS

AMERICA'S TALLEST
REGISTRANT

Eight feet, four inches tall, Robert
Wadlow, a registrant of Alton City
Board 1, was easily the tallest regis-
trant for Selective Service. Here he
is shown with his father. Robert died
several years ago.

CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTO

chambers by Judge Jarecki, Mr. Connery, the State Director and his Staff.
The Election Commissioners' Office was also instrumental in preparing writ-
ten instructions which were used by the principals of schools (who invariably
served as Chief Registrars at their schools) for the instruction of their
registrars.

Judge Jarecki had twenty-five extra telephones installed in the Election
Commissioners' office in the Chicago City Hall, and assigned trained operators
to be on duty from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. for a period of two weeks for the purpose
of directing registrants to the proper places of registration and answering
other inquiries regarding Selective Service registration.

Registration supplies were delivered to the Board of Election Commis-
sioners' registration stations through the cooperation of the Chicago Com-
missioner of Police, who also kept a special detail on hand for emergency
service throughout Registration Day.

Since Chicago ordinarily has a large transient population, special registra-
tion stations were set up at the Election Commissioners' office and several
large downtown hotels for the purpose of registering out-of-town visitors.
Later in the day on October 16, it was found necessary to instruct these sta-
tions also to register all local citizens who presented themselves instead of

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referring them to the registration stations in their own respective residential
areas. In fact, a small force at the Election Commissioners' office continued
to register "stragglers" for almost a week after Registration Day.

Complete lists of registration stations in Cook County were furnished to
the metropolitan and local newspapers, without whose splendid cooperation
the great task of registering approximately 544,294 in Cook County (473,536
in Chicago and 70,758 in the suburban area) could not possibly have been
accomplished. Most of the larger newspapers published registration station
maps, as well as the lists of station addresses and registration rules for the
information and convenience of the public. Likewise, the radio stations ren-
dered valuable assistance by broadcasting registration details and providing
broadcast time for the State Director and members of his Staff to discuss
details of the approaching registration.

One incident on Registration Day which clearly evidenced the extent to
which patriotic urge can accomplish almost the impossible occurred when, at
about 11 a.m. on that day, it was realized that we were short approximately
100,000 registration certificates (Form 2) of the day's requirements. Four
of Chicago's largest printers flatly declared that delivery of this amount of
certificates, printed on both sides, could not possibly be made in less than
twenty-four hours. Yet, the Cuneo Press of Chicago received the order at
12:50 p.m., and by giving absolute priority to the Selective Service emer-
gency, made zinc etchings, printed the job and commenced delivery of the
needed additional certificates within just a little more than four hours after-
ward.

Completed, spoiled and unused registration cards and certificates were
delivered to the registration headquarters in the Election Commissioners'
office after closing of each registration station.

Registration within Cook County, but outside of the jurisdiction of the
Chicago Board of Election Commissioners was efficiently conducted under
the jurisdiction of County Clerk Michael J. Flynn, with approximately the
same procedure of that followed by County Judge Jarecki and his assistants.
Registration supplies were delivered to the Chief Registrars by the County
Highway Police who also rendered any additional service within their power
during the entire period of Registration Day.

The registration cards from the suburban cities, towns and communities
were delivered to the County Clerk's office upon completion of registration
and later transferred to the registration headquarters in the Board of Election
Commissioners' office for distribution to the various Local Boards in the
county. After Registration day, the Board of Election Commissioners fur-
nished fifty clerks, for a period of two weeks, to sort the registration cards
according to local board areas.

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REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE »>$*.

This is to certify that in accordant* with the
Selective Service Proclamation of the President o( the United States

FORM 2— REGISTRATION

CERTIFICATE
Presented to registrant at
time of his registration, and
required to be carried on his
person at all times.

SPECIAL SITUATIONS

Regulations, as well as instructions from National Headquarters, required
that a Local Board jurisdiction should ordinarily be limited to 3,500 regis-
trants. The First Registration had been carried out according to the plans
developed by the staff of The Adjutant General's office in cooperation with
the election officials. As might logically be expected in a great and hurriedly
organized undertaking like the First Registration, some of the planning did
not work out — particularly in Cook County. Since no authoritative census
figures were available except those of ten years previous, unrealized increases
and decreases in the populations of certain proposed Local Board areas pro-
duced unexpected inequities in numbers of registrants for these particular
Board areas. In one Chicago ward, as stated earlier in this volume, one
proposed Local Board had approximately 12.000 registrants while an adjoin-
ing Board in the same ward had less than 800 registrants. Obviously, it was
necessary that this and many other inequities be corrected immediately.

The end result of the upset of planning was that all of the registration
cards for Cook County had to be withheld from distribuiton to the organized
Local Boards until a re-distributing could be accomplished to correct, so far
as possible, the existing inequities.

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On registration night, the registration cards had been packaged and de-
livered according to the original registration areas. In order to re-district
the Local Board areas — as close as possible to 3,500 registrants each — it was
necessary to combine the packages accordingly. This was done only after a
day and night time-consuming job of figuring out the potential registrant
population of the proposed new Local Board areas and outlining new maps
to cover the wards, precincts and other areas involved. The tremendous
re-districting job was not completed until five days before the National
Lottery, which took place on October 29, 1940.

The re-districting procedure brought about the establishment of seventy-
three new Local Boards within the City of Chicago and four in the suburban
area of Cook County.

In spite of the almost insuperable problem of obtaining the required num-
ber of Members for the newly-established Local Boards in only a few days'
time, the State Director nevertheless did overcome the near-impossible situa-
tion and had the new Members ready to function in due time.

On the evening of Friday, October 25, 1940, the members of Local Boards
in Cook County were called into meeting at the Council Chamber in the Chi-
cago City Hall, and each Chairman was given the registration cards belonging
to his Board. Explanation was made as to the reasons for delay in delivery
of the registration cards. The personnel of the Boards were told of the critical
situation which existed and the possibility of Illinois' delaying the National
Lottery which was to be held in Washington less than four days later.
Director Armstrong appealed to everyone present to devote every moment of
his time, if at all possible, to the serial numbering, listing and other work
necessary to put the State in a position of readiness in proper time. He cited
the comment of the New York Times that "the National Lottery would prob-
ably have to be postponed because Illinois would not be ready." He reminded
them that the situation before them was a challenge to their patriotism and
efficiency, and assured them of his confidence in their ability to "come
through on time."

The Local Board Members with the assistance of their clerks and volun-
teer helpers, met the challenge! Not a single Board had been assigned any
office space, furniture, equipment or supplies. Consequently they did their
work in the business offices of Board members or in offices donated by other
public-spirited citizens. Typewriters, desks, chairs and tables were borrowed,
stationery was donated by Board members or, in some cases, seized wherever
the necessary materials could be found.

Continuously, and without sleep from Friday night until late Sunday, these
loyal patriots worked against time — with the result that, on Sunday, October
27, 1940, Director Armstrong was able to report Illinois ready for the
National Lottery which was to be held on the following Tuesday.

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The superb performance of the Illinois Local Board members and their
assistants enabled Illinois to be the first large State to report readiness for
the National Lottery. Dr. Clarence Dykstra, National Director of Selective
Service at that time, knew of the difficulties Illinois had encountered as the
result of the First Registration and, on receiving Director Armstrong's report
of readiness, answered with a telegram reading: "Congratulations on doing
the impossible. It has been a splendid job."

Thus, at the very outset of Selective Service operation, Illinois Local
Boards amply demonstrated their patriotism, intelligence, ingenuity and
capability to handle the many arduous and complex tasks that developed in
the seven succeeding years.

SUBSEQUENT REGISTRATIONS

Registration for the five registrations subsequent to the First Registration
were handled by the three hundred sixty-one Local Boards in the State.
Complete instructions and supplies were furnished to each Local Board
sufficiently in advance to enable the Board to make all plans and obtain the
volunteer help necessary to accomplish each registration. Also, Field officers
from State Headquarters traveled throughout the State a few days before
the registration — to insure that instructions were fully understood and that
Boards were well prepared to operate in accordance with the organized plans.
On each occasion, the State and metropolitan police stood by to rush emerg-
ency supplies to many Local Boards throughout the State.

ANALYSIS OF AND COMMENTS ON THE
SIX REGISTRATIONS

First Registration — The date was October 16, 1940, and was for men
who had been born on or after October 17, 1904 and on or before October 16,
1919 (ages 21 through 35 years). Illinois registered 1,003,316 men — 461,022
downstate and 544,294 in Cook County. Late registrants brought the State's
figure for this registration up to 1,017,613.

Second Registration — The date was July 1, 1941 (at Local Board
offices) and included men born on or after October 17, 1919 and on or before
July 1, 1920 (men who had become 21 years of age since the First Registra-
tion). A total of 47,014 was registered for the State — 21,626 downstate and
25,388 in Cook County.

Third Registration — The date was February 16, 1942, for men born
on or after July 2, 1920 and on or before December 31, 1921 (20-year olds I .
also men born on or after February 17, 1897 and on or before October 16,
1904 (men aged 35 through 44 years). A total of 559.429 men un-
registered in Illinois — 257,337 downstate and 302.092 in Cook County.

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Fourth Registration — The date was April 27, 1942, for men born on
or after April 28, 1877 and on or before February 16, 1897 (men aged 45
through 64 years). A total of 968,055 men was registered for the State —
445,305 downstate and 522,750 in Cook County.

The Fourth Registration involved what may have been the most unusual
registration dilemma encountered in all World War II. Chicago Local Board
120 is located in the heart of the human derelict region of Chicago — noted
the world over for its gathering of hobos, bums and panhandlers who live
in the district's cheap hotels, flop houses, tin shack and other forlorn places.
Most of these men were in the higher age brackets — specifically, over 45
years of age.

When the Fourth Registration opened, Chicago Local Board 120 found
itself with a waiting line of human derelicts several blocks dong. Tenaciously,
the men clung to their places in line. The volume continued so great — and
the registration process was slower with these men — that Board 120 did not
finish its registration until after four long days of nerve-wracking experience.

Fifth Registration — The date was June 30, 1942, for registrants born
on or after January 1, 1922 and on or before June 30, 1924 (18 and 19-
year olds.) This registration brought in a total of 157,848 — 72,610 down-
state and 85,238 in Cook County.

Sixth Registration — This registration was divided into two parts:
(1) those men who had become 18 years of age since the Fifth Registra-
tion (June 30, 1942) ; and (2) those men who became 18 years of age on
or before January 1, 1943.

The first part of the Sixth Registration was held between the dates of
December 11 and December 31, inclusive, 1942 — the individuals concerned
being divided into three separate age groups who were registered in three
successive weeks. A total of 28,406 men was registered during this first
part — 13,067 downstate and 15,339 in Cook County.

The second part of the Sixth Registration was continuous. It began
registering male persons who became 18 years of age on January 1, 1943
and, as other young men became 18 years old on successive days, they were
required to register on their 18th birthdays, such registration continuing
until March 31, 1947 and totaling 144,364 men.

Summary

The statistics below — taken from the Fourth Report of the National Di-
rector of Selective Service — show the net results of registration of Illinois
men of military age in the five registration periods. (The Fourth Registra-
tion of 968,055 men is not included, since men over 45 years of age were
not liable for induction.) These figures, compiled through December 31,
1945, include men who registered late.

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First Registration, October 16, 1940 1,017,613

Second Registration, July 1, 1941 47,014

Third Registration, February 16, 1942 559,429

Fifth Registration, June 30, 1942 157,848

Sixth Registration —

December 11-31, 1942 28,406

Subsequent to December 31. 1942 144.364

172.770

Total Registrants of Military Age 1.954.674

Thus, adding the 968,055 non-military age men of the Fourth Registra-
tion, Illinois accomplished a grand total registration of 2,922,729 men.

During the operation of the Selective Service program. 536 Illinois citi-
zens living abroad registered while abroad.

On V-J Day (September 2, 1945), Illinois had approximately 1,300,000
registrants of the then current military service age — 18 through 37 years.
This figure placed Illinois second only to Pennsylvania in the matter of
registration volume within one State Headquarters jurisdiction. (New York
was divided into two separate administrations — one for New York City and
the other for the remainder of the State.)

According to statistics furnished by National Headquarters, as of August
1, 1945, the 361 Illinois Local Boards were divided, according to number
of military age registrants in each Board, as follows:

No. of Registrants No. of Registrants

in each Board No. of Boards in each Board No. of Boards

500-999 1 3.500-3.999 85

1,000-1.499 8 4.000-4.499 76

1.500-1.999 11 4,500-4,999 34

2.000-2,499 24 5.000-5,499 8

2.500-2.999 44 5,500-5,999 7

3.000-3.499 61 6.000 and over 2

WHIZZ!

Burnet Robert Tedford, of Newton. Illinois, registered with Jasper County
Local Board 1 on his eighteenth birthday — September 24, 1945. He asked
if he could be included with the induction group which was to leave for the
Chicago induction station at two o'clock the next morning. The Board Clerk
gave Burnet an emphatic "No!" but Burnet was so persistent that the Clerk
had the youngster fill out all the necessary forms from the Questionnaire to
the request for immediate induction. Result — Burnet was in the Army within
seventeen hours after he registered!

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CHAPTER XII

SERIAL AND ORDER NUMBERING

FIRST REGISTRATION

After each Local Board received the registration cards (following the
First Registration), it was required to give a serial number to each regis-
trant determined to be permanently under the jurisdiction of that Board.
The registration cards were shuffled in accordance with procedure established
by the Selective Service regulations, and then numbered consecutively. Each
Board started with No. 1 and continued until all its cards had been given
a serial number. The highest serial number in Illinois, at that time, was 4904.

A complete list of each Board's registrants was typed (DSS Form 3)
in sequence of serial numbers. One copy was posted prominently in the
Local Board Office, another copy forwarded to the State Director. A third
copy was sent to the local press. Serial numbers of registrants were given full
publicity to prevent any charge of favoritism or tampering with the process
of establishing priority of induction call among registrants.

The National Lottery, held in Washington, D. C, took place on October
29, 1940. Since there wrere several Local Boards in the country which had
each numbered their registration cards beyond No. 8,000, the authorities
in Washington determined that it would be best to place 9,000 capsules, con-
taining Nos. 1 to 9,000, in the large glass bowl to be used for the lottery —
thus allowing for possible late registrants. (The glass "fish bowl" used in
1940 was borrowed from Independence Hall, Philadelphia, where it had
been placed after serving the same purpose in the World War I draft.)

The first number drawn in the National Lottery on October 29, 1940
was 158 — 100 numbers less than the first draft number drawn in 1917
(258). Therefore, every man who held Serial No. 158 in his Local Board
was given Order No. 1 in that Board. Unless he later qualified for defer-
ment, such man became the first registrant in his respective Local Board to
be subject to induction call under the Selective Service process.

Since Serial No. 192 was the second number drawn from the Lottery
bowl, each registrant holding that serial number was given Order No. 2 in
his respective Local Board; and so on.

The placing of order numbers on registration cards was not accomplished
until each Local Board had received the National Master List — a list which
showed the sequence in which the 9,000 serial numbers had been drawn out
of the bowl at Washington. Each Local Board, after it received the National
Master List, first crossed out all the serial numbers over and above its own
highest number. For instance, if a Local Board had only 2,486 registra-

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CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTO

ONE OF ILLINOIS' MOST FAMOUS REGISTRANTS

Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis is shown registering for Selec-
tive Service at the Faren School, 51st Street and Wabash Avenue, Chicago
on October 16, 1940. Shown, left to right, are: Alonzo Brooks, half-
brother of Joe Louis; Louis; Julian Black, Louis' manager; Virgil Cook,
Selective Service registrar.

tion cards, all serial numbers above 2,486 on the National Master List were
crossed out. The Board then assigned order numbers to its registrants ac-
cording to the sequence of the serial numbers remaining on its copy of the
National Master List. By this procedure, no one knew — prior to the National
Lottery — whose serial number would get what order number, and the
process of establishing priority for induction call represented the ultimate in
honesty and fairness, as well as a complete absence of favoritism. (No
serial number could legally be changed once it had been placed upon the
registration card.)

The order numbers li-l \\a> posted at (he Local Board office (usually on the
window), filed with State Headquarters and sent to the local press.

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Using its order numbers list for sequence of mailing, each Local Board
sent out questionnaires to approximately five per cent of their registrants.
These questionnaires, when completed, together with other written informa-
tion, statements, affidavits, etc., furnished by the registrant — and in many
cases, his dependents or employer — provided the basis for classification and
selection, procedures which will be explained later in this book.

Any man who registered after the completion of order numbering accord-
ing to the National Master List was given the serial number following the
highest serial number held in his Local Board. His order number was as-
signed according to the position which that serial number occupied on the
National Master List, being given the same order number to that given to
the serial number which preceded his on the Master List — with the addition
of the letter, "A." For instance, suppose a late registrant drew Serial No.
1984. If Serial No. 1721 was allotted Order No. 768, and Serial No. 1984
followed Serial No. 1721 on the Master List, Serial No. 1984 would receive
Order No. 768- A, and the registrant holding that number would be subject
to induction call before Order No. 769. Thus late registration made no
difference in the equitable process of determining priority of induction call.

SECOND REGISTRATION

Serial numbers for the Second Registration were drawn by lottery as
had been done in the first Registration. The system of order numbering
was varied somewhat in that each new registrant, in the sequence established
by the Second National Lottery, had his registration card placed after each
group of ten registrants of the First Registration. The numbers thus assigned
were called "sequence numbers." This variation of procedure caused prac-
tically no difference in priority of call.

THIRD REGISTRATION

The Washington lottery, which was employed as a means of determining
the sequence of order numbers after the First and Second Registrations,
was discarded and not used for the Third Registration. Instead, serial num-
bers were given a "T" prefix, and cards were numbered from T-l up. A
national master list provided for order numbers beginning with 10,001, and
the procedure for assigning the orders numbers was similar to that used
in the previous Registrations.

FOURTH REGISTRATION

Since the men in this Registration were 45 years old and up, and were
not in the then current military liability age limits, no order numbers were
assigned to the men in this particular group.

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FIFTH REGISTRATION

A new system was used for serial numbering and order numbering the
registration cards of the men of this Registration. Registrants' cards were
sorted according to birth dates, and serial numbers were given an "N" prefix.
The cards were numbered from N-l up. In cases where two or more men
had the same birthdate, the cards of such men were arranged in alphabetical
sequence.

The order numbers for this group commenced with the order number
following the highest order number used for the Third Registration. Thus,
order numbers were assigned according to birth dates.

SIXTH REGISTRATION

This registration also called for the assignment of serial and order num-
bers by sequence of date of birth.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

HAS AWARDED THIS

Certificate of Commendation

Edmund L Wilson

IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF AID AND SUPPORT GIVEN
THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

' Of TMt UNITED <

DIRECTOR t'f SCLCCTIVI '

PRESIDENTIAL CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION

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CHAPTER XIII

CLASSIFICATION

As stated earlier, each Local Board forwarded to all of its registrants a
questionnaire for the purpose of obtaining information which would en-
able the Local Board to determine whether a registrant should be selected
for military service or deferred for specific reasons authorized in the Se-
lective Service regulations.

If a registrant had dependents, and either he or his dependent desired
to claim his deferment for dependency reasons, the dependents filled out
a certain section of the questionnaire and, in some cases, added affidavits or
other statements. Where an employer desired the registrant's deferment
for occupational reasons, the employer submitted information endeavoring
to show that the registrant's civilian occupation and activity should receive
priority over military need. Supplementary information was also filed in
claims for deferment for reasons other than dependency or occupation.

Early in the program, each registrant was required to fill out and re-
turn his questionnaire within five days after the date on which it was mailed
to him. This period was later changed to ten days.

Whenever necessary, a registrant could contact a member of the Ad-
visory Board for Registrants assigned to his Local Board and obtain help
in filling out his questionnaire.

So that each Local Board could keep current with its classifications and
all Boards would have approximately the same percentage of their registrants
available, the Illinois Local Boards were directed initially to mail out ques-
tionnaires, in sequence of order numbers, to only five per cent of their regis-
tration lists. Similar batches of questionnaires were subsequently mailed
out at intervals until each Local Board had covered its entire registration.
This procedure eliminated, to a maximum degree, the possibility of some
significant change of status between the time the registrant submitted his
questionnaire and the date of classification by the Local Board.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

It was vitally necessary that every Local Board Member understand the
specific details of classification as governed by the Selective Service regula-
tions, as well as understand the fundamental principles surrounding such
classification. The general rules which applied to the classification system
may be set down as:

1. Classification had to be based on the individual status of the regis-
trant at the time the classification was made. Conditions of the past
or plans for the future could not be considered.

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2. No classification was permanent. It prevailed only so long as the
reasons for the classification existed.

3. The law exempted certain people in high governmental positions so
long as they held such positions — the Vice President, elected State
officials, and certain legislative and judicial officials.

4. All deferments and exemptions were for the benefit of the Government
and not for the benefit of the individual.

5. Every classification by a Local Board was subject to appeal by any
person entitled to such appeal.

6. The administrative agencies of Selective Service could review a case
at any time.

7. The Government Appeal Agent was duty-bound to review the Local
Boards classifications, and he could appeal or take other authorized
action without the consent of the Local Board.

8. Full publicity was to be given to the Local Boards classifications.

9. There was to be no discrimination for or against any registrant be-
cause of his race, creed, or color, or because of his membership or
activity in any religious, political, labor or other organization.

10. When the status of a registrant changed, he was required to report
the change to the Local Board, or if the Local Board otherwise ob-
tained the information of a change of status, the registrant was to be
reclassified if such action was indicated.

11. Every time a registrant was classified, a notice of such classification
was to be mailed to the registrant and any other person who filed a
request for the registrants deferment.

12. Every registrant was entitled, by law, to a personal appearance be-
fore the Local Board provided he made written request for such
hearing within ten days after the date of which his classification card
was made. (No such privilege existed on the classification made fol-
lowing any such personal appearance.)

13. No registrant could be inducted until after he had been placed in a
class available for service.

14. No registrant could be inducted into the armed forces until and
unless he was acceptable to the armed forces.

15. Volunteers for induction were to be classified in exactly the same
manner as other registrants, except that the classification of such
volunteer took precedence over the classification of other registrants.
If the volunteer was placed in a deferred class, he could not be
inducted.

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16. The classification determination of a Local Board was to be the
result of the collective opinion of the individual Board Members, and
was not to be decided or influenced by any one Member.

LOCAL BOARD PROCEDURE

In order for a Local Board meeting to be legal, each meeting had to
have a quorum of Members present. When the Board membership was three
(until April 16, 1942), two Members were required for a quorum; when
Boards consisted of five Members, three of them were required for a quorum.

While the basic regulations as to classification procedure were followed
by all Local Boards, the methods of administrative procedure varied among
the individual Boards. Most Board meetings included the presence of the
Clerk, who was depended on for his knowledge of the regulations, as well
as memoranda and directives from National and State Headquarters. Many
Boards invited the Government Appeal Agent to sit in at the meetings, and

CLASSIFICATION RECORD— FORM 100

Each Local Board kept a detailed account of the classification record of
each of its registrants. This record, open to public inspection at all
times, revealed all significant dates in connection with the classification
procedure of every registrant, along with all classifications granted to
such registrant.

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while he was not allowed to vote on classifications, he frequently rendered
valuable assistance by advising the Board legally and, on occasions, ques-
tioning persons before the Board.

Prior to the Board meeting, the Clerk usually assembled the files of the
registrants whose order numbers had been reached (for classification), plus
other cases which had been carried over, and presented them for action at
the Board meeting. Some Boards required the Clerk to make a "digest" of
the evidence in each case prior to the meeting.

The procedure of most Local Boards was to have either a Member or the
Clerk read the evidence in each file to the assembled Board. The evidence
would then be discussed by the Members, such discussion frequently re-
quiring a consultation of regulations or pertinent memoranda. A vote of
the Board members present was then taken, the majority vote determining a
classification. Occasionally, where a tie vote was encountered, lengthy dis-
cussions developed, but were usually resolved, sometimes requiring the ob-
taining of additional evidence. In all the seven years of Selective Service
Administration in Illinois, less than a handful of cases were referred to
State Headquarters because of a deadlock vote; in each absolute deadlock,
the State Director usually transferred the classification responsibility to
another Local Board.

According to regulations, the Local Board was required to follow a
definite sequence in considering the classification of a registrant. In other
words, classification consideration always began at the most remote class,
and all possibilities for deferment were fully considered and eliminated
before a registrant was finally placed in a class available for service.

While the sequence of classification consideration varied from time to
time throughout much of the period of operation of Selective Service, the
following sequence prevailed after the procedure had been stabilized:

Classes I-C . . . I-G . . . IV-D . . . IV-B . . . IV-A . . .

II-C . . . II-B . . . II-A . . . III-D . . . IV-C . . .
IV-F . . . IV-E . . . I-A-0 . . . I-A.

After a Board meeting, the Clerk was directed to mail classification no-
tices to each registrant whose case had been acted upon at the meeting.

Many registrants took advantage of their mandatory right to a personal
appearance before the Local Board, after classification. While the regula-
tions permitted such personal appearance to be held before one or more
Members of the Board, the usual procedure was to have the registrant appear
before the entire Board.

Local Boards were not required to grant hearings (personal appearances)
to employers or dependents. However, in the true spirit of fairness that
characterizes the American system of consideration, virtually every Local
Board in the State was very generous in the matter of granting such hear-

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NOTICE OF CLASSIFICATION APP. not Req.

(First ual (Middle n»me) (LuIiiih)

(Drier N:>. has been classified in Class. _

(Until 19 )

(Inwrt d.w (or Clm II-A and II-B only)

Local Board.

Board of Appeal (by vote of to ).

President.

19.

Nof/'ce of right to appeal

Appeal from classification by
local board must be made
within 10 days after the mail-
ing of this notice. You may
file a written notice of appeal i
with the local board, or you 6
may go to the office cf the local ~
board and r:gn appeal form on -5
back of Selective Service Ques- 5 by rj
tionnaire (Form 40). J? i— i

Within the same 10-day pe- § LJ

riod you may file a written "g U

request for personal appear- ^
ance before the local board.
If this is done, the time in
which you may appeal is ex-
tended to 10 days from the
date of mailing of a new
Notice of Classification (Form
57) after such personal ap-
pearance.

If an appeal has been taken

and you are classified by the board of appeal in either Class I-A. I-A-O, or IV-E and one or more members of
the board of appeal dissented from such classification, you may file appeal to the President with your local board
within 10 days after the mailing of notice of su:h classification.

For advice, see your Government appeal agent.

The law requires you: (1) To keep in touch with your local board; (2) to notify it of any change of
address; (3) to notify it of any fact whUh might change your classification; (4) to comply with the
instructions on the notice of classification part of this form. gpo 16— 31524-4

( D»t« of m»illa4) (M«mb«r of loe*l bo»rd)

The law requires you, subject to heavy penalty for violation, to have this
notice, in addition to your Registration Certificate (Form 2), in your personal
possession at all times — to exhibit it upon request to authorized officials — to
surrender it, upon entering the armed forces, to your commanding officer.
DSS Form 57. (Rev. i:-10-43.)

-Cut along this line to detach card-

NOTICE OF CLASSIFICATION— FORM 53

Each time a Local Board classified one of its registrants, the Board was
required to send the above Notice to the registrant and any other person
who had filed any written statement with reference to deferment of the
registrant. The registrant was required, by law, to carry this card on his
person at all times.

ings. These, plus the personal appearances granted to registrants, accounted
for a considerable share of the time Board Members found necessary to
devote to Selective Service duties. If they were not busy hearing claims for
deferment, they were diligendy applying themselves to the monotonous but
necessary work involved in the studying of written evidence submitted in
cases for classification. To give the reader an idea of the extent of time
put in by Local Boards, it can be said that the average Board Member reg-
ularly gave as high as twenty hours a week of their personal time to Local
Board work. Many Members even went far above that in crucial periods.

THE VARIOUS CLASSES

The classification system, under the Selective Training and Service Act
of 1940 and its Amendments, provided for classification of registrants in
four major classes. Class I consisted of men immediately available for serv-
ice because of being found physically and mentally fit and without reason
for deferment. Class II was made up of men who, for civilian occupation
necessity, could be deferred for periods up to six months; in the main, they

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were necessary men in war production industries and agriculture. Class
III comprised men who had dependents who relied upon the registrants for
financial support from earned income or for physical support (in cases of
invalids). Class IV consisted of men who had completed their military
service, persons exempted by law, non-declarant aliens, ministers of religion
and divinity students, conscientious objectors to both combatant and non-
combatant military service, and men found physically, mentally or morally
unqualified for military duty.

As with any major and extended program, it was found necessary to
amend the requirements for deferment in various deferred classes; also,
in some cases, to abolish certain classifications and establish others. There-
fore, for the sake of brevity and simplicity, all classes which existed during
the administration of Selective Service are listed below in outline:

Class I — Available for Service

I-A — Physically, mentally and morally fit for full military service;

I-A-0 — Same as I-A, but conscientious objectors to combatant military
service ;

I-B (changed in July of 1943 to "I-A (L)")— Fit only for limited mili-
tary service, because of some minor physical defect;

I-B-0 — Same as I-B, but also conscientious objectors against combatant
military service.

Note: Classes I-B and I-B-0 were abolished August 18, 1942. Desig-
nations of "I-A (L)" and "I-A-0 (L)" were made beginning March
6, 1943, to prevent unnecessary appeals and to show specifically the
"limited" classification.

I-C — While this classification was included in the "available for service"
major group, it actually comprised members of the armed forces and,
during most of the program, those men who had received honorable
discharges, or discharges under honorable conditions.

On April 21, 1944, Class I-C "Dec" was established to include those men
who had been separated from the armed forces by death.

Class I-C "Disc" was set up on October 5, 1944 to include men who
had been separated from the armed forces by honorable discharge or dis-
charge under honorable conditions.

The above two sub-classifications enabled the Local Board and higher
agencies in the System to determine quickly how many of a Board's regis-
trants still continued as members of the armed forces. To further delineate
between the number of men each Local Board had furnished through Se-
lective Service process and those men who had enlisted or had been com-
missioned, a further division of Class I-C was instituted (date not available)
by establishing Class I-C "Ind." and Class I-C "Enl."

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The four sub-classifications of Class I-C were set up solely for statistical
purposes.

I-D — Same as I-A. except deferred from service until July 1, 1941 be-
cause of being bona fide students in college or university.

I-D-0 — Same as I-D, but also conscientious objectors against combatant
military service;

I-E — Same as I-D, but fit only for limited military service;

I-E-0 — Same as I-E, but also conscientious objectors against combatant
military service:

Note: Classes I-D, I-E and I-E-0 were abolished on August 31, 1941.

I-G — Registrants who were members of the armed forces of cobelligerent
nations, or who had completed satisfactory service with the American
Field Service, or had completed satisfactory service with the United
States Merchant Marine;

I-H — Available for service, but over 27 years of age;

Note: Class I-H was established on August 16, 1941; was effective
only until Pearl Harbor; was formally abolished on November 19,
1942. (The peacetime conditions under which the Selective Service
law was being administered during the middle part of 1941 and the
state of public opinion in that situation prompted State Director
Armstrong to have a survey made as to the ages of men then being
accepted for induction. The survey, made by the Chicago office,
indicated that approximately 75% of the men being inducted were un-
der twenty-eight years of age. Because of disruption to industries and
families encountered at that time by the induction of the older men,
it was felt that the needs of the armed forces could readily be met
by use of the younger group — that is, those under twenty-eight years
of age. Results of the survey and recommendations were forwarded
to the National Director, with the result that Congress shortly there-
after reduced the maximum induction age limit to twenty-seven years.
Men older than twenty-seven years, but who were otherwise imme-
diately available for service, were classified in Class I-H. Pearl Har-
bor, of course, quickly eliminated the prohibition of inducting these
men into service.)

Class I was not a stable group, nor did it constantly accumulate in num-
ber. While men were being regularly added to it, other men were always
being withdrawn from the classification by:

1. Being commissioned in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps.

2. Enlisting in the armed forces.

3. Reclassification of men inducted into service.

4. Reclassification by Local Boards, Boards of Appeal or the President.

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5. Physical disqualification.

6. Deaths of registrants.

7. Various statutory acts (change of induction ages, marital status, etc.).

In one of the lighter moments (yes, there were such at times) of Se-
lective Service administration, one local board clerk very aptly put down
her board's problem of keeping sufficient men available in I-A. In spite of
the humor contained in the following poem, the seriousness of the situation
is quite apparent:

Ten little registrants standing in a line
One joined the Navy, then there were nine.

Nine little registrants sitting on a gate
One broke a vertebra, then there were eight.

Eight little registrants talking 'bout heaven
One went conscientious, then there were seven.

Seven little registrants, what a strange mix!
One became a pilot, then there were six.

Six little registrants very much alive

One went and drowned and then there were five.

Five little registrants full of canny lore
One stole a pig and then there were four.

Four little registrants, spry as could be

One became twenty-eight, then there were three.

Three little registrants, all alone and blue
One fed his relatives, then there were two.

Two little registrants, what can be done

One went to a psychiatrist, then there was one.

One little registrant, classified I-A
Physically, mentally, morally okay.

One little registrant to tote a big gun

He got married and then there were NONE!

— Reprinted from "Selective Service in Peacetime," the
National Director's first Report to the President.

Class II — Occupationally Deferred

II-A — Man engaged in and necessary to any industry, business, agri-
cultural pursuit, governmental service, or any other service or en-
deavor, or in training or preparation therefor, the maintenance of
which was necessary to the national health, safety or interest;

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II-B — Same as II-A, but engaged in defense or war production occupa-
tions; (Established June 5, 1941)

II-C — Same as II-A, but engaged in agricultural occupations; (Established
November 18, 1942)

Class III — Deferred Because of Dependency

III-A — Registrant with dependents who depended on such registrant for
support from earned income; (Discontinued on December 11, 1943
and formally abolished on April 21, 1944; reestablished on Novem-
ber 15, 1945, to provide classification for any registrant with three or
more children

III-B — Same as III-A, but also engaged in essential war production;
(Established April 23, 1942; abolished April 12, 1943)

III-C — Same as III-A, but also engaged in agriculture essential to the war
effort; (Established November 17, 1942; abolished February 17,
1944)

III-D — Registrant whose induction would cause extreme hardship and
privation to wife, child or parent; (Established April 12, 1943)

Class IV — Not Militarily Liable

IV-A — Registrants who had completed certain periods of military serv-
ice and had received honorable discharge or discharge under hon-
orable conditions. Class IV-A was reserved for registrants "not mili-
tarily liable" only until December 8, 1941. No classifications were
then made in IV-A until November 13, 1942 when registrants 45
years old and over were placed in Class IV-A. Effective, October 5,
1944, men ages 38 through 44 years were also included. On August
31, 1945, the regulations were amended to include registrants 26
years old and over in Class IV-A; however, the age for qualification
in IV-A was raised to 30 years on May 23, 1946. Effective December
7, 1944, any man classified in IV-D, IV-B or IV-E was not eligible
for Class IV-A, regardless of his age; Class I-C was added to this
provision on July 6, 1945, and Class I-G on August 31, 1945. The
qualifications shown below for Class IV-A apply to registrants "not
militarily liable" — in effect prior to Pearl arbor:

(1) Men who has satisfactorily served as officers or enlisted men
for at least three consecutive years in the Regular Army, Navy,
Marine Corps or Cost Guard;

(2) Men who served in the active National Guard satisfactorily for
one year in Federal service and two consecutive years in the
National Guard;

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(3) Any man who was serving in the active National Guard at the
time of registration and who had served satisfactorily for at least
six years;

(4) Any man who was on the eligible list of the Officers' Reserve
Corps for at least six consecutive years;

(5) Any man who had satisfactorily served for at least three con-
secutive years on active duty in the Naval Reserve of the Marine
Corps Reserve;

(6) Any man who had served at least one year on active duty and
two consecutive years in the Regular Navy or Marine Corps,
or an organized unit of the Naval Reserve or Marine Corps
Reserve ;

(7) Any man who had satisfactorily served in the organized Naval
Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve for at least six consecutive
years ;

(8) Any man who had satisfactorily served for at least eight con-
secutive years in the Naval Merchant Marine Reserve or Volun-
teer Naval Reserve or Volunteer Marine Corps Reserve;

(9) Members of the Coast Guard Reserve, other than temporary
members, received the same classification as members of the
Naval Reserve.

IV-B — (1) Officials deferred by the law itself, including the Vice Presi-
dent of the United States, the Governors of the States, and other
State officials chosen by the voters of the entire State, Members of
Congress, members of a State legislative body, and judges of the
court of record of the United States or a State;

(2) Officers and enlisted men in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, or
in the Public Health Service, and cadets of the advanced course,
senior division, of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps or the
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps;

(3) Men who had been accepted (but not yet entered) as Mid-
shipmen of the United States Naval Academy and cadets of
the United States Military Academy and the United States Coast
Guard Academy.

IV-C — All aliens who did not have on file with the Federal Immigration
and Naturalization Service, a valid declaration of intention (First
papers) to become citizens of the United States.

IV-D — Regular and duly ordained ministers of religion, and students
preparing for the ministry in a theological or divinity school rec-
ognized as such for more than one year prior to September 16, 1940

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IV-E — Objectors to both combatant and non-combatant military service,
who were available only for civilian work of national importance
(conscientious objector camps) .

IV-F — (1) Men who had been dishonorably discharged from the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard;

(2) Men who had been discharged from the armed forces because
of undesirable traits of character or habits;

(3) Men who had been convicted of any of the following heinous
crimes: treason, murder, rape, kidnapping, arson, sodomy,
pandering, any crime involving sex perversion, or any crime
involving illegal dealing in narcotics or other habit-forming drugs;

(4) Men who had been convicted on two or more occasions of any
offense (other than a conviction for an offense committed in
violation of the Selective Service law or regulations) for which
he could have been punished by death or confinement for a term
exceeding one year in a penitentiary or prison;

(5) Chronic offenders with pronounced criminal tendencies who,
in addition thereto, had been convicted on at least three occasions
of any offense for which they could have been punished by a
jail sentence;

(6) Men who were being restrained in the custody of any court of
criminal jurisdiction or other civil authority;

(7) Irrespective of any of the provisions mentioned above, registrants
who were found to be morally unfit for military service;

(8) Registrants who were found, after physical examination, to be
physically or mentally unfit for military service.

IV-H — Registrants between 38 and 44 years of age, inclusive (Established
January 1, 1943; discontinued on March 6, 1943, and formally
abolished on November 6, 1943.

Note: After March 6, 1943, deferred registrants between the ages of
38 and 44 years, inclusive, had the designation "(H)" added to their
classifications (a procedure abandoned on October 5, 1944); Like-
wise, commencing April 21, 1944, the designation "(F)" was added
for a deferred registrant who had been found unfit for any military
service, and the designation "(h)" was added to show fitness only
for limited military service.

As previously stated, changes in the Selective Training and Service Act
of 1940 and its regulations were necessary from time to time. These changes
will be discussed in detail in the various chapters which follow.

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CLASSIFICATION IN OPERATION

After receiving a registrant's Selective Service questionnaire, plus any
other written evidence which might be submitted, each Local Board studied
the evidence carefully to determine the classification for which the registrant
qualified in accordance with the regulations.

During the draft administration of World War I, a Local Board com-
menced its classification process with the presumption that every registrant
was in Class I-A unless the evidence in his case showed that he was entitled
to some other classification. During World War II, however, the procedure
was reversed; the Board's first course was to eliminate eligibility for all other
classes before finally determining that a registrant belonged in Class I-A.

Various sequences of classification consideration were prescribed, although
all of these sequences followed a basic pattern. As the Board applied the
evidence to the requirements for each class, it either found the registrant
qualified for that class, or it found him not qualified for such class and forth-
with passed on to considering him for the next classification in the prescribed
sequence.

When the non-eligibility classes had been eliminated, and the Board came
to a class for which the registrant might qualify, a vote of the Board Mem-
bers was taken. A majority vote determined the final action. A few Boards
in the State pursued the policy of arguing out each case until a unanimous
vote was achieved. Most Boards, however, determined their classifications by
majority vote without endeavoring to reach a unanimous opinion.

After classification was determined, the Board turned the registrant's file
over to the clerk, who immediately forwarded a Notice of Classification
(DSS Form 57) to the registrant; to an employer, if the employer had filed
a deferment statement in the case; to a dependent who submitted a statement
of dependency; to any other person entitled to such notice. The post-marked
date on such Notice was the beginning of the period in which a registrant
could file an appeal or request a personal appearance before the Local Board
(or other person could file an appeal) .

If the registrant, within the prescribed period (originally five days and,
later, ten days), filed written request for a "personal appearance," it was
mandatory upon the Local Board to grant such hearing before the Board.
The date for such hearing was set at the Board's convenience, and the regis-
trant had the opportunity to come in and explain to the Board why he felt
that the Board had erred in determining classification in his case. He was
also permitted to submit any additional evidence which might assist the
Board in its new determination of classification. After each such hearing, the
Board was required to determine classification anew and again send the

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registrant (plus all others concerned) a Notice of Classification. The second
Notice of Classification did not give the registrant a mandatory right to
another personal appearance before the Local Board. Instead, if he wished,
the registrant could then appeal his classification to the Board of Appeal.

If such notice of appeal was mailed within the prescribed period of time
following the date of the classification notice, it was mandatory upon the
Local Board to forward the registrant's file, along with any appeal statements
submitted, to the Board of Appeal having jurisdiction over the Local Board's
area. Notice of appeal could also be filed after the first Notice of Classifica-
tion— without requesting a personal appearance.

From time to time, Local Boards were requested to review the cases of
their registrants in deferred classes so that all available manpower for the
armed forces could be obtained. Also, the Boards, on various occasions,
received orders to reclassify men in a certain class which had been abolished.
When the Board made its reclassifications in these instances, it was required
to send the Notice of Classification to all registrants and others concerned.

PROBLEMS INCIDENT TO CLASSIFICATION

As previously stated, the process of classification was not a mechanical
one. Classification in each case had to be determined on the basis of the
evidence in the particular registrant's file. All evidence was required to be
written, and had to be substantial rather than implied. Hearsay or anonymous
evidence could not properly be used for consideration unless and until such
type of evidence had been verified by investigation. Only by investigation
and preparation of new written evidence could hearsay statements or anony-
mous communications develop into substantial evidence which the Local
Board could use legally.

Many anonymous communications were received by the Local Boards.
Usually, they were perpetrated by some crank, or by someone who had a
grudge against some particular registrant or employer. In the bulk of the
cases, such letters were signed "Real American," "Patriotic Citizen," or some
such title — a title which belied its claim through the un-American indulgence
in unidentified communications seeking to discredit a registrant or employer.

Invariably, these anonymous communications were investigated and found
to be without truth or logical evidence. There were a few of such letters,
however, which actually provided a sound basis for investigation and which
later revealed specific evidence upon which changes were quickly made in
the classifications of the registrants involved.

One instance of the lack of foundation for complaints of political favor-
itism occurred in early 1942. The State Director was stopped in the State
capitol building by an elected public official who stated that the Local Board
in a particular downstate county was composed entirely of members of the
political party opposite to that of the elected official and that men of his own

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party were being inducted in order to reduce his party's votes in a forth-
coming election.

The State Director's policy, of course, had been to have an equitable
division of members of the two major political parties on each Local Board,
and he found the official's complaint hard to believe. Therefore, in company
with the official, the State Director examined the personal questionnaire of
each Member of the Local Board in question. As he had expected, Colonel
Armstrong found the usual equitable division of representation. Further-
more, it was revealed that three of the five Local Board Members and the
Government Appeal Agent (who also had certain functions in connection
with classification) were actually members of the same political party as
that of the elected official.

All complaints — whether signed or anonymous, whether against a regis-
trant or against a Local Board — were carefully investigated. If a complaint
pertaining to a registrant was received at State Headquarters, it was for-
warded to the Local Board concerned; if it referred to a Local Board's action,
procedure or policy, it was investigated by State Headquarters. In the latter
cases, a field officer was usually dispatched to the city or town in which the
Board was located.

Since no law, rule or regulation could possibly be made that would fit
perfectly the situation of every registrant, Local Boards often encountered a
difficult problem in making a determination that would be fair to both the
armed forces and the registrant, his dependents or employer. In cases of
doubt, the Boards — in accordance with the regulations — were generally will-
ing to resolve such doubt in favor of the registrant, dependent or employer.
It was important — in the prosecution of the war — that the social, religious
and industrial life of our country not be disturbed to such an extent that
there would be created a bad morale which could easily interfere with
America's efforts to prosecute the war successfully. Men could not be sent
into battle without proper equipment. Therefore, necessary men had to be
deferred — at least temporarily.

Indeed, at times, decision on the part of a Local Board was extremely
difficult. Yet, only in less than a handful of cases throughout the entire
Selective Service program, did Illinois Local Boards fail to carry out their
classification responsibility by arriving at some specific determination. The
few such cases were transferred to other Local Boards for classification.

CLASS I— AVAILABLE FOR TRAINING AND SERVICE

Class l-A — Available for Full Military Service

Since the primary objective of the Selective Service System was to obtain
needed military manpower for the armed forces, the objective of the Local
Boards was to place the maximum number of registrants in Class I-A. To

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reach this point, each Local Board first had to eliminate each registrant from
qualification for any deferred or limited class.

A man in Class I-A was presumed to be physically fit for any of the
rigors of military service. He was not entitled to deferment. He was not a
conscientious objector against combatant military service.

Examinations to determine the physical fitness of registrants were origi-
nally done by the Examining Physicians of each Local Board. This pro-
cedure was later changed so that physical examinations were done by the
medical officers at the Armed Forces Induction Station. If the Induction
Station officers found a registrant fit for full military duty, he was then avail-
able for selection for induction according to his order number — unless he
was a volunteer for induction, in which case he was placed ahead of all other
order numbers in the Local Board's next induction call. (Full details on
physical examinations will be found under "Class IV-F — Physical and Men-
tal" in this same chapter.)

If a registrant volunteered for induction, the classification consideration
given to him was the same as that accorded any other registrant. If the
Board decided that he should be deferred in the interest of the Government,
or there was some other valid reason for deferment, his application for volun-
tary induction was denied, and he was placed in the proper deferred class.
During the seven years of Selective Service administration, thousands of
Illinois registrants (farm boys and others) wanted to join the fighting forces
of their country, but were turned down because, after full consideration,
their Local Boards felt that they could render better service to their Nation
in their civilian positions. While the patriotism of these volunteers was most
laudable, the good judgment of the Local Boards in placing the public inter-
est first is worthy of genuine commendation.

Class l-A(L) — (Formerly LB) — Available for Limited
Military Service

The physical standards of the armed forces provided for the acceptance,
for limited military duty (such as clerical and other positions which did not
involve heavy physical activity or undue exposure), of registrants with minor
physical defects. Such defects will be discussed generally in the section de-
voted to the medical aspects of Selective Service.

By correction of some of these minor physical defects (such as missing
or carious teeth, need for eye glasses in minor vision defect cases, acne, etc.),
many registrants were able to qualify for Class I-A and obtain immediate
induction. Other limited service men obtained correction of their minor
defects after they were inducted into the armed forces as limited service men.

Class I'A'O and I-A-O(L) — Available for IS on-Combatant
Military Service

These two classes comprised registrants who had been found to be con-
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being engaged in actual fighting as a part of the combat forces, these men
were willing to serve in those sections of the armed forces which functioned
outside the theater of operations, or which performed duties which were not
directly associated with combat. Limited service men were subject to assign-
ment in medical, finance, administrative and other non-combatant sections
of the armed forces.

In his Selective Service questionnaire, each registrant was given the op-
portunity to state if he objected to non-combatant service or combatant
service, or both. If he simply objected to non-combatant service, he sub-
mitted to his Local Board any evidence he cared to submit to show that his
objections were genuine and well-founded. It was then up to the Local
Board — subject to appeal, of course — to determine his classification.

Occasionally, a registrant would claim objection to any kind of military
service, but because of certain evidence in his file, would be classified in
Class I-A-O. Many others — both complete and partial objectors — would be
denied the benefit of classification in either Class I-A-0 or Class IV-E be-
cause of lack of sufficient substantial evidence to reveal a sound basis for
classification as a conscientious objector.

While most Local Boards were inwardly resentful of the unwillingness of
conscientious objectors to shoulder their full share of responsibility for
defending the country which gave them protection and opportunity, the
Boards were nevertheless fair and open-minded in their consideration of all
claims to conscientious objection.

Classes I-B and l-B-O

Registrants placed in Classes I-B and I-B-0 (the latter being conscientious
objectors to combatant military duty) were not called for induction until
several months after Pearl Harbor. These men were fit only for limited
military service, and the need for them was not felt until after America had
actually entered a state of war. In July of 1943, these classifications were
changed to Class I-A(L) and I-A-0 (L).

Class l-C

When a Local Board received official information that one of its regis-
trants had been inducted, enlisted or commissioned in the armed forces of
the United States, such registrant was automatically classified in Class I-C.
Such classification was mandatory upon receipt of the official notice.

As explained under "The Various Classifications" earlier in this volume,
Class I-C was sub-divided into I-C "Dec," I-C "Disc," I-C "Ind," and I-C
"Enl."

Classes I-D, I-DO, I-E and LEO

Local Boards had little difficulty with this classification, for its require-
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sity whose induction was delayed until after July 1, 1941. The "D" designa-
tion was for men found fit for general military duty, and the "E" applied to
those qualified only for limited military duty. The "0" signified conscientious
objection.

Class I-G

In determining whether or not a registrant was eligible for Class I-G, the
Local Board was required to have substantial evidence to show that the
registrant qualified for one of these divisions:

a. On or after September 16, 1940, was a member of the armed forces
of a co-belligerent nation (Established May 23, 1945) ;

b. Had completed satisfactory service with the American Field Service
(Established August 31, 1945) ;

c. Had completed satisfactory service in the United States Merchant
Marine, 32 months of such service being considered as "completed
service." (Established November 15, 1945.)

A few of the cases in Class I-G produced considerable difference of
opinion among Local Board Members as well as higher officials. In general,
however, the information provided in these cases was extensive enough for
the Local Boards to determine classification without much difficulty.

CLASS II— DEFERRED AS OCCUPATIONALLY NECESSARY

Under Selective Service — a program made necessary by the state of world
affairs — every physically fit registrant was, basically, deemed to be available
for military service. However, realism required that the needs of industry
and agriculture be recognized to the extent that registrants be "loaned" to
industry or agriculture until such time as their necessity ceased, or until
replacements for them could be found.

Occupational deferment was not, in any sense, a permanent status. In
fact, as the manpower and production needs of the armed forces became
more critical, the standards for occupational deferment became correspond-
ingly stricter. Necessary industrial and agricultural employees were "frozen"
in their jobs (by order of the War Manpower Commission) and reclassifica-
tion penalties were provided for any such necessary men who left their jobs
without first obtaining determination from their respective Local Boards
that their proposed changes in jobs would be in the Nation's interest.

Since the Nation's headway in scientific production and medical advance-
ment depended upon its people engaged in scientific and certain professional
pursuits, and because there was constant need for replenishment of such
personnel, the Selective Service regulations provided for the deferment of
bona fide students in certain sciences and professions. Students who could
qualify were placed in Class II-A.

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Liberal Policies in Early Years

Because the early phase of Selective Service operation presented no es-
pecially urgent demand for military manpower in volume, Local Boards were
somewhat lenient in their attitude toward occupational deferment. However,
with the Presidential proclamation of an unlimited national emergency (May
27, 1941), the coming of actual war in the following December, and the
subsequent and vastly increased demands of the armed forces for physically
able men, the Boards became extremely critical in their consideration of all
requests for occupational deferment. This attitude became particularly no-
ticeable when the casualty lists began to appear in the press and the true
impact of war manifested itself incisively in every community in the country.

Another observation which might be made is the fact that employers in
general, because of their patriotic attitudes, were reluctant to request occupa-
tional deferments during 1940 and the greater part of 1941. The result was
that skilled men of all ages were allowed to be inducted without deferment
effort by their employers. However, as time went on and the numbers of men
withdrawn from civilian life increased tremendously, these same employers —
many of them engaged in vital war production — found it impossible to obtain
satisfactory replacements for men of military ages whose Local Boards had
(because of the increased pressure upon them to produce more manpower)
adopted a rigid policy of refusing occupational deferments except to the most
critically needed men.

The first sign of necessary special protection to the industries engaged
in war production came after the President's declaration of an unlimited
national emergency when, on June 5, 1941, Class II-B was established as a
special class to accent the importance of uninterrupted war production and
make sure that necessary men in such activities would be properly deferred.

Originally, Class II-A encompassed all registrants deferred on grounds of
occupational necessity to industry, agriculture and private business. The
June 5, 1941 amendment to the Selective Service regulations divided occupa-
tional deferments into two groups:

Class II-A — Man employed in an industry, the maintenance of which was
necessary to the national health, safety, or interest in the sense that it
was useful or productive and contributed to the employment or well-
being of the community or Nation. Deferment was ordinarily limited
to six months, but could be renewed where indicated.

Class II-B — Man employed in an industry essential to the national health,
safety, or interest in the sense that a serious interruption or delay in
such activity was likely to impede the national defense program. At
first, such deferment was not limited as to time, but the Local Board
could reopen the case at any time, particularly on a change of status.
However, the time limit on such deferments was later changed to six
months.

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Class II-A was confined mainly to registrants working in industries not
directly engaged in war production work, and included registrants whose
self-operated businesses were deemed necessary to the health, safety or well-
being of the community or Nation.

Class II-B was restricted to registrants employed in war production plants
and other activities which directly served such production.

The effect of the splitting of the original Class II-A was to stress the
importance of war production at a time when it became obvious that America
would shortly be forced to enter as an active participant in the then raging
European war. The effect was also a gentle but definite pressure upon per-
sons engaged in ordinary civilian activities to transfer to war production.

On November 13, 1942, the famous "Tydings Amendment" (of Public
Law 772) went into effect, requiring the deferment of necessary agricultural
workers — under certain specified conditions. Immediately after the passage
of the Tydings Amendment, the regulations were amended to set up Class
II-C which was to be composed entirely of agricultural registrants found
necessary to and irreplaceable in their farm occupations. (The implications
of, and problems under the Tydings Amendment will be thoroughly discussed
under "Class II-C — Agricultural deferments.)

The primary responsibility for deciding which men should be deferred
because of their civilian occupations rested upon the Local Board. Until
National Headquarters (on January 30, 1943) established the List of Essen-
tial Activities, it was up to each Local Board to determine whether or not an
activity was essential to the Nation's health, safety and interest. In making
such decisions, the Local Boards were assisted greatly by occupational bulle-
tins received from National and State Headquarters.

Class II-A

While Class II-A originally included all phases of occupational deferment,
it continued to include a large number of the registrants deferred on occupa-
tional rounds, even after the establishment of Classes II-B and II-C. If a
registrant was not employed directly in war production work or in an agri-
cultural endeavor, he could still qualify for occupational deferment if an
affirmative answer could be given to all five of the following questions con-
sidered by the Local Board:

1. Is the activity in which he is engaged one that is essential to the
national health, safety, or interest?

2. Is the registrant's occupation necessary to the activity?

3. Is the registrant, except for seasonal or temporary interruption, regu-
larly engaged in such occupation?

4. Can a satisfactory replacement be provided in the event he is made
available for military service?

5. Will his removal cause serious loss of effectiveness to the activity?

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The increased strict attitude of Local Boards — keeping step with the
heightening intensity of the war effort — was reflected in the proportions of
Class II-A deferments to the totals of the Illinois registrants deferred indus-
trially at various periods. On September 30, 1941, the II-A men constituted
approximately 77% of the total deferred industrially. Then came Pearl
Harbor, and the proportion had dropped to 56%. By November 30, 1943,
Illinois Local Boards had reduced the figure to 19%.

The manifestation of greater strictness on the part of Local Boards on
occupational deferments was undoubtedly due to new occupational classifica-
tion policies expressed in National Headquarters' Local Board Release No.
115, dated March 16, 1942. This instruction stated that the "national health,
safety, or interest" no longer included mere comfort and convenience of the
civilian population. Deferments were therefore limited to activities which
supported the war effort (even though not directly engaged in the manufac-
ture of arms, ammunition and other necessary war materiel) — activities
which provided food, clothing, shelter, health and safety. In addition, a
more specific interpretation was given to the "necessary man" in war produc-
tion work. The List of Essential Activities was provided, and occupational
bulletins were published which enumerated critical occupations within the
essential activities.

Until the issuance of the occupational bulletins, the Local Boards had to
depend largely on advice from the Occupational Division of State Head-
quarters, as well as from the local United States Employment Service offices.
In order to acquaint themselves better with the actual conditions in large
plants in their respective areas, many Local Boards visited these plants and
made personal inspections of the jobs of their own registrants in those plants.

LIST OF ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES

Production of Aircraft and Parts

Production of Ships, Boats and Parts

Production of Ordnance and Accessories

Production of Ammunition

Agriculture

Food Processing

Forestry, Logging and Lumbering

Construction

Coal Mining

Metal Mining

Nonmetallic Mining and Processing and Quarrying

Smelting, Refining and Rolling of Metals

Production of Metal Shapes and Forgings

Finishing of Metal Products

Production of Industrial and Agricultural Equipment

Production of Machinery

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CHICAGO HERALD-AMERICAN PHOTO

COLONEL ARMSTRONG RECEIVES MEDAL FOR MERIT

In recognition of his outstanding performance as Illinois State Director

of Selective Service, Col. Paul G. Armstrong was awarded the Medal

for Merit by the President of the United States. The award — the

highest presented to civilians- was made at a testimonial dinner given on

November 7, 1916 by over 1,200 friends of Colonel Armstrong. Maj.

Gen. Lewis B. Hershey National Director of Selective Service, made

the presentation on behalf of the President.

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Production of Chemicals and Allied Products

Production of Rubber Products

Production of Leather Products

Production of Textiles

Production of Apparel

Production of Stone, Clay and Glass Products

Production of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Petroleum and

Coal Products
Production of Finished Lumber Products
Production of Transportation Equipment
Transportation Services

Production of Materials for Packing and Shipping Products
Production of Communications Equipment
Communication Services
Heating, Power and Illuminating Services
Repair and Hand Trade Services

Health and Welfare Services, Facilities and Equipment
Educational Services
Governmental Services

Class II-B

As stated earlier, this class was established in order to accent the special
importance of all activities and occupations directly connected with the pro-
duction of ships, guns, tanks, airplanes, ammunition and other materiel and
supplies needed by the armed forces in their prosecution of the war. The
significance of Class II-B was demonstrated by the fact that its proportion
of industrially deferred registrants jumped from 23% on September 30, 1941
to 81% on November 30, 1943.

On April 18, 1942, the War Manpower Commission was created by Presi-
dential order. This Commission was given complete charge of mobilization
of the manpower of the Nation, and the Selective Service System was trans-
ferred on December 5, 1942 to the jurisdiction of the Commission. One year
later Congress revoked this transfer.

In cooperation with the United States Employment Service (also a part
of the War Manpower Commission), an Occupational Questionnaire was

(Continued from preceding page)

Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Hammond was general chairman of the affair; the
toastmaster was Edward A. Hayes, Past National Commander of The
American Legion. Other special guests included: Gov. Dwight H. Green;
United States Senator C. Wayland Brooks and Mrs. Brooks; Comdr.
Chester J. Chastek, USNR; Col. Chester L. Fordney, USMCR; Rev.
George Keepin, State Chaplain, Illinois Department of The American
Legion; Mrs. Edward A. Hayes; Mrs. Paul G. Armstrong and the Arm-
strong's two children, Don and Patricia.

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developed and sent to all registrants not already members of the armed forces.
One copy of this questionnaire was placed in the registrant's file, and one
copy went to the United States Employment Service to serve, along with the
questionnaires of other registrants, as a survey of the industrial manpower
of the country. It also aided the Employment Service to locate critically
needed skilled labor whose skills were not then being effectively employed.

The Occupational Questionnaire often furnished Local and Appeal Boards
with specific information upon which classification was determined. In gen-
eral, however, the Boards depended more on the Affidavit for Occupational
Classification (filed by the registrant's employer), as well as other written
evidence, as their basis for determination of classification.

There were times when Local Board members did not know the exact
nature of the specific activity in which a registrant was employed, and there
was a natural tendency on the part of the Board to deny deferment without
knowing just exactly why the registrant should be deferred.

Local Boards often could not understand — and rightfully so — how a young
man under twenty-six years of age could be considered so tremendously im-
portant to the war effort and why Army officials, the State Director and others
were so urgent in their requests for his deferment. Yet, in certain cases, it
could properly be said that a particular registrant was probably of more
value to his Nation in the prosecution of the war than a whole battalion of
infantry would be. The most outstanding example of this kind of case could
be found in the Manhattan Engineering Project — the project which developed
and manufactured the atom bomb.

Many of the men working on the atom bomb were young physicists,
scientists whose professional knowledge was of immeasurable value to the
Manhattan project. So that the State Director would understand the vital
importance of the work being done in Manhattan project, he was taken on a
tour of the Project's laboratory at the University of Chicago. While State
Director Armstrong did not know, at the time, that the men employed at that
laboratory were specifically engaged in the development of the atom bomb,
the extreme secrecy surrounding his visit and the absolute prohibition against
his discussing the visit convinced him that the project was unquestionably
something that was most critically essential to American victory. Conse-
quently, he could take no course but to use all possible power and influence
in his efforts to assist in obtaining deferment for these young men who were
so vitally necessary in their civilian occupations. At the same time, he was
unable to reveal the specific reasons for his zeal in connection with these
special cases.

In spite of their full confidence in the personal integrity and the judg-
ment of the State Director, a number of Local Boards refused to grant defer-
ment to these young scientists in the Manhattan project. Most Local Board
Members had sons or close relatives of their own in military service; some

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Members lost their sons in battle. Hence, it was understandable that they
should balk at granting deferment to a physically fit young man without
knowing, in detail, exactly why his occupation in civilian life made him so
valuable to the war effort. Many of such cases of denied deferment were,
through the appeal system, sent to the President for final determination.

As the armed forces' demands for military manpower increased, and
industry was losing a considerable number of its trained men, employers
turned to a hitherto unexploited source of labor — women. Because of stark
necessity, employers began hiring and training women to do work which,
because of the skill and physical effort concerned, had been generally and
strictly kept within the province of male labor.

There was hardly an employer but who began his program of hiring
womanpower with hesitation and apprehension. Yet, after the program had
been in sway for six months or so, almost every such manufacturer was
agreeably surprised to find that, generally speaking, the women not only
matched their male predecessors in skill but actually exceeded many of them
in precision work. Though demobilization of selectees has long since ended,
many manufacturers have continued to employ women in mechanical and
other jobs which, prior to 1942, they considered could be filled only by men.

No State in the Union can boast more than Illinois about her women who,
in their Nation's hour of crisis, summarily left their kitchens and clerical
jobs to take tiring and tedious physical jobs in order that there should be no
gap in the constant flow of critically needed war materiel and supplies to our
fighting men on the far-flung battle fronts.

Replacement Schedule Plan

As the war progressed in 1942, it became increasingly difficult for em-
ployers to obtain continued deferments for men who already had been given
two or three deferments of six months each. As war tension rose, Local
Boards became less and less inclined to extend deferments indefinitely,
regardless of any particular registrant's value to the activity in which he was
employed. The result was that war production employers encountered a diffi-
cult situation in the loss of many key men. This situation was largely due to
the employers' negligence to train replacements or to classify the skills of the
men in their plants. The Illinois Selective Service System had constantly
urged employers to take these actions.

Demands for manpower for the armed forces increased, and the filling of
these calls could be accomplished mainly by taking men who had been de-
ferred in industry. In order to interrupt production as little as possible, the
War Manpower Commission and the Selective Service System developed the
"Replacement Schedule Plan" — a plan intended to provide for the orderly
release of men from industry and give each employer time to train necessary
replacements.

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After a successful trial in several plants in the East, the Replacement
Schedule program was officially adopted and established on November 5,
1942. Illinois, being one of the largest industrial States, put the Plan into
effect immediately and was able to have it functioning effectively by the latter
part of the next month.

In the operation of the Replacement Schedule Plan, the employer first
obtained the basic data with respect to each employe, covering his occupation
and Selective Service status. This data was analyzed on the Replacement
Summary and, as a result, the employer learned how many of his employes
in each department were then liable for induction under current Selective
Service policies. This Summary also provided the State Director (to whom
it was submitted) with a complete picture of all the personnel in the em-
ployer's plant, the potentiality of military manpower in the plant, and
whether or not the employer's employment policies (the hiring of older men,
women and men not physically acceptable for military service) were con-
sistent with Selective Service policies.

Each Schedule accepted by the State Director was given an Acceptance
Number, and each employer whose Schedule was accepted was given the
authority to use an Acceptance Stamp (bearing the State Director's Accept-
ance Number) on the occupational deferment request for any man named on
the Replacement Schedule. In spite of the State Director's "acceptance," the
classification of any man listed in a Replacement Schedule had to be deter-
mined by the registrant's Local Board of jurisdiction, such determination
being subject to the usual appeal.

A Replacement Schedule was effective for six months only, and was sub-
ject to renewal after the expiration of that period of time.

The Replacement Schedule Plan was used mainly by employers who were
particularly vulnerable with reference to a large number of their men being
of military age and being subject to induction into the armed forces.

The processing of Replacement Schedules at Illinois State Headquarters
took the entire time (which often included sixty to seventy hours a week, and
more) of seven officers in the Occupational Division and approximately a
third of the time of the State Director, himself. While the Replacement
Schedule Plan worked out very satisfactorily in Illinois, the great amount of
time required for its processing in State Headquarters prevented many of the
officers from making their usual (and important) coordinating visits to the
Local Boards and to the Industrial plants throughout the State.

The Replacement Schedule Plan consisted of:

1. Manning Table- — a complete survey of each plants complete labor
requirements and future labor plans, including the hiring and trans-
ferring of workers, training and upgrading, use of women, placement
of handicapped persons, and general utilization of labor in the plant.

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(A Manning Table was prepared by a company under the supervision
of the regional director of the War Manpower Commission and was
used as a basis for, rather than a part of, the documents submitted by
the company to the Selective Service System.

2. Replacement Summary — a summary of the jobs of the personnel in a
company's plant, including women, men over Selective Service age
and men under such age, plus the family status of the persons holding
the various jobs. Names of individuals were not shown on the Re-
placement Summary.

3. Replacement List — a list showing the names of male employes of
Selective Service ages, including the particular job of each man, his
birth year, Selective Service classification, family status, Local Board
of jurisdiction, Selective Service Order Number, and the approximate
date on which the company would be prepared to release the employe
for military service. The date of release was to be checked for any one
of the first six months following the date of the List, the period be-
tween the sixth and twelfth months following such date, or a period
following the twelfth month.

In order to acquaint large industrial companies of Illinois with the pur-
poses and details of the Replacement Schedule Plan, meetings were arranged
with the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, the Chicago Association of
Commerce and other large groups representing industry. At these meetings,
the Plan was thoroughly discussed by State Director Armstrong and Col.
Harris P. Ralston, Deputy State Director and Chief of the Occupational Divi-
sion, and questions regarding the Plan were answered — to the end that all
companies taking advantage of the Plan would be able to do so effectively.
Some of these meetings had as many as 1,500 industrial executives in at-
tendance. Colonel Armstrong promised every possible cooperation but, on
the other hand, left no doubt in the minds of his hearers that the companies
expecting to use the Plan would necessarily have to be honest in their calcula-
tions as well as realistic as to the inevitability of their being required, sooner
or later, to give up many of their key men to the armed forces.

Operation of the Replacement Schedule Plan required that a company
prepare its Replacement Summary and Replacement List (State Headquarters
gave much counsel to individual companies in the preparation of their docu-
ments) and submit the two documents in duplicate to the State Director for
consideration. If, after thorough study by the Occupational Division, the
State Director believed a company's Plan to be fair and reasonable, he
"accepted" the Plan, placing his official stamp of acceptance on both copies,
retaining one copy for his file and returning the other copy to the company.
Many companies were required to revise their Summaries and Lists one or
more times before receiving the State Director's acceptance.

Illinois employers, at the outset, were slow to adopt the Replacement

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Schedule Plan, feeling that they preferred to deal direct with the Local Boards
in each individual employe's case. However, as the employers observed the
Plan's effectiveness in the cases of other companies, more and more came to
accept it as the most practicable solution of their problem of retaining skilled
personnel of Selective Service ages for a maximum period of time.

At first, Local Boards in general felt that the Replacement Schedule was
a usurpation of their classification prerogatives, but later reversed their atti-
tude to a point where many of them almost insisted that a registrant be on a
Replacement List in order to be deferred. Boards of Appeal, on the other
hand, almost universally granted deferment to any registrant whose occupa-
tional affidavit bore the authorized "State Director's acceptance stamp."

Local Boards were "sold" on the Replacement Schedule Plan by State
Headquarters through area conferences with Local Board Members, visits of
Field Officers to individual Local Boards and by special memorandums. In
addition, copies of instructions to employers were furnished to the Local
Boards in order that the latter might be fully informed as to the administra-
tive instructions given to the employers by State Headquarters.

During the year 1943, a total of 3,196 original Replacement Schedules,
1,425 first renewals and two second renewals were approved by the State
Director — a total of 4,623 Schedules approved for the year. The number of
Advisors on the Occupational Division staff was so limited during the summer
and fall of 1943 that sixty and seventy hours a week were frequently required
in order to keep abreast of the current load. During those crowded months,
personal visits to plants were out of the question. In evaluating Replacement
Schedules, Occupational Advisors, all of whom had been industrial executives
in civilian life, depended on the official List of Critical Occupations, the
assistance of Federal procurement agencies, the very efficient help of the
Federal Apprentice Training Program, personal conferences at State Head-
quarters with employers, and their own wealth of civilian experience. Obser-
vation of any statistics on the war-time industrial production of Illinois, as
well as note of the number of men this State furnished to the armed forces,
provides the best criterion of the excellent job done by Local Boards and by
the State Headquarters Occupational Division in the consideration of Replace-
ment Schedule Plans.

REPLACEMENT SCHEDULES PROCESSED IN ILLINOIS

Original First Second Third

Year Schedules Renewals Renewals Renewals Totals

1942 2 ... ... ... 2

1943 3,196 1,425 ... ... 4,623

1944 423 902 668 83 2.076

Totals 6,701

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The Replacement Schedule Program, having generally served its purpose,
was abolished on March 12, 1945.

Occupational Deferment Policy Changes

A new occupational policy in regard to registrants 18 through 21 was
made effective February 1, 1944. This policy excluded from classification in
Class II-A or II-B any registrant age 18 through 21 unless the State Director
had approved a Form 42 A (Special). Under the revised occupational policy
of May 12, the restricted age group was changed from 18 through 21 to
18 through 25.

During the period February 1, 1944 (when the approval of the State
Director on Form 42 A (Special) for such registrants was first required)
through December 31, 1944, the State Director had approved 5,884 Forms
42A (Special), of which 1,245 were cancelled. Those recommended for de-
ferment were registrants engaged in industry, instructors in colleges, students
and professional men.

On February 26, 1944, the President stated that the armed forces were
still short 200,000 trained men — because Selective Service had fallen behind
in the armed forces' calls for manpower. He stated that, in his opinion, defer-
ments of younger men had been too liberal, and that deferments in industry
included over a million non-fathers, 380,000 of whom were under 26 years
of age. The President further stated that the time had come for industry and
agriculture to release the younger men who were physically qualified for
military service, and that the gravity of the situation required the immediate
review of all occupational deferments.

The Director of Selective Service had, only a short time before, notified
Local Boards that no registrant ages 18 through 31 years (whether father or
non-father) should be granted occupational deferment except in exceptional
cases where such deferment would be authorized by the State Director. Im-
mediately on his receiving the President's memorandum of February 26, the
National Director directed Local Boards to review all their cases of occupa-
tionally deferred registrants ages 18 through 37 years, and to apply strict
consideration to such registrants under 26 years of age.

On April 7, 1944 — as the Local Boards were busily engaged in the review
of occupational deferment in the age groups mentioned above, the Army and
Navy decided that subsequent inductees must have the vigor and stamina
that only youth could supply under combat conditions, and the National
Director therefore directed the postponement of processing all men 26 years
of age and over until such processing for men under 26 years had been sub-
stantially accomplished.

Decreasing losses by the armed forces and improved deliveries by Se-
lective Service enabled the Army to reach its full strength of 7,700,000 men
by April 5, 1944. Thus, while the need for induction of the younger men

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(as replacements) was still emphasized, registrants over 26 years were vir-
tually assured of deferment if they were engaged in war production activities
or activities essential to the national health, safety and interest.

The instructions pertaining to occupational deferment were revised on
May 12, 1944, and the prospect for registrants 18 through 25 was service in
the armed forces unless they met specific conditions for occupational defer-
ment; the prospect for registrants 26 through 29 who were found to be
"necessary to and regularly engaged in" activities in war production or in
support of the national health, safety, or interest was that they would remain
in civilian life for the time being; and the prospect for registrants ages 30
through 37 who were "regularly engaged in" activities in war production or
in support of the national health, safety or interest was that they would
remain in civilian life for an indefinite period, regardless of their physical
condition. This change in policy necessitated a change in Replacement Sched-
ules, and each Replacement Schedule was made to apply primarily to regis-
trants ages 26 through 29. Those schedules in effect at the end of May were
to remain in effect until their normal expiration date, but no new schedules
were to be accepted from establishments not already operating under the
plan. Existing schedules could be renewed for one additional six months
period, which would carry them to the spring of 1945.

The invasion of Europe began on June 6, 1944. That meant that large
numbers of additional American troops would be engaged and that casualties
would increase. The demands for guns, planes, jeeps, trucks, ammunition and
all the material of war, including gasoline of all kinds, would increase at a
progressively greater rate. The demand for food would increase corre-
spondingly. Simultaneously, at the time, the tempo of the war in the widely
scattered areas of the Pacific increased.

Even though the Army, as previously stated, had reached its authorized
strength, there was a substantial increase in the demand for manpower in the
Navy and in the Merchant Marine. Thus, coupled with the continuing de-
mand for military manpower, the demands for materiel, food and supplies
for the armed forces were stepped up, and the problem of achieving a max-
imum balance between the two major requirements was primarily a problem
for the Local Boards. If they hysterically inducted their physically fit regis-
trants, the war production in this country would suffer; if they were excep-
tionally liberal in their deferments, the armed forces would be seriously
hampered. To the credit of Illinois, Local Boards in this State met the chal-
lenging problem squarely and managed to supply a reasonable quota of men
to the armed forces, yet leaving enough men in war production to assure a
continuing supply of material, food and supplies flowing to the battle fronts.
There is no known instance where the action of an Illinois Local Board caused
delay of material needed by the armed forces.

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The Certification Plan

In the Fall of 1943, industrial employers throughout the country were
encountering more and more difficulties in obtaining deferments for their
skilled men. The need for aircraft workers in California had grown so urgent
that it was found necessary to establish a certification plan, and put responsi-
bility upon the Army, the Navy and other Federal Government procurement
agencies to certify registrants who, in the opinions of the procurement officers
of the prospective services and departments, were necessary in the aircraft
plants on the West Coast. In December of 1943, the Certification Plan was
extended to other specific plants where the need for skilled workers was
exceptionally pressing and their retention vital.

In the Certification Plan, the employer filled out a special form — the Form
42 A (Special) — and submitted the completed form to the Army or Navy
procurement officer assigned to the employer's plant. If the procurement
officer deemed the registrant vitally necessary to the operation of the plant,
the officer certified such necessity on the form, which was then forwarded to
the State Director of the State in which the Local Board having Selective
Service jurisdiction over the registrant was located.

At the State Director's office, each certified Form 42 A (Special) was
carefully considered in the Occupational Division and then submitted to the
State Director, who either approved or disapproved the form. The form was
then sent to the Local Board of jurisdiction, and was placed in the registrant's
file as additional important evidence to be considered by the Local Board in
determining classification. The receipt of a Form 42 A (Special) made it
mandatory upon the Local Board to reopen the registrant's case and deter-
mine classification anew — on the basis of the new evidence.

Near the beginning of 1945, the armed forces indicated that their greatest
immediate need was for physically fit men in the younger age groups capable
of the highest degree of efficiency under combat conditions. The policy was
therefore adopted to release large numbers of younger, physically fit men for
military service, and at the same time provide sufficient numbers of men to
engage in activities in war production or in support of the national health,
safety, or interest who were in the older age groups. The supply of young
men ages 18 through 25 was practically exhausted, and the supply of those
between the ages of 26 and 29 was limited.

A new certification plan was adopted on February 15, 1945, covering
registrants ages 18 through 29 — DSS Form 42A (Special-Revised) — and a
list of certifying agencies was furnished to Selective Service classifying
agencies, together with a list of essential activities and critical occupations.
In order to qualify for deferment a registrant 18 through 29 had to be "neces-
sary to and regularly engaged in" and "indispensable and irreplaceable" in one
of the activities indicated. A registrant 30 through 33, in order to qualify for
deferment, must be "necessary to and regularly engaged in" an activity in war

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production or in an activity supporting the national health, safety, or interest,
preference being given to fathers. A registrant age 34 through 37 was only re-
quired to be "regularly engaged in" an activity in war production or in support
of the national health, safety, or interest. Illinois was scraping the bottom of
the barrel so far as younger men were concerned. This plan tightened up on
deferments and made more men available for service. At the same time, it
left in industry practically all men over 33. No difficulty was experienced
with Local Boards in following through on this certification plan.

A similar certification plan — through the use of DSS Form 42 A (Special-
Merchant Marine) was operated for registrants serving in the Merchant
Marine.

Procurement and Assignment Service

While it was realized that there existed a shortage of physicians and
dentists to take care of the medical needs of the civilian population, as well
as a shortage of graduate veterinarians, the need of the armed forces for men
of these professions was so great that, in the early part of 1942, plans were
made to evaluate the community necessity of every physician, dentist and
veterinarian in the country, the armed forces to obtain any such professional
man who could reasonably be spared from his community.

The Procurement and Assignment Service was formed as a part of
the War Manpower Commission. The function of the Procurement and
Assignment Service was to make an exhaustive survey of all military-aged
men in the professions named and be prepared to report impartially whenever
the Selective Service System requested such a report on one of its registrants
under consideration for classification. On January 28, 1942, the National
Selective Service Director forthwith issued instructions requiring the Local
Boards to obtain a recommendation from the Procurement and Assignment
Service in the case of any physician, dentist or veterinarian before classifying
any such registrant.

The organization and operation of the Procurement and Assignment
Service proved of great value to the Local Boards, as well as the Occupa-
tional Division of State Headquarters. Invariably, the recommendations of
the investigative agency were followed by the Local Boards, the gross result
being the procurement of a considerable number of younger physicians,
dentists and veterinarians for active service in the Army or the Navy. If
any physician, dentist or veterinarian was found to be available for military
service, the practice was to permit him to apply for and obtain a commission.
In only one case in Illinois was it necessary to induct a full-fledged physician
as an enlisted man, and then only because he failed to cooperate and take
advantage of the commission privilege accorded him.

Special thanks are due to the following men who, as representatives of the
Procurement and Assignment Service, gave whole-hearted and effective co-

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operation to the Selective System in Illinois in connection with the classifi-
cation consideration of registrants engaged professionally in their respective
fields :

Dr. Harold M. Camp, Monmouth, Illinois — Secretary of the Illinois

Medical Society
Dr. Robert J. Wells, Chicago — then Secretary of the Chicago Dental

Society.
Dr. Anthony Bott, East St. Louis, Illinois — President of the Illinois
Veterinary Association

Deferment of Pharmacists

While the pharmacists bore a similar relationship to public need as did
the physicians and dentists, the former were not included in the operations
of the Procurement and Assignment Service. Thus, the deferment considera-
tion of pharmacists presented quite a problem until State Headquarters made
an arrangement with the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association which involved
an Association survey of the entire pharmaceutical employment in Illinois
and a complete report on each registrant claiming to be a pharmacist. This
report included the registrant's professional qualification, the number of
customers of the drugstore in which he was employed, the number of drug-
stores in the area concerned, the amount of prescription drug business, the
number of pharmacists necessary to carry on the business, etc. The report
was furnished in duplicate, one copy being placed in the registrant's file at
the Local Board office.

This contribution of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association provided
the Local Boards concerned with substantial information and enabled these
Boards to determine classification fairly and properly in all cases of regis-
trants employed as pharmacists.

Deferment of Federal Government and Other Public Employes

On March 5, 1943, the President issued his Executive Order No. 9309,
which restricted requests for deferment of Federal Government employes,
and also established a specific procedure to be followed when such defer-
ments requests were indicated. On April 8, 1943, in Public Law 23, the
78th Congress confirmed the President's Executive Order, giving it a statutory
status, and established committees in the legislative and judicial branches of
the Federal Government to consider deferments in those branches. This law
also required a monthly report to Congress of all deferments of Federal
Government employes.

Under the President's order, classification agencies within the Selective
Service System were not permitted to give any consideration to the fact
that a registrant was in the employ of the executive, legislative or judicial
branch of the Federal Government unless a request, in conformity with the
law, was presented by the major committee on deferments of the branch of

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the Federal Government in which the registrant was employed. Any such
request which had the approval of the special committee bore the stamp,
"Authorized Government Request."

Little or no difficulty was encountered in connection with the classifica-
tion of Federal Government employes except during the period when men
of ages 30 through 37 years were liable for service. Several Local Boards
insisted on deferring postmen and rural mail carriers in spite of the absence
of an Authorized Government Request for such deferment. Since the people
of the few communities concerned were generally in favor of such deferments,
no unfavorable community reaction appeared.

Because of the strict order of Governor Green pertaining to deferment
requests on State of Illinois employes, none but critically needed employes
in that category were granted deferment, and those few deferments were
usually made for specific limited periods of time.

Illinois municipalities in general followed the Governor's lead, and the
only deferments requested were for a few firemen, police radio operators
and other obviously necessary men.

Merchant Marine Deferments

Deferment of men in the Merchant Marine was always a serious problem
in Illinois. The principal objection of Local Boards was that such men re-
ceived considerably higher pay than the bulk of the men in the armed forces.
Until the War Shipping Administration organized its Merchant Marine De-
ferment Section (wherein no deferment was asked for except through the
use of a certified DSS Form 42 A (Special-Merchant Marine) in the Cer-
tification Plan), most of the Illinois Local Boards refused to grant defer-
ment to merchant seamen. However, after the War Shipping Administration
began its participation in the Certification Plan, Local Boards were more
inclined to grant deferment.

Merchant Marine deferments in Illinois reached their peak (approxi-
mately 3,000) early in 1945. On October 31, 1946, there were only 1,257
such deferments.

Educational Deferments

Education was bound to feel the impact of the war — in the loss of some
teachers and many students. Yet, these men — when they could be spared —
were under the same obligation as other citizens of America to defend vigor-
ously the principles which afforded the very educational opportunities they
had to give up temporarily.

In the early part of the Selective Service program, Local Boards through-
out the country were prone to give little deferment consideration to teachers.
This attitude caused such serious inroads into American educational insti-
tutions that it later (on July 15, 1942) became necessary for the Selective
Service System to define "educational services" as one of the activities essential

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to the support of the war, and to designate certain occupations within the
educational institutions as "critical." Thus, having a clearer idea of the
importance of retaining school heads and others engaged in the teaching
of the sciences and professions, Local Boards became more liberal in their
consideration of registrants engaged in educational work.

Policies pertaining to the deferment of students were first organized
comprehensively in a bulletin on occupational classification which was issued
by National Headquarters on March 16, 1942. This bulletin set up certain
standards by which the Local Board might judge reasonably and intelligently
as to whether or not a student in college was entitled to deferment.

Deferment of students was to be limited to those men who had already
completed two academic years of study in a recognized college or university,
who were "in training and preparation" to acquire a qualification or skill
which would fit them for a "critical occupation" in activities necessary to
war production or essential to the support of the war effort, and who were
pursuing such course satisfactorily. The same principles were applicable
to students attending accredited trade or vocational schools.

The Certification Plan included the consideration of certain college or
university students for deferment, and the strictness with which Illinois
Local Boards applied such consideration is revealed by the fact that, on
August 1, 1944, there existed only 469 of such student deferments among all
the State's registrants.

Where theological and divinity schools were on the basis of a profes-
sional school of a university, students in pre-theological schools were rec-
ognized on the same basis as pre-medical schools. Any pre-theological student
approaching the end of his sophomore year, who was definitely headed for
specific training in the ministry or priesthood, was given occupational de-
ferment in Class II-A. This deferment was usually renewed until the regis-
trant entered the theological or divinity school. The students who were
actually in attendance at recognized theological or divinity schools were
classified in Class IV-D. The classification of II-A for students in pre-
theological schools applied only so long as they remained in attendance at
such schools and pursued their courses satisfactorily.

Occupational Deferment Policies After V-E and V-J Days

After the termination of the war in Germany, calls on Selective Service
were reduced in July and succeeding months, and government procurement
agencies began to readjust war production to fit the requirements of the
war against Japan, which resulted in substantial production cut-backs. These
new conditions tended to increase the supply of and decrease the demand
for manpower. Occupational policies were re-stated in June, 1945 and were
designed to re-emphasize the need for men ages 18 through 29 in the armed
forces and to liberalize the requirements for occupational deferment of
registrants 30 through 33 and 34 through 37, and made a change in cer-

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tifying agencies. Registrants 30 through 37 needed merely to be "regularly
engaged in" an activity in war production or in support of the national
health, safety, or interest.

After the war with Japan ended, classification policies were again changed
during the latter part of 1945. The term "national health, safety, or in-
terest" was re-defined to include the production and services required to
maintain the armed forces during occupation; research, development and
manufacture of weapons and other items essential to the maintenance of
an adequate national defense; transportation and other activities required
for demobilization; activities and services required to expedite reconver-
sion; and other activities which the Local Board considered essential on a
national or local basis. The deferment of those 18 through 29 was con-
fined to those "necessary to and regularly engaged in" an activity in sup-
port of the national health, safety, or interest, as defined above, but Form
42A (Special-Revised) was not required to be certified. Special considera-
tion was given to students in certain professional schools, to registrants
engaged in national defense projects, to key personnel in reconversion proj-
ects, and to fathers.

On January 1, 1946, occupational deferments (excluding agriculture)
in Illinois totaled only 3,446, including 501 industrial and professional,
2,508 Merchant Marine and 322 students. All others of the inductible age
group who were physically qualified were made available.

In May of 1946, the Selective Training and Service Act was extended
until June 30, but inductions were suspended. Registrations, however, con-
tinued. Public Law 473 of the 79th Congress extended the Act from June
30, 1946, until March 31, 1947, but excluded the processing of 18-year-olds,
except for registration. Occupational policies were amended the following
month, restricting those eligible for consideration for occupational defer-
ment to the age group 19 through 29. Later the policy was amended to
provide for certification for occupational deferment of registrants of this
age group engaged in the physical sciences and engineering; college teach-
ers; certain registrants engaged in production and transportation; and cer-
tain construction workers.

On October 31, 1946, there were 3,797 registrants age 19 through 29
(excluding agriculture) deferred in Illinois for occupational reasons, of
which 882 were industrial and professional, 1,257 Merchant Marine, and
307 students.

CLASS II-C— AGRICULTURAL DEFERMENT

Agricultural deferments were granted under the same authority and by
the same regulations which governed the granting of industrial deferments.
An agricultural enterprise, to be necessary to support of the war effort,
had to produce and market more food and other products than could be

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consumed personally by the people living and working on the farm. The
farm employer had to show that a farm registrant was a necessary man in
the enterprise and could not be replaced without materially decreasing the
yield of the farm. This "necessity" would be evidenced by the extent of
his experience and training as a skilled farm hand or farm operator and
by the results of his work, or by a lack of adequate farm labor supply in
his immediate neighborhood.

Basically, then, the five important considerations in agricultural defer-
ment were:

1. The importance of the products of the farm;

2. The importance of the particular enterprise;

3. The importance of the skill of the registrant;

4. The registrant's share in the farm's production;

5. The availability or shortage of farm labor in the area.

Agricultural workers were permitted to change occupation from one
farm to another when in the judgment of their respective Local Boards, such
moves meant the likelihood of increased production. Where, however, such
a move was made simply because the need for the worker's services on the
first farm ceased, reclassification for induction was generally inevitable.

The State Agricultural Situation Before Pearl Harbor

Illinois stood in second place among the States in gross farm income.
This position stemmed from a combination of fertile soils, ample rainfall,
a favorable growing season, and experienced farmers well equipped with
necessary buildings and mechanical equipment. The result was the produc-
tion of a variety of major agricultural products rather than a highly devel-
oped specialization, although a degree of specialization is found in certain
areas of the State.

Thus, in corn production, Illinois stood in second place; first in soy-
beans; third in oats; sixth in hay; and tenth in wheat. The State was in
fifth place in value of all livestock; second in numbers of hogs; fourth in
number of chickens; fifth in volume of milk production; and seventh in
number of cattle.

Crop production was indicated by the relative distribution of acreages of
various crops in the cultivated area. In 1942, corn occupied 41 percent; oats,
19; soybeans, 18; hay, 14; wheat, 5; and other crops 3 percent. Because a
large part of the feed crops are fed to livestock on Illinois farms, the cash farm
income was divided approximately two-thirds from livestock and livestock
products and one-third from sale of crops. Sales of hogs accounted for 27 per-
cent of cash income in 1942; cattle and calves for 18 percent; dairy products,
12 ; chickens and eggs, 7 ; and other livestock sources 2 percent. Corn brought
in 15 percent; soybeans, 10; other feeds, 3; and food grains, truck, fruit
and miscellaneous crops 6 percent.

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During the war period, agricultural production was materially increased
in the State of Illinois, in the face of a constantly diminishing labor supply
and a growing shortage of farm equipment. Illinois agriculture made a
marked contribution to the war effort, both in the production of essential
foods and other raw materials for war production and also in providing
personnel for the Armed Forces.

Thus — in view of the tremendous wartime agricultural production of
the State — the necessity for deferring a large number of Illinois registrants
for farm work was readily apparent. Nevertheless, in accomplishing this great
agricultural production, Illinois' proportion of registrants deferred for farm
work was considerably less than that of other agricultural States.

Impact of War and of Industry on Farm Labor in the State

The initiation of the National Defense Program many months before
Pearl Harbor attracted substantial numbers of farm workers into war in-
dustry because of the much higher wages as compared to those in farm
work. With the declaration of war and the resultant expansion of war in-
dustry, the withdrawal of agricultural workers from the farm increased
greatly, especially in areas within a 50 to 60-mile radius of war plants. With
the wide distribution of such plants in Illinois, about two-thirds of the area
of the State was directly affected.

These developments were but symptoms of the general withdrawal of
agricultural workers which was taking place over the country during the
year 1942, and especially during the fall months of that year. This situation
in time created a widespread alarm that adequate food production could
not be maintained. This matter came to the attention of Congress, which
took action by adding the Tydings Amendment to the Selective Service Act.

The Agricultural Questionnaire

During the first months of the war, no official plans had been developed
by which to measure agricultural needs as closely as possible according
to a specific formula or system of rating agricultural work. Large numbers
of farm operators and workers were being inducted, and the serious effects
of heavy withdrawals of farm workers by the armed forces were quickly
noted at the local level. The need for complete information regarding farm
production and each farm registrant's necessity on the farm, as a basis
for Selective Service classification, became apparent.

The general Selective Service Questionnaire (DSS Form 40) and the
Occupational Deferment Statement (DSS Form 42) contained several ques-
tions in reference to agricultural necessity of a registrant. These forms,
however, proved to be entirely inadequate for efficient classification of agri-
cultural registrants.

The first plan designed specifically for the classification of agricultural

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registrants was developed by and for the use of the Logan County Local
Board. This was a plan under which Township Farmers' Defense Commit-
tees were organized to assist in the evaluation of individual cases and to advise
the Local Board on the needs of particular farms. The plan was developed
in December of 1941 and approved by State Headquarters early in the
next month.

The Logan County plan included a special information questionnaire
for each farm registrant and the farm on which he was employed, as well
as statements of cooperation to be signed by both the farm employer and
the registrant employed by him.

On January 16, 1942, this plan was outlined to the other Illinois Local
Boards in a State memorandum in which the Boards were encouraged to
foster a similar organization in their own counties. Many of the Local
Boards in the agricultural areas of the State did set up similar organizations
which proved most helpful to the Boards in passing on requests for farm
deferment.

The success of these local efforts prompted the State Director to call
a meeting of the agricultural leaders of Illinois in company with members
of his staff who were handling farm deferment matters, the purpose being
to develop plans and procedures which would help solve the serious farm
labor problem then confronting Illinois as a whole. Those present at a
meeting in State Headquarters on February 18, 1942 were:

State Director Armstrong

Howard Leonard, Director, Department of Agriculture, State of Illinois

Harry M. Combrick, State Agricultural Conservation Office (AAA)

E. A. Eckert, Master, Illinois Grange

H. P. Rusk, Dean, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois

A. H. R. Atwood, Superintendent, Farm Labor Placement

Paul E. Johnston, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics,

University of Illinois
Earl C. Smith, President, Illinois Agricultural Association
Edwin Bay, Farm Advisor, Sangamon County

Col. Harris P. Ralston, Chief Occupational Advisor, State Headquarters
Capt. Baird V. Helfrich, State Legal Advisor, State Headquarters

As an outcome of this meeting, an Agricultural Questionnaire (State
Form 401-A — later changed to "AQ44" and "AQ45") was developed for
state-wide use to afford adequate information by which Local Boards could
evaluate the need for farm registrants on their agricultural jobs. The form
included specific information as to the size of the farm, crops and livestock
raised, the production accomplished on the farm in 1941 and that contem-

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FORM AQ-43
Illinois Agricultural Questionnaire

ILLINOIS STATE HEADQUARTERS
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

me>

Address

(First) (Middle)

(Last)

(R. F. D. or Street)

(Town or City)

(State)

Order No.

| Local Board Stamp |

TO YOU AS AN ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL REGISTRANT

Pages 2, 3 and 4 of this Agricultural Questionnaire should be promptly completed, with full answers
to all questions, legibly written in INK. Return the completed Questionnaire to your Local Board within
one week from receipt. Employers will please cooperate in providing the information necessary for filling
out this Questionnaire, which is to be submitted in addition to the Selective Service Questionnaire (DDS
Form 40). Classification is based solely on the written evidence in each file, and no classification is permanent.

Your Selective Service Board is charged with classifying you, as well as other registrants in their juris-
diction, in an impartial and honest manner under the Selective Service Act and Regulations. Exact informa-
tion in your case is necessary to be fair to yourself, as well as to other registrants, in this wartime requirement.
Please cooperate at once, understanding that this information is confidential and will be treated as such
by your Local Board and its advisers.

No "blanket deferment" has been given to all farmers, and the present national and state farm policy is to
carefully scrutinize and strictly review all agricultural deferments For 1945. every effort must be made
to keep farm acreage under cultivation and to maintain livestock and crop production in needed lines. Each
registrant who is deferred has a solemn obligation to make his maximum contribution to the war effort Defer-
ments are to be made solely in the national interest and the case of each registrant must be reviewed on the
basis of the amount and quality of his production and his replaceability, to determine if he is essential to
agriculture.

If you are dissatisfied with your classification, you should make written request to your Local Board
for a personal appearance before the Local Board within 10 days after your Notice of Classification (Form 57)
is mailed to you, or contact the Government Appeal Agent of your Local Board on the question of taking an
appeal to the Appeal Board (separate, from the Local Board and without personal hearing) within said 10-day
period. Time limitations on appeals are now strictly enforced. Act at once, if you desire a personal
appearance before the Local Board or an appeal after classification.

PAUL G. ARMSTRONG,
State Director.

P. S. Fill out this Questionnaire with the help of your employer, and both of you will please sign it. The
assistance of your Registrants' Advisory Board or the Farm Adviser's Stall is available, without charge, in
filling out this form. (Contact Local Hoard Clerk for names.)

(OVER)

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On the preceding page, this page and the two following pages is shown
the Illinois Agricultural Questionnaire (III. Form AQ). This form was
originally designed early in 1942 by Illinois State Headquarters, but was
later adopted by a number of other States.

SUPPLEMENTAL AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION

GIVE FULL ANSWERS, CLEARLY WRITTEN IN INK

A. FARM OPERATION (farm where registrant will work 1945) : Is registrant the owner

or employee __?

1. Size of farm: Total acres ; acres owned— _; acres rented ; total acres in crops-

compact unit, or scattered?

direction from_

Location of farm: Township.

; distance-

Is land in one
-miles, and

If farm rented, name and address of landowner-

If registrant works for more than one employer, explain-

2. Fertility of soil, good? Medium? Fair?

3. Show the number of machines and horses owned on this farm:

Tractor Combine .

Tractor cultivator Binder

Corn picker Mower

Corn sheller (large) Baler

4. Production

Motor trucks.

Silage cutter

Milking machine-
Work horses-

1944

(Actual)

1945

(Anticipated)

Hogs Sold (No.)

Pigs Weaned (No.)

Cattle Sold (No.)

Sheep or Lambs Sold (No.)

Chickens Sold (No.)

Dairy Cows Milked (No.)

Cream, Butterfat Sold (lbs.)

Milk Sold (lbs.)

Wool Sold (lbs.)

Corn harvested (bu.)

Corn raised (acres)

Production

Soybeans harvested (bu.)
Soybeans raised (acres)
Wheat raised (acres)
Oats raised (acres)
Barley raised (acres)
Hay (acres)
Hay tons)
Fruit (kind) (bu.)
Vegetables (acres)
Honey (lbs.)

1944

(Actual)

1945
(Anticipated)

FARM LABOR SITUATION (for farm
1. Record below the names of all persons over 10

on which registrant will work in 1945) :
years of age who will live or work full or part time i

the farm for 1945, and the informa-

tion concerning each.

(Name full)

Sex

Age

Years
farm ex-
perience

Months

will work

1945

Number

depend

ents

Classi-
fica-
tion

Operate

and
maintain
tractor?

Physical condition
and any defects

3. Is registrant related to employer?

working on this farm

Acres ; Type

If so, state relationship-
Custom w

rk registrant did in 1944: Type.
: Type_

.Date registrant began

4. How many year-round workers are needed on the farm in 1945 ?
For what months?

How many part-time workers will be needed?-

5. Has the employer requested labor from the Farm Adviser or U.S.D.A. War Board'

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1945 ACREAGE AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION

C. ESSENTIAL FARM PRODUCTS (farm where registrant will work in 1945):

DIRECTIONS: Column A to be filled in by employer (registrant if self-employed).

No animals or acreage to

be entered twice on this page. DO NOT WRITE IN COLUMN "C"

MOTE: — The employer (or registrant) trill be asked to file a
supplementary form toicard the end of the crop season to
shoic production actually accomplished.

Column A

Number of
animals

Column B

Conversion
Factor

Column C
To be entered
by Local Board

(War Units)

LIVESTOCK (now on farm— list each animal once only)

i no

.10

(b) Beef Cattle

.10

.33

.03

(d) Chickens

0017

013

0033

(e) Sheep

00(S?

02S

FIBER AND OIL CROPS AND POTATOES (acres 1945)

Acres

.12

.20

FIELD CROPS (acres 1945, list acres once only)

.18

(J) Corn for hybrid seed production (farmer furnishes all labor) and sweet corn

.00

.50

.20

SMALL FRUITS AND BERRIES (acres)

Blackberries, grapes, dewberries, raspberries, strawberries, currants,

pnosebprrirs, quinres

1 SO

To he filled in bv Local Hoard only. W TOTAL WAR UNITS (Forwarded to Page 4)

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TOTAL WAR UNITS (forwarded)

VEGETABLES FOR FRESH CONSUMPTION AND

PROCESSING (acres)

Asparagus (from present plantings), beets, broccoli, brussel sprouts,
cabbage, carrots, chard, cauliflower, collards, endive, escarole. green leafy
lettuce, green pascal celery, green peas for fresh consumption only peppers,
kale, lima beans mustard greens, onions, parsnips, rutabaga, snapbeans,
spinach, tomatoes and turnips

VEGETABLE PLANTS AND SEEDS

OTHER FOOD AND SPECIAL CROPS

(a) Nuts (from present plantings) (acres)

(b) Sugar beets, sorghum, and sorgo syrup.

(d) Tobacco (acres)

Other Crops not Listed

Logging, cutting ties, posts pulpwood. firewood. e*c

Column A
ACRES

TOTAL WAR UMTS ON THIS FARM

Conversion
Factor

.1.00
.1.50

. .20
. .50

. 04
_2. 00

Column C
To be entered
6v Local Board

I War Units)

Custom work on other farms:

Kind:

Kind :

Units for harvesting or processing canning crops.
Units allocated to registrant from farm of

Acres

Acres.

(lOOhrs.-l unit).

(Separate Agric. Questionnaire required for additional tear units claimed.

TOTAL WAR UNITS

1. Changes in livestock production for 194v Increase (kind and amount).
Decrease (kind and amount)

In essential crop production, 1945. Increase (kind and amount).
Decrease (kind and amount).

2. REMARKS:

WE HAVE READ THESE THREE PAGES AND THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE TRUE

Date

Signature of Registrant

Address of Registrant

Date

Signature of Employer

Address of Employer

NOTE: — The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, Amended, provides that any person or persons knowingly making
or being a party to the making of false statements or certificates shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment
for not more than five years or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.

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(Continued from page 149)

plated for 1942, equipment available, the labor force required, and other

pertinent information.

The Illinois Agricultural Questionnaire was presented to all Illinois
Local Boards by the State Director on February 26, 1942, and its immediate
adoption by the Boards was urged. Needless to say, every Local Board in
the State lost no time in putting the new Questionnaire to work in order to
help them judge farm deferment claims more accurately and fairly. Subse-
quent revisions were made in the Agricultural Questionnaire, and Supple-
ments were issued at intervals as a check on accomplished and anticipated
production.

Illinois' farm form was the first "farm questionnaire" to be used by any
State in connection with the consideration of classification of agricultural
registrants, and a number of other States adopted the form for their own
use. The use of the Illinois Agricultural Questionnaire brought about more
uniform and equitable classification of farm registrants and helped to re-
solve the farm labor deferment problem of the State. It unquestionably con-
tributed largely to both the outstanding farm deferment record of Illinois
Local Boards and, by its strict requirements, helped to achieve the tremendous
agricultural production accomplished by this State during wartime. It is
also felt that the use of the Illinois farm form may have had considerable
influence in the development of the "agricultural war unit" plan which was
developed and used on a national basis and which will be described in
subsequent paragraphs.

Since the Illinois Agricultural Questionnaire was purely of State develop-
ment, there were no federal funds for the printing of the supply needed.
Gov. Dwight H. Green arranged to provide the necessary funds for the
printing of the required supply through the Department of Agriculture and
the Department of Finance. A portion of the supply was multilithed at State
Headquarters.

U. S. Department of Agriculture War Boards

In February of 1942, National Headquarters suggested the use, by Local
Boards, of assistance from the War Boards of the United States Department
of Agriculture. These Boards consisted of men with agricultural back-
grounds and their function was to establish the communities' farm pro-
duction possibilities, determine the general labor needs, and stimulate the
maximum agricultural production in the interest of the war effort. The
memorandum from the National Director of Selective Service stated that
the War Boards could render valuable assistance to Selective Service Local
Boards by providing general information regarding the importance of farm
products and the farm labor situation, but were not to interest themselves
in cases of individual registrants. The County War Boards thus supplanted

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the need for township committees such as was used under the Logan County
Plan and made available extensive information.

Beginning on March 5, 1943, a War Board was permitted to appeal
cases of agricultural registrants provided the War Board had previously
filed with the Local Board concerned a statement regarding the agricultural
necessity of any such registrant. This right of appeal on the part of the
War Boards was exercised in very few cases.

The great majority of the Local Boards in Illinois freely sought the help
of the United States Department of Agriculture War Boards and the various
county agricultural advisers in obtaining information as to the necessity
or non-necessity of registrants on the farms on which they were employed.
Only in a few instances — where the War Boards and county agricultural
advisers were obviously one-sided in their considerations — did Local Boards
fail to request their cooperation. In general, the USDA War Boards and
the county advisers worked harmoniously with the Local Boards and were
most helpful in carrying out the spirit and letter of the Selective Service
law as well as being an active force in maintaining maximum agricultural
production in this State.

The Tydings Amendment to Public Law 772

In late fall of 1942, the Congress — disturbed by reports that farm labor
was being depleted through induction into military service — passed the
Tydings Amendment to Public Law 772. This amendment was widely hailed
by farmers as practically a "blanket deferment" for agricultural registrants.
A few Illinois Local Boards interpreted the amendment likewise until State
Headquarters corrected the misunderstanding. (An odd situation was that
several of the so-called "toughest farm boards" misinterpreted the law and
felt that "farmers were being shown unfair favoritism" — a situation that
was actually non-existent.)

In reality, however, the Tydings Amendment granted no "exemption
from induction" to farm registrants, and specifically made the Local Board
responsible for determining whether or not a farm registrant was necessary
to the farm on which he was employed. The decision by the Local Board
in each classification case was, of course, subject to appeal.

The Tydings Amendment to Public Law 772 (approved November 13,
1942), read as follows:

"Every registrant found by a selective service local board, subject to
appeal in accordance with Section 10 (a) (2), to be necessary to and
regularly engaged in an agricultural occupation or endeavor essential to
the war effort, shall be deferred from training and service in the land
and naval forces so long as he remains so engaged and until such time
as a satisfactory replacement can be obtained: Provided, that should
any such person leave such occupation or endeavor, except for induction

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into the land or naval forces under this act, his selective service local
board, subject to appeal in accordance with section 10 (a) (2), shall re-
classify such registrant in a class immediately available for military serv-
ice, unless prior to leaving such occupation or endeavor, he requests such
local board to determine, and such local board, subject to appeal in ac-
cordance with section 10 (a) (2), determines, that it is in the best interest
of the war effort for him to leave such occupation or endeavor for other
work."

A careful reading of the amendment reveals that it did not grant outright
exemption to farm workers; in fact, it added nothing new to the policies
already established by Selective Service and actively in force — except the
mandatory provision for reclassification of any registrant who left the farm
for other work without the permission of his Local Board. This latter pro-
vision was welcomed by both Selective Service and the farm interests.

The War Unit Plan

On November 17, 1942, National Headquarters established a definite
plan whereby Local Boards could use a set of specific standards by which
to determine whether or not an individual farm registrant could qualify
for deferment on the grounds of agricultural occupation. The War Unit
Plan, as it was commonly known, set up a list of the various essential and
non-essential farm products, and established a war unit value on the labor
required to produce a certain amount of each of the various products. The
normal goal of production — the desired amount for qualification for agri-
cultural deferment — was determined, on a national basis, as sixteen "war
units." Local Boards were told that they must not be too rigid, but must
consider all conditions, particularly the possibility of future achievement
of the sixteen unit goal. Under exceptional circumstances, allowances could
be made in cases of less than sixteen units, but no consideration was felt
warranted for a registrant with fewer than eight units.

When the "war unit plan" was promulgated by National Headquarters,
arrangements were made for a meeting in each county of Local Boards and
County War Boards at which a war unit goal was selected, to be applied to
prospective production for 1943. Most counties in Illinois adopted the
national goal of 16 war units per worker for 1943.

Late in 1943, recognizing that the manpower requirements would soon
necessitate a stricter policy regarding deferments, a proposal was submitted
to agricultural leaders for reviewing and revising still further upward the
war unit objectives in the various counties. This was supported bv a sample
study of actual war unit accomplishment on farms in fifteen counties widely
distributed over the State. Upon the acceptance of this general plan by
agricultural leaders, joint meetings of Selective Service Local Boards and
County War Boards were requested during the month of January, 1944, to
review the county was unit objective. As a result, in 97 of the 102 coun-

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ties of the State, for which reports were received, 13 counties showed a
war unit objective of more than 20 units per man, these varying from 21
to 25 units per worker; 44 counties adopted a war unit objective of 20 units
per worker; 19 counties of 18 units: 16 counties of 16 units; and 5 other
counties included local variations which were not readily classifiable. Al-
most without exception, the counties which adopted the lower unit objectives
were in the southern part of the State, or in other areas of rough topography
where agricultural conditions were less favorable.

When the Agricultural Questionnaire was revised for 1944, numerous
questions were raised regarding the war unit credit for individual products.
Because of the importance of corn and soybeans in Illinois and the relative
position which this State holds in the national production of these crops,
a proposal, which was supported by the agricultural leaders of the State,
was submitted to National Headquarters to modify the per-acre credit for
these two crops to bring them into a relationship consistent with the labor
requirements in their production. This proposal provided for a reduction
in the acre credit for corn from .20 to .18 and for an increase in that for
soybeans from .08 to .12. In the absence of definite disapproval by National
Headquarters, the change was made by administrative action at State level.

When the mandatory War Unit Plan was officially withdrawn by National
Headquarters on April 5, 1944, polls were taken separately of Illinois Local
Boards and of County War Boards at a series of joint meetings then in
progress, as to whether the Plan should be continued to provide substantial
information as a basis of classification. Upon the affirmative response of
both groups, the Plan was continued by the bulk of the Local Boards in this
State. Its use was, of course, then discretionary with each Board.

The operation of the War Unit Plan unquestionably played a great part
in increasing farm production in Illinois. In thousands of cases where the
number of units per individual farm laborer was short of the required stand-
ard in the county, the farm employer immediately made arrangements to
increase production to the point where it would equal if not exceed the unit
requirements.

Special Problems in Agriculture

In the Spring of 1943, it appeared that there would be a serious national
shortage of agricultural (including dairy ) products in America. The situation
was such that men who were working in activities not essential to the war
effort, but who had had previous farming experiences, were urged strongly
to return to the farm. Many registrants responded to this urgent request —
many of them knowing that failure to engage in an essential activity would
bring certain reclassification. In addition, Class IV-F men and men over
38 years of age, who had previous farm experience, were induced to return
to agriculture in order that the threatened shortage of vital farm products
would be averted.

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Fortunately, the Nation was able to reduce the probability of a serious
shortage in farm products by using prisoner of war labor, also Mexicans
and Jamaicans. Several thousands of these men were used in Illinois at
the peak. In addition, conscientious objectors were frequently assigned to
agricultural work, and further help was obtained from students in vacation
periods and from many members of the military forces volunteering for
farm work on short passes from their camps.

In January, 1945, a directive from National Headquarters required pre-
induction physical examinations for all II-C registrants under 26 years of
age. In order to conform to schedules for examinations of other groups
and the capacity of the examination station, the examination of this group
was spread out through February, March and April.

Actually, the reduction in number of agricultural registrants was small,
but some 5,000 registrants were found to be qualified for military service or
qualified for limited service only and hence were classified in II-C(F) or
II-C(L). Regulations provided no definite basis by which such registrants
could be reclassified if they left their agricultural occupation; yet only a
small proportion left agricultural employment.

The end of hostilities in Germany eased the pressure on all registrants
under 30 years of age and indefinite deferment of II-C registrants 30 years
and over and all II-C(F) and II-C(L) registrants was permitted. Following
the end of hostilities with Japan, a change in Regulations left only regis-
trants under 26 vulnerable (except for volunteers). Some agricultural regis-
trants 26 and over left farm jobs for other work.

In the Fall of 1945, a paradoxical situation developed in which, despite
cutbacks in industry and the release of large numbers of men from the
armed forces, the farm labor force was the smallest of the entire war period.
Men released from industry refused to accept work on farms. Discharged
veterans who formerly worked on farms were prone to seek other work.
Yet, in spite of agriculture's acute shortage of labor, Illinois managed, by
almost superhuman effort, to harvest tremendous crops of corn and soybeans.

Attitude of Farmers and Local Boards on the
Agricultural Deferment Problem

Farm people, on the whole, were intensely patriotic, and took a realistic
view of the agricultural deferment problem. While they understood the im-
portance of food in the war picture and put forth maximum effort to pro-
duce food, they nevertheless recognized their responsibility to furnish man-
power to the armed forces whenever such manpower could reasonably be
spared from the farm.

Some farm people mistakenly felt that the Tydings Amendment provided
an outright exemption for all farm workers, failing to understand that under
the law, the determination of whether or not an agricultural worker was
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small number of registrants attempted to use employment in agriculture as
a means of avoiding military service.

The addition of working farmers (popularly called "dirt farmers") to
all Illinois Local Boards in farm areas helped maintain a fair balance in
the determinations of the Boards. A few Local Boards gave undue weight
to the provisions of the Tydings Amendment and deferred farm registrants
with great liberality. Conversely, some other Boards interpreted the law
strictly with the result that farm labor in some sections was reduced too
drastically, leaving practically no farm registrants under 29 years of age in
those sections.

The large majority of the Local Boards in agricultural areas did a splen-
did job of evaluating farm registrants. The kind of action taken in each case
probably represented the attitude of the Local Boards inasmuch as the inter-
pretation of the Tydings Amendment was largely a matter of final determina-
tion by the Local Board.

The very character of the farm problem complicated the situation. The
farms of Illinois are productive; they are highly mechanized; they are of
the family type, each employing a very small number of workers, yet requir-
ing a high degree of ability and manual skill in a wide variety of jobs. Under
such conditions, high production requires skilled workers and replacement
in a brief period is difficult. These conditions were generally well understood
by Local Boards and by farm people, and doubtless were basic to the atti-
tudes developed toward agricultural deferment.

Final justification of the policies employed is found in the records of
the exceptionally high production of farm products with a limited labor
force and at the same time supplying from the farms of the State very sub-
stantial numbers of men for the Armed Forces and for war industry.

Farm Labor Released to Industry

By the nature of most agricultural enterprises, work on the farm is rela-
tively slack during the winter months. In the interest of making the greatest
use of available man labor in the war effort, plans were worked out and
quite generally used by Local Boards under which agricultural registrants
were given temporary releases by the Local Board to engage in other agri-
cultural work or in essential work of a non-agricultural character during the
winter months, the registrant being required to return to the farm with the
opening of spring work. Large numbers of farm registrants were released in
this way during the winters of 1942-43 and 1943-44, but this plan reached
its greatest development in the winter of 1944-45 in the Vermilion County
plan of temporarily releasing farm workers to industry.

The plan which came to be known as the Vermilion County Plan was
developed by Local Board No. 1 of Vermilion County, located at Hoopeston.
The Local Board, Farm Adviser, and representatives of the U. S. Employment
Service cooperated in a meeting on December 13, 1944, to which were invited

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II-C registrants of the Local Board and their employers. The need for tem-
porary workers in local industries was presented and registrants who could
be spared temporarily from farms were urged to accept such employment for
the winter months, the workers to return to the farms in time for spring
work. Arrangements were provided at the meeting for clearance with the
Local Board and the Farm Adviser and assignment to specific war jobs.

This meeting proved so successful that Colonel Paul G. Armstrong, State
Director of Selective Service, Charles P. Casey, the State Director of the
War Manpower Commission, and Paul E. Johnston, State Director of Emer-
gency Farm Labor, cooperated by giving the plan publicity and encouraging
their respective county representatives to jointly sponsor similar meetings.
The plan met with the largest response in areas of grain production or of
general farming where farm work has the greatest seasonal labor require-
ments and least in dairy and livestock areas where farm labor requirements
remain high during the winter.

Many temporary slack season releases had been granted to II-C registrants
by Local Boards prior to the inauguration of the Vermilion County Plan, and
continued to be granted by Local Boards which did not actively participate
in this Plan. Moreover, during the winters of 1942-43 and 1943-44, and also
during shorter slack seasons between summer and fall harvesting, very sub-
stantial numbers of agricultural registrants had been released each year by
Local Boards for a like purpose although no organized campaign was carried
on. Thus, throughout the war period, many agricultural registrants, with the
consent of their Local Boards, made a very substantial additional contribu-
tion to essential war production without curtailing farm production for which
they were deferred.

State Headquarters' Part

State Headquarters of Selective Service in Illinois, since its organization,
had followed a consistent policy regarding agricultural registrants. This
policy protected essential agricultural production but did not protect agri-
cultural registrants as a specific group. The Illinois policy encouraged the
cooperation of agricultural leaders of the State, and conferences were held
from time to time with these leaders for the discussion and formulation of
policies. Because of this mutual understanding, a marked degree of coopera-
tion was developed both at state and county levels which was of immeasureable
value to Selective Service.

In the beginning, the supervision of agricultural deferments was not or-
ganized separately at State Headquarters, but was included as part of the
Occupational division; this work was under the direction of Colonel Harris
P. Ralston, Advisor on Occupational Deferments.

Later, because of the increasing burden of work on the Occupational
Division, (as a result of the setting up of the Replacement Schedule), the
supervision of agricultural registrants was transferred to the Legal Division

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of State Headquarters, under Major Baird V. Helfrich. With the growing
complexity of the agricultural problem, State Director Armstrong requested
the Dean of the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, to loan a staff
member on a part-time basis to assist with these problems. Paul E. Johnston,
Professor of Agricultural Economics, was made available as Agricultural
Advisor to the State Director on March 2, 1943. Nine district meetings,
attended by Selective Service Local Boards, Appeal Boards, and County War
Boards of each district, were held over the State during March, 1943, at
which the State Director, the Legal Advisor, and the Agricultural Advisor
discussed current Selective Service problems.

The State Emergency Farm Labor program was developed shortly there-
after, and Professor Johnston was named as State Supervisor. The active
work of Agricultural Advisor was then taken over by Robert C. Ross, Profes-
sor of Farm Management, University of Illinois, Professor Johnston continu-
ing to maintain a liaison relationship between the Farm Labor organization
and State Headquarters of Selective Service. Both Professor Johnston and
Professor Ross had served for many years on the staff of the College of
Agriculture and were well-known throughout the State. Both were overseas
veterans of World War I.

On October 19, 1944, following the transfer overseas of Major Helfrich,
agricultural deferment supervision was set up as a separate division of State
Headquarters, with Robert C. Ross as Chief. After beginning in the spring
of 1943, the work of the Agricultural Advisor developed in a number of
directions, which may be briefly summarized as follows:

1. To assist in the shaping, interpretation and application of Selective
Service policies to agricultural registrants. This included the prepara-
tion of State Memoranda for the information and direction of Selec-
tive Service Local Boards and Boards of Appeal.

2. To maintain liaison relationships between State Headquarters of
Selective Service and the various agricultural organizations and
groups in the State in order to keep both types of agencies fully in-
formed on matters of mutual interest.

3. To be alert for trouble spots and, so far as possible, to correct the
difficulties and to smooth out the trouble spots before they become
acute.

4. To investigate complaints made by agricultural registrants, their em-
ployers, County War Boards, Government Appeal Agents, Local Boards,
Congressmen, and others.

5. To handle correspondence, telephone calls and personal interviews at
State Headquarters relative to agricultural problems.

6. To make investigations and to submit suggestions for action of offi-
cials of State Headquarters on applications of soldiers for release
from military service for agricultural purposes.

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With the appointment of an Agricultural Advisor, serving actively within
State Headquarters, facilities were established for a very close liaison rela-
tionship with all agricultural agencies of the State. At the state level, the
agencies contacted from time to time were the College of Agriculture and
Agricultural Extension Service, including the State Farm Labor office; the
State Department of Agriculture; the State U.S.D.A. War Boards; the
Illinois Agricultural Association; and the Illinois State Grange.

Frequent conferences were held with representatives of these various
organizations and particularly at times when changes of policy were imminent,
these changes were thoroughly discussed before action was taken in order
that they might have full consideration by the agricultural interests.

During the latter part of March and the early part of April, 1944, a
series of eleven regional meetings was held in Illinois, at which the State
Director and the Agricultural Advisor discussed agricultural policy. These
meetings included all Selective Service Local Boards in the State, outside
Chicago, as well as Appeal Boards and Appeal Agents, and all County War
Boards of the State.

The Agricultural Advisor at State Headquarters, Robert C. Ross, having
been a member of the Agricultural College staff for twenty-two years— during
which time he had participated in many Extension activities sponsored by
the College — was not only well acquainted with the problems of agriculture
within the State but also had a wide personal acquaintanceship among and
knowledge of the many County Farm Advisors. This acquaintanceship pro-
vided a splendid basis for direct cooperation with the Farm Advisors and,
through them, with the County War Boards.

The Agricultural Advisor appeared before the group of Farm Advisors
in their semi-annual conferences and discussed Selective Service problems
as they related to agricultural registrants and answered questions raised by
the group. These contacts helped greatly in the clearing of specific problems
and in the establishment of a broad basis of understanding with regard to
the functions and spheres of action of Selective Service agencies and of the
County War Boards and Extension agencies.

Even with these close relationships, it was inevitable that some misunder-
standings would arise locally between Selective Service Local Boards and
County War Boards, and some interpretations of agricultural memoranda by
Local Boards were made which appeared to be contrary to the existing State
policy. Under such circumstances, conferences were arranged jointly with
Selective Service Local Boards and County War Boards, or with Selective
Service Local Boards alone, as the nature of each case indicated. The Agri-
cultural Advisor, in company with administrative officers or field officers of
the State Headquarters staff went to these informal conferences wherein the
problems in question were fully discussed and suitable policies worked out to
the satisfaction of all concerned.

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During the first few months following the appointment of the Agricultural
Advisor, much educational effort was necessary to make clear to all groups
concerned that his function was not the protection of individual registrants,
but rather to make sure that essential agricultural production could be main-
tained in the national interest and to promote the doctrine that a farm regis-
trant had no claim for deferment unless he was actually necessary to such
agricultural production and that no replacement for him was available. In
time, this point of view was generally accepted by both agricultural agencies
and Selective Service Local Boards. The agricultural agencies came to recog-
nize that it was to their interest to render assistance in individual cases that
were really meritorious and to take the position that registrants who were
not actually needed on the farm should be released for service in the armed
forces of the Nation.

Reclassification of Agricultural Registrants

The reclassification of farm registrants placed in Class II-A into Classes
II-C and III-C began in November of 1942, but some time elapsed before the
Local Boards were able to complete their reviews of such cases and accom-
plish the reclassifications into the specific agricultural classifications of II-C
and III-C.

During the first half of 1943, this group included all agricultural regis-
trants 18 through 44 years of age. The changes during this period indicated
that Local Boards, in spite of a volume of other work, maintained a steady
reclassification schedule. On January 31, 1943, II-C and III-C registrants in
Illinois totalled 15,510; on March 31, the figure rose to 34,683; by June 30,
the number was 85,566. The statistical table below shows, by intervals, the
numbers of Illinois registrants holding agricultural deferments during the
period of February 1, 1943 to August 1, 1945. The number of deferred agri-
cultural registrants held rather consistently until the early months of 1945,
when II-C registrants under 26 years of age were given preinduction physical
examinations which resulted in a shift from II-C classifications to II-C(F) or
II-C(L).

The make-up of the agricultural classifications during this period was by
no means static. Eighteen-year-old registrants, if deferred, were added to the
group and increases also took place by means of transfer from other occupa-
tions and particularly in the spring of 1943, at which time encouragement
was given to registrants with agricultural experience to return to the farms
in the interest of maintaining necessary food production. Simultaneously,
the numbers of agricultural registrants were also being decreased as a result
of reclassifications by local board action; by registrants reaching the age of
38; and by some shift of agricultural registrants who were released from
their farm occupations with Local Board approval.

While the numbers of men holding agricultural deferment declined at a
fairly uniform rate from February 1, 1944, until August 1, 1945, the with-

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drawals were not sufficiently drastic to impair the necessary food production
of the State. The heaviest withdrawals were, of course, in the group under
26 years of age, although in some counties, considerable numbers were with-
drawn in the 26-29 year age group. Geographically, the heaviest withdrawals
of agricultural registrants were in the southern third of the State, where
agricultural production is more limited and registrants could be withdrawn
with less effect upon the total food production.

ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL REGISTRANTS ON DATE INDICATED

Feb. 1 Apr. 1

II-C (Ages 18-44) 12,736 23,712

III-C (Ages 18-44) 2,774 10,976

II-C (Ages 18-37)

III-C (Ages 18-37)

Total II-C and III-C 15,510 34,688

1943 -
Julyl
36,390
49,176

Sept. 15

34,403
36,528

Dec.l

34,518
37,940

85,566 70,931 72,458

1944

1945

II-C (Ages 18-37) . .
III-C (Ages 18-37) .

II-C (Age 18)

II-C (Ages 19-25) . .
II-C (Total 18-25).
II-C(F) and II-C(L)
II-C (Ages 26-29) . .
II-C (Ages 30-33) . .
II-C (Ages 34-37) . .
II-C (Total 30-37) . .

Total II-C and III-C.
incl. (F) and (L)

Feb. 1 May 1
33,834 38,372
40,624 34,910

Aug

1 Nov.l Feb.l Mayl Aug. 1

1,869 2,060

14,366 14,294

24,439 22,735 21,098 16.235 16,354

953 1,532 1.996 6.884 7.746

13,781 13,441 12,930 12.132 11,501

16,437 16.266

16,899 16.896

34,508 34,249 33,369 33,336 33.162

..74,458 73,320 73,681 71,957 69,393 68,587 68,763

ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL REGISTRANTS INDUCTED INTO ARMY
NOVEMBER, 1940 TO JUNE, 1945

Inducted Percent of

All Inductions

November, 1940 to November, 1942 17,048 7.1

December, 1942 to December, 1941 11,436 l.o

January, 1945 to June, 1945 2.' H - 1 11.3

TOTAL 31,448 6.1

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CLASS III— DEPENDENCY DEFERMENTS

The regulations originally provided that registrants upon whom one or
more depended for support in a reasonable manner should be placed in
Class III. While there were varying standards and interpretations as to the
specific definition of the word, "dependent," earlier in the Selective Service
program, this uncertainty became well resolved by the latter part of 1942.

The regulations restricted the persons who could properly be considered
dependent on a registrant to:

1. A wife, including a divorced wife;

2. A child, (Definition of "child" included any of the following:

a. Son or daughter of the registrant;

b. An adopted child;

c. A child born out of wedlock, provided that the registrant acknowl-
edged himself as the father, or provided the registrant had been,
by court order, adjudged the father;

d. A child conceived but yet unborn.)

3. A parent*, grandparent, brother, sister, grandchild, any person under
18 years of age whose support the registrant assumed in good faith or
a physically or mentally handicapped person of any age whose sup-
port the registrant assumed in good faith.

Dependents had to be citizens of the United States, its Territories or pos-
sessions.

Prior to Pearl Harbor, the deferments on grounds of dependency were
generally liberal and were thus warranted by the peacetime situation in which
such deferments were granted. As the Nation became involved in actual war,
however, the dependency deferment policies of all Selective Service agencies
became more and more stringent.

The Selective Service law originally and specifically limited dependency
deferments by the following words:

"SECTION 15. When used in this act ****** (c) the term "dependency"
when used with respect to a person registered under the provisions of
this act, includes an individual (1) who is dependent, in fact, on such
person for support in a reasonable manner, and (2) whose support in
such manner depends on income earned by such person in a business,
occupation or employment."

Thus, at the outset, stress was laid mainly upon financial dependency.
However, policies developed later in the program that required giving con-
sideration to dependency of a physical nature; such as an invalid mother
depending on a son to give her physical care, and other cases of similar

* The term "parent" included a foster parent or any person whose relationship was
similar to that of an actual parent and whose support the registrant assumed in good faith.

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nature. Temporary periods of unemployment did not alter a registrant's
eligibility for dependency deferment.

The regulations emphasized that the maintenance of the family, as a unit,
was of importance to the Nation's well-being; that each case had to be
weighed carefully and decided on its own merits, and that no hard and fast
rules were to be applied.

Illinois Local Boards were diligent in the endeavor to prevent registrants
from evading military service through intentionally or unintentionally mak-
ing false dependency claims, but were equally diligent in granting deferments
where the facts warranted. It was humanly impossible to attain general
uniformity of decision, in basically similar cases, among the many Local
Boards. Some Boards were inclined to be lenient; others strict. Nevertheless,
the process of appeal — in the interest of either the registrant or the Govern-
ment— usually maintained a stable level as far as the overall picture was
concerned.

Prior to Pearl Harbor, the manpower calls were limited in volume, and
Local Boards were generally able to fill their calls with volunteers and other
registrants without dependents.

On January 1, 1942, the regulations were amended to provide that no
registrant should be deferred on grounds of dependency if (1) he acquired
the dependency status on or after September 16, 1940 (the date on which the
Selective Service Act became law) and before December 8, 1941 unless he
was able to present information which convinced the Local Board, or any
appeal agency, that such status was not voluntarily acquired when his selec-
tion for induction was imminent or for the primary purpose of providing him
with a basis for dependency deferment; or (2) if he acquired such status on
or after December 8, 1941 unless he could prove that such status was acquired
under circumstances beyond his control. This regulation was the first to set
any actual dates to be used by a Local Board in considering whether or not
a dependency status was acquired for the purpose of evading military service,
even though the specific term "evading military service" did not appear in
the regulations. The regulation also placed upon the registrant the responsi-
bility of furnishing satisfactory proof of non-evasion of service in acquiring
a dependency status. Before this regulation was adopted, a registrant had
only to show that his dependency was acquired "in the normal course of
human affairs and not for the primary purpose of providing himself with a
basis for Class III deferment."

The interpretation of the term "when selection was imminent" was a
serious problem until after several rulings on Presidential appeals had been
received and passed on to Illinois Local Boards. Invariably, the problem
revolved around a registrant being married after September 16, 1940; in
some cases where Local Boards were pursing a strict policy, marriage even
as far back as May 27, 1940 (the date of the President's proclamation of an

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unlimited national emergency), was a factor in determining whether or not a
registrant would be deferred on the grounds of dependency.

The major factor in considering the application of "imminence of selec-
tion" to a case was whether or not, at the time a registrant acquired a de-
pendency status, the registrant's call for military service was not far off. The
fact that a registrant, himself, did not know of his imminence of selection
was no basis for deferment.

By April of 1942, it was evident that there would soon be a pressing need
for more men in both the armed forces and in the war industries, and that
a change in policy was required. A new degree of dependency deferment status
was therefore set up by establishing Class II-B on April 21, 1942. This new
class included men who had dependents and who were also employed in war
production industry.

New Laws Affected Dependency Consideration

In order to obtain additional manpower for the armed forces through
legislative procedure calculated to lessen the dependency problems of regis-
trants, the 78th Congress passed two laws:

1. The Pay Readjustment Act of 1942 (approved on June 16, 1942)
which increased the pay of enlisted men and made minor adjustments
in the pay and allowances of officers. The principal effect of the law
was to establish the base pay of privates and apprentice seamen at
$50 a month and effect proportionate increase in pay for the other
grades. These pay increases made possible a larger financial con-
tribution to dependents in the event of induction.

2. The Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act of 1942 (approved on
June 23, 1942) which provided a monthly family allowance to certain
dependents of any enlisted man, (including selectees) except those of
the upper three grades (master, technical, and staff sergeants and
first, second, and third class petty officers). The dependents of the
enlisted men were placed in two classes:

Class A — Wife (including a divorced wife) or child of the enlisted
man;

Class B — Parents, grandchildren, brothers or sisters dependent on the
enlisted man for a substantial portion of their income.

Either the enlisted man or the dependent could file a written application
for the allowance. The law provided that the enlisted man was to contribute
$22 a month out of his pay (only where Class A dependents were involved)
and, while there were some variations and limitations under certain circum-
stances, the Government was to contribute monthly sums as follows:

TO CLASS A DEPENDENTS:

$28 if the enlisted man had a wife but no child.

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if the enlisted man had a wife and one child, and an additional $10
a month for each additional child.

if the enlisted man had no wife but one child, and an additional $10
a month for each additional child.
$20 in addition to the amounts, if any, payable under the three items
above, if the enlisted man had a former wife, divorced.

TO CLASS B DEPENDENTS:

$15 if the enlisted man had only one parent as a dependent.

$25 if the enlisted man had two dependent parents.

$ 5 for each grandchild, brother or sister of enlisted man who could
qualify as a Class B dependent, but not more than $50 in the aggre-
gate.

(NOTE: Any allotment of the enlisted mans pay to Class B dependents

was voluntary.)

The 78th Congress later amended the Servicemen's Dependents Allowance
Act (by Public Law 174, approved on October 26, 1943) to increase the
allowances to dependents. Under the amendment, a wife alone received $50
a month from the Government; a wife and one child, $80, and additional $20
for each additional child; a child but no wife, $42, with an additional
$20 for each additional child; a former wife divorced but no child, $42; a
former wife divorced and one child, $72, with an additional $20 for each
additional child. Increases were also made for Class B dependents.

While the service pay increases and the establishment of dependency
allowances did not, by any means, solve the dependency problems com-
pletely, these two measures did enable the Local Boards to furnish to the
armed forces a considerable number of registrants who otherwise might not
have been available.

The Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act also repealed the definition
of "dependent," which restricted dependency to financial dependency, and
permitted "the deferment of registrants when they maintain a bona fide
family relationship in their homes, provided the status with respect to such
dependency was acquired prior to December 8, 1941, and at a time when
selection was not imminent, and even though no financial dependency exists."
This attitude of the Congress was undoubtedly a reflection of the general
public which felt that fathers, regardless of order number, should not be
inducted so long as single men or married men without children were avail-
able for selection for induction.

During the consideration of the Servicemen's Dependency Allowance Act,
Congress indicated the desirability of selecting (for induction) registrants
without dependents before any registrants with dependents were selected and,
when it was necessary to induct registrants with dependents, they should be
selected in the following order:

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1. Those not maintaining a bona fide family relationship, in their homes,
with a wife and child or children; then

2. Those maintaining a bona fide family relationship, who have a wife
but no children; then

3. Those maintaining bona fide family relationships who have a wife and
child or children.

Administrative Changes

On July 15, 1942, the National Director, in a directive to Local Boards,
instructed the Boards to review all their Class III classifications when, in the
opinion of each Board, such action became necessary in order to meet antici-
pated calls for military manpower. The first group of III-A registrants to be
reconsidered were those men in Class III-A who had wives but no children;
the same type of men in Class III-B followed.

With the passing of time and the vitally necessary increase of national
participation in the war effort, the question of dependency became subdued
more and more to the question of a registrant's value, in civilian life, to
production activities which directly supported the war effort. Therefore, on
April 12, 1943, Class III-B was eliminated and all registrants in this class
were reclassified. Registrants not clearly entitled to remain in Class III-A
were reclassified. A new classification — Class III-D — was established for
those men whose induction would cause extreme hardship and privation to
their dependents. In short, dependency classifications in the future were to
be granted only when personal hardship and privation to the dependents
would result from a registrant's induction.

In order to delay as long as reasonably possible the induction of fathers,
National Headquarters, on April 27, 1943, set up the requirement that induc-
tion calls were to be filled from men finally classified in I-A, I-A-0 and IV-E
by groups, in the order listed:

1. Single men with no dependents;

2. Single men with collateral dependents (parents, brothers, sisters, etc.) ;

3. Married men with wives only;

4. Men with children.

This system of "categories" accented the importance of keeping fathers
home with their children as long as possible, and unquestionably improved
Selective Service relations with the general public.

On January 30, 1943, National Selective Service Headquarters issued
instructions to the effect that "the national interest will no longer permit the
deferment of registrants in Class III-A where such registrants are engaged in
activities or occupations which are non-deferrable." Accompanying the in-
structions was a list of such "non-deferrable occupations" as designated by
the War Manpower Commission. This so-called "work or fight" order became

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effective April 1, 1943, when men working in these non-deferrable industries
were required to change their occupation to an essential industry within 30
days, or to be inducted. As soon as the "work or fight" regulation was pub-
licized, registrants then employed in non-essential activities began applying
for and taking jobs in war production plants and other activities designated
as essential to the support of the war effort. The keeping of statistics on these
enforced changes was, of course, out of the question, but it is known that
thousands of men were channeled into essential jobs as the result of the
regulation.

Local Boards seized upon the new regulation as an opportunity to re-
classify registrants who refused to take heed of the order to "get into vital
work or go into military service." Many of the Local Boards scrutinized their
deferred lists carefully, and on noting that a registrant was engaged in one
of the non-deferrable occupations, notified such registrant that he was subject
to reclassification as available for service unless he immediately took the
proper action in accordance with the regulation. However, as the result of
pressures, the further enforcement of this regulation was prohibited by
Public Law 197, and the list of non-deferrable occupations was abolished
on December 10, 1943.

On July 31, 1943, the National Director informed Local Boards that the
requirements of manpower for the armed forces were such that the restric-
tions on the inducting of fathers would be lifted, effective October 1, 1943.
The issuance of this instruction caused a public reaction and an agitation
inside Congress for legislation against the induction of fathers living with
their families. The result was that Public Law No. 197, enacted December 5,
1943, amended the Selective Train and Service Act of 1940 to provide, among
other matters, that fathers who had maintained bona fide family relationships
with their families since December 8, 1941 (or since the date of the birth of
a child, if such birth occured after December 8, 1941) would, in sequence
of their order numbers, be inducted only after all other available registrants
had been inducted; the selection to be made on a nation-wide basis within
the Nation and on state-wide basis within each State. Actually the legislation
was not substantially different from the Selective Service policy then existing
(adopted April 27, 1943), except as to the provision for the particular nation-
wide basis and state-wide basis for making calls. The regulations provided
that any father who was delinquent, or who left his agricultural occupation
without the permission of his Local Board, would be moved to the head of
the list of other available fathers and would be inducted ahead of them
regardless of his order number.

It will readily be seen, then, that the legislation of December 5, 1943
simply delayed the induction of fathers, but did not exempt them from
service.

Class III-C — men deferred because of having dependents and also engaged
as necessary men on farms — was abolished on February 17, 1944, the impor-

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tance of a registrant's necessity in agricultural occupation taking precedence
over any dependency element in his case. The only exception was in the
event any such registrant's induction would cause extreme hardship and
privation to his dependent, in which case he would be classified in Class III-D.
Most of the registrants who had been classified in III-C were, on reconsidera-
tion of their cases, transferred to Class II-C.

As the emphasis was placed more and more upon the ages of registrants,
the regulations were later revised, with rigid requirements for men aged 18
through 25 years, but progressively more liberal ones for the older age
groups. Men 30 through 37 years — the group which contained the greatest
proportion of fathers — needed only to be "regularly engaged" in war produc-
tion or in an activity in support of the national health, safety or interest to
qualify for occupational deferment. In the younger age groups, however, the
stress was placed upon the importance of occupation which specifically aided
the war effort; a young father was not eligible for deferment unless he was
regularly engaged in war production, agriculture, or, in general, an activity
supporting the national health, safety or interest.

After V-J Day, the problem of dependency classification was reduced
considerably, and the Manpower calls upon the Local Boards were filled
almost entirely from the available registrants of ages 18 through 25 years.

Local Board Attitudes on Dependency Classification
VARIOUS INTERPRETATIONS

The more that the human factors enter into classification consideration,
the greater the inevitability that there will be differences in interpretation of
any regulation involving such factors. It was natural, then, that there was
considerable variation among Local Boards as to the interpretations of the
different factors to be considered in claims for deferment on the basis of
dependency.

Serious public relations problems were frequently encountered when two
Local Boards in the same city — sometimes in adjoining offices — operated on
entirely opposite policies, each Board feeling that it was correct in its deter-
minations. Usually, these situations were caused by one of the Boards being
exceptionally liberal and the other being extremely strict, neither following
a middle-of-the-road policy. In all such situations of extremely wide variance
in policies, State Headquarters dispatched a trained officer to the city con-
cerned, with the result that the troublesome condition was corrected.

In a few cases, State Headquarters found that a Local Board had set up
its own special policies which were based upon the Members' own personal
and individual beliefs and sympathies. These policies were in direct contrast to
both the letter and spirit of the written regulations. Difficulties were en-
countered in some of these particular situations, and it was necessary, at
times, for the State Director to resort to his statutory right of appeal in order

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to convince the offending Local Boards that improper decisions would not
be allowed to stand uncontested.

The State Director was extremely careful, of course, to avoid dictation or
influence in any Board's determination in an individual registrant's case, but
he did take all legal steps possible to eliminate the occasional practice of a
Board setting up and following any policy which specifically controverted
the Selective Service law and regulations.

In general, Local Boards gave full and sympathetic consideration to all
claims for dependency deferment, at the same time balancing the factors in
such claims against the armed forces' need for military manpower.

No Local Board in the State escaped the efforts of some registrants to
obtain dependency deferments by trickery, subterfuge and improper defer-
ment claims. Of necessity, the Board Members came to develop an imme-
diate suspicion in any case where there was the slightest indication that the
evidence presented might not be the entire truth. In time, also, the Members
developed the faculty of "spotting a phony" the minute he started talking at
a Board hearing. Where, however, evidence was presented in a clear, com-
plete, factual and sincere manner, a registrant could be assured of an honest
and uncolored determination by the Local Board.

It has been rightfully said that membership on a Local Board was the
finest kind of education in practical psychology, for every Member was in
a splendid position to observe carefully the workings of the human mind
under certain conditions.

FINANCIAL DEPENDENCY

From the very outset, most Local Boards were inclined to be rather strict
with reference to the factor of financial dependency, particularly in cases of
registrants without children. The general attitude was that, since America
was in an unlimited emergency and, later, at war, it was the obligation of
every able-bodied man to share physically in the defense of his Nation.

If a married man had a wife who was not ill or handicapped, Boards felt
that the wife could and should obtain a position to help maintain herself and
at the same time contribute to the war effort while her husband was away in
the military service. The same policy obtained for registrants who had
parents or brothers or sisters who were able to work for themselves.

One point on which all the Local Boards remained firm was that earned
income constituted the only financial factor to be considered. Where a regis-
trant had income from securities or other property, the receiving of which
income did not involve his own personal services, the Local Board invariably
refused to consider the registrant for dependency deferment — unless, of
course, other factors in the case warranted such consideration.

The enactment of the Servicemen's Dependency Allowance Act — which
provided certain payments to dependents of inducted men — helped Local

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Boards to determine whether or not financial hardships would follow a
registrant's induction. In many cases, of course, the governmental allowances
were insufficient to prevent some degree of hardship. Since, however, war
always demands sacrifices of many kinds, the Local Boards properly felt that
financial sacrifices (without extreme hardship on dependents) were the easiest
to make, and most Boards were therefore strict in all cases involving only
financial considerations.

INDUCTION OF FATHERS

One of the greatest problems encountered — from both the standpoint of
the public and that of the Local Boards — was the question of whether or not
a father should be deferred. The public in general felt that single men with-
out family responsibilities and married men without children should be
drafted before consideration was given to inducting fathers. The preservation
of the family unit is a deep-seated tradition of the American people. Many
Local Boards were reluctant to make fathers available for induction; yet,
under the regulations which existed in the early years of Selective Service
administration, a registrant was not entitled to deferment solely because of
the simple fact that he was a father.

Since the regulations did not permit Local Boards to make their official
decisions on the basis of their own personal beliefs and feelings, State Head-
quarters encountered no little difficulty with a few Boards who strongly per-
sisted in deferring men solely because they were fathers. The State Director,
whose own son was serving in the armed forces, was no less sympathetic than
the Local Boards who maintained that fathers should not be taken while single
men roamed the streets. Yet, the State Director — as were the Local Boards —
was sworn to carry out the Selective Service law and regulations as prescribed,
and it was necessary to inculcate in the minds of all Board Members the
principle that the law and regulations must be followed regardless of conflict-
ing personal beliefs and feelings.

In the later Selective Service years, there was considerable changing of
regulations pertaining to the deferment and induction of fathers — changes
which, at times, gave the Local Boards just cause for being provoked. How-
ever, in spite of the numerous regulatory changes, Illinois Local Boards in
general maintained their equilibrium and carried out their duties to the best of
their ability in accordance with the written rules of the System.

EXTREME HARDSHIP AND PRIVATION CASES

After National Headquarters reduced the importance of dependency as a
factor in deferment and eliminated Classes III-A, III-B and III-C, a relatively
small percentage of claims of extreme hardship and privation (Class III-D)
was allowed by Illinois Local Boards. A few Boards — particularly in the
urban districts — were still inclined to be somewhat lenient in spite of the

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specific rules for determining extreme hardship and privations, but the Class
III-D determinations of such Boards were examined carefully at State Head-
quarters with the result that, with requests for some reopenings plus some
appeals by the State Director, the number of such classifications for the entire
State was held down to what we felt to be an absolute minimum.

In every case where the evidence showed some doubt as to whether or not
extreme hardship and privation would actually exist if the registrant were
inducted, a special dependency investigation was made by a social worker
assigned (or temporarily loaned) to the Selective Service System by the
various social service agencies within the State. On the basis of the investi-
gator's thorough report, a fair determination could inevitably be made.

Investigative Aid Rendered by Public and Social Agencies

The Selective Service System in Illinois was exceptionally fortunate in
obtaining maximum cooperation from various public and private social agen-
cies in obtaining special reports to be used by the Local Boards in determining
whether or not registrants claiming dependency deferments were entitled to
such deferment. Trained welfare workers were assignd full time to the Selec-
tive Service System, and other such workers were loaned temporarily to con-
duct individual case investigations.

From the outset, Local Boards were often confronted with a case in which
either the information pertaining to dependents was not complete or there
was a reasonable doubt as to actual existence of dependency to the extent of
warranting deferment. The Board concerned would then — either directly or
through State Headquarters — request the social agency to make an investiga-
tion and submit a report of the actual circumstances in the case. The trained
social worker visited the home of the registrant in question, as well as rela-
tives and others who might furnish substantial information as to the facts
surrounding the dependency claim, finally submitting his or her report on a
factual basis without any recommendations either for or against deferment.

A great portion of the dependency investigations downstate were con-
ducted by social workers attached to the Illinois Public Aid Commission, the
rest being accomplished by the American Red Cross and county and private
agencies.

Because of the greater number of low-income families residing in the
metropolitan area of Chicago, it was natural that Cook County Local Boards
should encounter a greater problem than downstate Boards on the matter of
dependency deferments. This situation became quite evident as time went on,
and State Director Armstrong determined that the Local Boards in Cook
County should, in accordance with Selective Service regulations, avail them-
selves of assistance on a broad scale from welfare agencies in the investiga-
tion of dependency claims wherein any degree of doubt existed.

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Social Service Investigation Unit

Colonel Armstrong consulted with Mr. Leo M. Lyons, then Administrator
for the Chicago Welfare Administration in March of 1942, and requested the
loan of several of the latter's investigators, a supervisor and a few stenogra-
phers. The Chicago Welfare Administration had no funds available for the
specific purpose, but Mr. Lyons agreed to loan three social workers, a super-
visor and a stenographer for a 90-day trial period, also agreeing to pay
minor expenses. The space necessary for the operation of the dependency
investigation unit was to be provided by the Selective Service System. Miss
Dorothy Sherman was assigned by Mr. Lyons to supervise the 90-day test
operation.

As a test of the idea, all Chicago Local Boards were each notified to send
in two or three special cases in which the dependency status of each registrant
was questionable. The results of the test were so satisfactory — a number of
dependency claim frauds being uncovered by the trained investigators — that
the State Director decided to expand the idea by enlisting the additional
assistance of the Council of Social Agencies in Chicago, which incorporated
all the large welfare groups.

As the result of a conference between Selective Service officials and rep-
resentatives of the Council of Social Agencies, arrangements were made to
establish a centralized service to be responsible for dependency investigation
requested by the Local Boards and to be housed in the Chicago office of
State Selective Service Headquarters. Colonel Armstrong also appointed an
Advisory Board consisting of the Assistant State Director, the State Medical
Officer, and representatives of the local social agencies which loaned staff
members to the dependency investigation unit, plus representatives of other
community interests. The new department, established on December 20, 1942,
was known as Social Services for Selective Service Registrants. The staff
consisted of as high as forty trained social workers and eight clerical workers
loaned by various local public and private social agencies, and Mrs. Lenore
Levin was appointed the director of the unit, being immediately responsible
to the Assistant State Director.

Suitable referral forms were devised for Local Boards' use in forwarding
their dependency investigation requests to the unit. Each referral was turned
over to a trained investigator who not only visited the family of the registrant
but also obtained pertinent and valuable information from all other possible
sources — relatives, governmental agencies, social agency files, banks, land-
lords, employers, etc.

After each investigation, the investigator made out a complete report
which showed the detailed findings without recommendation of the de-
pendency status as to classification of the registrant concerned. This impor-
tant information enabled the Local Board in question to determine classifica-
tion with almost perfect judgment.

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The Social Services for Selective Service Registrants also rendered valu-
able assistance in the conduct of the Governor's Rehabilitation Program (dis-
cussed later in this volume) and, through this cooperation, were able to assist
the Office of Scientific Research and Development in its special study, at the
Illinois Research Hospital, of convalescence after surgery in corrective cases.

MEMBERS OF STATE DIRECTORS SOCIAL SERVICES
ADVISORY BOARD

Francis D. Scully (Chairman) 1 North LaSalle Street

Rev. Vincent W. Cooke Catholic Charity Bureau

Dr. Andrew W. Brown Assistant Professor, Department of Psy-
chology, University of Chicago

Dr. Marshall Davison University Hospital

Stanley P. Farwell Secretary and Treasurer, Soldiers' and

Sailors' Council

Virginia C. Frank Executive Director, Jewish Social Serv-
ice Bureau

Dr. Charles W. Freeman (D.D.S.) . .Dean, School of Dentistry, Northwestern

University

Jeanette Hanford Assistant General Superintendent, United

Charities

Brigadier Crawford Salvation Army

Raymond Hilliard Director, Illinois Public Aid Commission

George J. Klupar Executive Secretary, Catholic Cemeteries

Wayne McMillan School of Social Service Administration,

University of Chicago

Joseph L. Moss Director. Cook County Bureau of Public

Welfare

Dr. William F. Petersen Chairman, Board of Governors, Institute

of Medicine

Mary A. Young Staff Secretary, Division of Child Wel-
fare, Council of Social Agencies

Howard L. Russell Director, American Public Welfare As-
sociation

Eleanor S. Feeney Director, Home Service, American Red

Cross

A. E. Rose Commissioner, Chicago Welfare Admin-
istration

Joel D. Hunter General Superintendent, United Charities

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TOTAL NUMBER SERVED BY SOCIAL SERVICES FOR SELECTIVE
SERVICE REGISTRANTS, ACCORDING TO TYPE OF SERVICE

March, 1942, to September, 1945

Service Cases Received Cases Completed

Dependency Investigations 8.1081 7,7762

Consultation and Information Service 1,624 1,624

Special Service to Social Agencies 771 771

Inter-City Service I Requests from cities outside

of Cook County) 251 251

Governor's Rehabilitation Program 2,996:: 2,9394

Miscellaneous 9 9

Totals 13,759 13,37c1 "2

NOTES:

1 299 cases reopened and reinvestigated.

2 332 cases received; investigations were begun but not completed, due to change? in
Army regulations.

3 Of this number of registrants interviewed in connection with the Governor's Re-
habilitation Program. 1,552 were referred for corrective surgery. Out of the 1.552 referrals,
1,039 were later inducted into the armed forces. Of the 513 remaining men not inducted:
33% were still under medical care; 15.7% were accepted into essential industry; 32.5%
had same or new defects occur after remedial care had been completed; 15.1% were
average according to changes in regulations after completion of remedial care; 3.7%
were not called by their Local Boards.

4 57 cases were still under care at the time this report was completed.

5 Upon investigation, these cases were referred to the Veterans Administration.

Consultation and Information Service

In June of 1942, arrangements were made with the President of the Cook
County Board of Commissioners and the Director of the Cook County Bureau
of Public Welfare to establish a Consultation and Information Service for
Selective Service Registrants. This Service, formally established on August 1.
1942, was located in Room 505 of the Selective Service Headquarters building
in Chicago, and was made available to registrants and servicemen, and mem-
bers of their families, who sought advice and counsel on many personal and
social problems resulting from their imminent or actual induction.

The Cook County Bureau of Public Welfare provided the quarters, the
necessary equipment, three professional workers and a clerk. Referrals to
the Consultation and Information Service were received from Local Boards,
induction station, local social agencies, women's clubs, governmental agencies
and other interested persons. The greatest number of cases pertained to
financial difficulties; a serviceman's non-support of his family was a frequent
complaint received at the office; housing, employment and other social prob-
lems constituted the remainder of the 1.625 cases handled.

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Cooperation of Social Agencies Important Factor

From the inception of Social Services for Registrants, both public and
private social agencies made available the necessary professional and clerical
staff to carry on the functions assigned to the unit. At the end of the 90-day
experimental period, the Chicago Welfare Administration agreed to match
the total staff loaned by all other social agencies. In addition, the Relief Ad-
ministration made available the Director of Social Services, Mrs. Lenore
Levin, who served in such post until September 1, 1944, at which time she
was succeeded by Mrs. Jean C. Laufman, who remained as Director until
the unit's work was terminated.

During one period when it was imperative that a backlog of cases be
cleared up, the Chicago Welfare Administration and the Cook County Bureau
of Public Welfare (Joseph L. Moss, Director) shared the responsibility of
providing the necessary additional staff for thirty days.

The following agencies participated whole-heartedly in the program:

Chicago Welfare Administration American Red Cross

Cook County Bureau of Public Council of Social Agencies

Welfare United Charities of Chicago

Jewish Social Service Bureau Jewish Children's Bureau

Salvation Army Catholic Charity Bureau

Illinois Public Aid Commission

The degree of contribution to the war effort by the various participating
public and private social service agencies and their welfare workers cannot
be measured by words. The agencies were extremely generous in placing
their facilities at the command of State Headquarters and the Local Boards.
The welfare workers, themselves, put in hours far beyond the line of duty
and their intelligent and thorough investigations and reports were of im-
measureable benefit toward obtaining military manpower for the armed
forces as well as preventing any hardships which otherwise, even though
honestly brought about, might have occurred.

CLASS IV— DEFERRED FOR VARIOUS REASONS

Class IV-A

Originally, the Selective Service law relieved, from training and service,
men who had satisfactorily completed prescribed periods of service in the
Regular Army, the National Guard or the Officers Reserve Corps. It is
thought that the Congress inadvertently left out any reference to similar serv-
ice in the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.

At any rate, representatives of the people in Congress were soon flooded
with protests and, on May 29, 1941, Public Law 87. 77th Congress, was
approved. Its purpose was to amend the Selective Service law as to relieve

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3-year Regular Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard members and certain
members of the reserve components thereof from training and service.

Section 208 of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941
(Public Law 8, 77th Congress— approved February 15, 1941) affected Sec-
tion 5 (a) of the Selective Training and Service Act. It provided that mem-
bers of the Coast Guard reserve, other than temporary members, would
receive the same exemption from registration and liability for training and
service as members of the Naval Reserve.

At the outset, the qualifications originally prescribed for deferment in
Class IV-A were in effect only while our Nation was at peace. Previous
military service, however, ceased to be a basis for IV-A classification after
Pearl Harbor, for the regulations had provided that no person was to be
placed in Class IV-A in time of war.

On November 13, 1942 — as the result of Public Law 772 (77th Congress)
— National Selective Service Headquarters issued the following instructions:

"1. The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 has been amended
to provide that no man, without his consent, shall be inducted for
training and service after he has attained the forty-fifth anniversary
of his birth.

"2. No registrant who is liable for training and service by reason of be-
ing under the age of 45 years at the time fixed for his registration
shall be inducted after he has attained the forty-fifth anniversary
of his birth unless he shall consent in writing to such induction.

"3. Every registrant who reaches the age of 45 years before his induc-
tion, whether he has been ordered to report for induction or not,
shall be classified in Class IV-A and shall not be inducted for train-
ing and service without his written consent to his induction."

Thus, Class IV-A became, specifically, an "age" classification. Subse-
quently, the requirements for deferment in IV-A were modified:

(1) On October 5, 1944, to include registrants between the ages of 38
and 45 years, inclusive, except registrants in I-C, IV-B and IV-D
and men in Class IV-E who were in public service camps;

(2) On August 31, 1945, to include registrants 26 years of age and over,
except registrants in I-C, I-G, IV-B, IV-D and IV-E men in public
service camps.

Class IV-B

As previously stated, this classification was first restricted to (1) the
Vice President of the United States, Governors of the States, and other
State officials chosen by the voters of the entire State, Members of Congress,
members of a State legislative body, and judges of courts of record of the
United States or a State, and (2) officers and enlisted men of the Coast

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and Geodetic Survey, or of the Public Health Service, and cadets of the
advanced course, senior division, of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps
or the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Later, the regulations were
amended to include men who had been accepted (but not yet entered) as
midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy and cadets of the United
States Military and Coast Guard Academies.

Because deferments in this class were made as the result of specific pro-
visions of the Selective Service law itself, no difficulties were encountered
except in the case of several judges whose qualifications were challenged.
These cases were being resolved satisfactorily. There were a number of
instances in Illinois of judges and State legislators foregoing their statutory
right to deferment in order to enter the armed forces voluntarily.

Class IV -C

There were no serious problems regarding aliens in peacetime Selective
Service. Male aliens residing within the United States or its Territories,
who had declared their intention to become United States citizens, were
liable for training and service. All other aliens were also required to regis-
ter, but had no other obligation under the law; they were placed in Class
IV-C and were not called for military service. The only exceptions were the
diplomatic and technical attaches of foreign legations, consuls general, con-
suls, vice consuls, and consular agents (foreign subjects, none of whom had
declared their intention of becoming citizens of the United States) of foreign
countries all of whom were not required to register.

After Pearl Harbor, however, the situation changed, and the 77th Con-
gress (Public Law 360, approved December 20, 1941) amended the original
Act with respect to non-declarant aliens, and provided that "every other
male person residing in the United States, who is between the ages of 18
and 45 at the time fixed for his registration" was liable for training and
service in the armed forces of the United States. This amendment, however,
had two important exceptions:

1. Any citizen or subject of a neutral country might be relieved from
liability from training and service by making application therefore
in the manner prescribed, in accordance with the rules and regula-
tions prescribed by the President, and provided that such persons
should be debarred forever from becoming citizens of the United
States.

2. Various diplomatic representatives of foreign embassies, legations and
other persons not citizens of the United States, and not having de-
clared their intention to become such citizens, might be specified by
the President as not required to register.

To assist an alien registrant in applying for relief from training and
service, of relief from registration, a special form (DSS Form, Alien's

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Personal and History Statement) was provided. This form furnished in-
formation which (1) would enable Local Boards to determine, subject to
appeal, whether or not an alien was, in fact, "residing in the United States,"
and (2) furnish necessary information to the armed forces for determining
the acceptability or non-acceptability of such alien for military service.

The term, "non-resident alien" was applied to:

1. Officials and employes (other than the diplomatic representatives
shown above) of foreign governments, who were nationals of the gov-
ernments employing them.

2. Nationals of foreign governments who, with the consent of their gov-
ernments, entered the United States in good faith for the sole purpose
of obtaining an education.

At times, difficult situations arose with respect to non-resident alien stu-
dents who were pursuing courses at colleges and universities in Illinois. In
one particularly troublesome case, there were a number of alien students at
the University of Illinois — there under the sponsorship of the particular
government, taking courses which would ultimately help fit themselves to
become officers in their own country's army. These alien students appeared
to have plenty of money, and were lavish in their expenditures for social
purposes, as well as seemingly having no limitation on gasoline for their
expensive automobiles. It was natural that the citizens of Champaign and
Urbana having their own sons and husbands in military service, and some
having already lost their loved ones on the battle field — should develop a
strong resentment against the liberties and privileges accorded these appar-
ently physically fit young men from other countries.

While, under international agreements, the Selective Service System was
unable to take any drastic action to correct the situation which was logically
disturbing the morale of the two university communities, State Headquar-
ters did take steps to require these young alien students to meet continually
the strictest requirements of their respective courses, and also obtained the
return of the students to their native country as promptly as possible after
their studies had been completed.

RECIPROCAL INDUCTION AGREEMENTS

After Pearl Harbor, it became important that no citizen of a co-belligerent
nation, who happened to be located in the United States, should evade
contributing to the defense common to both his own nation and this country
simply by the fact that he was not subject to military service in our own
armed forces. Agreements were therefore executed between the United States
and the various co-belligerent nations whose defense aims were identical with
those of our own country. These agreements provided essentially that:

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1. An alien could voluntarily elect to serve in the armed forces of his
own country or those of the United States. (Such privilege was also
accorded to United States citizens residing in the various countries
with whom the reciprocal agreements were made.)

2. An alien residing in this country, or a citizen of the United States
residing in one of the countries with whom the reciprocal agreements
had been signed, could be returned to the armed forces of his native
land if proper request were made.

The number of men who actually availed themselves of the opportunity
of service with their own country is not available, but it is believed that the
effects of the reciprocal agreements did obtain a considerable number of
additional men for the armed forces of the United States and the nations
signing the reciprocal agreements. This was particularly true of United
States citizens residing in Canada and vice versa, Canadian citizens residing
in this country.

Class IV-D

Freedom of worship was one of the four freedoms for which America
went to war. Even in the days before we realized that our civilization
was to be challenged — even to its religious roots — it was felt that regular
and duly ordained ministers of religion should be exempted from military
duty. The first bill submitted to Congress contained this provision and was
readily accepted; the similar exemption or deferment of divinity or theological
students was added on the floor of the Congress.

Only minor difficulties were encountered with this classification as a
whole, and such difficulties invariably arose out of the question as to whether
or not a registrant claiming IV-D was actually a "minister of religion" under
the law.

Any minister, priest or rabbi who had been duly ordained and was de-
voting all his time to the ministry received deferment without question. The
same principle included: Christian Brothers, who are religious, who live in
communities apart from the world and devote themselves exclusively to
Christian teaching; Lutheran lay teachers who also dedicate themselves to
teaching, including religion; lay brothers in Catholic religious orders, and
many others, who dedicate their lives to the spread of their religion.

Regular ministers of religion — that is, those who were not normally or-
dained— were also given every possible consideration. Even in the cases
of ministers who, because of the financial weakness of their congregations,
were forced to take full-time civilian positions in order to support themselves
and their families were given the benefit of doubt by virtually all Local Boards.

Shortly after the Selective Service administration was put into effect,
some registrants began to claim Class IV-D on the basis of having been
"ordained" by some previously unknown religious organization. Careful

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investigation revealed that a number of these organizations were set up for
the specific purpose of providing a basis for deferment and, in a few cases,
an "ordination certificate" could be obtained by mail order for anywhere
from $5 to $50 each.

The greatest single problem encountered in connection with determin-
ing whether or not a registrant claiming IV-D was actually a "minister of
religion" under the law was in the case of members of the Jehovah's Witness
sect. These members, in general, earn their living by going from door to
door selling the tracts and other publications of their organization, at the
same time endeavoring to further the Gospel. The problem was national
in scope, and National Headquarters partly resolved the problem by estab-
lishing a list of Jehovah's Witnesses who were considered by National Head-
quarters to qualify for classification IV-D subject, of course, to Local Board
determination and, if taken, appeals. Any Jehovah's Witness whose name
did not appear on that list had to take his chances on his Local Board's de-
cision and the appeal process.

Local Boards, in the main, were prone to classify a Jehovah's Witness
as a conscientious objector (I-A-0 or IV-E) rather than as a minister of
religion. In practically every case where a Jehovah's Witness was denied
a IV-D classification, the registrant appealed his case. Many of the members
of this sect, after resort to the appeal process failed to win them ministerial
deferment, refused to report for either induction or for work in a public
service camp, this procedure resulting in their being reported to the United
States District Attorney for prosecution under the law.

Exemption from training and service was also granted to students who
were preparing for the ministry in recognized theological or divinity schools.
The term, "recognized," as applied to such schools, did not mean approval
by educational accrediting agencies, but rather recognition by the denomina-
tion of the school as leading into the ministry of that particular denomina-
tion. In addition, such schools were required to have been established and
operating on or before September 16, 1939.

Any pre-theological student approaching the end of his sophomore year,
who was definitely headed for training in the ministry, was given occupa-
tional deferment (Class II-A) instead of being placed in Class IV-D.

Class IV-E (Conscientious Objectors)

The right of conscientious objectors under the 1940 law were not con-
fined to the historic peace churches, such as the Church of the Brethren,
the Mennonite and the Society of Friends (Quakers). The rights of con-
scientious objectors were granted to all men who, by reason of religious
training and belief, were conscientiously opposed to war.

During World War I, it was necessary that a man be recognized as a
bona fide member of a well-recognized religious sect whose creed forbade

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participation in war. In World War II, because the registrant was required
to be classified on an individual basis rather than on the basis of his mem-
bership in a religious sect, the problem for the Members of the Local Board
became one of individual conscience and, therefore, one that was most diffi-
cult to decide. The overworked Board Members found it hard to evaluate
the mass of supporting evidence and community opinion of a conscientious
objector.

A large number of Local Board Members were men who served in other
wars, and they in particular found it hard to appreciate the position of a
conscientious objector, especially when it was not publicly known that he
had any such beliefs, and when he was not affiliated with any specific church.
In general, the Local Boards did a fair and intelligent job in the classifica-
tion of conscientious objectors. Boards of Appeal, of course, had the benefit
of recommendations from the Department of Justice in doubtful cases.

A few days after Pearl Harbor, representatives of the various groups
interested in conscientious objectors were given an audience at the Spring-
field office. At this conference, all of the problems of both sides were dis-
cussed, which assisted materially in creating a better understanding of our
policy and their position.

Some registrants classified as conscientious objectors changed their views
and asked to be assigned to combat duty. Others requested assignment to
non-combatant duty in the armed forces. With few exceptions, this group
presented no major problem. The majority of the group assigned to work
of national importance rendered valuable service.

There were two types of objectors; (1) those who were willing to render
non-combatant service in the armed forces and (2) those unwilling to render
any kind of military service. The former type have been dealt with in
the section on Classes I-A-0 and I-A-O(L), and was seldom the source of
trouble or controversy. It was in the claims of conscientious objection against
any and all types of military service that Local Boards often found difficult
situations. While many of such registrants had, over a period of years
prior to the beginning of Selective Service, established their sincere objec-
tions to military service, many others endeavored to take advantage of this
provision of the law simply to evade such service.

Before the subject of conscientious objection could be considered in the
classification process, a registrant claiming such objection had to be found
not qualified for any deferred class. This having been done, the Local Board
determined whether or not such registrant was. in fact, a conscientious
objector.

As previously stated, the registrant who simply objected to combatant
service (if the Board determined that his objections were real and sincere)
was placed in Class I-A-0 or Class I-A-0 (L), according to his physical fit-

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ness for service. If, after physical examination, any such registrant was
found not physically fit for service, he was placed in Class IV-F.

If the Local Board decided that a registrant's objections to any kind
of military service were well-founded and authentic, the registrant was
classified in Class IV-E and, on being found physically fit, was then subject
to assignment to work of national importance in any of the 137 national
work camps in the Lnited States and Territories. In a number of cases, such
men were assigned to special projects in hospitals, on farms and in scientific
research institutions. To the benefit of this type of registrant, it may be
said that many of these men offered themselves for perilous medical experi-
ments, through which important contributions were made in the field of
medical science. All money expended by the farm employer, hospitals and
other institutions for the employment of conscientious objectors was paid
into the United States Treasury.

If the Local Board determined that, in spite of the registrant's claims,
he was not entitled to be classified as a conscientious objector and, in addi-
tion, was not entitled to deferment, the registrant was classified in Class I-A
or Class I-A(L), whichever applied. Invariably, such determination was
appealed, after which the registrant's file was forwarded to the Board of
Appeal for re-determination of classification.

In determining classification of a registrant claiming conscientious
objection, the Board of Appeal followed the same classification procedure
of that of the Local Board, except that, effective April 19, 1945, in the event
that the Appeal Board decided that the registrant had not fully established
his claim to conscientious objection, his file was then sent to the Depart-
ment of Justice for a special hearing on such claim.

Within the Department of Justice, and under the supervision of the
United States Attorney in the district concerned, a special hearing officer,
after receiving a case forwarded by the Board of Appeal, summoned the
registrant claiming conscientious objection and any witnesses desired by
registrant, questioning the latter and his witnesses carefully in order to de-
termine whether or not, in the opinion of the hearing officer, the claim to
objection was substantial and sincere. The services of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation were utilized when necessary.

After the hearing was completed, the hearing officer made his report
and recommendation which was inserted into the registrant's file, such file
then being returned to the Board of Appeal having the case. The Board of
Appeal then considered — but was not bound to follow — the hearing officer's
report and recommendation, as well as the evidence presented at the hearing,
and made its own determination as to classification.

Up to October 1, 1945, Illinois had forwarded 623 Class IV-E registrants
to public service camps.

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The exact figure on the number of conscientious objectors among Illinois
registrants is not reasonably possible, for many of such registrants who
claimed conscientious objection were, because of other circumstances which
took precedence, classified on the basis of dependency, occupation or physical
unfitness.

WORK OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE

The program of work of national importance under civilian direction
was agreed upon in conference between representatives of the National Serv-
ice Board for Religious Objectors and the Director of Selective Service,
aided by representatives of other agencies of the Federal Government.
Through the Executive Secretary of the National Service Board for Re-
ligious Objectors, the American Friends Service Committee, the Brethren
Service Committee, the Mennonite Central Peace Committee and the Fellow-
ship of Reconciliation stated that they were prepared to organize and finance,
within the limits of their ability, a program under which conscientious ob-
jectors could perform work of national importance. On December 20, 1940,
the Director of Selective Service, by direction of the President, accepted the
proposal, and agreed to give the program the heartiest cooperation and a
general supervision.

It was not until February 6, 1941, that the President signed the Exec-
utive Order authorizing the Director of Selective Service to establish or
designate the work of national importance to which the conscientious ob-
jectors could be assigned. In the beginning, some difficulty was encoun-
tered in obtaining suitable Civilian Conservation Corps camp sites. Also,
in most cases, the camps obtainable required considerable repair and re-
habilitation. Projects under consideration were: farm labor, sanitation,
attendants in hospitals, research work for forestry, soil conservation and fish
and wild life. Other special projects developed as the program progressed.

The first five camps for immediate use were selected in March of 1941.
and the first set of camp regulations were drawn up by Selective Service
which prescribed the government of the camps and set forth the duties
and responsibilities of the agencies involved. On May 8, 1941. the Camp
Operations Division was established at National Headquarters, its duties
having been to obtain, equip and operate the camps and assign the men
classified as IV-E to the various camps.

After a registrant was finally classified as IV-E. the Local Board reported
his name I through State Headquarters) to Camp Operations Division. The
National Service Board obtained the names and sent each man a question-
naire which provided information concerning his religion, occupation and
education. Men were assigned to camps on the basis of their answers in the
questionnaire. Wherever possible, they were allowed to go to a camp op-
erated by a religious group of their own choice.

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Assignees to public service camps had the same responsibility as to
length of service as did regular inductees in the armed forces. When Con-
gressional action extended the service of the men in the Army, the period
of service of men in work camps was likewise extended. On the other
hand, when the induction of men over 28 years of age was suspended, the
assigning to camp of men of such ages was likewise suspended. When the
privilege of discharge from the armed forces was given to overage men
under rules and regulations and with the approval of their commanding
officers, similar privileges were extended to conscientious objectors in public
service camps. The general rule was to follow Army policy in such matters —
not because the assignees were deemed to have a military status, but with
the idea of making the condititons of their service comparable whenever
this could be done. It was felt that the assignees should be neither favored
nor punished because of their beliefs, but that, so far as the law allowed,
they should undergo the same inconveniences and receive the same length-
of-service considerations as the men in the armed forces.

Many of the conscientious objector projects — particularly the so-called
"guinea pig" experiments, were not only of national importance but of the
widest possible humanitarian service. They helped to build up respect for
the courage and the seriousness of the conscientious objectors' personal con-
victions. Even though most of us feel that the conscientious objector was
mistaken in his conception of duty with reference to joining in the militant
defense of his country, his vital contribution to the welfare of humanity and
science has earned him a certain measure of admiration. Certainly, the
conscientious objector found out the great privilege of living in a democracy
where he was permitted to stand up for his personal beliefs and receive
full consideration because of them — -instead of being faced with the horrors
of concentration camps, brutality and firing squads.

CLASS IV-E REGISTRANTS FROM STATE OF ILLINOIS REPORTED
TO NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ON D.S.S. FORM 4S (CONSCIEN-
TIOUS OBJECTOR REPORT) AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1945

D.S.S. Forms 48 received 900

Registrants in C.P.S. Camps 452

Registrants discharged from camp 166

Registrants delinquent 58

Registrants reclassified 134

Registrants awaiting discharge 3

Registrants in C.P.S. Reserve 2

Registrants on whom prosecution is pending 9

Registrants for whom Form 48 has been withdrawn 76

Total 900

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CIVILIAN PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPS OPERATING IN
STATE OF ILLINOIS AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1945

(Note: Most of the conscientious objectors serving on projects in Illinois
were registrants of other states)

Camp No. 22 — Henry, Illinois

Soil Conservation Service

Opened November, 1941

Closed December, 1942

Average number of assignees — 129

Man-days of work 21.797

Camp No. 26 — Alexian Brothers Hospital
Chicago, Illinois
Hospital Attendants
Opened March, 1942
Number in unit — 76
Man-days of work IS, 171

Camp No. 97 — Dairy Farm Labor
McHenry County
Project started April, 1943
Number in unit — 20
Man-days of work 15,876

Camp No. 100 — Dairy Herd Testers

State-Wide

Project started February. 1944

Number in unit — 35

Man-days of work 10. 175

Note: Twenty-four counties in the State used
assignee herd testers. One man was assigned to
the Artificial Breeding Association.

Camp No. 115 — Office of Scientific Research and Development

Note: Some of these "guinea pig" projects wen-
carried out by men on detached service before
No. 115 was set up as an operating unit.

University of Illinois:

Heat Research — Man-days worked 2,738

Cold Research — Man-days worked 10.089

Chicago University:

Altitude Project — Man-days worked 450

Anti-Malarial Drugs — Man-days worked 2.536

Northwestern University Medical School:

Effects of Diet on Altitude Tolerance — Man-days

worked . 4,754

Total Man-Days Worked on Illinois Projects 114,189

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Class IV-F (Physical or Mental)

The determination as to whether or not a registrant qualified for Class
IV-F (Physical or Mental) was usually made as the result of physical examina-
tion procedures to be discussed in detail later in the chapter on the medical
aspects of Selective Service.

Classification in this particular class took place only after (1) the Local
Board had received professional medical information to the effect that a
registrant was physically or mentally disqualified for military service or (2)
the Local Board had observed that a registrant had a manifestly disqualifying
defect such as blindness, amputation of an arm or leg, etc. In the face of
either of these two situations, the Board had no choice but to classify a
registrant accordingly.

At times, a Local Board found it difficult to reconcile disqualifying medical
information with the fact that the registrant concerned appeared hale, hearty
and active. Yet, a bad heart or a tuberculous bone or some other serious
internal defect could not be detected through a suit of clothes or even through
the nude skin of a registrant.

Registrants who failed to meet the physical and mental standards of the
armed forces were too often the source of considerable unfair criticism
against the Local Boards concerned. In many cases of rejection, the men
were able to do a full day's work yet failed to meet the requirements for
military service. The result was that neighbors of such a registrant, failing
to note any manifest physical or mental disability, had a tendency to feel
that the Local Board had shown favoritism or special consideration in the
classification of the registrant. Since the regulations required that all infor-
mation pertaining to a registrant's physical or mental condition be kept
strictly confidential, the Local Board was in the unfortunate position of not
being able to defend its classification action other than to state that the
registrant had been rejected by the military authorities, not by the Board.
This explanation, however, generally failed to satisfy a critic.

Trying problems were also encountered among the rejected men, them-
selves. Many youngsters, anxious to join their Nation's fighting forces, suf-
fered severe mental shock and depression upon being rejected for service.
This was particularly true in many cases of men rejected for neuro-psychiatric
reasons. Until their rejection, they had considered themselves as perfectlv
normal individuals, when suddenly they found out that they were considered
mentally unfit for military duty. The tendency, of course, was for them to
become depressed and wonder if they were insane without knowing it. The
truth, however, was that the bulk of these registrants were not even bordering
on the stage of insanity. They simply suffered from some personality dis-
order which made it advisable for the medical examining officers to deter-
mine that the registrants could not adapt themselves to the rigors of military

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life. It was the Local Board, to be sure, that got the brunt of the repercus-
sions of men rejected because of being found unfit for military service.

There were known cases of men rejected for military service for mental
or physical reasons who, rather than confess their failure to pass a physical
examination, claimed they had been deferred because of some influence or
other reason. Such statements, of course, were a source of embarrassment to
any Local Board involved.

During the early part and middle of 1944, manpower for the armed
forces became scarce, and it was necessary for Local Boards to review the
majority of their deferments in an effort to obtain additional manpower.
In order to make sure that no man was deferred on physical or mental
grounds who could properly be accepted by the armed forces, the National
Director ordered a review of all Class IV-F men who had been previously
rejected on those grounds. While the specific number of men "recovered"
on such review is not available, it is known that such review failed to pro-
duce many I-A men out of Class IV-F.

Out of 1,002,800 Illinois registrants, aged 18 through 37 years, who had
been examined for induction or enlistment up to August 1, 1945, 263.000 were
rejected — a rejection rate of 26%. Only eleven other States had a lower re-
jection rate than Illinois. The combined rejection rate for the six other
largest States (California, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Texas) was 27.5%. The highest rejection rate for any individual State was
44.2% ; the lowest was 23.0%. The national rejection rate was 30.2%. These
figures show that Illinois registrants were, on the whole, healthier mentally
and physically than the registrants of most other States.

Class IV F (Moral)

Since it was necessary to furnish morally as well as physically acceptable
men to the armed forces, each Local Board had the responsibility of deter-
mining whether or not its physically fit and available registrants were morally
acceptable.

Each registrant, when completing his questionnaire, was required to state
whether or not he had been convicted of a criminal offense and, if so, to
give the details of such conviction. He was also required to state whether or
not he had previously served in the armed forces and, if so, the type of dis-
charge he received.

Whenever a registrant had a criminal record, or had received a dishonor-
able or "undesirable" discharge, the Local Board, in considering such regis-
trant for classification, applied the standards shown under Class IV-F listed
in the section, "The Various Classes." If the registrant's status came under
any of the restrictions listed, he was classified in Class IV-F (Moral). There
was no variation from this procedure until January 2, 1942. at which time
National Headquarters issued Local Board Memorandum 77 setting up pro-
visions for the processing of applications for waiver from certain registrants

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considered morally acceptable to the armed forces or for work of national
importance. The new procedure made it possible for previously unacceptable
men who were considered to have been morally rehabilitated to take their
places along the other men in the armed forces.

When a registrant was in the custody of the law, it was necessary to obtain
a termination of such custody, or a conditional or outright release from civil
custody in order that he might be considered available and be forwarded for
induction. The Special Panel Boards handled a large number of these cases.
Many others were handled through various civil court judges. In the proc-
essing and consideration of these cases, the officials of the State Board of
Pardons and Paroles, the State Division of Supervision of Parolees and the
wardens of the several penal institutions in the State gave their fullest co-
operation. Special mention of appreciation must be given to Director T. P.
Sullivan of the Department of Public Safety and Col. Frank D. Whipp, Super-
intendent of Prisons, whose whole-hearted assistance helped to insure the
success of the Special Panel Board procedure.

Under Local Board Memorandum 77, a registrant who had been con-
victed of a heinous crime was morally unacceptable for service in the armed
forces for a period of six months immediately following his release from
confinement in an institution, or for six months following his conviction if
he had been placed on suspended sentence or paroles. After such period of
six months, any especially meritorious case would be given full and sympa-
thetic consideration upon application for waiver.

Any registrant who had been discharged from any branch of the armed
forces under conditions other than honorable was unacceptable for military
service unless and until a waiver had been granted by the proper military
agency.

Even without any record of conviction for a crime or a discharge other
than honorable from the armed forces, a registrant might still be classified
in Class IV-F (Moral) if the Local Board had evidence to lead it to believe
that the registrant was morally unacceptable for military service.

Procedure was established whereby records of men on parole would be
forwarded to State Headquarters. When so forwarded, each file would con-
tain the recommendation of the Local Board, the parole officer and, in addi-
tion, letters from substantial citizens of the community. The State Parole
Board would attach a suspension parole, pending the man's induction into
service. State Headquarters would then write the military authorities re-
questing a waiver. Through this arrangement a substantial number of men
were inducted into the armed forces.

During the period from October, 1940, to October, 1945, Local Boards
requested a total of 1,573 waivers covering cases which were considered to
have sufficient merit upon which to base an application for waiver, and
applications were forwarded in these cases for final determination by the

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proper officer of the armed forces. Of the total number of waivers requested,
only 314 were denied. Thus, 1,259 Illinois men, formerly unacceptable, were
made available to the armed forces.

In addition to the 1,259 Illinois men inducted on waiver, 3,036 prison
inmates were paroled and released to the Armed Forces Induction Station
(discussed fully under "Special Panel Boards" below), making a total of
4,485 previously unacceptable men who were inducted.

Operation of Special Panel Boards

In a meeting with the State Director, the Commanding General of the
Sixth Service Command (Army) expressed his approval of the plan to obtain
additional manpower through release of worthy men confined in State prisons
and furthermore agreed to furnish a mobile examining unit to travel to each
institution for the purpose of determining the moral and physical qualifica-
tions of the selected inmates.

A conference with State parole officials brought about the appointment of
committees to check the records of inmates who were eligible for release and
to select those who might qualify morally for military service. (Dr. Roy G.
Barrack, head of the State Diagnostic Depot, assisted in the determination of
the qualifications of the inmates concerned.)

The warden at each penal or corrective institution arranged for X-Rays
and serological tests prior to the visit of the Sixth Service Command Mobile
Examining Unit. The Mobile Unit, in its first examination of registrants of
the six Special Panel Boards, examined 1,368 inmates, found 699 acceptable
(of which 103 were denied releases by the Parole Board pending further
study) and rejected 669 men. Each man found physically qualified by the
Mobile Unit was furnished a certificate containing a full statement of the
examination for the use of the medical examining staff at the armed forces
induction station, which was the final authority on acceptance or rejection.

The results of the examinations by the Army Mobile Unit proved so
satisfactory that the Commanding General of the Sixth Service Command
approved a request to send a second unit to one prison. Arrangements were
made by the State authorities to move temporarily all selected inmates to the
Stateville prison for the subsequently planned examination, but such plans
had to be cancelled when the Secretary of War notified all Army service
commands that the furnishing of such units would be discontinued.

On receipt of this information, the State Director called a meeting of the
original committee and State officials concerned. A new plan was initiated,
providing for the physical examinations of inmates to be conducted by a
group of State civilian physicians under the supervision of State Headquar-
ters Medical Officers. To eliminate examinations of men who might not be
eligible for waiver, the Commanding General of the Sixth Service Command
furnished two officers to check the state prison files of all inmates considered

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potential inductees and approve such inmates who, in their opinion, were
entitled to a moral waiver.

After the list of inmate potentials had been culled by the two officers from
the Sixth Service Command, a medical examination team visited each State
penal institution, examining 302 inmates, 207 of whom were found acceptable
and 95 rejected. Some of the 207 acceptable men were later rejected at the
induction station, but a number of these rejected cases were subsequently
reviewed and the registrants were found acceptable for military service.

SPECIAL PANEL BOARD'S FUNCTIONS AND PERSONNEL

Organization — Special Panel Boards organized with membership consisting
of one official of institution, one member of Local Board having jurisdic-
tion over institution and one substantial citizen of area not previously
connected with Selective Service.

Registration — All inmates of institutions registered. Cell-block by cell-block
registration by inmate registrars under supervision of prison officials and
members of Special Panel Board.

Classification — Cover sheets prepared for all inmates not previously regis-
tered. Files obtained from Local Boards of jurisdiction for those pre-
viously registered. All cases considered by Special Panel Board and
appropriate classification given.

Examination — Army Induction Station Mobile Unit and later special team
of medical examiners from State and Selective Service conducted mass
examinations.

Waivers — Parole authorities issued special suspensions — complete discharge
from parole after six months' satisfactory military service.

Induction — Separate inductions for large groups of inmates. Induction direct
into armed forces with no return to institution or granting of furlough
period.

Rejection — Parole after rejection by induction authorities.

Special Panel Boards, their locations and membership were:
Illinois State Penitentiary, Stateville-J oliet

Frank Hill, Assistant Warden of Joliet Prison
Clarence D. Atherton, Assistant Warden of Stateville Prison
Steve S. Sergeant, Member of Will County Local Board 1
Joseph S. Birsa, Member of Will County Local Board 2
Alex Padley, Joliet businessman

(NOTE: The above Board handled the cases of men in both the new
prison at Stateville and the old prison at Joliet, both being under the
direction of Warden Joseph Ragen, who freely made available the
facilities of the hospital, X-Ray equipment and laboratories.)

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Illinois State Penitentiary, Pontiac
Arthur Bennett, Warden

L. W. Tuesberg, Member of Livingston County Local Board 2
Roy G. Hershey, Pontiac businessman

Illinois State Penitentiary, Menard
Walter Nierstheimer, Warden

R. A. Divers, Member of Randolph County Local Board
R. C. Bloome, Chester businessman

St. Charles Training School for Boys, St. Charles

Theodore L. Sharp, St. Charles Training School Staff
Robert F. Munn, Member of Kane County Local Board 2
Claron Maynard, Hampshire businessman

Cook County Jail and House of Correction, Chicago
Frank Sain, Warden, Cook County Jail
Dr. Andrew W. Brown, Psychiatrist

Joseph Moudry, Member of Chicago City Local Board 111
Dr. Milton A. Saffir, Psychiatrist
W. C. Milota, Superintendent, House of Correction

(NOTE: This Special Panel Board was declared inactive in 1945, no
inmates or parolees having been inducted from this institution due to
the shortness of confinement periods.)

A letter to all State Directors dated November 6, 1946 (0-9-411), discon-
tinuing all Special Panel Boards as of December 2, 1946, required that a
report be submitted to National Headquarters listing the names of registrants
inducted by each Special Panel Board, together with the Army Serial Num-
ber of such registrants, if available, and the Local Boards originally having
jurisdiction over such registrants. This report was furnished in detail as
requested. Following is a summary of the parolees released to the Armed
Forces Induction Station:

PAROLEES RELEASED DIRECT FROM PENAL INSTITUTIONS
TO ARMED FORCES
Induction Station —

Pontiac 607

Stateville 174

Menard 51

St. Charles 35

867

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PAROLEES RELEASED TO THE ARMED FORCES INDUCTION
STATION WHILE ON PAROLE

Induction Station —

Pontiac 1,299

Stateville 587

Menard 239

St. Charles 44

2,169
Total Inducted 3,036

An analysis was made of the rejections by the Mobile Unit at Stateville,
for the purpose of study. Following is the result:
Total rejected remaining in institution — 299

Nature of Rejection — Number Percentage

Constitutional psychopathic state 139 46.5

Physical defects 58 19.4

Failure to pass minimum mental and literacy test. . . 51 17.1

Inadequate personality 49 16.4

Psychoneurosis 2 00.6

299 100.0 c;

The institution at Stateville was selected for the study for the reason that
the prisoners assigned to this institution were those whose recovery was
"doubtful," and incorrigibles. The rejections therefore were probably higher
than they would have been at the other institutions.

It has been unofficially stated by the Department of Public Safety that
approximately 100 of the parolees inducted became non-commissioned offi-
cers, and that as of October 1, 1946, only about 50 of the 3,036 men sent to
the armed forces had been returned to custody. Many of them achieved
honors for outstanding records while in service.

Class IV-H (Not Subject to Induction)

Since Class IV- A (after November 13, 1942) was the only existing classi-
fication based upon age, and because it then applied only to registrants 45
years of age and over, who were not eligible for induction into military
service, it was found necessary to establish a classification for men above the
currently inductible age when the limit was reduced to 37 years of age.
Class IV-H therefore established on January 1, 1943 and included men who
had reached their thirty-eighth birthday but had not yet reached their forty-
fifth birthday.

After a short trial of the new classification, it was discontinued because
of the tendency of men in Class IV-H to feel free to leave essential employ-

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ment for other work. No restriction on change of employment existed in
Class IV-H. Consequently, effective March 6, 1943, it was determined that
registrants between the ages of 38 and 44 years, inclusive, should be placed
in the classifications to which they were entitled regardless of age, and be
given the special identification "(H)" behind such classification. (For in-
stance: if a registrant in this age group was employed in essential work on
a farm and normally would have received a II-C classification, the new
procedure provided that he be classified in Class II-C(H). A registrant in
this age group who was normally available for full military duty was classified
in Class I-A(H) , but was temporarily not eligible for selection and induction.)
On October 5, 1944, the "(H)" designation was discontinued, and all
men aged 38 through 44 years so classified were ordered to be reclassified
into Class IV-A. The only exceptions were registrants of those ages eligible
for classification in Class IV-D, Class IV-B and men in Class IV-E who were
performing or had performed work of national importance in civilian camps.

INVENTORY OF LOCAL BOARD CLASSIFICATIONS

Commencing on September 15, 1943 and continuing for a period of two
weeks, each Local Board reviewed the classification of all its registrants and
prepared an inventory report which was submitted to the National Director.
This inventory provided National and State Headquarters with substantial
information upon which to base the allocation of future manpower calls. It
also enabled State Headquarters to determine which Boards needed special
counsel with reference to classification policies.

PERSONAL APPEARANCES

Every registrant, after being classified by his Local Board, was entitled
to request (in writing) and receive a personal appearance before the Board
for the purpose of discussing his classification. Originally, the request had to
be submitted within five days after the date of the registrant's classification
notice; this period was later extended to ten days.

The granting of such personal appearance, when made by the registrant
in writing and within the prescribed period of time, was mandatory upon the
Local Board. This privilege applied only on original classification or when
a registrant's classification was changed.

In every case of such personal appearance, the Board was required to
redetermine classification and send the registrant another notice informing
him of the classification granted as a result of the hearing. The registrant,
however, could not request and receive an additional personal appearance
after being notified of the classification given him after his appearance be-
fore the Board.

CLASSIFICATION— MISCELLANEOUS

While Local Boards were not required, under the regulations, to grant
hearings to dependents and employers, most Boards were extremely con-
siderate and generous in this matter. The attitude of these Boards was that
it was better to take a little more time for the additional hearings and thus
develop every possible bit of evidence than to classify solely on the testimony
of the registrant.

As stated in the section on occupational deferments, many Local Boards
not only welcomed the personal appearance of employers at the Board meet-
ings, but actually made trips to employers plants so that they (the Board
members) might be more fully acquainted with the employers' production
and labor problems.

Most Local Boards were exceptionally careful to make sure that the
registrant, or any other person entitled to appeal, understood that a "personal
appearance" was not a formal and legal "appeal" and that the registrant or
such other person still had the right to formal appeal if the Local Board
declined to grant the classification requested at the hearing before the Board.

PERMITS TO LEAVE THE UNITED STATES

Occasionally, it was necessary for a registrant to leave the continental
United States for the purpose of taking employment in one of the American
Territories or some foreign country or to transact business of commercial or
personal nature there. Such a registrant was required to apply to his Local
Board for the necessary permit to leave the United States.

The decision to grant or not grant the requested permit was primarily the
responsibility of the Local Board. Such decision — as in classification deter-
mination— was subject to appeal.

The permit provision of the regulations thwarted many registrants who
felt that they could successfully evade training and service by going to an-
other country. Reciprocal arrangements with the Government of Canada also
assisted in preventing registrants from evading service through residence in
that country.

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Here is a classified advertisement which appeared in the Aurora Beacon-
News back in the days when thousands of American young men were giving
up their lives in the many theaters of war throughout the world:

"Experienced farm hand wants deferable job on farm
near Aurora or Plainfield. Give full details.
Address , care Beacon-News."

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CHAPTER XV

THE APPEAL PROCESS

Appeals to the Board of Appeal were, as authorized in the regulations,
taken by registrants, dependents, employers, Government Appeal Agents, the
State Director, the National Director, as well as by other persons who had
filed written statements pertaining to the deferment necessity of any registrant.

A registrant, or any other person entitled to appeal the classification de-
cision of a Local Board made his appeal by signing the appeal request on
the registrant's questionnaire or by filing a written request for appeal — either
action being required within the ten day appeal period (five day period in
the early part of the Selective Service program). Such registrant, or other
person, could then obtain the free assistance of the Government Appeal Agent
in preparing statements and other evidence to be submitted in the appeal case.

The State Director used his authorized right of appeal prudently. He per-
sistently followed his policy of refraining from using his influence to obtain a
specific classification at the Local Board level, choosing rather to use his
authorized right of appeal whenever he differed with a Local Board and no
other person made an appeal in the case.

Occasionally, classification cases were brought to the attention of the
National Director directly by registrants, employers or others, and the Na-
tional Director found it necessary to take 25 appeals to the Board of Appeal
during the Illinois operation.

The Government Appeal Agent of each Local Board was required by the
regulations to review every classification made at the Local Board level, and
to appeal a classification wherever he felt the classification was not in ac-
cordance with the evidence in the registrant's file.

Local Boards were without power to deny an appeal to any person author-
ized to make an appeal, provided the appeal (1) was made within the pre-
scribed period and (2) was not on the sole basis of a registrant's physical
condition. The second provision was established about the middle of 1941.

The induction of the registrant for whom an appeal was made was auto-
matically stayed until the appeal had been processed and the registrant and
others concerned were properly notified of the decision on the appeal.

After the filing of an appeal, the Local Board transmitted to the Board
of Appeal the registrants complete file, including the report of physical
examination and all other reports or evidence in the file.

Appeals were handled by each Board of Appeal in the chronological order
in which the appeals were received, a Docket Book being used to record the
receipt of the files. If the Board of Appeal believed that additional evidence
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that such additional evidence be procured and the file, with the new evidence,
returned to the Board of Appeal.

The requirements for a legal meeting of a Board of Appeal were similar
to those applying to a local Board: that is, three of the five members had to
be present at a meeting in order to constitute a quorum. A majority of the
members attending a meeting decided the vote of the Board as a whole.

Each classification determined by a Board of Appeal was a classification
action in itself. If a Board of Appeal affirmed the classification given by a
Local Board, such classification was not a "continuation" of the one deter-
mined by the Local Board but rather an entirely separate classification action.

No personal appearances were allowed before a Board of Appeal, and
such Board could consider only the written evidence included in the regis-
trant's file received direct from the Local Board.

After the Board of Appeal made and recorded its classification determi-
nation, each registrant's appeal file was returned to the Local Board, the
latter Board then mailing the notice of appeal classification to the registrant
and any other person entitled to such notice, the vote of the Board of Appeal
being shown on such notice.

APPEALS ON PHYSICAL GROUNDS

In the beginning, appeals were permitted from Army findings as to phys-
ical condition. This provision brought about a confliction on several occa-
sions between Army medical staff and civilian physicians, several times
making it possible for a civilian physician (through his examination and
statement in behalf of the registrant) to supersede Army authority and judg-
ment on the matter of physical qualification for military service.

Since this situation was believed to be contrary to the best interests of
the Nation's military needs, and because some registrants evidently used
the procedure as a means of evading military service, the Illinois State Di-
rector called the matter to the attention of National Headquarters and rec-
ommended a change in the regulations so that the Army medical authorities
would become the final word on physical acceptability for military service.
The National Director subsequently changed the regulations to exclude the
right of appeal from determination of physical fitness for military service.

SPECIAL PROBLEM ON AGRICULTURAL APPEALS

In the spring of 1945, several of the downstate Boards of Appeal devel-
oped an extremely liberal policy on the matter of deferment for agricultural
registrants. When one Local Board reported that twenty out of twenty-one
classifications had been reversed 1>\ the Board of Appeal of the area, the
State Director felt it highly unlikely that a Local Board could go that far
amiss in its classification actions. As a corrective action, the State Director

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appealed the twenty cases to the President, with the result that nineteen out
of the twenty appeal board decisions were reversed, thus substantiating the
judgment of the Local Board and indicating the necessity for State Head-
quarters conference with the Board of Appeal in question.

Subsequently, the State Director dispatched his State Legal Advisor and
his Agricultural Advisor to the particular Board of Appeal to determine
whether or not a prejudicial policy existed and, if so, to convince the Board
that such policy was contrary to both the letter and the spirit of the regula-
tions. Future decisions of that Board reflected a different attitude.

To promote greater uniformity of consideration and decision, the State
Director had his two executives visit every other appeal board in the State,
and the improvement in the matter of uniformity of consideration was sub-
sequently noted.

APPEALS BY LAW

Late in the Fall of 1943, senators and representatives in Washington
received a volume of complaints from industrial employers throughout the
country, complaining of certain procedures in the appeal system. At the
time, the appeal of a registrant employed outside his original appeal area
was being decided by the Board of Appeal assigned to his own Local Board.
Employers claimed that an appeal board in another state or county, or out-
side the area in which the industry was located, did not know the specific
industry's needs or labor problems. As a result of these complaints, Con-
gress enacted Public Law 197 on December 5, 1943, providing that the
files of all registrants who had been classified in Class I-A, I-A-0 or IV-E
following claims for occupational deferment should be forwarded, without
regard to state, county or other boundary lines, to the Board of Appeal
which had jurisdiction over the area in which each registrant concerned
was employed, such appeal board to determine the classification on appeal.
In other words, if a registrant under the jurisdiction of a Local Board in
Cook County was employed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, any appeal in his case
had to be decided by the Board of Appeal at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

The only major difficulty encountered in the determination of "principal
place of employment" was found in the cases of merchant seamen who were,
for the greater part of their time, on the high seas. This problem was
finally resolved so that the "principal place of employment" was determined
to be the city in which the administrative office of the company employing
him was located.

While the appeal-by-law procedure entailed considerable additional clerical
procedure — most of such appeals being transferred to other States — it did
provide a certain protection to both the government and the employ-
ers concerned because of the classification being considered by a Board of
Appeal familiar with local employment conditions in the area of employment.

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SPECIAL APPEALS OTHER THAN FROM CLASSIFICATION

The National Director and the State Director were authorized, by the
regulations, to appeal from any other determination of the Local Board,
regardless of the nature of the decision. These two officials took several
appeals from Local Board determinations in connection with requests
for permits to leave the United States. This action was taken in cases of
registrants who were to be sent out of the country on secret missions vital
to the war effort. Because of the extremely confidential nature of these
missions, the specific purpose of these trips could not be revealed to the
Local Boards concerned.

Outside of classification appeal, a registrant was permitted to appeal a
Local Board determination refusing to permit registrant to leave his agri-
cultural work (in slack season) for other work. Only a few cases of this
type of appeal occurred during the entire Selective Service operation.

VOLUME AND APPRAISAL OF APPEAL CASES

Appeals taken in the early stage of Selective Service were comparatively
light in comparison to the number of classifications being made by Local
Boards. Registrants, dependents and employers were reluctant to make
appeals — often in extremely urgent and worthy cases — because of the fear
of public opinion. However, as more and more men were being inducted,
and the withdrawal began to be felt keenly in both homes and industry, ne-
cessity swept aside the previous reluctance with the result that the percent-
age of appeals, as against Local Board classification actions, rose consid-
erably. Yet, in spite of this increase in volume, the percentage of appeals
taken in Illinois was less than the percentage in most other States and con-
tinued to stay below the national level during the entire period of the Sys-
tem's operation. This fact can only reflect the intense patriotism of Illinois
residents who preferred to set aside their individual interests in favor of
the military needs of their country. It also reflects their confidence in Se-
lective Service administration in the State, such confidence having been
built up by honest and intelligent performance of duty by Local Board Mem-
bers and others connected with the System.

Generally speaking, the Boards of Appeal in Illinois sustained the de-
cisions of the Local Boards. Nevertheless, there were many cases in which
the Board held a viewpoint directly opposite to that of the Local Board.
This variance of opinion exemplified, to the fullest possible extent, the true
spirit of democracy, the policy of traditional American justice and the
citizen's right of individual opinion.

The soundness of decisions by Illinois local and appeal boards is sig-
nificantly revealed in the national statistics which show that our State con-
sistently had the lowest number of appeals to the President out of all the

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larger States in the country. Only .0065% of Illinois' Boards of Appeal
decisions were carried up to the President — the final court of judgment in
the matter of Selective Service classification.

Because of the shortness of the statistics on appeals, it is felt advisable
to include such statistics in this section rather than to relegate them to the
Appendix.

DATA ON APPEALS TO BOARDS OF APPEAL

(October 16, 1940 to December 31, 1946)
Reported Actions of Boards of Appeal by Type

(October 16, 1940 to April 30, 1942)

Number
of Appeals
Type Filed

Occupational 3,723

Dependency 9,380

Physical unfitness* 321

Conscientious objection. . 162

Miscellaneous 306

Number
Sustained

2,449
6,412

248
53

187

Number
Reversed

855

2,041

Withdrawn

Returned

to LB

116
394

59f

Pending

403

690

13,892 9,349

3,035

655

1,225

* Second edition of Regulations issued February 1, 1942 eliminated right of appeal
from determination of physical fitness.
t Reclassified by LB.

Reported Actions of Boards of Appeal by Type and Origin
(May 1, 1942 to January 31, 1944)

Occupational 39,892

Dependency 26,666

Conscientious Objection 527

Miscellaneous 2,926

Total for period 69,732

Registrant 32,654

Dependent 1,174

Gov. Appeal Agent 523

Employer 29,487

State Director 76

National Director 6

Other 3,812

Total for period 69,732

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ANALYSIS OF APPEALS AS TO ORIGIN, GROUNDS, DISPOSITION

(February 1, 1944 to December 31, 1946)

Appeals pending February 1, 1944 5,970

Total appeals taken by registrant 7,620

Total appeals taken by dependent 413

Total appeals taken by employer 31,578

Total appeals taken by Government Appeal Agent 346

Total appeals taken by State Director 282

Total appeals taken by National Director 19

Total appeals taken by others 228

Total appeals by law 104,175

Total Appeals 150,591

Occupational Grounds:

Total Local Board classifications sustained 22,319

Total Local Board classifications changed 10,950

Total Appeals on Occupational Grounds 33,269

Hardship:

Total Local Board classifications sustained 3,192

Total Local Board classifications changed 896

Total Appeals on Dependency Grounds 4,088

Conscientious Objection:

Total Local Board classifications sustained 17

Total Local Board classifications changed 79

Total Appeals on Grounds of Conscientious Objection. . 126

Other Grounds :

Total Local Board classifications sustained 266

Total Local Board classifications changed Ill

Total Appeals on Other Gcounds HO

Appeals by Law:

Total Local Board classifications sustained 92.900

Total Local Board classifications changed 8,500

Total Appeals by Law 101,400

TOTAL CLASSIFICATIONS BY APPEAL BOARDS 139.293

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TOTAL CLASSIFICATIONS BY APPEAL BOARDS 139,293

Appeals Withdrawn or Returned Without Action :

Occupational grounds 4,109

Dependency grounds 1,000

Conscientious objection 26

Other grounds 1,036

Appeals by law 5,092

Total 11,263

TOTAL APPEALS DISPOSED OF 150,556

TOTAL APPEALS PENDING DECEMBER 31, 1946 35

GRAND TOTAL FOR PERIOD 150.591

October 1, 1940 to April 30, 1942 13,892

May 1, 1942 to January 31, 1944 69,732

February 1, 1944 to December 31, 1946. .150,591

234,215
Total— Oct. 1940— Dec. 1946 234,215

APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT

Originally, an appeal could be taken to the President from a Board of
Appeal determination only on the grounds of dependency, and then only
when the members of the Board of Appeal were not unanimous in their
decision. Such appeal had to be made in writing by the registrant, a de-
pendent of the registrant, or the Government Appeal Agent, within five
days of the mailing of the notice showing the classification granted by the
Board of Appeal. The Local Board could, for good reason, grant an exten-
sion of this appeal period.

On March 21, 1941, appeals to the President were liberalized so as to
allow a ten-day period for taking the appeal and to permit the National
Director of Selective Service, or the State Director, to take an appeal to the
President from any determinattion of a Board of Appeal whenever it was
deemed to be in the national interest, or necessary to avoid an injustice.
Thus, in any case, whether or not dependency was involved, and whether or not
the decision of the Board of Appeal was unanimous, a registrant, employer
or other person concerned could bring the case to the attention of the State
or National Director for review and possible appeal action.

When an authorized appeal to the President was made, the Local Board
forwarded the registrant's complete file to State Headquarters (Legal Di-

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vision) where the file was recorded and then forwarded to the Director of
Selective Service at Washington, D. C.

The President had delegated his power of decision on Presidential ap-
peals to the National Director of Selective Service, and the National Direc-
tor assigned a number of officers to study each appeal case and make their
recommendation to him as to decision, noting special phases of each case
in which might require his personal study. After classification was deter-
mined on a Presidential appeal, the file, including the decision, was returned
to the Local Board through the State Director's office. A classification thus
determined was not subject to further appeal.

Occasionally, when a unanimous decision by the Board of Appeal pre-
vented a registrant, dependent, employer or Government Appeal Agent from
taking an appeal to the President, the case was brought to the attention
of the State Director. If the evidence in the case convinced him that an
injustice might be done to the government, a registrant, dependent or em-
ployer, the State Director requested a Presidential appeal.

As stated in the section pertaining to Boards of Appeal, only .0065% of
the decisions of Illinois Boards of Appeal were appealed to the President.
The following statistics apply to those cases:

ILLINOIS APPEALS TO THE PRESIDENT

Na-
tional State
Director Director

Regis-
trant

Regis-
trant's

De-
pendent

Em-
ployer

Gov't
Appeal
Agent

TOTAL

to
Dec. 31.

1946

1941

1942

201

108

433

1943

195

321

1944

232

369

1945

110

127

277

1946

Total

792

266

246

110

1,522

&■

Two C or Not Two C

Tazewell County Local Board 1 reported early in 1946 that they had re-
ceived hundreds of requests for "farm deferment" but none so striking as that
received from one of their registrants who had been committed to the Illinois
State Prison Farm at Vandalia. The registrant wrote: "I'll be at the State
Farm until December 1, so you should give me a farm deferment until then."
The Board told us that the registrant was "deferred on the farm" — but by
the judge in the case, not the Local Board.

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MEDICAL ASPECTS OF SELECTIVE SERVICE

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION PROCEDURE

During the summer and early fall of 1940, when the Selective Training
and Service Act was being considered as a bill in Congress, it was antici-
pated that the physical examination of registrants at the Local Board level
should be a physical inspection rather than a complete examination. (In
the draft procedure of World War I, the registrant was given a complete
physical examination by the Local Board Examining Physician and, if
found physically qualified at that level, the registrant was inducted into the
Army by the Local Board itself.) As consideration of the training and serv-
ice bill progressed in Congress, the idea developed that men selected for
induction should not be considered for induction until its was determined
whether or not such men were acceptable to the armed forces. It was finally
determined that the physical examination by the Local Board Examining
Physician would be complete and in accordance with the physical standards
used by the Army at the induction station.

The Examining Physicians were directed to make a complete examina-
tion of each registrant and to record all minor defects as well as disquali-
fying defects in the appropriate parts of the Report of Physical Examination
(DSS Form 200). The scope of the examination included questioning re-
garding the registrant's past and present physical condition. His mental
characteristics and speech were observed. The possibility of malingering
was borne in mind at all stages of the examination. When in doubt regard-
ing the disqualifying degree of a physical or mental defect, the Examining
Physician requested the Local Board to refer the registrant to the Medical
Advisory Board for a special examination and recommendation. (Registrants
could likewise be forwarded to the nearest Medical Advisory Board when-
ever either the Local Board or the Government Appeal Agent was dissatis-
fied with the Examining Physician's findings.)

Naturally, all of the Local Board Examining Physicians were not thor-
oughly acquainted with the detailed physical standards of the Army and,
in spite of their being provided with the governing regulations pertaining
to such physical standards, there was a widespread tendency to pass or
reject registrants on the basis of individual professional opinions as to fit-
ness rather than applying strictly the standards established by the Army.
In other cases, the civilian physician simply did not have the time to devote
to a careful and complete examination as required by the Army. The result
was a substantial percentage of rejections at the Army induction stations.
However, as the Local Board Examining Physicians became more familiar

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with the physical standards of the Army, and applied those standards in their
examinations of registrants, the percentage of rejections at the induction sta-
tions decreased measurably.

Under this original system of physical examination, unless there was
reason for deferment, the Local Board classified a registrant in Class I-A
if the Board's Examining Physician found the registrant fit for military serv-
ice. The registrant's call for induction would occur anywhere from several
weeks to several months after the first examination — depending on his
Board's induction calls and his order number. If, on submission for induc-
tion, the registrant was found physically and mentally qualified by the
medical officers at the induction station, the registrant was immediately in-
ducted and forwarded to a reception center. If the medical officers found
him not qualified, he was rejected and given his transportation home.

The net result of this first system was that a considerable number of
registrants, having been ordered to report for induction, quit their jobs,
settled their civilian affairs (many of them were given "going away" parties
and presents) and left home prepared to enter the Army. Having been
found fit by one doctor, they were surprised to be told by another doctor
that were not physically qualified for military service. This created not
only confusion and personal embarrassment for the registrant, himself, but
also created public dissatisfaction. The public did not object to the high
physical standards of the Army, but they did object to the contradictory
procedure which created personal embarrassment and, at times, economic
hardship.

At the outset, only one Examining Physician was appointed for each
Local Board. However, as the physical examination load increased, addi-
tional Examining Physicians and Dentists were appointed. Physical examina-
tions of registrants were usually done at the office of the Examining Phv-
sician, a sample of the registrant's blood taken at the time — for serological
test. The burden in connection with serological tests became so great that
it became necessary to make special arrangements for such tests. Dr. Roland
R. Cross, Director of Public Health, State of Illinois, and Dr. Herman N.
Bundesen, President of the Chicago Board of Health, agreed to furnish,
without charge, serological reports on all blood specimens submitted for
registrants of this State. The contributions of these two health officers did
much to expedite the physical examination process and make registrants
available for military service.

By early 1942, the volume of examinations in urban centers increased to
such a proportion that the Local Board Examining Physicians found it im-
possible to keep abreast of their current load. On March 23. 1942 — under the
supervision of Maj. E. Mann Hartlett. the State Medical Officer at that time —
streamlined "group examination stations" were set up in Chicago and, later, in
several cities downstate. These stations were staffed l»\ a number of volnn-

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teer medical and dental specialists and laboratory technicians. One Chicago
station alone was equipped to examine up to 1,000 registrants daily, and
actually exceeded this number some days. Here again, Dr. Herman N. Bunde-
sen placed the facilities of the Board of Health at the disposal of Selective
Service, and set up a physical examination station in the Board's office.
This examining station was manned by physicians attached to the Board
of Health and, for a considerable period of time, examined up to 700 regis-
trants daily.

The advantages of group examination stations were proved by the fact
that 165 physicians and dentists, aided by five laboratory technicians, han-
dled all the physical examinations (Local Board level) in Chicago, while
over 2,000 physicians and dentists had been required previously for the
examinations conducted on the individual Local Board basis. In addition,
it can be said that the quality of the physical examination was better than
under the original system.

DATA ON CHICAGO GROUP EXAMINATION STATIONS

Daily
No. of Capacity

Physicians* (No. of

Station and Dentists Registrants)

Chicago Board of Health, 54 W. Hubbard St.—

Dr. Henry C. Niblack, chairman 9 600

Pulaski Park Field House, 1419 Blackhawk St.—

Dr. John F. Tenczar, chairman 12 2,325

Sherman Park Field House, 52nd and Racine Ave. —

Dr. J. H. F. O'Neil, chairman 27 1,700

Columbus Park Field House, Central and Congress —

Dr. John Peters, chairman 14 2,195

Grand Crossing Park Field House, 77th and Ingleside —

Dr. Frank J. Norton, chairman 20 1,740

Washington Park Field House, 5601 South Parkway —

Dr. Robert D. Douglass, chairman 19 1,575

Portage Park Field House, Berteau and Central —

Dr. Sol. M. Goldberger 18 2,211

West Town (for suburban Cook County Local Boards) ,

Cicero Stadium, 1905 S. 52nd Ave., Cicero —

Dr. Hugh Leaf, chairman 8 300

* Supported by laboratory technicians, Local Board clerks and volunteer clerks from
service clubs, etc.

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EXAMINATIONS MADE

Station
Chicago Board of Health —

(Discontinued in Sept., 1942)
Pulaski Park Field House —

Sherman Park Field House

Columbus Park Field House-

Grand Crossing Park Field House-

Washington Park Field House-

Portage Park Field House-

Examinations Made
1942— 32,249

West Town —

1942—
1943—
1944—
1942—
1943—
1944—
1942-
1943—
1944-
1942—
1943—
1944—

1942—
1943—
1944^-
1942—
1943—
194
1942-1944

26,498
46,746

1,308
24,158
33,165
722
26.809
49.597

1,511
33,160
44,668

1,230
11,235
30,140

1,170
23,040
43,299

1,430

4,875

Repeat

Blood Tests

386

866

1,279

1,381

1,050

415

Totals
32,249

74,938
58,911
79,196
80,439
43,595

68,184
4,875

Totals 437,010 5,377 442,387

Changes in Physical Examination Procedure

In December of 1941, the procedure was changed so that registrants were
sent to the induction station for physical examination and then, if found
acceptable, were returned home for a period of ten days. This period gave
the registrant time to adjust his personal affairs before reporting for in-
duction into military service.

The next change came in March of 1942, at which time the new procedure
was to induct all examinees found qualified and immediately forward
them to the Army Reception Center. However, emergency physical exami-
nations were occasionally permitted prior to the date of induction in cases
where special arrangements had to be made for the registrants family, or
if a business had to be liquidated or otherwise turned over to other manage-
ment in the event of the registrant's induction.

A further change took place in May of 1943 when the procedure was
modified so that a registrant found acceptable for service was given the
option of requesting temporary transfer to the Enlisted Reserve Corps, with
a period of seven days furlough in which to adjust his personal affairs. On
July 1, 1943, the furlough period was increased to fourteen days, a further

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extension to twenty-one days taking effect two months afterward.

On January 6, 1944, a new system of preinduction physical examination
and induction was announced, to take effect on February 1, 1944. Under
the new system, a registrant found acceptable for military service was
mailed a Certificate of Fitness (DDS Form 218) by his Local Board, and
his induction could not properly take place until twenty-one days had
elapsed after the date of mailing such Certificate. Furthermore, if such regis-
trant was not called for induction within ninety days after the date of his
preinduction physical examination, he could not be inducted until after
he had been given another preinduction examination and an additional
twenty-one days had elapsed after the date of mailing his new Certificate of
Fitness.

At the same time, the "screening" examinations at the Local Board level
were discontinued except in case where the registrant had an obvious phys-
ical defect, such as blindness, an amputation, serious deformity, etc.

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

App. not req.

ORIGINAL

CERTIFICATE OF FITNESS

(Local Board dat<

(Order number)

(First name) (Middle name) (LaBt name)

I hereby certify that the above-named registrant has been given a preinduction physical examination
and found:

1. □ Physically fit, acceptable for general military service.

2. □ Physically fit, acceptable for limited military service.

3. □ Rejected, physically unfit.

4. □ Rejected, physically fit but unacceptable for other reasons.

Name .

Rank ...
Station

Induction Station Commander.

CERTIFICATE OF FITNESS— FORM 218

After each registrant was physically examined at the induction station,
he received the above report on his examination. If he had been found
fit for military service, his Local Board could not send him for induction
until 21 days had elapsed after the mailing date of the Certificate of
Fitness.

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Physical Standards

The Selective Service regulations provided that men determined to be
available for military service should be placed in two classes (1) those
physically fit for full general military duty and (2) those who, by reason
of some minor defect, were fit only for limited military service.

The objective of the physical examination at the Local Board level was
to determine whether or not registrants were physically and mentally fit
for the rigors of general military service. The plain instructions were: "The
registrant must be able to see well; have comparatively good hearing; have
a heart able to withstand the stress of physical exertion: must be intelligent
enough to understand and execute military maneuvers, obey commands and
protect himself; and be able to transport himself by walking as the exigencies
of military life may demand."

General duty men were required to pass a strict examination and had
to be in excellent physical and mental condition in order to be found ac-
ceptable for such duty.

Limited duty men had to be mentally sound, but allowances were made
for certain minor defects which would not prevent these men from perform-
ing limited military duty such as clerical work, medical orderly duties, and
other light duty. Most of the allowed minor defects were found in the
vision, teeth, bone structure, hearing, skin and varicose veins. Most of the
limited service men were placed in that classification by reason of defects
in vision, bone structure defects being next.

From time to time, there were minor changes in the physical standards
for qualification for limited military service, and space does not permit
going into the details of these many changes. Toward the end of the war.
when the shortage of military manpower became genuinely acute, the Army
relaxed considerably in certain of its physical standards and permitted the
induction of men with defects which previously had caused their rejection.

Medical Circular No. 1 was issued by Selective Service National Head-
quarters on November 7, 1940. Its purpose was to present to Examining
Physicians (the great majority of whom were not psychiatrists by profes-
sion) the methods by which they might suspect the existence of incapacitating
mental and personality factors in registrants. In cases of sound suspicion,
such registrants could be rejected immediately at the Local Board level or
be referred to the Psychiatric Member of a Medical Advisory Board for
more qualified examination.

It was felt that the screening out of the mentally unfit should begin at
the time the registrant appeared for the Local Board physical examination.
In many cases, the knowledge which the Local Board and the Examining
Physician had regarding the registrant and his circumstances would greatl)
assist in reaching a wise decision as to his acceptability tor military service.

(Con tinned on page 215)

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REPORT OF PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS
OF ILLINOIS SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRANTS OF ALL AGES

l By Principal Defect of Examined Registrants)
1940 — 1944*

Total

Physically
Examined

RESULT OF EXAMINATION

Defect

Fit for
General
Service

Fit for
Limited
Service

Disquali-
fied

Total

151.347

11,449

4,511

6.937

799
2.445

775
1,342
3.649
5,749
68
4.836

921
1,717
2.614
2.122

489
1,715

861
2,395
2.536
8,986
2,439
9,258
7.655

960

955

105
3.653

678
58,728

91,093

3.165
958

2.963
587

1,662
713
172

1.268

1,152

957

138

519

2.000
737
254

1.280
563

1,543

142

2,835

6.785
138
370

1,409

58.685

16,596

5,793

422

2,873

330

144

141

523

1.790

128

102

314

396

136

112

117

112

165

1,440

421

102

662

43,658
2.491

3,131

Teeth

1,101

140

453

Throat

1.026

2,240

4,074

Blood

Hernia

.56
2.089

655

Abdominal \ iscera

1.096

300

Syphilis

989

Gonorrhea

Skin

99
323

Hemorrhoids

209

Varicose Veins

735

Mental and Educational Deficiency""..
Mental Disease

2.501
8.732

Neurological

2.210

Musculoskeletal

4,983
449

Feet

Endocrine

720

489

Infections

1,582
664

Non-Medical Reason^

* Based on approximately a 20% sample of DSS Forms 200 (Report of Physical
Examination) for the period of November, 1940 to September, 1941. inclusive, and DSS
Forms 221 (Report of Physical Examination and Induction) for the period of April, 1942
to December, 1944, inclusive. Does not include reports of second or subsequent examina-
tions of registrants — to avoid possible duplication of data.

** "Mental and Educational Deficiency" includes registrants recorded as "educationally
deficient" prior to June 1, 1943, and as "failing to meet minimum intelligence standards"
after that date. It also include- moron-, imbeciles, idiots and those with unspecified
mental deficiencies.

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REPORT OF PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS
OF ILLINOIS SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRANTS OF ALL AGES

(All Recorded Defects of Examined Registrants)
1940 — 1944*

Defect

Total

Physically
Examined

RESULT OF EXAMINATION

Fit for
General

Service

Fit for
Limited
Service

Disquali-
fied

Total Defects

Eyes

Ears

Teeth

Mouth and Gums

Nose and Sinus

Throat

Lungs and Pleura

Tuberculosis

Cardiovascular

Blood

Hernia

Kidney and Urinary

Abdominal Viscera

Genitalia

Syphilis

Gonorrhea

Skin

Hemorrhoids

Varicose Veins

Mental and Educational Deficiency

Mental Disease

Neurological

Musculoskeletal

Feet

Endocrine

Neoplasms

Infections

Weight and Other Medical

Non-Medical Reasons

144,840

16,172

6,906

11,416

3,114

5,775

2,443

1,928

4,247

6,977

105

8,214

1,102

3,039

5,995

3,143

753

4,738

2,414

3,636

2,967

9,772

2,805

12,454

12,938

1,580

1,668

151

7,672

716

54,453

4,730

2,052

5,676

1,481

3,292

1,441

281

1,332

1,387

2,283

153

937

3,928

860

282

2,823

1,288

1,984

211

3,825

9,301

255

754

3,763

27,966

6,294
907

3,653
752

1,201
531
263
206
888
16

2,406
153
526

1,043
494
193
943
517
463
72
291
221

2,293

1,859

290

222

1,225
6

62,421

5,148

3,947

2,087

881

1,282

471

1,384

2,709

4,702

3,525

796

1,576

1,024

1,789

278

972

609

1,189

2,869

9,270

2,496

6,336

1,778

1,035

692

111

2,684

697

* Based on approximately a 20% sample of DSS Forms 200 (Report of Physical
Examination) for the period of November, 1940 to September, 1941, inclusive, and DSS
Forms 221 (Report of Physical Examination and Induction) for the period of April, 1942
to December, 1944, inclusive. Does not include reports of second or subsequent examina-
tions of registrants — to avoid possible duplication of data.

** "Mental and Educational Deficiency" includes registrants recorded as "educationally
deficient" prior to June 1, 1943, and as "failing to meel minimum intelligence standards"
after that date. It also includes morons, imbeciles, idiots and those 'with unspecified
mental deficiencies.

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(Continued from page 212)

It was logical to eliminate, as early as possible, these individuals who would
most probably develop various types of mental disorder or personality dis-
turbance when they were introduced into the unfamiliar environment of a
military life with its necessary regimentation, close contact with strangers,
separation from their families and their inability to escape without fear of
grave penalties.

On December 30, 1940 — after the appearance of several cases of fraud
in physical examination by sending substitutes who were not in good phys-
ical condition, the State Director had to request Examining Physicians to
compare the registrant's description and signature on the registration cer-
tificate (DSS Form 2) with those of the person being examined. No further
cases of this type of fraud were reported thereafter.

GOVERNOR'S REHABILITATION PROGRAM

Many selectees were rejected for military service because of physical de-
fects which were considered correctible. The Army, itself, could not induct
these men and do the corrective surgery later. Hence, such rejected regis-
trants could be made available for service if remedial care were arranged.

Because most of the registrants could not afford the corrective surgery,
or medical care, Gov. Dwight H. Green, in full cooperation with the State
Director of Selective Service, organized the State Departments of Public
Health, Public Welfare and Registration and Education into an agency for
the rehabilitation of Selective Service registrants who had been rejected for
military service by reason of certain correctible defects. The program was
inaugurated on December 1, 1942.

The objectives of the program were:

1. The correction of physical and mental defects which, upon satisfactory
correction, would enable the acceptance for service in the armed
forces of a registrant who would otherwise be found "non-acceptable";

2. The correction of certain defects so that the rejected registrant might
directly support the war effort through being able more fully to apply
his efforts through war industry.

Governor Green made available the facilities and personnel in ten State
institutions, and private hospitals and their physicians, surgeons and den-
tists were invited to participate in the rehabilitation program on a volunteer
basis. The response from these invitations was most gratifying, for a total
of one hundred fifty beds throughout the entire State were made available
and ear-marked for the service of this program.

Neuropsychiatric, medical and surgical defects were rehabilitated in
the following nineteen hospitals and in the Medical Colleges of Northwestern

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University, University of Chicago. Loyola University and the University of
Illinois:

Peoria State Hospital Lincoln State School and Colony Hospital

M ante-no State Hospital Dixon State Hospital

Anna State Hospital Alton State Hospital

Chicago State Hospital Elgin State Hospital

East Moline State Hospital Illinois Research and Educational Hospital

Michael Reese Hospital Wesley Memorial Hospital

Cook County Hospital Mount Sinai Hospital

Albert Merritt Billings Hospital University Hospital

Evanston Hospital Kankakee Hospital

Jacksonville Hospital

The services of the participating hospitals, physicians, surgeons and den-
tists were rendered without expense to the registrant. The round-trip trans-
portation expense to the rehabilitation facility was the only obligation placed
upon the registrant.

Arrangements were made with the induction station to forward lists of
rejected selectees (and the reasons for their rejections) to the Chicago office
of State Headquarters where the lists were carefully screened by the Medical
Division. Local Boards were then sent the names of those registrants with
defects considered correctible and for whom rehabilitation could be arranged.

If a registrant requested correction of a defect, the Local Board clerk
would obtain essential information, including full details of financial re-
sources, hospital insurance, etc. I In Cook County, this function was per-
formed by the Social Services unit.) Free medical care was arranged only
in such cases where the registrant was found to be unable to assume the cost
himself. In areas where it was possible to do so, each registrant selected
was given the opportunity to select a hospital of his choice from the available
list.

A total of 2,174 men throughout the State were given surgery and med-
ical care for the correction of physical defects. 1 ,552 of such number having
been cared for in Cook County.

Thus, through the help of Governor Green and the cooperation of the
participating hospitals and physicians, many Illinois men who might other-
wise have been denied the privilege of military service were given the oppor-
tunity to serve their country in its time of need.

ILLITERACY

During the first six months after inductions commenced under Selective
Service, the \rm\ was confronted with the problem of training and integrat-
ing approximately 60,000 illiterates who had been inducted. These men

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had been accepted because they were physically fit and could generally
understand simple verbal orders given in English. Training was greatly
hindered by the inability of these illiterates to read or understand instruc-
tions and orders of the slightest complexity. Their judgment, even in ex-
tremely simple situations, was poor. The burden of the general education of
these men was heavy; the Army did not have the personnel, facilities or time
for such a function. Consequently, after April 13, 1941, the Army required
that all registrants reporting for physical examinations should be tested for
their literacy. It became necessary for such registrants to be able to read
and write and to compute on the fourth grade educational level in order to
qualify educationally for military service.

For a time after this declaration of Army policy, the determination of
literacy was left to the Local Board Examining Physician. He made a rough
estimate of what constituted a fourth grade education and, tending to be
strict, the result was that greater numbers of men were deferred because
of literacy than were actually warranted. This administrative deficiency
was corrected with the transferring of physical examination function from
the Local Board to the armed forces induction stations, where the literacy
examinations were made by psychiatrists and psychologists.

Because of the increased need for manpower, the Army, beginning August
1, 1942, liberalized its regulations regarding the acceptance of illiterates and
placed a daily percentage limitation on such type of inductees. These par-
ticular inductees were used mainly for manual labor, a type of military
service which experienced considerable demand at that time. The lowering
of the Army's literacy standards, however, applied only to those men in-
ducted through Selective Service; the standards for enlistees were main-
tained on the higher level.

Cook County Educational Rehabilitation Program

In the field of illiterate registrants, Illinois Selective Service pioneered
with an experimental literacy school project for men rejected at the induc-
tion station for failure to meet the prescribed Army literacy test. It was
felt that, in the short literacy course, these men could be given sufficient
general education and specialized training to enable them to pass the test
upon resubmission to the induction station.

Accordingly, on September 8 and 15, 1942, conferences were held at
the office of the Chicago Board of Education, attended by the State Direc-
tor and the Assistant State Director representing the Selective Service Sys-
tem and Major Robert II. Owen of National Headquarters; the Superin-
tendent of Chicago Schools, the Dean of Adult Education and a number of
adult education teachers for the Board of Education; Army representatives
from the Adjutant General's Office, the Medical Corps and the Manpower
Branch: a representative from the United States Commission on Education.
The Chicago Board of Education agreed to provide qualified teachers (one

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for every fifteen students) and also to arrange for suitable meeting places
at convenient places in the Chicago area where classes could be held.

Chicago Local Boards submitted to the Assistant State Director the
names and addresses of registrants rejected for illiteracy, a total of 665 Chi-
cago registrants having been rejected for that cause at the time.

Class rooms were established at the following locations in Chicago:

1. Abraham Lincoln Center, Oakwood Boulevard and Langley Avenue

2. South Parkway Center, 5120 South Parkway

3. Kosciusko Park Field House, 2732 North Avers Avenue

4. Gage Park Field House, 55th Street and Western Avenue

5. Olivet Institute, 1441 North Cleveland Avenue

6. South Chicago Community Center, 9135 Brandon Avenue

7. Crane Technical High School, 2245 West Jackson Boulevard

The first class meeting was somewhat of a disappointment, for the only
registrants attending were those who had received their notices and had taken
the notices to their respective Local Board offices for explanation. A large
number of the literacy school announcement notices were returned unclaimed.
However, through the volunteer help of several investigators attached to the
Social Services Unit, many of the "missing" registrants were found and en-
rolled in the school. All enrollments were on a voluntary basis.

Originally, it was proposed that the Army furnish several hundred text-
books, "The Soldier's Reader" for use in the literacy classes. It developed,
however, that these text books were not available, and the adult education
system that was being used in the Chicago public schools was adopted.

During the first term of approximately ten weeks duration, there were
fourteen evening classes in the seven literacy schools. Classes were held from
7:00 to 8:30 p.m. three evenings a week. By February 24, 1943, twenty-seven
men had been informally graduated from the school and inducted into the
Army, while thirty-eight more registrants attained acceptable literacy stand-
ards and reported to the Local Boards for examination and induction — a
total of sixty-five men salvaged for the armed forces within five months' time.

A complete check and record of attendance was kept by the Selective
Service System. Absenteeism was promptly followed up by letter. It was
significant that some of these absentees answered these letters in their own
handwriting whereas, before starting the classes, many of these same men
could not sign their own names. Many employers cooperated willingly on the
matters of adjusting working hours so that illiterate registrants in their
employ could take advantage of the opportunity to improve themselves.

Out of the total of the reported 665 illiterate registrants in Chicago, 337
attended classes at the literacy school; 182 others were otherwise disqualified
mentally; 54 were employed evenings and could not attend; 24 registrants
were employed out of town; 27 were physically disqualified; 18 could not be
located; the remainder were over age, in jail or in mental institutions.

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On March 29, 1944, a formal graduation of students took place in the
auditorium at 185 North Wabash Avenue, Chicago. Diplomas were distrib-
uted to the forty-five students who had successfully completed a course
equivalent to the first four years of elementary school. The auditorium was
filled to capacity by educators, military personnel, fellow-students, relatives
and friends of the graduates.

The Educational Rehabilitation Program was successful not only because
it recovered men for the armed forces but also because of its inspiration and
influence in the self-improvement of illiterate citizens. Also, the success of
the Program in Chicago led to the establishment of a similar school by the
Army at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, for the purpose of advancing the literacy of
untutored soldiers.

Particular thanks are due on the part of the Selective Service System and
the Army to Dr. William H. Johnson, former Superintendent of the Chicago
Public Schools, to Mr. James T. Gaffney, Assistant Superintendent, to Miss
Frances K. Wetmore, Dean of Adult Education whose system of adult edu-
cation was used in the literacy schools, and to the highly competent teachers
under whose earnest and patient guidance, many students of the Selective
Service literacy school found new avenues of life opened to them through
educational improvement.

MEDICAL SURVEY PROGRAM DEVELOPED

Psychoneurosis was not a new wartime problem, for it had appeared in
World War I as "shell shock" and later as "war neurosis." The cost of
treatment of psychoneurosis cases after 1913 and 1919 had been tremendous
— well in excess of over one billion dollars, or $30,000 per patient for dis-
ability compensation and hospital treatment of this particular group prior to
our entry into World War II. In 1940, of the ninety hospitals then operated
by the Veterans Administration. Twenty-seven of such hospitals were occupied
by neuropsychiatric patients who composed one-half of all the veterans hos-
pitalized at that time.

Emotional stability is a prime requisite for the combatant soldier, and it
is also essential to the mass or group living that is necessary in military
training. Countless registrants who were fully able to live stably in the
privacy and routine of civilian life were found not to be able to adjust them-
selves to military life with its speed, tension, necessary sudden changes and
group living. World War I taught us a great lesson through the emotionally
unstable (psychoneurotic) men who were sent into battle and, under unusual
strain, cracked mentally and often unintentionally endangered the lives of
their comrades, not to say the success of military undertakings.

Because the importance of emotional stability had been so thoroughly
proved, the armed forces determined that, in World War II, every possible
precautionary measure would be taken to screen out men whose emotional

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instability of varying degrees would constitute not only a hazard but a waste
of military time in useless training, hospitalization and handling of men who
could not satisfactorily adjust themselves to military life — in either camp or
combat.

Because of the shortage of psychiatrists (a maximum of approximately
4,000 practicing in the entire United States), it was determined in the early
part of the Selective Service program that psychiatric examinations would
be concentrated at the induction stations, although one or more psychiatrists
was attached to each Medical Advisory Board to pass on special cases sent to
these Boards.

The rejection of registrants for military service because of psychiatric
defects during the peacetime period was 3.9 per cent, but this figure jumped
to 6 per cent in wartime. Neuropsychiatry defects were accounting for ap-
proximately 40 per cent of the disability discharges of the Army. Because
of this situation, a conference of representatives of the armed forces, medical,
welfare, and educational institutions, and the psychiatric profession was held
to formulate a plan which would screen out, to the greatest extent possible,
registrants with psychiatric defects prior to their being examined at the in-
duction stations. As the result, on October 2, 1943, the Medical Survey Pro-
gram was established under the sponsorship of the Medical Division of the
Selective Service System.

This program sought to provide the armed forces with adequate medical,
social and educational histories on each registrant by the time he was sub-
mitted to the induction station for preinduction physical examination. Med-
ical Field Agents, assigned to the various Local Boards, were to obtain from
schools, physicians, social service agencies, hospitals, clinics, employees and
correctional institutions the desired information if it was available. This
would help — more effectively than before — to screen out the unsuspected
registrants suffering from nervous and mental diseases and personality dis-
orders.

Activities of the Program in Illinois

The first step toward activating the Medical Survey Program in Illinois,
as outlined in Medical Circular No. 4 (dated October 18, 1943) was the
appointment of a Medical Survey Advisor to the State Director. From a
broad field of competent and able men, the State Director appointed Dr.
David Slight, then Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago and
President of the Illinois Society for Mental Hygiene, to such post. By reason
of his record of achievement in the field of psychiatry, his wide association
and acquaintanceship among welfare workers and associations, plus his mag-
netic and forceful personality, Doctor Slight proved to be especially qualified
for this important post — a position which involved volunteer service.

The State Director was also fortunate in obtaining the assigning of First
Lieutenanl (later Captain) John E. Egdorf, Medical Administrative Corps,

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as Medical Survey Officer, to take immediate charge of the Program under
the direct supervision of the State Medical Officer.

Headquarters for the operation of the Medical Survey Program was estab-
lished in the Chicago office of Selective Service Headquarters, by reason of
the fact that the Medical Survey Advisor resided in Chicago, the Induction
Station was located in Chicago, and one-half of the State population resided
in Chicago and Cook County. It was thought that the problems involved in
establishing a routine clearance system would be greater in a large city like
Chicago than they would be downstate, which proved true.

Because of the extremely heavy calls placed on Local Boards in Chicago
at the time of the activation of the Medical Survey Program, it was decided
to relieve pressure from Chicago and Cook County Local Board clerks by
maintaining sufficient clerical staff at State Headquarters to type the identi-
fying information on Part I of DSS Form 212. This procedure was aban-
doned after a trial of 2 months when it was found the volume was prohibitive.

In addition to the assignment of one officer as Executive for the Medical
Survey Program, it was found necessary to maintain an average staff of nine
clerks to handle the volume of correspondence, transmittals, sorting and
filing, etc. The greatest number was needed in the beginning months of
operation and was gradually reduced with improvement in the Medical Sur-
vey Program procedures and the reduction of inductions. By December 1,
1945, the Medical Survey Officer, one clerk and one stenographer were ade-
quate to meet the State Headquarters' need for this program.

Problems Encountered

The problems confronting the activation of the Medical Survey Program
were many, a few of which are listed as follows:

1. There was no central file within the State Department of Public Wel-
fare of the names of persons who had been committed or treated by
the various State agencies and institutions, through which registrants'
names could be cleared. This was a basic requirement of the Medical
Survey Program.

2. There was no Selective appropriation to pay for the clearance of
registrants' names through the social service exchanges in the State,
also a basic requirement of the Program.

3. The preinduction calls were the heaviest of any period in the mobiliza-
tion (over 100 per month per board) which necessitated the recruit-
ment of a large number of volunteers to adequately serve the 361
Local Boards in the State as Medical Field Agents.

4. The additional work involved in preparing medical survey forms on
registrants was a heavy task for the already over-burdened Local
Board personnel.

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5. There was little time available to prepare an adequate survey from
the date a registrant was reclassified from a deferred class to the date
of physical examination.

6. Many Local Boards were located in areas not easily accessible to pro-
spective Medical Field Agents, as for example, in outlying parts of
Chicago, and assignments to such Local Boards were not always ac-
ceptable to such volunteers.

Testing of the Medical Survey Program

Since a considerable number of other State Directors reported that the
Medical Survey Plan had not functioned successfully in their States, and still
others expressed a definite disapproval of it, the Illinois State Director deter-
mined that a "test run" of the Program should be made prior to establishing
its procedure throughout the entire State.

Consequently, on February 17, 1944, six Local Boards were selected in
various parts of the City of Chicago and of Cook and DuPage Counties for
the operation of the Program on a trial basis. This test operation was con-
ducted diligently and earnestly, and from the results achieved and the expe-
riences gained by the volunteers assigned to these six Local Boards, plans
were laid for the operation of the Program throughout the State.

How the Program Functioned

Whenever the Local Board classified a registrant as available for service,
such registrant's name was turned over to the Medical Field Agent assigned
to the Board, along with certain forms designed for the purpose of obtaining
the educational, social, employment and medical history of the registrant.
(Several of these forms were furnished by National Headquarters, while
others were designed and produced by State Headquarters.)

The Medical Field Agent visited the home of each registrant listed and
obtained all possible information as to social and medical history. A medical
questionnaire was used, on which common physical and mental defects were
listed; the registrant was required to check the disorders or diseases he
had had, giving the names and addresses of the physicans or hospitals
treating him, so that verification could be made. Inquiries were invariably
made of physicians, hospitals and social service agencies mentioned in any
registrant's case.

After the registrant provided the names and addresses of all of the sec-
ondary schools he had ever attended, special forms were sent to these schools
to obtain information as to the educational progress and school demeanor
of the registrant. If he had ever been employed, his employers were con-
sulted as to his work record.

The information which the Medical Field Agent obtained and which per-
tained to the social, employment, medical and educational history of each
registrant was sealed in an envelope by the Agent and remained confidential

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Name and address of school last attended

Age at time of leaving school Date of leaving .

>n for leaving school _ _...

PART II

1. SCHOOL RECORD

Intelligence-test i

(if i

r.Q.

l>atc Name of test .

2. ADJUSTMENT TO WOKiC

n Poor adjustment to employer.

□ Poor adjustment to associates.

□ Frequent change of jobs.

Work conditions: Good n Bad □
n Frequent absence from work because of s icknesi

□ □ Froqucnt absence from work without pood cause.
G D Inadequacy in work

P D Work or. level below mental ability.

□ f~l Persistent unemployment. ^_^

C] Head or spinal injuries (severe

D Convulsions (fits, epilepsy).

PI Encephalitis (sleeping sickness

D Enuresis (bed wetting) after 12

D Somnambulism (sleepwalking).

O Heart disease.

D Tuberculosis.

Diabetes.
Stomach ulcer.
Rheumatic fever.

Ever confined as chronic invalid.
Suffering from insurable disease.

O □ Permanent rt. f.d as i.-.ult of Hiicate or accident

4. PERSONALITY OR MENTAL DISORDERS

Drug or alcohol addiction.
Evidence of sexual abnormabti
Arrests for sexual misconduct
Extreme cruelty ordestrurlivei
Treatment for mental disorder.
Admission to mental institution
Chronic anxiety or worry.
Overdependent on some person.
Recurrent depression.

G Excessive shyness.

["I Seclusiveness.

D Marked aggressiveness.

n Vagrancy.

n Repeated marital difficulties

n Detrimental personal habits — give details.

Court .

.id.

"P"'"

5. HISTORY OF MEMBERS OF FAMILY

Q Commitment of any member of family to mental

institution,
n Mental defect.

O Epilepsy.

D Broken home befor

□ □ Chrcn:c alcoholism.
D D Drug addiction.

□ D Severe nervous breakdown.

D □ Repeated marital or domestic difficulties.

D8» Form 112

U regarding items cheeked "Yes")
[OVEH]

MEDICAL SURVEY FORMS 210 AND 212

Through the use of these and other Medical Survey forms, Medical Field
Agents were able to obtain information that was most valuable to the
induction station examining officers in determining acceptability of
registrants for military service.

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until the envelope was forwarded, with the registrant's examination or in-
duction papers, to the induction station, where the medical examiners used
the confidential information to determine whether or not the registrant
should be found fit for military service. After the confidential information
was used by the medical examiners at the induction station, it was forwarded
to the Medical Survey Program Headquarters at Chicago and kept in con-
fidential files. Thus this confidential information never became a part of the
Local Board file of the registrant.

At the outset, the medical examiners at the induction station apparently
failed to recognize the importance of the information provided through the
Medical Survey Program. The State Director made a protest to the Com-
manding General of the Sixth Service Command, with the result that the
special information was used regularly thereafter. As time went on, the in-
duction station officials and medical examiners fully realized the enormous
value of the special information in helping them determine the fitness or
unfitness of a selectee.

Medical Field Agents

To obtain volunteers for assignment to the Local Boards as Medical Field
Agents, the State Director sent letters of appeal to social service agencies,
social and welfare agencies, community funds and chests, councils of social
agencies and social service exchanges throughout the entire State. The results
of the appeal were indeed gratifying. By March 31, 1944, 344 volunteers
had been appointed, and by June 1, 1944, a total of 492 Medical Field Agents
were assigned to and serving Local Boards in Illinois.

Raymond M. Hilliard, Director of the Illinois Public Aid Commission,
was especially helpful in obtaining volunteers for downstate Local Boards.
Of the 181 downstate Boards, eighty per cent were staffed with Medical Field
Agents by June 30, 1944. Through the cooperation of the Commission, every
downstate Local Board eventually had the services of one or more Medical
Field Agents.

Dr. Edward A. Piszczek, Director of the Cook County Public Health
Unit, rendered valuable assistance toward providing Medical Field Agents
for Local Boards in Cook County outside the limits of the City of Chicago.

The Chicago Welfare Administration and its Commissioner, George J.
Klupar, cooperated splendidly in obtaining the services of Medical Field
Agents for Local Boards within the City of Chicago. (In addition, this agency
was called upon more heavily than any other social sen ice agency in the
State to furnish information from agency records. Mrs. Ethel Lees, of the
Administration office, gave unstintingly of her time and efforts in reviewing
and preparing abstracts of case records.)

Approximately fifty Local Boards in the southwestern, western and north-
western sections of Chicago had remained without Medical Field Agents serv-

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ice from March 1, 1944 to May 22, 1945. Mr. Joseph L. Moss, Director of
the Cook County Bureau of Public Welfare, assisted materially in providing
Medical Field Agents for these Boards.

Thus, by May 22, 1945, every Local Board in the State was being served
by one or more Medical Field Agents. Altogether, 1,005 men and women
qualified as Medical Field Agents according to the standards established by
National Selective Service Headquarters and volunteered to serve the Local
Boards of Illinois.

Up to V-J Day. it was estimated that the average Local Board required
from three to five hours a week of a Medical Field Agent's time to prepare
medical surveys on registrants being processed for induction. The time
needed to prepare a report ranged from five minutes in some cases to several
hours in others. The varying conditions of health or social adjustment of
selectees processed determined the time required to prepare the reports.

Since an average of 700 volunteers actively served the Local Boards dur-
ing the period of July 30, 1944 to July 30, 1945, it is estimated that over
145,600 hours of volunteer service were given by the Medical Field Agents
in that period alone. In addition, much time was given by social and health
agencies, hospitals, State institutions, physicians and schools in reviewing
case histories and records and preparing pertinent abstracts therefrom for
incorporation in the Medical Survey reports.

Social agencies and hospital associations, physicians and others concerned
were informed of the aims and purposes of the Medical Survey Program, the
inquiry form and the type of information desired by Selective Service so
that, wThen inquiries were made by a Medical Field Agent, the proper infor-
mation was furnished promptly and completely.

The Medical Survey Program Under Way

Extensive operation of the Medical Survey Program on a state-wide
basis began in March, 1944. Considerable difficulties existed in many Local
Boards in putting the Program into effect. The detailed operation of prepar-
ing numerous additional Selective Service forms, clearance of names with
social service exchanges and with the Central Index file, and obtaining
cooperative school reports involved much extra work to the Local Board
paid personnel.

To acquaint Medical Field Agents with procedure and to answer ques-
tions on problems, several large conferences were held in Chicago. Tele-
phone calls to key people in large agencies helped to clear up problems, and
such information was relayed on to other workers.

In the larger towns downstate, conferences were conducted by the Medical
Survey Advisor and Medical Survey Officer with Medical Field Agents and
Local Board clerks from Local Boards in the area. The Illinois Public Aid
Commission had eight territorial divisions downstate with two district rep-

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resentatives in charge of each district. These 16 persons were appointed as
"District Medical Field Agents" and several conferences were held with them.
Their duties were to recruit volunteers for Local Boards, assist with local
problems of procedure among their own employees, etc.

Instructive bulletins were issued by State Headquarters from time to time
to assist Medical Field Agents, Local Boards, social agencies, schools and
hospitals with a view of improving the operation of the Program.

In the ensuing months of the Medical Survey operation, the value of the
Medical Survey Program became more apparent and the Medical Field
Agents became part of the Local Board "team." The Medical Field Agents
proved their value in many ways, and Local Board personnel became aware
of the skill and efficiency with which the social workers obtained their infor-
mation, and learned to respect the social work profession.

The State Headquarters' staff of field auditors was instructed in Medical
Survey operation. Local Board efficiency of operation was increased by hav-
ing the traveling auditors complete an inspection report form devised for the
purpose for Local Boards inspected. Monthly comparative tabulations of
Local Board coverage in the Medical Survey prepared by the Medical Survey
Officer tended to increase Local Board activity in the Program.

For the month of May, 1945, 76% of registrants examined from Chicago
and Cook County Local Boards were covered by complete surveys which
included DSS Forms 210, 211, 212, 213 or 214, MS Letter No. 5 and medical
affidavits. 74% of registrants from downstate Local Boards were covered
with complete surveys, or a state average of 75%.

State-wide coverage of DSS Forms 210 (Identity verification), 211 (Edu-
cational verification) and Medical Questionnaire averaged 90%.

A study of the circumstances surrounding the registrants known to social
agencies in different parts of Chicago revealed striking contrasts. In certain
areas, less than five per cent of the registrants cleared through the Social
Service Exchange were found to have had any recorded social, medical or
court history. In other areas, as high as eighty per cent of the registrants
cleared had some sort of agency record.

It is difficult to establish an exact figure on the number of selectees
rejected who might have been accepted but for the Medical Survey data —
also those accepted who might have been rejected. However, it is definitely
known that the medical examiners at the induction station did lean heavily
upon the Medical Survey data and, on countless occasions, based their deci-
sions of acceptance or rejection upon such data.

State of Illinois Lent Full Cooperation

At the request of the State Director, the State of Illinois established in
the Department of Public Welfare a central file of all males 16 through 38
who had been known to any of the State institutions for the mentally ill or

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mentally defective, to the Department of Child Welfare, the Institute for
Juvenile Research, the State Training School for Boys, and the 30 private
mental hospitals in the State. The task involved a considerable expenditure
of time, effort, and money.

Cards of registrants of this age group had to be sorted from the hundreds
of thousands of cards of men, women, and children on file. New cards had
to be typed and filed in such a manner that they would be readily accessible
for clearing thousands of registrants' names through the files. The "soundex"
system was used, which was the latest development in a rapid riling system.

The central file was ready for operation in late April of 1944 and then
contained about 70,000 names. Additional names were added from time to
time and by November, 1945, the file contained approximately 80,000 names.
No charge to Selective Service was made for clearing the names of registrants
through this file.

For the entire period of operation of the Medical Survey Program up to
December 31, 1945, a total of 136,254 names were referred to the Central
File for clearance. Of these, 1,521 were identified as being known to a State
Welfare Agency or institution. A social history from the agency or institu-
tion was included in the Medical Survey Report when the registrant was
forwarded for preinduction physical examination.

In the absence of federal funds for the purpose, special arrangements
were made — through the help of the Illinois Public Aid Commission, to clear
the names of selectees through the Chicago Social Service Exchange, the
largest in the State. Some downstate social service exchanges cleared names
for Selective Service on a gratis basis; other downstate exchanges granted
clearances of names on a three month trial basis with the understanding
that charges would be made should federal funds become available for the
purpose. Such funds were eventually made available, and social service
exchanges were reimbursed for the clearance of selectees' names after July 1,
1944. (From July 1, 1944 to September 30, 1945, a total of 41,455 names
were cleared through the social service exchanges of Illinois; the cost of
Selective Service being only $3,311.41 — an average of 7.78 cents each.)

The information obtained by clearing names of registrants through the
social service exchanges and agencies proved to be of great value. In a con-
siderable number of cases, information (such as history of epilepsy, juvenile
delinquency, mental illness within the immediate family, false registrations,
falsification of educational history, diseases, etc.) which had been concealed
from the Local Boards was uncovered and later proved to be of importance
to both the Local Boards and the induction station authorities.

Cooperation of Schools Excellent

Through the offices of the State Department of Public Instruction and the
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concerning the furnishing of information by secondary schools was activated
in March 1944. The larger schools in Chicago and Cook County volunteered
to give additional information to that requested on DSS Forms 213 and 214.
On some students, so-called "child studies" offered information that was of
considerable value in a medical examination. This group of schools also
recommended that, in addition to teachers, vocational guidance counsellors
or personnel departments of schools be requested to furnish information on
students.

From March 1944 until May 1, 1945, Cooperative School Reports (DSS
Forms 213 and 214) were obtained from secondary schools by Medical
Division, State Headquarters, and forwarded to Local Boards. On May 1.
1945, Illinois Local Boards were instructed to obtain Cooperative School
Reports directly from the high school attended by the registrant. This change
effected considerable saving in postage and stationery expense, time in transit,
and clerical expense.

Special Acknowledgments

It would be difficult to enumerate and name the many persons to whom
a debt of gratitude is due for their excellent cooperation and assistance in
the development and operation of the Medical Survey Program. However,
it is felt that special tribute should be paid to Mr. George McKibbin, then
Director of the Department of Finance, for the invaluable help and encourage-
ment he gave throughout the operation of the Program. (Mr. McKibbin also
gave important assistance to other phases of the Selective Service program.)

Profuse thanks are due to many others: to social and health agencies, to
social service workers and public health nurses, to hospitals and clinics, to
many physicians, to the State Department of Public Instruction, to the Board
of Education of Chicago and the Superintendent of Cook County Schools
and his staff, and to the many teachers in the secondary schools.

The greatest satisfaction to all the helpers in the Medical Survey Program
is their pride in the fact that, through their efforts, the State of Illinois took
a leading place in the operation of this vital phase of the war effort.

Hard on the Movies!

One of those believe-it-or-not things that happen once in a lifetime oc-
curred on January 22, 1943, when Coles County Local Board 2 at Mattoon
sent the following three men to the Peoria induction station for induction:

CHARLES CHAPLIN . . . BEN Tl RPIN . . . ROBERT TAYLOR.

Yes — it really did happen!

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INDUCTION

In the early phase of the Selective Service program, inducted men were
assigned only to the Army. On January 1, 1943, the Navy (which in-
cluded the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard) began taking a propor-
tionate number of the selectees who were found qualified for induction. Until
December 4, 1942, the Navy continued to enlist men between the ages of
18 and 38 years of age. On that date, the President issued an order halting
such enlistments and requiring that the Navy thereafter obtain its men of
that age group through the Selective Service process.

Originally, the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 provided
for one year's training and service of male citizens and male aliens be-
tween the ages of 21 and 35 years, inclusive. During the first nine months
of inductions, men of those ages were selected and placed in military service.

In the summer of 1941, studies (including a comprehensive survey pre-
pared by Illinois State Headquarters which was used by the National Di-
rector in a Congressional hearing) were made in connection with the phys-
ical limitations of men of certain age groups in training with the Army
and the percentage of rejections among various ages of selectees. In addi-
tion, public opinion was fairly well crystallized to the belief that modern
mechanized warfare required young men and that it was inefficient to train
the older men. To meet the situation, an amendment (Public Law 206.
77th Congress) to the Selective Service law was enacted on August 16, 1941.
It limited inductions to ages 21 through 27, and provided that men 28 and
over previously inducted could be released from active duty upon their own
request and upon receiving approval from the Secretary of War. (The period
of training and service was extended from twelve to eighteen months by
Public Law 213, 77th Congress, enacted August 18, 1941.)

The attack upon Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7, 1941.
threw the Nation into actual w^ar, and on December 13, 1941. Public Law
338 (77th Congress) was enacted, removing all restrictions on territorial
use of units and members of the Army, and extending the periods of such
service for military personnel.

Because war brought with it the demand for total mobilization, the Con-
gress (on December 20. 1941 — -Public Law* 360, 77th Congress) passed a law
extending military liability to men aged 20 to 44 years, inclusive, and required
registration of those 18 to 64 years, inclusive. Selective Service immediately
began selecting men of ages 20 to 44 for induction.

Before a year of actual war had passed, the armed forces were pleading
for younger men for combat troops. In response to these pleas, the 77th

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Prepare in Duplicate

(Dal* of mailing)

(Local BoaBD Dan SraMP With Codi)

ORDER TO REPORT FOR INDUCTION

The President of the United States,

Order No

GREETING:

Having submitted yourself to a local board composed of your neighbors for the purpose of deter-
mining your availability for training and service in the land or naval forces of the United States, you are
hereby notified that you have now been selected for training and service therein.

You will, therefore, report to the local board named above at

at _ m., on the day of , 19

( Hour of reporting)

This local board will furnish transportation to an induction station. You will there be examined, and, if accepted for
training and service, you will then be inducted into the land or naval forces.

Persons reporting to the induction station in some instances may be rejected for physical or other reasons. It is well
to keep this in mind in arranging your affairs, to prevent any undue hardship if you are rejected at the induction station.
If you are employed, you should advise your employer of this notice and of the possibility that you may not be accepted at
the induction station. Your employer can then be prepared to replace you if you are accepted, or to continue your
employment if you are rejected.

Willful failure to report promptly to this local board at the hour and on the day named in this notice is a violation of the
Selective Training and Service Act of 1910, as amended, and subjects the violator to fine and imprisonment.

If you are so far removed from your own local board that reporting in compliance with this order will be a serious
hardship and you desire to report to a local board in the area of which you are now located, go immediately to that local
board and make written request for transfer of your delivery for induction, taking this order with you.

; GOVLRNMEVT

Member or clerk of the local board.

THE FAMOUS "GREETING FROM UNCLE SAM"- FORM 150

When a registrant received the above form, he knew thai hi- time for
military service had really come. Through the use of the Order to Report
for Induction, Illinois furnished 629,516 men to the armed forces.

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Congress (in Public Law 772, enacted November 13, 1942) made all 18
and 19-year-old registrants available for training and service, at the same
time relieving all men 45 years old and over from training and service.

On December 5, 1942, the President restricted induction liability to regis-
trants aged 18 through 37 years.

The following table briefly presents the actions, and their sources, which
established the induction ages at various stages of the period of Selective
Service operation:

LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS ON AGES LIABLE FOR INDUCTION

Inclusive Ages
Public Law Date for Induction

No. 783, 76th Congress September 16, 1940 21-35

No. 206, 77th Congress August 16, 1941 21-27

No. 360, 77th Congress December 20, 1941 20-44

No. 772, 77th Congress November 13, 1942 18-44

No. 379, 79th Congress May 14, 1946 20-35*

No. 473, 79th Congress June 29, 1946 19-44

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS ON AGES LIABLE FOR INDUCTION

December 5, 1942 18-37

August 15, 1945 18-25

May 16, 1946 20-29

July 16, 1946 19-29

* Applied to age at time of registration.

Miscellaneous Phases of Induction Procedure

On November 13, 1942, the 77th Congress (in Public Law 772) pro-
vided that any registrant eighteen or ninteen years of age who was pursuing
a course of instruction at a high school or similar institution of learning and
was in the last half of the academic year of such school or institution could,
on his request, have his induction postponed until the end of such academic
year. This provision was clarified by Public Law 126, 78th Congress (July
9, 1943) by specifying "the last half of one of his academic years," regard-
less of the date.

On September 18, 1945, the regulations pertaining to the induction of
high school students were liberalized to permit a high school student's in-
duction to be postponed until his graduation or until he became twenty years
of age, whichever was sooner — provided the student had entered his high
school studies prior to reaching his eighteenth birthday.

Public Law 197 (June 8, 1944) provided that inductees were to be per-
mitted to express their choice or make their selection of which service they
would enter. At the time of induction, these men were accepted for either
the Army or the Navy, each service having had its own manpower pool.

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In proportion to the sizes of the calls of the two services, more men were
choosing the Navy than the Army. Consequently, the Navy pool increased
while the Army pool became smaller. It soon appeared that a situation was
developing wherein the Army would not have enough men to meet its calls,
whereas the Navy would have a surplus of men awaiting call.

To correct this situation, a single pool was created on July 1, 1944.
Under the new system, a selectee was given every possible consideration with
reference to his expression of choice of service, but there was no guarantee
that he would be assigned to the service he selected. It was necessary to
adopt this system in order to give preference to the needs of the armed forces
over and above the desires of individual selectees.

The regular induction of limited service selectees ended on June 30, 1945.
After that date, the only limited service men who were inducted were "job
jumpers" and small contingents of others for whom the Army had special
need from time to time. The induction of "job jumpers" who were not
acceptable for general military duty was stopped in July of 1945.

EXTENSION OF THE ACT AND INDUCTION CHANGES

Since the original Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 was due
to expire on June 30, 1945, and because the turn of events began to indicate
early victory, the 79th Congress (Public Law 54, enacted May 9, 1945)
extended the Act to May 15, 1946.

After considerable and heated Congressional debate, and less than six
hours before the midnight deadline of expiration on May 14, the Senate
agreed to House restrictions on a new extension law, and the measure
(Public Law 379, 79th Congress) was signed by the President at 8 p.m.
that same evening. This law provided for an extension only to July 1, 1946.

Public Law 379 contained the following principal changes:,

1. A ban against the induction of fathers

2. A prohibition against drafting 18 and 19-year-olds and any reg-
istrant 30 years of age and over.

The crisis which developed in the extension of the Act served, in some
measure, to refocus public attention upon the problem of national defense.
General public opinion held that the Nation's interests were still imperiled
and that there should be no abandoning or let-up in national defense efforts.
New support arose for the President's request for a one-year extension.
Nevertheless, it was not until June 29, 1946 — the day before the end of
the six- weeks' extension — that a bill (Public Law 473. 79th Congress) was
passed by the Congress and approved by the President. The question of
drafting "teen-age" registrants had again become an issue, and this had
been the occasion of some delay in Congressional action.

Public Law 473, which was a re-enactment of the original legislation

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rather than mere extension, provided for the operation of Selective Service
for an additional nine months (through March 31, 1947) unless terminated
earlier by a joint resolution of the two houses of Congress. The law also
restricted inductions to non-fathers, between the ages of 19 and 44 years,
inclusive. The 18-year-olds, however, were still required to register.

Although liability for training and service was restored through age
44, except 18-year-olds, the Secretary of War requested, and the President
approved, the limiting for inductions to men aged 19 through 29 years.

INDUCTION BY DEPENDENCY STATUS

Because of the great surge of public opinion against the inducting of
fathers while eligible single men and married men without children roamed
the streets, the regulations were amended on April 12, 1943 (and further
clarified on April 27 and July 31, 1943 to provide for the induction of
selectees by "categories" or "groups" according to their dependency status.
Perhaps the simplest method of explaining the procedure is to quote from
the regulation applying:

"When a Local Board is filling a call (induction call), it shall first se-
lect and order to report for induction specified men who have volun-
teered for induction. To fill the balance of the call, it shall, from the
groups listed below, and insofar as possible in the order in which the
groups are listed, select and order to report for induction specified men
classified in class I-A and Class I-A-0 who are available for induction:

"(1) Men with no dependents. (All men not qualified for group 2,
group 3, or group 4, below, will for this purpose be consid-
ered as men with no dependents.)

"(2) Men with collateral dependents (parents, brothers, sisters, etc.).
provided such status was acquired prior to December 8, 1941.

"(3) Men who have wives with whom they maintained a bona fide
family relationship in their homes, provided such status was
acquired prior to December 8, 1941.

"(4) Men who have children with whom they maintain a bona fide
family relationship in their homes, provided such status was
acquired prior to December 8, 1941."

NOTE: A registrant placed in Class I-A or Class I-A-0 be-
cause he left an agricultural occupation with Local Board con-
sent, or because he was engaged in a non-deferrable occupation,
was selected for induction prior to any men in the above four
groups. Beginning June 2, 1945, the induction of 'job jumpers'
was discontinued for those who did not meet the existing phys-
ical standards for military service.

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On November 5, 1945, regulations were issued to prohibit the induction
of any registrant who was the father of three or more children — whether
he was a volunteer or non-volunteer. On December 12, 1945, this prohibi-
tion was extended to include a registrant with one or more children.

APPORTIONING QUOTAS AND CALLS

The method of determining how many selectees the respective Local
Boards in the State should forward to the induction station at various times
was as follows :

1. The Army and the Navy (including the Marine Corps and the Coast
Guard) determined the number of men needed for their respective
services and, sixty days in advance, made formal request upon the
National Director of Selective Service for the furnishing of such
numbers of men in two groups: (a) men for full military service
and (b) men for limited military service.

2. The National Director allotted quotas to the various States first on
the basis of proportion of registration, then on the basis of each
State's manpower service credits (inductions, enlistments, and com-
missions), and later on the basis of number of selectees available
for call for induction. The State Director of each State was di-
rected to furnish a certain number of selectees (without specific
reference to either Army or Navy service) within a specified period
of time.

3. The State Director, through his Manpower Division, made his man-
power calls upon Local Boards, first in proportion to the number
of registrants in each Board, then on the basis of the existing credits,
and later on the basis of selectees available. (In assessing quotas for
the various Local Boards, consideration was given to the number
of each Board's registrants in service, men discharged from the
service, and those from the community who were enlisted or com-
missioned but not registered. At first, a careful record was kept for
each Local Board showing all credits for inductions, enlistments
and commissionings, and debits for discharges. During the latter
part of the Selective Service operation, it became expedient to base
induction calls solely upon the number of registrants currently avail-
able for military service.)

During the period in which the "service credit" system was in effect,
State Headquarters and the Local Boards encountered a problem with enlist-
ments. On countless occasions, Local Boards were denied the benefits of
service credits because (1) the enlistment notice supposed to be sent to
an enlistee's Local Board was not mailed, (2) enlistment notices were sent
to the wrong Boards, (3) enlistment notices were made out in such a man-

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ner as to make it impossible to determine, from the notice, the correct Local
Board of jurisdiction for the enlistee, (4) enlistment notices were mailed late.

Quite frequently — before enlistments of men of inductible age were
stopped by Presidential order on December 5, 1942 — registrants were called
by their Local Boards for physical examination or induction and did not
report for the reason (discovered later) that they had already enlisted in
the armed forces. In several cases, such enlisted registrants were reported
to the United States District Attorney as Selective Service delinquents, al-
though such reports were made by the Local Boards properly and in good
faith.

For the above reasons, and because every enlistment reduced their
availability lists, Local Boards in general strongly resented the granting of
enlistment privileges to Selective Service registrants. The order stopping
enlistments most probably was issued because of the mass of complaints
received from Local Boards.

SELECTION OF INDUCTEES BY LOCAL BOARDS

When a Local Board received a manpower call from State Headquar-
ters, the Board sent induction notices to the required number of available
registrants in sequence of the registrants' order numbers. (This procedure
had to be varied in accordance with the law pertaining to induction by de-
pendency status, as described earlier in this section.) Exceptions to the
order number sequence were made in the cases of volunteers and registrants
reclassified because of leaving an essential activity or occupation, these two
types of registrants being included first on the Board's induction call.

If a Local Board, at the time it received an induction call, did not have
sufficient selectees available to meet the call, it simply forwarded induction
notices to all the men then available, reporting its shortages to the State
Director.

TRANSFERS FOR INDUCTION

Selective Service regulations provided that a registrant who received an
induction order while away from his own Local Board area, who could
show good cause for such absence, and who would be inconvenienced by
having to return to his Board area for induction, could have his induction
transferred to the area in which he was located, either within or outside
the State.

Any such registrant, on receiving an order to report for induction, pro-
ceeded to the Local Board in the area where he was located and made re-
quest for transfer for induction. It was up to that Board to determine
whether or not the registrant had good cause for being away from his own
Local Board area, and when the Local Board of Transfer gave such approval
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Local Board of jurisdiction was required to comply with the request. After
the registrant's papers had been transferred to the Local Board of Transfer,
this Board included the registrant in its next induction call and ordered the
registrant to report.

Since a great many registrants moved away from their own Local Board
areas, Illinois Local Boards handled a considerable number of induction
transfers for other Boards both within and outside of the State.

FORWARDING SELECTEES FOR INDUCTION
(OR PHYSICAL EXAMINATION)

Normally, registrants included in an induction call (or physical examina-
tion call) reported to their own Local Board offices, from where they
boarded a street car or bus or were taken to a nearby railroad station to
board a train for the induction station. Most of the transportation was
accomplished by railroad or bus, consideration being given to the comfort
of the registrants and the comparative expense of the movement. In the
cases of large movement, special trains or chartered buses were used.

Early in 1940, it became evident that transportation was to become a
major problem, and Mr. Waldo J. McCoy of the Illinois Terminal Railroad
Company volunteered his services to assist State Headquarters in the man-
agement of transportation activities. Mr. McCoy was loaned by his com-
pany— without compensation by the Selective Service System — to prepare
schedules for the transportation of selectees to the induction stations. The
transportation of selectees later became such a major function of Selective
Service operation that the State Director prevailed upon Mr. McCoy's com-
pany to furlough him to State Headquarters on a full-time basis with com-
pensation being paid by Selective Service.

Early in the operation, it was discovered that transporting a group of
registrants on a long haul by passenger bus did not provide proper arrange-
ments for the comfort of the men; danger from ice and snow was often
encountered; the kind of supervision normally found on railroad trains was
lacking; men (if they so desired) easily managed to purchase liquor at bus
stops. Consequently, railroad transportation was determined to be preferable
and was used wherever possible.

Until January 1, 1942, while registrants were given complete examina-
tions at the Local Board level, it was necessary for Selective Sen ice to trans-
port the selectees only one way — except those rejected by the armed forces.
However, when the plan for complete physical examination at the induction
station (instead of by Local Board examining physicians and dentists) was
put into effect, the expense for transporting selectees increased considerably.
Under the new plan, the registrant, if found acceptable, was returned to
his home to await induction call. 'Jims, three hips between the Local Board

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CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTO

A SNACK PRIOR TO THE INDUCTION STATION TRIP

Many Illinois Local Boards regularly gave "going away" parties for
their inductees. Shown above is a group of inductees of Evanston
Boards 1, 2 and 3 eating breakfast at the Elks Club, Evanston. Each
inductee also received a supply of cigarets and a dollar bill.

area and the induction station were required where only one had been nec-
essary theretofore.

On February 23, 1942, the armed forces inaugurated the plan of induct-
ing all selectees found physically qualified, swearing them into service and
granting seven days (subsequently increased to fourteen days and, later,
to twenty-one days) leave to those who wished to go home and arrange
their personal affairs. Under this plan, Selective Service bore the transpor-
tation cost of only one trip.

From February 1, 1944 until the termination of the program, while the
preinduction physical examination plan was in effect, Selective Service
again had to bear the cost of a round trip from the Local Board area to

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the induction station, as well as the trip back to the induction station for
actual induction. While this plan was more costly to Selective Service, it
proved to be the most satisfactory of all the methods tried because of its
maximum elimination of inconvenience to registrants and their dependents.

SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN TRANSPORTATION
OF SELECTEES

In Chicago, it was found that many Local Board clerks (Board Mem-
bers, also, in a number of cases) were required to meet their selectees as
early as three or four o'clock in the morning in order to assemble their
groups and reach the induction station at the scheduled hour (from 7 a.m.
on). A number of these clerks were women, and because of the embarrassing
conditions created for them, as well as the unnecessary inconvenience
created for the men clerks, a "rendezvous plan" for Cook County examinees
and inductees was instituted on March 16, 1944. Under this plan, space
was rented in the Insurance Exchange Building in Chicago (where the in-
duction station was located the greater portion of the Selective Service
period) , and registrants from Chicago and its suburban towns were ordered
to report at this place (at an hour much later than previously necessary at
the Local Board offices) for roll call and processing by their own Local
Board clerks. The selectees were then taken to the induction station in the
same building. An officer from State Headquarters supervised the operation
of the "rendezvous."

Much of the cost of rental of the "rendezvous" in the Insurance Exchange
Building was offset by savings in street car or bus transportation previously
required when registrants reported directly to their Local Board offices.
More important, the selectees arrived at the induction station sober and in
better condition than under the old system wherein many registrants, having
to report so early in the morning, simply stayed up all night and, too often,
arrived at the induction station not in proper condition for a physical ex-
amination for military service. This particular plan was so successful that
it was recommended for national use.

When the induction station at Peoria was abandoned, a serious difficulty
was experienced in the transportation schedules of selectees from the south-
ern part, or other remote parts of the State, to Chicago. Frequently, be-
cause of the distance, the railroad or bus carrier failed to arrive in time
for processing the selectees on the day scheduled for their induction. This
necessitated housing the selectees at a hotel until the next day. The situation
was alleviated as far as possible by arranging transportation to leave the
Local Board offices in these distanl areas late at night or very early in the
morning of induction. In many cases this required a Local Board clerk or
a Board Member to stay up practically all night to check in selectees leaving
for induction or physical examination at the induction station.

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Some groups voiced objections to their members being inducted on
religious holidays. At the direction of National Headquarters, State Director
Armstrong therefore, whenever such arrangements did not conflict with the
plans of the armed forces, issued instructions permitting the Local Boards
to adjust individual inductions so they would not occur on Christmas, Good
Friday, Yom Kippur and other significant religious holidays.

ILLINOIS' MANPOWER CONTRIBUTIONS

According to information supplied by National Selective Service Head-
quarters, 910,448 Illinois men were inducted, enlisted or commissioned into
the armed forces of the United States from September 16, 1940 to January
31, 1947. Of this total, over 629,516 men were inducted through the Se-
lective Service process.

Approximately 19,850 Illinois women enlisted or were commissioned
in the WACS, WAVES, Marine Corps Women's Reserve and the SPARS—
swelling Illinois' manpower contribution to more than 930,000 persons.

LOCATIONS OF INDUCTION STATIONS

While the major Illinois induction station was located at Chicago, various
other stations were used for the induction of Illinois registrants during the
period of Selective Service operation. In early years of the program, men
from the southern half of the State were generally inducted at East St. Louis
and, later, at Peoria. Beginning in June of 1943, virtually all inductions were
accomplished at Chicago.

Following is a list of the various induction stations, their commanding
officers and the dates of their operation:

INDUCTION STATIONS FOR ILLINOIS REGISTRANTS

Location and Commanding Officer Period of Operation

122nd Field Artillery Armory, November, 1940 to March, 1941

234 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago
Capt. Leigh W. Johnson, CO.

132nd Infantry Armory, March, 1941 to June, 1941

2653 W. Madison Street, Chicago
Capt. Leigh W. Johnson, CO.

515 S. Franklin Street, Chicago June, 1941 to September, 1942

Capt. Leigh W. Johnson, CO.

166 W. Van Buren Street, Chicago September, 1942 to October, 1946

Maj. Charles Bell, CO.

U. S. Army Reception Center, January, 1942 to February, 1942

Camp Grant, Illinois
Capt. C L. Bush, CO.

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U. S. Army Reception Center,
Fort Sheridan. Illinois
Maj. H. A. Suman, CO.

U. S. Army Reception Center.
Camp Custer, Michigan
Capt. John H. Hunt, CO.

U. S. Navy Recruiting Office,
321 Plymouth Court, Chicago
Lt. Comdr. W. S. Hatch, CO.

234 N. Broadway, Milwaukee. Wise.
Maj. Henry C.Walter, CO.

Old Library Building,

8th and Broadway, East St. Louis
Capt. Thornton C G. Goering, CO.

112 N. 5th Street, East St. Louis

Capt. Thornton C G. Goering, CO.

418 Collinsville Avenue,
East St. Louis
Capt. Thornton C. G. Goering, CO.

5 13- A Missouri Avenue,
East St. Louis
1st Lt. J. Haberle, CO.

Scott Field, Illinois

Capt. Thornton C G. Goering, CO.

523 N. Adams Street, Peoria

Capt. Thornton C. G. Goering, CO.

1701 Main Street, Peoria
1st Lt. J. Haberle, CO.

Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
Capt. John 0. Simon, CO.

June, 1912

February, 1944 to June, 19 1 1

December. 1941 to February, 1942

February, 1911 to May. I'M!

August, 1943 to March, 191 I
November. L940 to February, 19 1]

March, 1941 to June, 1941
October, 1941 to March, 1912

July, 1942

January and February, 1912
November, 1940 to June. 1911
August, 1942 to May, 19 13
July, 1943

Delayed Mail?

Private Joe Zilch of the Marine Corps had just returned to regimental
headquarters after lying in a foxhole for three days picking off Japs. The
clerk at headquarters handed Joe a letter. It was from Joes Selective Service
Board, and was covered with forwarding addresses.

Joe slit the envelope open and, after taking one look at the letter, piped out,
"Get a load of this! It's from my draft board. They tell me that the doctor
said I'm emotionally unstable . . . thai 1 got cyko neurosis. Hot dog, boys
Fin in 4-F!"

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CHAPTER XVIII

REEMPLOYMENT

The draft of World War I made no provisions for the reemployment for
men inducted into service at that time. The result was that the demobiliza-
tion of the military forces after World War I presented an enormous prob-
lem which disturbed the Nation politically and economically. Men who
had undergone the rigors of battle returned home to find their jobs occu-
pied permanently by others. The common sight of veterans selling apples
on street corners was considered a national disgrace. Virtually all the ef-
forts in the direction of reemployment or job procurement was carried on
by veterans organizations, military unit organizations and other patriotic
groups. Even the combined efforts of these agencies could not solve the vex-
ing problem satisfactorily on a large scale, and unemployment of veterans
continued for many years after the termination of the first world war.

It was logical, then, that the 76th Congress, in considering the adoption
of a selective service law in 1940, should incorporate in the law some pro-
tective measure to prevent reemployment difficulties.

Section 8 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 therefore
provided (1) that every person inducted under the Act and discharged or
released under honorable conditions was, under certain circumstances, to
be restored to the position (or position of similar nature) which he occupied
at the time he entered service and (2) that the Director of Selective Service
establish a "Personnel Division'" within his organization and be made re-
sponsible for rendering all possible reemployment aid in accordance with the
provisions of the law. Section 7 of the Service Extension Act (Public Law 213,
77th Congress, enacted August 16, 1941) made the reemployment benefits
of Section 8 of the original Selective Service law applicable to all members
of the military and naval forces of the United States who entered service
subsequent to May 1, 1940, regardless of whether inducted, enlisted or com-
missioned. Public Law 87, 78th Congress (enacted June 23, 1943) extended
such reemployment benefits to any person who left his position in order to
serve in the Merchant Marine.

REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW

The original provisions relating to reemployment were set forth in Sec-
tion 8 of the Selective Service law as follows:

"SEC. 8 (a) Any person inducted into the land or naval forces under
this act for training and service who, in the judgment of those in authority
over him, satisfactorily completes his period of training and service
under section 3 (b) shall be entitled to a certificate to that effect upon
the completion of such training and service * * * * *.

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(b) In the case of any such person who, in order to perform such
training and service, has left or leaves a position, other than a temporarv
position, in the employ of any employer and who (1) receives such cer-
tificate, (2) is still qualified to perform the duties of such position, and
(3) makes application for reemployment within fortv1 days after he is
relieved from such training and service —

(A) if such position was in the employ of the United States Govern-
ment, its Territories or possession, or the District of the Columbia,
such person shall be restored to such position or to a position of
like seniority, status and pay;

(B) if such position was in the employ of a private employer, such
employer shall restore such person to such position or to a posi-
tion of like seniority, status and pay unless the employer's cir-
cumstances have so changed as to make it impossible or unrea-
sonable to do so;

(C) if such position was in the employ of any State or political sub-
division thereof, it is hereby declared to be the sense of the Con-
gress that such person should be restored to such position or to a
position of like seniority, status and pay.

(c) Any person who is restored to a position in accordance with the
provisions of paragraph (A) or (B) of subsection (b) shall be consid-
ered as having been on furlough or leave of absence during the period of
his training and service in the land or naval forces, shall be so restored
without loss of seniority, shall be entitled to participate in insurance or
other benefits offered by the employer pursuant to established rules and
practices relating to employes on furlough or leave of absence in effect
with the employer at the time such person was inducted into such forces,
and shall not be discharged from such position, without cause, within one
year after such restoration.

(d) * * * * *

(e) In case any private employer fails or refuses to comply with the
provisions of subsection (b) or subsection (c), the district court of the
United States for the district in which such private employer maintains a
place of business shall have power upon the filing of a motion, petition.
or other appropriate pleading by the person entitled to the benefits of such
provisions, to specifically require such employer to comply with such pro-
visions, and, as an incident thereto, to compensate such person for an\
loss of wages or benefits suffered by reason of such employer's unlawful
action. The court shall order a speedy hearing in any such case and shall
advance it on the calendar. Upon application to the I nited States district

This period was later extended to ninety days.

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attorney or comparable official for the district in which such private em-
ployer maintains a place of business, by any persons claiming to be en-
titled to the benefits of such provisions, such United States district attorney
or official, if reasonably satisfied that the person so applying is entitled to
such benefits, shall appear and act as attorney for such person in the
amicable adjustment of the claim or in the filing or any motion, petition,
or other appropriate pleading and the prosecution thereof to specifically
require such employer to comply with such provisions: Provided, that no
fee or court costs shall be taxed against the person so applying for such
benefits."

FUNCTIONS OF REEMPLOYMENT DIVISION

The principal functions of the Reemployment Division established at
National Selective Service Headquarters — functions which were carried out,
to the greatest possible extent, by the Reemployment Division of Illinois State
Headquarters — were :

1. To assist Local Boards (through their Reemployment Committeemen
and Board Members ) in the restoration of former positions to men
and women released from the armed forces;

2. To assist Local Boards, Veterans Service Committees and community
employment centers in locating of employment for servicemen and
servicewomen who were not employed at the time they entered service
or who, for valid reasons, were unable to return to the jobs previously
held.

3. To promote, by every means possible, the public obligation of re-
employing men who had rendered military service:

4. To furnish conciliatory assistance in special cases presenting reem-
ployment difficulties, and to cooperate with the United States District
Attorney in cases requiring legal action;

5. To make direct referrals for employment of veterans when such pro-
cedure did not conflict with the functions of other governmental
agencies.

Employment Bulletin No. 1, issued by National Headquarters on September
29, 1943, set forth the specific functions of Local Boards and Reemployment
Committeemen in reference to procedure in the reemployment and employ-
ment of veterans.

STATE HEADQUARTERS ROLE IN REEMPLOYMENT

Because of the scant number of men and women being released from the
armed forces during the early years of the war, reemployment functions were
carried on in a limited but effective manner. However, in the early part of
1944, the function increased considerably and presented problems — particu-

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larly in the larger cities — which indicated the necessity for organizing
reemployment activities on a vastly larger scale.

The Veterans Personnel Division of State Headquarters, under the imme-
diate charge of Lt. Col. M. G. Buck, QMC, was expanded, and Lt. Wm. S.
Bishop, USNR, was placed in charge of the Chicago section of the division.

In the process of obtaining Reemployment Committeemen for the 361
Illinois Local Boards, many Board Members temporarily took over the func-
tions of the Committeemen in order that no veteran would be denied the serv-
ice afforded him by law.

SPECIAL PLAN FOR COOK COUNTY

At the New York City Headquarters for Selective Service, a very success-
ful Veterans Personnel Division had been operating for several months, this
division having had charge of all veteran's reemployment and employment
responsibilities for the entire city. The Illinois State Director dispatched two
of the members of his staff — Lt. Col. Marshall G. Buck, QMC, and Lt. William
S. Bishop, USNR — to New York City to make a close observation and study
of that city's Selective Service reemployment operation with a view to estab-
lishing a similar operation for the Chicago metropolitan area. Subsequent
to the visit to New York by the two staff officers, a special section was estab-
lished in the Chicago office of State Headquarters, and the following pro-
cedure was adopted:

1. When a veteran's Notice of Separation from Service was received by
State Headquarters, the State Director sent a "Welcome Home" letter
to the veteran, offering the assistance of his staff in obtaining reem-
ployment or new employment. A return card was included on which
the veteran could express his desires as to employment assistance or
reemployment, in the latter case furnishing the Veterans Personnel
Division the name of his employer at the time he entered military
service.

2. If the veteran's information card indicated that he needed employment
or reemployment service, he was sent a letter stating the date and hour
he should appear for an interview at the Veterans Personnel Division
in the Chicago office.

3. If the veteran, when he appeared for his interview, indicated that he
was having some difficulty in being restored to his old job, a member
of the Veterans Personnel Division contacted the former employer and
usually managed to get the veteran reemployed on short order. Only
in a few cases was it necessary to use forceful tactics in order to
accomplish the granting of reemployment rights to the veteran in ac-
cordance with the law. In still fewer cases, it was necessary to make
reports to the United States District Attorney and obtain his assistance
in restoring a veteran to his former position.

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4. In any case where a veteran was unemployed at the time he entered
service, or could not, for valid reason, return to a former position,
the Veterans Personnel Division:

a. Referred the Veteran to the United States Employment Service, or

b. Referred the Veteran directly to some potential employer whose
employment needs were on file in the Division.

The above program in Cook County was just getting under way when the
78th Congress passed Public Law 346 ("G. I. Bill of Rights") on June 22,
1944, which placed upon the United States Employment Service of the War
Manpower Commission the sole responsibility to render a counselling and
placement service for veterans. Because of a possible duplication of effort
by two governmental agencies, the National Director of Selective Service and
the Chairman of the War Manpower Commission entered into an agreement
to the effect that all new employment problems would be referred to the
appropriate United States Employment Service branch.

Since reemployment still remained the responsibility of the Selective
Service System, the activities of the Veterans Personnel Division had to be
confined to assistance to Veterans on being restored to their old jobs, counsel
and referral to the United States Employment Service for new jobs. In order
to facilitate referral for new employment — and thus expedite service to the
veterans — the State Director requested that a Veterans Employment Repre-
sentative of the United States Employment Service be assigned for duty in
the Veterans Personnel Division of the Chicago office of State Headquarters.
Unfortunately, however, this assignment was never accomplished.

DOWNSTATE PROCEDURE

The principal problem downstate was to find qualified men who would
accept appointment as Reemployment Committeemen. When such appoint-
ments were completed, the Reemployment Committeemen did an excellent job
of handling most of the problems locally. Occasionally, extremely difficult
problems were referred to State Headquarters for action which was taken by
officers of the Veterans Personnel Division. Problems of this latter type
usually involved a difference of opinion between employers and labor unions
as to the interpretation of the law on the matter of "seniority." The Veterans
Personnel Division maintained the opinion of National Director that
veterans — all other factors being equal — had to be given the benefit of any
question of seniority. Several large Illinois employers, as well as a few
unions, carried their cases into the United States courts, decision being based,
of course, upon the specific circumstances in each particular case.

LOCAL BOARD ASSISTANCE

When a veteran reported to his Local Board after release from the armed
forces, his rights under Section 8 of the Selective Service law were thoroughly

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STATE VETERANS SERVICE COMMITTEE

The chairman and members of the State Veterans Service Committee —
Chas. Casey, State Director, War Manpower Commission, Chairman;
Col. Paul G. Armstrong, State Selective Service Director. Member;
C. Gordon Beck. Regional Director. Veterans Administration. Member —
gathered at a veterans reemployment regional meeting in Elgin. Illinois,
on October 13, 1944. Shown, left to right, are: Lt. Col. Marshall G. Buck,
Chief of Veterans Personnel Division. State Headquarters; Colonel
Armstrong; Lt. Comdr. Walter G. Eden, Navy Liaison Officer. State
Headquarters; Mr. Casey and Mr. Beck.

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explained to him. If, after making proper application to his employer (within
the prescribed period of time) for restoration of his old job, the veteran
encountered any difficulty, he reported such difficulty to the Local Board,
and was referred to the Reemployment Committeeman. In such cases, the
Committeeman usually talked with the employer and, with the exception of
comparatively few instances, was able to settle the matter locally.

Local Board Members and clerks did not confine their help to veterans
simply to matters of reemployment. Where a veteran needed a new job, the
Board personnel generally went out of their way to obtain a position for the
veteran. Likewise, assistance was cheerfully rendered to the veterans on
many other matters.

IMPLEMENTATION OF EMPLOYMENT PLANS

To broaden the scope of service to veterans, the President of the United
States, by Executive Order issued on February 24, 1944, created the Reem-
ployment and Retraining Administration which required, through a State
Veterans Service Committee, the establishment of Veterans Information Cen-
ters in each community throughout the State to act as information and referral
centers for veterans.

A State Veterans' Service Committee for Illinois was established, consist-
ing of Mr. Charles P. Casey, Illinois Director of the United States Employ-
ment Service, Col. Paul G. Armstrong, Illinois Director of Selective Service
and Mr. Charles Gordon Beck, then Illinois Director and later Deputy Ad-
ministrator of the Veterans Administration. The Committee sent a directive
to all branch offices of the cooperating agencies in Illinois, and in September
and October of 1944, a series of area meetings was held with Local Board
Members and Clerks, Reemployment Committeemen, Veterans Employment
Representatives of the Lnited States Employment Service and representatives
of the Veterans Administration in each area covered. At these meetings, the
method of organizing, the responsibilities, services and procedures of the
new Veterans Information Centers were described in detail. As a result, a
Veterans Information center under the direct sponsorship of the State and
County Veterans Service Committee was established in every county in
Illinois.

In such towns as Elgin, Rockford, Aurora, Moline, Peoria, Decatur.
Springfield, and East St. Louis, each community itself had organized a Com-
munity Information Center. The County Veterans Service Committees in these
communities lent their full cooperation to these community centers, thus avoid-
ing possible confliction and duplication of effort. State Headquarters worked
closely with the community centers, furnishing them with the official reemploy-
ment service handbook and assisting in any other way possible.

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STATE COOPERATION

The Hon. Dwight H. Green, a veteran of World War I himself, feeling a
heavy responsibility as the chief executive of the State, established the Illinois
Veterans Commission through the cooperation of the Illinois State Legisla-
ture. The purpose of the Commission was to render every possible assistance
to Illinois veterans of all wars.

The Commission established offices in every county in the State and ap-
pointed qualified veterans as County Service Officers. In order that the
establishment of these veterans assistance offices could be expedited, State
Director Armstrong permitted them to be set up temporarily in Local Board
offices throughout the State. In addition, members of the System in Illinois
assisted in all other ways possible, so that veterans could have the benefits of
the State's assistance plan without undue delay.

The Illinois Veterans Commission has continued to maintain its county
service officers in all counties, and these men have given valuable service
locally to the men and women who served in the armed forces of their country.

THE PUBLIC RELATIONS VIEWPOINT

That the reemployment provision of the Selective Training and Service
Act of 1940 was a sound provision was reflected by the approval and con-
fidence of the veterans and the general public and the whole-hearted coopera-
tion of employers in general. The assurance of a return to the old position
after military service had been completed lightened the worries of many a
man and woman entering the armed forces. The reemployment provision
helped considerably to promote the general public's confidence in the whole
law. The splendid and patriotic cooperation of Illinois employers as a class
was reflected in the fact that, in the cases of approximately 900,000 veterans
returning to Illinois, State Headquarters processed only 137 cases for Fed-
eral court action — out of a possible 260 reported to the Headquarters.

Illinois Selective Service constantly engaged in a campaign to educate
both employers and veterans in the provisions of the reemployment section
of the Selective Service law. The State Director contacted the Illinois Manu-
facturers Association, the Chicago Association of Commerce and main other
industrial groups and, in addition to addressing their meetings, prevailed
upon them to publish complete articles on reemployment rights in their pub-
lications. Special meetings of Chambers of Commerce, local chapters of Lions.
Kiwanis and other groups, as well as meeting of the administrative staffs of
individual manufacturers, were attended and addressed by officers on the
State Director's staff.

Releases were issued regularly to the press and radio so that veterans
and their families might become fully acquainted with the benefits accorded

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by the Selective Service law. Detailed information was supplied to newspaper
columnists and radio commentators for transmission to readers and listeners.

By virtue of the attention which Illinois Selective Service gave to educating
both employers and veterans as to veterans' rights, reemployment problems
in this State were reduced to a minimum. The cases requiring Selective Serv-
ice assistance were usually borderline or where either the employer or the
veteran was obstinate and unreasonable in his stand. As a rule, only about
one case in a hundred was deemed serious enough to refer to State Head-
quarters for special action.

In Cook County, the cases were handled by telephone conversation or by
personal appearance at the Veterans Personnel Division in the Chicago
office of State Headquarters. Downstate, depending on the nature of the
case, each case was handled by mail or by personal visit of the local Reem-
ployment Committeemen (in a few cases, an officer from State Headquarters)
with the employer concerned.

Following is a brief report of the numbers of reemployment cases handled
by the three United States District Attorneys in Illinois — for the period of
September, 1940 to January, 1947, inclusive:

Northern District Eastern District Southern District
Number of veterans receiving re-
employment assistance from
U. S. District Attorney 59 90 27

Number of cases settled by con-
ciliation or court action 59 71 18

Number of cases still pending as

of January 31, 1947 19 9

HANDLING OF SEPARATION NOTICES

The Veterans Personnel Division had the responsibility for distributing
the separation notices of veterans discharged from the armed forces. This
function was carried on routinely by the Division, each separation notice
being mailed to the Local Board of jurisdiction so that the Board might know
of the discharge of its registrant and be prepared to render any needed and
possible assistance to the veteran. Beginning with October, 1944, when gen-
eral demobilization began, the Veterans Personnel Division was required to
add ten clerks to its staff and, during several months of that period processed
over 100,000 separation notices a month.

DISCHARGE REQUESTS

On January 10, 1942, the National Director issued special instructions on
the subject of assistance to be rendered in cases of registrants inducted

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through Selective Service process applying for discharge from the Army.
Applications for discharge arose chiefly from the following types:

1. The registrant who was not deferred because his wife worked and
aided in the support of the family unit. Frequently, following induc-
tion of such a registrant, the wife found herself unable to carr\ on
because of illness, loss of job, pregnancy, or other substantial reason.

2. The new 1\ -married registrant whose claim for deferment had not been
recognized because of the recent date of his marriage.

3. The registrant whose home dependency status changed by reason of
death, illness or other disability of a parent or other individual ren-
dering family support — subsequent to the registrant's induction.

4. The registrant whose employer's production suffered because of in-
ability to find a satisfactory replacement for the registrant in the latter's
occupation prior to his induction.

For several years, the Army followed the policy of forwarding every such
discharge request to the State Director for consultation with the Local Board
concerned and approval or disapproval. Under this system, the State Director
forwarded the discharge request to the registrant's Local Board asking that
the Board investigate the dependency or employment claims set forth in the
discharge application and render its opinion as to the worthiness of the
request. The State Director, on his own consideration, made his recommen-
dation either for discharge or retention in service and forwarded the dis-
charge file to the Army, which exercised final decision in the matter.

In a number of cases where the application for discharge was denied,
commanding officers would improperly notify the soldier requesting the dis-
charge that the latter's Local Board had recommended retention in the service
(a statement which may have been either true or false I . with the result that
the soldier and his dependents made vigorous complaint against the Local
Board. In many of such cases, the Local Board or the State Director had
actually recommended discharge, but the Army, being the final authority,
had determined to retain the applicant in service.

In the last years 0f the Selective Service program, the Army did not call
upon State Directors for assistance on discharge applications, but handled me
subject within the Army, occasionally calling upon the American Red Cross
for investigation of dependency claims. This latter procedure, while the Red
Cross was given no blame whatever, rightfully Irritated Local Boards who
felt that, because the law had given them the responsibility of determining
whether or not a registrant's dependency status entitled him to deferment
from military service, the Board should also make' the decision as to whether
or not the soldier's dependents status at home warranted his release from
service.

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During the period of January 10, 1942 to January 4, 1946 a total of
13,608 individual applications for discharge were processed through the
Veterans Personnel Division of State Headquarters as indicated below:

DEPENDENCY

State Director recommended disapproval 6,758

State Director recommended approval 495

State Director took no action 848

8.101

CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT

State Director recommended disapproval 3,872

State Director recommended approval 493

State Director took no action 888

Erroneous Induction 26

Added applications from same individual 282

5,507

13,608

A Tale of Dan Cupid

Romance, too, flourished within the Selective Service System in Illinois.
While no statistics of marriages due to Selective Service contacts were kept,
one instance is worth special mention.

Emmet Felker, a veteran of World War I and a confirmed bachelor, was
the Clerk of Chicago Board 50. In the territory next to his own Board, Mrs.
Mildred Pfister, a widow, was the clerical chief of Chicago Board 56. The
interchange, by telephone, of inquiries pertaining to registration cards in their
respective areas was the first introduction of the two clerks.

Four months after Felker and Mrs. Pfister started talking to each other
on the telephone, they met personally. It was really a case of love at first
sight — aided, perhaps, by mutual friendliness and helpfulness over the phone.

At any rate, they were married on December 13, 1941, and Mrs. Felker
told us that she, for one, fully understood the reasons why her husband had
to work late so many nights.

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C{jertific&te o€

In accordance unth )(ouse Joint Resobjtion'Jt: 40 abcyub by the
1 64* (WalAs^tWtltt State c^IllinoUw
this Certificate of PUtincjuisheo Service is au>aroeo to :

Paul WiUar*
%chu#\cr QtotmLy Cocci 3oar6 1

Elective £cr\>xc* J&yzUxt)

far his patriotic continuation of voluntary service so necessary
to the successful ano complete prosecution of our Hations \»av
effort, his honest, conscientious ano efficient performance of
official outlet atxb his fioelity to his oath of office .

Presenter Tor the State of Illinois :

COVIQNM

ICOETAHY Of STATl

THE STATE'S TRIBUTE TO VOLUNTEER WORKERS
Authorized by the Illinois State Legislature, this Certificate was awarded
to certain volunteer personnel who continued their service after victory
appeared inevitable. Each recipient's name was hand-lettered on the

Certificate awarded to him.

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CHAPTER XIX

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Since public opinion is the final court in which the success or failure of
any public activity is judged, it was important that the functions, policies and
achievements of the Selective Service System constantly be kept before the
general public. Complete information on the functions of the System and
the obligations of registrants, dependents, employers and others concerned
promoted smoother operation and more efficient accomplishment of the objec-
tives of the law. Knowledge of the System's policies promoted understand-
ing, cooperation and appreciation of the many and complex problems in-
volved. Stories of the achievements of the System in its efforts to procure
manpower for the armed forces promoted confidence at a time when public
faith in the System's democratic process was vital to the success of the war
effort. Occasionally, when some unusual circumstance or misunderstanding
would arise to create the possibility of dangerous unfavorable opinion toward
the System, facts had to be ferreted out and the truth given to the public.

In setting up his public relations policies and procedures, the State
Director was fortunate in having two staff officers who had formerly served
as newspaper reporters and public relations counsel, and these two men were
given, in addition to other duties, the task of keeping the public informed on
Selective Service matters.

In order that factual information and policies might be disseminated in
an orderly manner, the State Director issued orders that: (1) all publicity
releases would be given out only by the two officers assigned to public rela-
tions duties; (2) no release would be issued where a matter of policy or
other importance was involved without the State Director's personal approval;

(3) that all publications and public information media were to receive equal
consideration and that no exclusive release would be issued unless to a pub-
lication which, of itself, had originated the query on the matter to be issued;

(4) that publicity releases would be issued from time to time only as definite
needs indicated. The press and radio were made fully acquainted with, and
gave hearty approval to, the public relations policies of the System in Illinois.

NEWSPAPERS

As relations with the newspapers of Illinois are viewed in retrospect, it
can honestly be said that the cooperation which they gave to the Selective
Service System was virtually perfect. Every release issued by the System was
given full consideration. Whenever a situation arose which, on first impres-
sion, indicated unfairness to a registrant, dependent or employer, the news-
paper concerned invariably checked the story with the State Director or the
System's public relations officers so that the truth might be published.

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In the early phases of Selective Service operation, it would have been im-
possible for the System to function had it not been for the dissemination of
instructions and other vital information through the press. At the period
when time was short, the newspapers devoted pages to printing the main
features of the Selective Service law, detailed obligations of registrants, de-
pendents and employers. All of the publications devoted considerable space
to the lists of registration stations, the areas covered, many of them producing
large maps of the Local Board territories. (One large map of Chicago Local
Board areas was produced by The Chicago Tribune and, through the courtesy
of that newspaper, was reproduced and distributed as an official map to all
the Local Boards in Illinois, as well as to hundreds of employers.)

A number of newspapers conducted regular columns ("Soldier's Friend"
in The Chicago Herald-American, "Friend of the Yank" in the Chicago
Tribune, and others) for the benefit of readers desiring information on cur-
rent Selective Service regulations and policies. The conductors of these col-
umns were in constant touch with the public relations officers of the System
in order to print substantial and correct information.

During the first year and a half of the Selective Service operation — at a
time when most needed instruction on the various functions of the System
and the obligations of registrants, dependents and employers — a weekly
"news-bulletin" was sent to all daily and weekly newspapers in Illinois, as
well as to trade publications, Chamber of Commerce publications and indus-
trial house organs. The brief and factual information contained in this
"news-bulletin" was universally used by the Illinois press.

RADIO

It would be difficult to estimate the value of the broadcasting time given
free to the Selective Service System by the radio industry in Illinois. Unfor-
tunately, a detailed record of all such time was not kept by the System, but
it is safe to say that every radio station in the State contributed generously
toward keeping the public informed as to the requirements and achievements
of Selective Service.

Countless spot announcements were issued to and made by the radio.
Time after time, stations gave the System periods varying from five to four-
teen minutes for talks by the State Director or members of his staff.

Perhaps the most extensively planned and produced radio program on
behalf of Selective Service was the "Draft Quiz," a program produced through
the cooperation of The Chicago Herald-American and Radio Station W J J D
of Chicago. The program, which was inaugurated on May 5, 1941 and con-
tinued until August 20, 1942, took place once a week at a regularly scheduled
broadcast hour. It was conducted by the "Soldier's Friend"* Editor (first b\
William S. Bishop, who subsequently was commissioned in the United States
Navy on July 24, 1942 and assigned to the Illinois Selective Service System,

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THE PUBLIC WAS INFORMED

So that the general public might be kept
constantly informed of the requirements
of the Selective Service law, as well as
changes in the regulations, the State
Director and his staff were steady users
of the radio and press to present import-
ant messages to the public. At left, Col.
onel Armstrong is shown broadcasting
helpful information regarding "Jobs for
G.I. Joe" over Radio Station WBBM on
January 14, 1945.

and later by Jack Little) of The Chicago Herald- American. With the "Sol-
dier's Friend," appeared State Director Armstrong (every fifth or sixth pro-
gram) or one of the members of his staff. Popular questions submitted to
the "Soldier's Friend" were asked on the air by Mr. Bishop (and, commenc-
ing July 30, 1942, by Mr. Little) and answered by the Selective Service
representative appearing on each program.

Every "Draft Quiz" program was recorded, the transcriptions then being
shipped to fifteen other radio stations in Illinois for broadcasting locally.
Thus, the entire State was well covered by these instructional broadcasts.

Following is a chronological list of the "Draft Quiz" programs broadcast
over Station WJJD in Chicago and fifteen other Illinois stations. The
interviewer on all programs was Mr. William S. Bishop up until July 30,
1942, at which time the program was taken over by Mr. Jack Little, Mr.
Bishop's successor of the Herald-American's service column, "Soldier's
Friend." Guests of the "Soldier's Friend" were:

May 5, 1941 Col. Paul G. Armstrong, State Director

May 12, 1941 Col. Louis A. Boening, Assistant State Director,

and Mr. William H. King, Jr., Administrator of the
Cook County Boards of Appeal

May 19, 1941 Col. Paul G. Armstrong and Mr. Stephen E. Hurley,

Coordinator of Advisory Boards for Registrants of
Cook County

May 26, 1941 Maj. E. Mann Hartlett, State Medical Officer, and

Mr. John Rigney, pitcher for the Chicago White Sox

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June 2, 1941 Col. Paul G. Armstrong and Maj. Stanley R. McNeil,

Executive Officer at the Chicago office of State Head-
quarters

June 9, 1941 Lt. Col. Leigh N. Bittinger, Deputy State Director,

and Maj. Howard G. Wade. Occupational Advisor

June 16, 1941 Gov. Dwight H. Green and Col. Paul G. Armstrong

October 9, 1941 Maj. Stanley R. McNeil

October 16, 1941 Col. Harris P. Ralston. State Advisor on Occupa-
tional Deferments

October 24, 1941 Maj. Marshall G. Buck. Chief of Field Division

November 3, 1941 Maj. E. Mann Hartlett

November 10, 1941 Col. Paul G. Armstrong

November 17, 1941 Coy. Louis A. Boening

November 24, 1941 Maj. Lloyd W. Warfel, Occupational Advisor

December 8, 1941 Capt. Baird V. Helfrich. State Legal Advisor

December 14, 1941 Col. Paul G. Armstrong

December 22, 1941 Col. Clay M. Donner. Executive Officer, State Head-
quarters

January 5, 1942 Maj. E. Mann Hartlett

January 12, 1942 Mr. William H. King. Jr.

January 19, 1942 Maj. Stanley R. McNeil

January 26, 1942 Maj. Marshall G. Buck

February 9, 1942 Lt. Charles J. Magnesen, Administrative Assistant

February 23, 1942 Maj. Lloyd W. Warfel

March 9, 1942 Col. Clay M. Donner

March 16. 1942 Lt. Col. Victor A. Kleber. Administrative Assistant.

Chicago Office

March 26, 1942 Col. Harris P. Ralston

April 2, 1942 Mr. Tappan Gregory. Coordinator of Government

Appeal Agents in Cook County

April 9, 1912 Mr. Edwin H. Felt, Administrative Assistant. Chi-
cago Office

April 16, 1942 Maj. E. Mann Hartlett

May 7, 1942 Maj. Lloyd W. Warfel

June 4, 1912 Anniversary Program (half hour) -Col. I'aul G.

Armstrong and Fight Members of State Headquar-
ters Staff

June 11, 1942 Lt. Com. Walter J. Eden. Navv Liaison Officer

June 18, 1912 Lt. Norman \\ . Smith. Assistant Public Relations

Officer, ( Ihicago Office

June 29, 1912 Mr. Edwin H. Felt

July 3, 1912 Maj. E. Mann Hartlett

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July 9, 1942 Col. Louis A. Boening

July 16, 1942 Col. Paul G. Armstrong

July 23, 1942 Maj. E. Mann Hartlett

July 30, 1942 Col. Harris P. Ralston

August 6, 1942 Maj. Baird V. Helfrich

August 13, 1942 Capt. Roy W. Bartlett of Finance Department, Sixth

Service Command, and Lt. William S. Bishop, As-
sistant Navy Liaison Officer

August 20, 1942 Col. Louis A. Boening

ILLINOIS RADIO STATIONS WHICH USED TRANSCRIPTIONS
OF "DRAFT QUIZ"

Radio Station WSOY, Radio Station WCBS, Radio Station WEBQ,

Decatur, Illinois Springfield. Illinois Harrisburg, Illinois

Radio Station WGIL, Radio Station WHBF, Radio Station WTMV,

Galesburg. Illinois Rock Island, Illinois East St. Louis, Illinois

Radio Station WDAM. Radio Station WROK. Radio Station WDWS,

Danville, Illinois Rockford, Illinois Champaign, Illinois

Radio Station WDZ. Radio Station WMBD, Radio Station WJBC,

Tuscola, Illinois Peoria, Illinois Bloomington. Illinois

Radio Station WTAX, Radio Station WTAD, Radio Station WCAZ,

Springfield, Illinois Quincy, Illinois Carthage, Illinois

Gov. Dwight H. Green and State Director Armstrong appeared on several
radio programs over Station WGN for the discussion of Selective Service
matters. Colonel Armstrong also made three appearances on the Northwestern
University "Reviewing Stand" broadcast over the same station. WGN also
carried four special talks by Colonel Armstrong, as well as innumerable spot
announcements on Selective Service information.

For over a year. Radio Station WBBM carried the program, "This War
and You," in which representatives of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps,
the Selective Service System and the War Manpower Commission, gave ad-
vice to registrants pertaining to their status and possibilities in the various
branches represented. A staff officer from State Headquarters represented
the System at each broadcast. WBBM also carried talks by the State Director
and members of his staff in addition to a flood of spot announcements.

Stations WMAQ. WENR, WIBO, WCFL and WIND also generously
allotted periods of five to fourteen minutes for Selective Service talks by
Colonel Armstrong and members of his staff, also making numerous spot
announcements. Special announcements were made by Stations WAAF,
WMBI, WEDC, WGES and WSBC.

Downstate radio stations cooperated likewise and gave their time freely
for talks by Colonel Armstrong and his staff members and for spot announce-
ments— in addition to the "Draft Quiz" re-broadcasts mentioned above.

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STATE HEADQUARTERS HOUSE ORGAN— "CHATS"

From the beginning, it was believed that a State Headquarters "house
organ" would be advisable. Therefore, after an opinion survey among local
board members and clerks, State Headquarters launched the publication.
"Selective Service News." The name of the publication was later shortened
to "CHATS." This publication presented (1) an editorial message from the
State Director, (2) special news items about local and appeal boards and
their personnel, (3) short items regarding the application of regulations and
policies and (4) a few items of appropriate poetry and humor. Occasionally,
photographs and drawings were used for specific purposes. The publication
was produced by multilith process, and was issued approximately every 60
days.

On two occasions, in the publication itself, we invited comments and
criticisms about "CHATS." While there were a few caustic criticisms (some
of them helpful), the overwhelming comment was in favor of the publication.
"CHATS" was, in the later years, sent to officers at National Headquarters
and to other State Directors, many of whom were kind enough to send State
Director Armstrong favorable comment regarding the publication.

All in all, it was felt that "CHATS" was an indispensable publication. It
was not only a handy means of promoting morale; it was a medium in which
State Headquarters could clarify doubtful points of regulations or correct
some existing evil — in a manner far more human and interesting than could
ordinarily be permitted in formal memoranda from State Headquarters.

PERSONAL APPEARANCES BY STATE DIRECTOR
AND STAFF

During the period of almost seven years operation of the Selective Service
System, State Director Armstrong made over 700 talks before veterans" or-
ganizations, chambers of commerce, trade groups, service clubs, women's
clubs, churches and other associations and groups in Illinois— in addition to
educational talks to area group meetings of Selective Service personnel.
Members of his staff also appeared before such groups to discuss the various
phases of Selective Service operation, as well as presenting to many industrial
and community groups a specific explanation of rights of returning service-
men under the Selective Service law and the G.I. Bill of Rights.

Colonel Armstrong, Colonel Ralston and several other members of the
staff appeared before the Chicago Association of Commerce, the Illinois
Manufacturers Association, the Chicago Newspaper Publishers Association
and other industrial groups for the purpose of explaining specific require-
ments and policies in the matters of occupational deferment and reemploy-
ment. The Chicago Association ol Commerce conducted Selective Service

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"schools" and panel discussions at regular intervals in order that their mem-
bers might not only become fully acquainted with the Selective Service regu-
lations and policies but also might lend their fullest cooperation in the interest
of the war effort. The dates, speakers and subjects of these educational meet-
ings were:

Date of Meeting
Nov. 5, 1941

Jan. 21, 1942

May 20, 1942

Sept. 22, 1942

Dec. 17, 1942
Feb. 24, 1943
Apr. 23, 1943

Speaker

State Director Armstrong

Maj. Lloyd W.Warf el

Maj. Harry W. Taylor

Lt. Col. George A. Irvin
of National Headquarters

Lt. Col. George A. Irvin
Capt. John B. Morgan

May 7, 1943 Col. Ralston

July 15, 1943 Col. Ralston

Dec. 3, 1943
May 1, 1944

State Director Armstrong
Col. Ralston

June 8, 1944 Col. Ralston

Dec. 20, 1944
Mar. 5, 1945

State Director Armstrong
and Col. Ralston

Col. Ralston

Subject

"Reemployment Program of Selec-
tive Service"

"Occupational Deferment in Selec-
tive Service"

"The Occupational Status of Your
Married Personnel Subject to
Draft"

"Manning Tables and Replacement
Schedules"

"Occupational Deferment for Es-
sential Workers"

"How the New Selective Service
Regulations Will Affect Your Em-
ployees"

"The Policy of the Illinois State
Director of Selective Service on
the Submission of Revised Re-
placement Schedules"

"Recent Changes in the Prepara-
tion of the Replacement Schedule
and the Renewed Schedule"

"Current Developments in Selec-
tive Service Policy"

"Current Illinois Selective Service
Policy on Replacement Schedules
and Occupational Deferments"

"Revised Replacement Schedule
Plan and Other Deferment Pro-
cedures"

"Providing Labor for Essential
War Production in Chicago"

"Revised Procedure for Request-
ing Occupational Deferments for
Employees: Ages 18 through 29
and Ages 30 through 37"

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GENERAL

Typical of the special problems which arose and which required careful
public relations procedure in handling was the case of the missing registra-
tion cards at Cook County Local Board No. 1 at Arlington Heights, which took
in all the far northwest territory of the county.

As stated previously, the first registration was conducted by the election
machinery. Through some inadvertence, 211 registration cards from the town
of Palatine became lost between the registration station at Palatine and the
County Clerk's office. After a careful search failed to disclose the missing
cards, State Director Armstrong determined that new registrations would be
taken of the 211 registrants concerned.

Immediately, State Headquarters began to get reports that the people of
Palatine and the surrounding territory suspected some collusion or conspiracy
to show favoritism to certain of the registrants whose cards were missing.
It was vital that public confidence in the Selective Service System be main-
tained, and Colonel Armstrong decided that the serial numbering of the
cards of the men re-registered at Palatine should be dramatized in order to
focus public attention upon the fairness of the Selective Service method of
determining the order in which men would be called into service.

Accordingly, after the entire 211 men had been re-registered, Colonel
Armstrong, Assistant State Director Boening and several staff members went
to Palatine and, before an assemblage of approximately a thousand citizens
of the community, held a drawing of the serial numbers involved in the
re-registration. A glass bowl was set up — after the fashion of the National
Lottery in Washington — and, after Colonel Armstrong picked out the first
serial number, each registrant concerned was permitted to select his own
serial number which, according to the National Lottery Master List, would
determine the order in which he would be called for service.

Because the dramatization of the selection of serial numbers at Palatine
was given widespread publicity, not only were the citizens of the communit)
of Palatine convinced that the registrants concerned were receiving a fair
deal, but a good share of the rest of the country saw how the Selective Service
System insured equality in selection in the case of loss of original registration
cards.

Another phase of public relations was in the handling of confidential in-
formation by the Local Boards. Selective Service regulations provided that
certain information in a registrant's file be kept strictly confidential. In addi-
tion, since the information contained in a registrant's file had been compiled
solely for use of the Selective Service System, rigid policies were established
to prevent such information from being used for private purposes.

Among the "private purposes," was the widespread idea thai Selective
Service files could be used as a "missing persons bureau.*" Deserted wives
sought the latest addresses of their errant husbands; collection attorneys and

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credit firms tried to locate delinquent debtors; insurance companies sought
special information regarding the physical condition of registrants — and so on.

Illinois Selective Service, however, held strictly to the regulations and
policies and refused to permit any confidential information to be revealed
except, as provided by the regulations, when the registrant concerned signed
a written consent for the revelation of the confidential information desired.
In most cases, it was the job of the public relations officer to explain the legal
inability to comply with requests for confidential information unless consent
was obtained from the registrant in question.

Occasionally, the handling of some case would cause public resentment in
a community. When word of such feeling reached State Headquarters, the
facts in the particular case were obtained and, where violation of con-
fidence was not involved, publicized in the community involved in order that
the public confidence in the operation of the System be maintained without
break. While it was logical that all persons concerned could not be satisfied,
State Headquarters usually managed to clear up misunderstandings and show
the factual reasons for a Local Board taking a particular action.

State Director Armstrong several times issued publicity releases on the
matter of rejected registrants who were being unfairly subjected to local
criticism. A registrant might appear to the general public to be in good
condition; yet his careful physical examination revealed a bad heart, a serious
rupture, or some other defect which, while not apparent to the general public,
was a specific cause for rejection for military service. Colonel Armstrong
pleaded with the public for fair consideration of these cases and asked that
Class IV-F men not be judged by their physical appearance and apparent
good health, but rather by the judgment of the Local Board concerned. Of
course, in any case where evidence uncovered either an intentional or pre-
meditated fraud, proper action was taken to correct the situation promptly.

REACTIONS AND ATTITUDE OF THE PUBLIC, PRESS,

AND OF SELECTEES TOWARD SELECTIVE

SERVICE OPERATIONS

The attitude of the public in general was excellent, the best proof being
the many flag presentations made to Local Boards and the many testimonial
dinners and meetings in honor of Local Boards given by The American
Legion and other civic organizations throughout the State.

The attitude of the press was exceptionally fine. State Headquarters en-
deavored to work closely with the press and maintain the policy of treating
every publication with the same consideration. In several instances, where
hostility appeared to be starting in some particular newspaper, we met the
threat by contacting the publisher, making any necessary investigation and
clearing up what inevitably proved to be a misunderstanding or an unwilling-

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ness to investigate before publication. Too much credit cannot be given the
press of Illinois for their great contribution to the Selective Service effort.
Selectees generally accepted their lot without complaint. Obviously, there
were many cases in which the selectees — because of an unwillingness to accept
their just share of the Nation's defense burden — felt that they were mis-
treated. Some of these men changed their minds. The closed minds of others
could not be opened by any means. The fact that many Local Board Members
have been warmly greeted by their veterans of World War II is evidence that
the selectees' attitude toward Selective Service was friendly-
It is felt that the Selective Service process, as operated prior to and
during World War II. has been "fair and just." The complete absence of
mass reaction in any community in Illinois is evidence of public satisfaction.
No Selective Service law could possibly be written to satisfy everyone — or
even to insure that no person somewhere along the line would be subject to
injustice. So long as the human element is involved in any operation, such
operation must develop errors from time to time. However, in view of the
tremendous size of the operation the many factors involved and various other
considerations, it is felt that Selective Service was operated in a most effective
and satisfactory manner. It is also felt that policies and regulations in effect
at the termination of Selective Service may, with some slight variations, be
considered the logical basis for future Selective Service operation.

APPRAISAL OF VALUE OF GOOD PUBLIC RELATIONS

The success of the war effort depended mainly upon the maintenance of
good will, confidence and national enthusiasm of the general public. The
breaking down of confidence in a local spot would spread, like an infection,
to wider areas. Hence, no incident was too small to be investigated and have
proper measures taken to correct a misunderstanding or misconception of
the functions or operation of the Selective Service System.

It is believed that the contacts made through personal appearances, the
press, the radio and correspondence were a definite factor toward building
and retaining good will for the System and to eliminate fears and misconcep-
tions about the application of the regulations. While the Selective Service
law, itself, was prima facie evidence of the provisions and requirements of
the Act, there was nevertheless a great and continuing need for keeping the
public fully informed as to the requirements of the law and changes in the
regulations, as well as the reasons for certain actions.

The Illinois Selective Service System recognized its responsibilities on the
matter of public relations — not only with the general public, but also with its
own personnel— and took almost every possible step toward disseminating
necessary information to the public and building and retaining good will for
the System. Good public relations procedure unquestionably helped tlii-
State achieve its unusual record in Selective Service accomplishments.

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ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW

The Selective Service Regulations, which had the full effect of the law
itself, provided that any registrant who failed to register, failed to notify his
Local Board of a change of address or other important status, failed to report
for physical examination or induction, or failed to perform any other duty
required of him under the Act, was to be declared a "delinquent" and, unless
the delinquency were cleared up. was to be prosecuted for such delinquency
in accordance with the law and regulations.

The Selective Service law also imposed certain duties upon dependents,
employers and others and provided that failure to comply with such duties,
or the commission of any act which hindered or interfered with the adminis-
tration of the law. made such persons liable to federal prosecution.

The penalties for conviction of violation of the Selective Service law
were: up to five years confinement in a federal penitentiary, or up to $10,000
fine, or both confinement and fine.

In general, the citizens of Illinois gave excellent cooperation toward full
compliance with the law and regulations. Cases of deliberate violations were
rare, and these were dealt with promptly and strenuously. It was natural, of
course, that many persons would go afoul of the specific provisions of the law
or regulations unintentionally. Illinois Local Boards, the State Director and
his legal staff recognized the practical side of human weakness and always
gave every delinquent full opportunity to correct his delinquency, hesitating
to take stringent action unless it appeared that a violation was deliberate.

That the problem of delinquency was a minor one in Illinois is best re-
flected by the fact that only .007% of the total registration (excluding the
Fourth Registration — men 45 to 64 years, inclusive) was reported delinquent,
and at the termination of Selective Service, only .003% was still delinquent.

PROCEDURE IN HANDLING DELINQUENTS

In the early part of the Selective Service program, many Local Boards
found it necessary to declare a number of registrants delinquent because of
failure to report changes of address. Only a few of these cases were formallv
reported to the I nited States District Attorney, and then only when a Board
had some evidence or reasonable grounds for suspecting that the registrant
was attempting to evade service.

Most of the delinquencies of the above type were found in Board areas
where the standards of literacy and intelligence were lowest. Men in the
so-called lower strata were inclined to change residence frequently, and it
was almost impossible to keep up with them. Generally speaking, there was

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no deliberate attempt on their part to evade any of their responsibilities under
the law or regulations. However, the careless attitude usually found in illiter-
ate persons and those of low intelligence was such as to cause them to overlook
the importance of notifying their Local Boards of changes of address. Too,
these particular men, because of their general inability to understand, often
failed to realize that they had certain Selective Service responsibilities to
carry out.

The list of minor delinquents was so great in Illinois in January of 1943
that Local Boards were requested to release lists of such delinquents to their
local newspapers. This publicity action cleared up the great majority of minor
delinquencies and promoted a future caution on the part of registrants to
make sure that they notified their respective Local Boards whenever mailing
addresses were changed.

In cases where Local Boards learned that persons required to register for
Selective Service had not done so and would not so comply with the law, the
Boards reported the delinquents to the L^nited States District Attorney, who
took prompt action, obtaining a number of convictions in these cases. In the
first few months of the program, there was considerable publicity in connection
with cases of men who, because of religious convictions or other reasons,
refused to register for Selective Service. As convictions increased, other pro-
testers against registration lost their recalcitrance and complied with the law.

A delinquent registrant who failed to report for induction was reported
to the United States District Attorney, by the Local Board. The District
Attorney immediately notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who would
then endeavor to apprehend the delinquent. Based upon its findings, the
F.B.I, made its report to the District Attorney who was the sole authority as
to prosecution or dismissal of the case.

In February of 1943, the National Director of Selective Service requested
that a special and concentrated effort be made to clear up as many delinquency
cases as possible. A drive was immediately conducted in Illinois with the
result that approximately 45% of the delinquencies were taken off the records.
Again in the fall of 1944. a similar drive to reduce delinquencies was under-
taken, which resulted in a clearance of 758 cases, or approximately 40%. In
both of these drives, Selective Service was given the full cooperation of the
press and radio.

SPECIAL CASES OF ENFORCEMENT

Illinois was exceptionally fortunate in avoiding a volume of prosecutions
and convictions for violation of the Selective Service law. As compared to the
great number of registrants in this Slate, the figures quoted below reveal the
scarcity of violations — as well as the efficienc) of the I nited States Districl
Attorneys and the Agents of the F. B. I. The great bulk of the cases brought
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for want of specific evidence to warrant conviction. The second largest num-
ber of closures of cases was occasioned by delinquent registrants being per-
mitted by the Federal courts to volunteer for induction in lieu of prosecution
for delinquency.

As is the case in any large organization, Illinois Selective Service could
not hope to escape entirely the tendency of some humans to become weak in
their obligations and succumb to temptation of gain. Local Board Members
throughout the State were constantly being offered bribes for certain conces-
sions or classifications favorable to registrants, employers or dependents. To
the everlasting credit of almost the entire family of Local Board Members, it
can be said that they refused to lend an ear to these bribe offers, and pre-
ferred to render their decisions in true accordance with their sworn obliga-
tion. Yet, unfortunately, three Board Members did weaken in the face of
money offers, were convicted and sentenced to Federal prison for their parts
in conspiracies to keep certain registrants out of service.

There were very few occasions when violence played a part in the adminis-
tration of the Selective Service law. The outstanding one in our State oc-
curred in central Illinois where a father and son conspired to keep the son
from being inducted. When a clear violation of the law had been established
and the sheriff's deputies went to the home to arrest the son, a gun fight ensued
with the result that the deputies, in defense of their own lives, had to kill the
son and wound the father. One of the deputies was wounded so critically
that his life was despaired of for several days.

When the two officers reached the farm house and notified the son that it
would be necessary for him to accompany them under arrest, there was ap-
parently no objection. However, the father suddenly lunged at the Deputy
Marshal with a large knife and inflicted a gaping wound in the Marshal's
neck. The son then attacked the Deputy Sheriff. The officers finally managed
to draw their guns from under their overcoats and wounded both the father
and the son, the latter more seriously. The officers took the wounded son
immediately to the hospital in a nearby city, where an emergency operation
was performed, but without avail, for the son died the next morning.

Both the Deputy Marshal and the Deputy Sheriff were seriously wounded,
and an emergency operation was performed upon the Deputy Marshal, who
remained in a critical condition for several days before being pronounced
out of danger.

The father was indicted and convicted in the Circuit Court of his county
and sentenced to a term of one to fourteen years in the Illinois State Peniten-
tiary at Joliet, a Federal warrant having been filed with the Warden of the
Penitentiary as a detainer against the release of the father.

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STATISTICS

The following statistics are based upon reports submitted in February of
1947 by the United States District Attorneys in the Northern. Eastern and
Southern Districts of Illinois:

DELINQUENCY CASES
Reports p,y the U. S. Attorneys for the Three Districts in Illinois

Northern Southern Eastern

District District District

Oct., 1940 to Oct., 1940 to Oct., 1940 to

Dec, 1946 Feb., 1947 Jan.. 1947 Totals

Cases reported to U. S. D. A 14,117 1,765 1,281 17,163

Cases closed without prosecution. . 8,515 391 812 10,718

Cases closed by conviction 573 60 220 853

Cases dismissed by the

U. S. Commissioner 3,334 .... 243 3,577

Closed by volunteering for

induction 7 1(> .... 746

Indictments but registrant fug-

tive * 18 3 21

Indictments dismissed by nolle

or dismissal * 13 . . . . * 13

Cases pending 678 .... 3 681

Cases Registered, but no registra-
tion card :: 470 .... * 470

Cases apprehended and removed to

other districts * 62 . . . . * 62

Cases acquitted after indictment * 5 ....'" 5

Cases not accounted for 17 .... .... 17

14,117 1,765 1,281 17,163

Cases were closed without prosecution because of the following general
reasons: rectification of delinquency between time of referral to District
Attorney and his action, facts indicated no deliberate wilfulness of viola-
tion, registrant reinstated by Local Board, mistakes by Local Boards, in-
sufficiency of evidence, registrant confined in penal institution, registrant
suffering from fatal illness or having obvious disqualifying delects, voluntary
enlistment, etc.

* After receiving these reports Stale Headquarters again wrote the Northern and
Eastern District Attorneys and requested a more complete report similar to that of the
Southern District, but were told it was impossible to furnish this, as reports ami records
had heon sent to the Department of Justice and were no longer available.

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CHAPTER XXI

SELECTIVE SERVICE COST IN ILLINOIS

The induction of 629,516 Illinois men into the armed forces through their
selection by the Selective Service System was a tremendous undertaking which,
quite naturally, cost a considerable amount of money. The amount of money
spent for obtaining these men for our righting forces might, in all propriety,
also include the obtaining of perhaps an additional 50,000 men — a part of
the group of 280,932 who enlisted or were commissioned in the various
branches of service. The inevitability of their being inducted through Selec-
tive Service unquestionably played a major part in the decisions of these
50,000 men to enter the armed forces voluntarily.

The processing of 629,516 men for the armed forces involved the em-
ployment of hundreds of paid personnel and thousands of persons who served
without compensation. It required the rental or procuring of office quarters
for State Headquarters, 361 Local Boards and 20 Boards of Appeal, plus a
tremendous amount of equipment and supplies. It meant many millions of
classification actions and several million trips of registrants to and from the
induction stations. In spite of the vast operation, Illinois held its cost down
to an almost irreducible minimum.

OPERATING PERSONNEL

To accomplish a massive manpower procurement objective such as that
achieved by Illinois required a large organization. While not all of the
persons who served the Illinois Selective Service System (11,000 at the peak
of its activities in 1945) were compensated, the System was required to
maintain a salaried group of civilian employes — a peak of 1,367 in 1945.
(The Army, Navy and Marine Corps officers assigned to the Illinois State
Director were paid by their respective branches of service.)

As the operating cost table on an ensuing page will show, the largest
single item of cost was that of personnel. Close to 87% of the expenditure
for personnel was used for the employment of clerical help for the Local
Boards. The State Headquarters personnel expenditure amounted to approxi-
mately 12% of the total for the entire personnel of the State.

Originally, each Local Board was limited to one clerk. As the volume of
work increased, the State Director was authorized to employ necessary addi-
tional clerks.

TRAVEL OF SELECTEES

Another large item in Selective Service cost was the transportation of
selectees to and from the induction stations. Only a slight, fractional part of

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the Travel of Selectees cost was incurred by the transportation of registrants
to and from Medical Advisory Boards.

fn the early days of the program — when selectees were inducted immedi-
ately after being found acceptable for military service — Selective Service was
required to pay for a one way trip of the selectee to the induction station.
Only in case a selected man was rejected for military service was the System
required to furnish transportation back to the rejected man's home area.
After several methods of physical examination and induction procedure were
tried, the final method made it necessary for the System to pay each selectee's
transportation to and from the induction station for physical examination,
plus another trip when the selectee was returned for actual induction.

In addition to paying the cost for transporting Illinois registrants to the
inductions stations, the System in this State was also required to provide the
transportation for registrants of other States who were "transferred" for
either physical examination or induction. This added, in no small measure,
to the overall cost of such travel.

RENTS AND UTILITIES

Rents and utilities constituted the third largest item of cost. Through the
generous cooperation of a number of postmasters, county commissioners or
supervisors, and a few city officials, a small number of Local Boards in
Illinois were provided with rent-free office space. Most of the Local and
Appeal Boards had to operate in commercial space which was leased and
paid for by the United States Government.

In many cases, it was necessary to make alterations in order to conform
strictly to the office arrangement required by Selective Service. These altera-
tions were paid for by the Selective Service System.

FINANCE A VITAL FACTOR IN SYSTEM

A glance at the figures shown in the operating cost table presented at the
end of this chapter quickly reveals the tremendous importance of efficient
operation of all finance, procurement and supply activities. A similar opera-
lion in a private commercial enterprise undoubtedly would have required
far more personnel than the number so employed at Illinois State Head-
quarters.

While the State Director, himself, was responsible for the budgeting and
expending of all Selective Service funds required for the operation within
this State, the detailed procedure was carried on most efficient!) by the State
Procurement Officer and his stall.

As stated elsewhere in this volume, the First Registration was conducted
only thirty days after the passage of the Selective Service law on September
16, 1940. In order to carry out the Presidential order for registration on

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October 16, 1940, and because Congress had not appropriated the required
funds, an emergency appropriation of $25,000 was allotted to the Illinois
State Director from the emergency fund of the President of the United States.
This emergency appropriation enabled the State Director to procure the
equipment and supplies necessary to commence operation and insure carry-
ing out the First Registration. Regular funds from the System were allotted
to Illinois shortly thereafter.

At the outset, there were no data available for use in judging anticipated
financial needs on a long term basis. Each State Director was therefore
obliged to submit his budget estimate month by month. After November of
1941, all State Directors were required to submit their budget requests on
an annual basis.

Audits of the expenditures of the Illinois Selective Service System were
made at frequent intervals by auditing officers from National Selective Serv-
ice Headquarters and members of the staff of the General Accounting Office
in Washington. Due to the excellent previous training of the State Procure-
ment Officer and his staff — plus constant watchfulness and efficient financial
operation — no major discrepancy ever appeared in the System in Illinois,
and any minor discrepancy which showed up only on rare occasion was the
result of technical misunderstanding.

The per capita cost of obtaining men for the armed forces varied from
time to time according to the volume of men required, the size of the per-
sonnel force of the System, and the different methods of induction procedure.
The figures in the table shown immediately below were obtained by dividing
the total period operating costs of the System in Illinois by the number of
selectees (Illinois registrants) actually inducted into the armed forces.

No. of

Men Per Capita

Period Inducted Cost

November 11, 1940 to June 30, 1941 45,207 $30.09

July 1, 1941 to June 30, 1942 91.328 22.33

July 1, 1942 to June 30, 1943 244.954 11.87

July 1, 1943 to June 30, 1944 161,949 24.10

July 1, 1944 to June 30, 1945 60,595 50.93

TOTAL MEN AND AVERAGE COST 604,033 $21.09

NOTE: The high cost of $50.93 per capita from July 1, 1944 to June 30, 1945 was
occasioned by the Illinois System having been required to forward a large num-
ber of its Class II-A, II-B and II-C registrants to the induction station for phys-
ical examination. While most of these particular men were never inducted, the
cost of forwarding them to the induction station and returning them home
had to be added to the regular selectee travel expenditures, thus making the
per capita cost for the period concerned higher than the average normal.
(The cost figures from July 1, 1945 to the termination of Selective Service were
not available.)

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APPRECIATION OF SERVICE

When the clouds of war began to gather over this country in 1940 and the
76th Congress passed the Selective Training and Service Act to strengthen
the defenses of our Nation, Illinois men and women responded freely to the
call for voluntary service to carry out the Act.

Many thousands of teachers, poll workers, veterans and others helped to
register more than a million Illinois men on October 16, 1940. Public
officials gave the utmost in cooperation. Both the Governor and the State
Director of Selective Service publicly expressed their gratitude for this
voluntary service in the First Registration.

Several thousand additional Illinois men volunteered their service as
Members of Local, Appeal, Medical Advisory and Registrants Advisory
Boards, as Government Appeal Agents, as Reemployment Committeemen and
as Examining Physicians and Dentists. Later in the program, over seven
hundred men and women gave their time as Medical Field Agents to assist in
obtaining important social, medical and educational information on registrants.
Hundreds of trained social welfare workers made necessary investigations in

Medal pictured at top is the Selective Service Medal awarded by Congress to certain
uncompensated personnel of the Selective Service System.

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cases where dependency deferment claims were doubtful. Many others assisted
in specialized fields. None of these patriotic individuals received a cent for his
or her personal services.

Many of these volunteer workers toiled countless hours — even on nights,
Sundays and holidays — in order to perform their duties properly. Great
personal sacrifices were made beyond measure. Ocassionally, unjust criticism
was received because of some action taken in accordance with the regulations.
It was humanly impossible for Congress to enact a law that would satisfy
everybody concerned, and Local Boards were often blamed even though they
had tried earnestly to administer the law in fairness to everyone.

Perhaps the greatest compensation which these faithful workers received
for their patriotic service was the deep-down satisfaction which came from the
knowledge that they had served their Nation in its time of need. Yet, time
after time, they were accorded public honors for their magnificent contribu-
tion to America's war effort.

PRESIDENTIAL APPRECIATION

From almost the beginning, the Chief Executive determined that the
uncompensated personnel who were regularly performing service for the
Selective Service System should be accorded recognition for their patriotic
contribution to their Nation. He therefore authorized the distribution of a

(Continued on page 274)

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Over 6,700 volunteer workers in the Illinois Selective Service System
received the above Certificate in conjunction with the Selective Service
Medal authorized by Congress on July 2, 1945.

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(Continued from page 272)

Presidential Certificate of Appreciation for each year of continued voluntary
service in the System The awarding of this Certificate was discontinued after
victory was achieved in 1945.

A sample Presidential Certificate of Appreciation is shown on page 272.
the four diagonal bars in the upper left-hand corner representing the Certifi-
cate issued for four years of service.

A Certificate of Commendation (page 110) was also issued to certain per-
sonnel and others who rendered special temporary service to the System.

LLINOIS STATE JOURNAL PHOTO

SELECTION OF OFFICIAL ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVE TO
RECEIVE SELECTIVE SERVICE MEDAL FROM PRESIDENT

On December 26, 1945, a lottery was conducted at the office of Gov.
Dwight H. Green, and the Governor drew a slip to determine the Local
Board Member designated to represent the uncompensated personnel
of Illinois at the Presidential presentation ceremony at the W bite House
on January 21, 1946. Chairman George Funk of Chicago Hoard 113 was
selected to represent the State. Shown, left to right, are: Lt. Col.
Marshall G. Buck, Governor Green, Capt. Robert J. Turnlmll. Colonel
Armstrong, Maj. James C. Foster, Capt. W. Rohert .lames.

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CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION

The first expression of Congressional recognition to the efforts of the un-
compensated personnel of the System was a Joint Resolution (S.J. Res. 27,
79th Congress) dated February 8, 1945. This resolution lauded the work of
these volunteers who assisted so materially in the national war effort.

In further recognition of the services of uncompensated personnel, the 79th
Congress (Public Law 112, enacted July 2, 1945) provided that certain un-
compensated personnel who had served the System for a period of two or
more years be awarded a certificate and a medal to be known as the Selective
Service Medal.

In consequence, the National Director of Selective Service had the Cer-
tificate and Medal designed, approved and produced, subsequently informing
the Various State Directors that the President would, on January 21, 1946,
personally make a token award of the Certificate and Medal to fifty-four Local
Board Members of the various States and Territories who had been selected,
by lottery, to represent the uncompensated personnel concerned in their re-
spective States and Territories.

As the result of the lottery in Illinois — conducted in the office of Gov.
Dwight H. Green — Mr. George Funk, Chairman of Chicago Local Board No.
143 was selected as the Illinois representative to receive, on behalf of the
uncompensated personnel of this State, the Selective Service Certificate and
Medal at Washington on January 21.

Chairman Funk, in company with the fifty-three other selected representa-
tives, went to the White House on January 21, where the President pinned the
Selective Service Medal on each delegate's lapel. (One the same occasion, the
President decorated National Director Hershey with the Army's Distinguished
Service Medal.)

Following this symbolic ceremony at the White House, a series of six
meetings was arranged to be held throughout Illinois, at which meetings,
Gov. Dwight H. Green presented the Congressional Certificates and Selective
Service Medals to the other uncompensated Illinois personnel who were then
entitled to the awards. These meetings were held as follows :

Auditorium Theatre, CHICAGO January 23, 1946

Armory Building, ROCKFORD January 24, 1946

Farm Bureau Building, GALESBURG January 28, 1946

Centennial Auditorium, SPRINGFIELD January 29, 1946

High School Auditorium, CHAMPAIGN January 30, 1946

High School Auditorium, WEST FRANKFORT January 31, 1946

NOTE: Several hundred members of the Illinois Selective Service System ivho, at the
time of the presentation meetings, had not yet served, the required two years, qualified
at later dates and received their Medal and Certificate by mail.

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The following was a typical program of the medal presentation meetings:

Star Spangled Banner Musical Organization

Opening Remarks Col. Paul G. Armstrong. State Director

Reading of President Truman's Speech at Token Presentation of Selective Service

Medals, Washington. D. C January 21. 1946
Introduction of Distinguished Guests

Introduction of Hon. Dwight H. Green, Governor of Illinois
Governor's Tribute to Selective Service Personnel
Closing Remarks by the State Director
America .Musical Organization

Before presenting the Certificates and Medals at each meeting, Governor
Green paid generous tribute to the uncompensated personnel. The following
remarks, extracted in part from one of his speeches at the meetings, exemplifies
his own appraisement of the volunteer service rendered:

"No spoken words of appreciation seem adequate to convey the feeling which
patriotic Americans have in their hearts for those who shouldered the heaviest tasks
of war. No words of thanks are sufficient to compensate those who bore the brunt of
the actual fighting and endured the hardships of the battlefields, and certainly neither
words nor price can compensate those who paid with their lives, or with broken bodies
and broken health, for the preservation of our national freedom. In the same way,
those on the home front who contributed so much of their time and energy to such
tasks as that which Selective Service had to do can never be adequately repaid
in words.

"You took upon yourselves these tasks just as Americans have always responded
instinctively to any real and honest demands upon their patriotism. People of all
political faiths served as volunteers, without compensation, in the Selective Service
System. It could not have been with any thought of personal reward or gain that
they were willing to do this work, because in a great majority of cases their service
actually entailed personal financial sacrifices.

"You saw that there was a job to be done and you proceeded to do it. It was a
bigger job than you had ever faced before, but when you were called upon to serve,
it probably never even occurred to you not to respond. And I am sure it was not
because the bands were playing and the flags were waving, and not because you
visualized that on this night you would he receiving a Medal of Merit from the
Congress of the United States.

"You did it because within you was a solid core of patriotism, of civic spirited-
ness, a deep sense of responsibility that made you respond instinctively to your
country's need. The gratitude which our people now feel is of this same innate type
and just as universal. I believe, even though at times you probably felt that you were
performing a thankless job.

"1 feel that each of you will derive la>ting satisfaction from the knoweldge that
you have made personally a contribution of real importance to the preservation of
American ideals of liberty and justice. You have justified the faith of the American
people in our form of government, and you have <:iven convincing demonstration of
one of the reasons why America is the greatesl and strongest nation on earth. Again
1 say it is with pleasure thai I join in this tribute and present to you the individual
medals and cert ideates of merit which are symbols of the gratitude of your govern-
ment and vour fellow citizens."

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SELECTIVE SERVICE
MEDAL PRESENTATION

Among many others who received the
Congressional Medal from Governor
Green (right front) at the Galesburg
area meeting were (left to right) Dr.
C. P. O'Neill, Examining Physician.
Allen A. Klore, Government Appeal
Agent. William H. Layden, Reem-
ployment Committeeman. Dr. O'Neill
was with Rock Island City Board 1.
and Messrs. Klore and Layden with
Rock Island City Board 2.

No one knew better than State Director Armstrong how well the volunteer
personnel of the system merited the Congressional recognition, and he was
happy to add his words of praise for the outstanding patriotic service which
had been rendered:

"Governor Green, in his presentation of the medals awarded by the Congress of
the United States to the uncompensated personnel of the Selective Service System
who have served loyally and efficiently for twro years or more, has extended his own
thanks and appreciation, as wTell as the gratitude of the people of Illinois, for an
outstanding job well done.

"The Governor has told you of the tremendous wartime contribution made by
Illinois — in agriculture, in industry, and in research in the great laboratories of our
universities. He has told you of the mighty army of almost a million men and women
who went from the fields and the factories, stores and offices, the schools and colleges
of this State, and the great sacrifices that were made by them and their families to
bring victory to our beloved country.

"You men — more than any other group in America, excepting the armed forces
alone — made victory possible. You provided the manpower for the Army, Navy, and
Marine Corps, giving every consideration fairly, democratically and judiciously, to
the dependents and to the agricultural and industrial needs of the Nation. You
always remembered that Military Manpower alone could not win the war, but that
our forces had to be fed. transported and equipped — or fail. It was through your
judgment — with wisdom that might well be ascribed to Solomon himself — you raised
a victorious fighting force that brought the final victory without disruption of the
production that was so vital to industry and agriculture.

"In carrying out this stupendous task, there was tragedy, drama, pathos and
heartbreak. There were, however, compensations resulting from your service. Friend-
ships were made with those whom you had served in a great common cause. You
gained a new understanding and tolerance for your fellow men. These and other
intangible benefits are among the rewards that will long endure in your memories.

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"'Jii your service, \»>u made greal sacrifices — in main instances 'above and beyond
tin- call of duty.' You spent endless and painstaking hours, da>^ and nights away
from your families. You had to make main heart-rending decisions. You were under
pressure at all times from the community, industry and agriculture to withhold induc-
tions as well as being constantly urged by State and National Headquarters to fill
your quotas, but we asked you at the same time to save the necessary and essential
men for production. Through all these hectic years, you went steadfastly on carrying
out your patriotic duties without fear or favor, making an unparalleled record of
service to your State and Nation that will always remain a brilliant page in history.
The credit for this great accomplishment is yours.

"It has been a great privilege to serve with a group of real Americans in this
great work, and I wish to add my own most heartfelt thanks and the thanks of each
and every member of my staff on the occasion of this award. The memories of your
friendship and support through these difficult and trying years I shall always cherish
beyond measure.

"My heartiest congratulations on your receiving a well-merited award.'"

STATE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

On the State level. Illinois was constantly aware of the importance of
the service performed by workers within the Selective Service System. It
was natural, of course, that special appreciation be shown to those serving
without compensation.

On June 26, 1943, the House of Representatives of the Sixty-Third General
Assembly of the State of Illinois adopted a resolution I House Resolution
No. 74) commending, on behalf of the people of the State, both the volunteer
and compensated personnel of the Selective Service System in Illinois. Copies
of this Resolution were printed and forwarded to State Headquarters, all
Local Boards and Boards of Appeal in the State.

The House of the Sixty-Fourth General Assembly passed a similar resolu-
tion (House Resolution No. 21) on January 31. 1945, this Resolution also
having been distributed to the various agencies of the System in Illinois.

On May 16, 1945, at the Governor's suggestion, the Senate of the Sixty-
Fourth General Assembly joined with the House in adopting a resolution
I House Joint Resolution No. 10 i in which especially generous tribute was paid
to the uncompensated personnel who continued their volunteer service to the
Selective Service System in spite of the inevitability of approaching complete
victory in war. In accordance with the authoritv granted by the State Legis-
lature, a most attractive Certificate of Distinguished Service was printed;
each individual's name was hand-lettered on his Certificate: all Certificates
were appropriately I rained and mailed to the uncompensated personnel qualify-
ing for the award. (Certificate is shown on page 252.)

At every opportunity, the Governor acknowledged the quality and vital
nature of the service rendered I»\ all personnel in the System in this State.

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State Director Armstrong repeatedly voiced his profound appreciation
to not only the volunteer personnel but the compensated employees as well
for their honesty, loyalty and efficiency and carrying out the arduous duties
imposed upon them by the requirements of Selective Service procedure.

COMMUNITY HONORS TO LOCAL BOARDS

Communities were generous in their recognition of the honest, capable and
faithful service rendered by Local Boards. In many cases, public meetings
or testimonal dinners were held, at which leaders of every phase of each
community's life paid unstinted homage to the people who toiled almost cease-
lessly in order that needed manpower might flow unabated to the armed forces.

That the general public deeply appreciated the labor of the Local Boards
was evidenced clearly by the many voluntary honors paid to these Boards.
While we were not able to obtain complete statistics on the various honors
bestowed upon Illinois Local Boards, we did learn that:

— 198 Local Boards received presentations of the National Colors;

— 101 Local Boards were the recipients of Testimonial Dinners;

— 76 Local Boards received special local citations, certificates or plaques
testifying to public recognition of their work:

— 16 Local Boards received miscellaneous other forms of testimonials re-
ferring to performance of their Selective Service duties.

Two Timers

Yes, but "two-timers"' of a different sort, for Phillip Weinberg and
William F. Wendel served in the Selective Service organizations of both World
War I and World War II.

Mr. Weinberg, a Chicago businessman, was a civil service employe on
the staff of Gen. Enoch Crowder, administrator of the World War I draft,
and took part in the original draft lottery held in Washington in July of
1917. Weinberg soon afterward resigned his position to enlist in the Army.
During the recent war, he served as a Member of Chicago Local Board 125.

Mr. Wendel, retired businessman in Waukegan, served as Chairman of
Lake County Local Board 2 in 1917-18 and again served his country in
World War II as Chairman of Waukegan City Local Board 2.

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The Reason for Patience

A patriotic restaurant owner in Chicago, in 1942. presented his customers
with a unique jingle as an explanation for the curtailed service which existed
in his restaurant during wartime:

Remember December the Seventh, Friend?

Well, to even the score, we decided to send
All of the help we could possibly spare

To join in the scrap it's our duty to share.

The girl known as Ethel, who waited on you

Has taken her place in a factory crew.
Frank is a doughboy, and our own little Bob

Walked out long ago and "joined up" as a Gob.

And then there are others, as you well may surmise

By the plaque in our window and what it implies —
Manuel, Robert, Irving and Frank ....

They're flying, or marchin', or ridin' a tank.

We know you miss Charlie who worked at the bar,

And say, by the way, if you can't park your car,
We're sure you won't mind when you hear the excuse —

Our garage houses trailers for Government use.

SO, PLEASE HAVE SOME PATIENCE. BE EASY AND FREE,
AND THE DAY THAT IT'S OVER, THE DRINKS ARE ON ME!

— John F. Ricketts,

Member. Chicago Local Board I I 1

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CHAPTER XXIII

STATE DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
FUTURE SELECTIVE SERVICE PLANNING

Several months prior to the official termination of the Selective Service
law on March 31, 1947, the National Director of Selective Service requested
the Illinois State Director to prepare a report of the accomplishments of the
System in Illinois. The National Director also solicited constructive criticisms
of the various phases of Selective Service and invited specific recommenda-
tions as to procedure in the event of future reactivation of the System.

In response to General Hershey's request and solicitation, Colonel Arm-
strong prepared and submitted a comprehensive report, including a number
of specific recommendations to be considered for future planning. His rec-
ommendations, in brief, were:

Administration

1. National Headquarters should be extremely vigilant with reference to
making sure that each State prepare a sound and intelligent State
Selective Service Plan well in advance of the activation date of any
Selective Service operation in the future. This plan should be checked
annually with reference to changing conditions, shifts of population,
industrial and agricultural changes, etc. Such procedure would insure
orderly and efficient operation from the beginning, and would prevent
radical changes made necessary by improper planning.

2. Continue advance training of officers qualified to serve on a State
Selective Service Staff should be carried on, with regularly scheduled
conferences for the purposes of revising plans, developing necessary
new procedures, attaining proficiency in specialized functions, etc.

3. Select Local Board Members not only on the basis of their own
individual character and ability but also to insure equitable repre-
sentation on each Board, thus avoiding, to the maximum degree
possible, charges of political, religious or racial favoritism.

4. Refrain from selecting, as Selective Service personnel, persons who
are prominently engaged in political party activities.

5. With reference to Illinois, it is believed that the fact that the State
Director was a civilian instead of a military officer on active duty was
not without benefits. Because of the definite tendency of military
officers to respect the opinions and desires of officers superior in rank,
there were occasions (particularly the contacts with high Army and
Navy officers at area headquarters) when the State Director — had
he been a military officer — would not have been able to stand his

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ground and thus obtain specific advantages and benefits for the Se
lective Service System as such.
(). The use of military officers on the State Director's Staff is wise pro-
cedure. The innate respect for the military uniform tended to accord
State Headquarters officers (by Selective Service personnel, em-
ployers, registrants, dependents, etc.) better reception and greater
cooperation in time of war.

7. Authorize the appointment, for Local Boards predominating in
agricultural or industrial registrants, of special advisory members
qualified to investigate and report to the Local Board their findings
on prevailing conditions within each area or existing circumstances
in certain cases. Local Board Members, being required to spend con-
siderable time on class classification duties, have very little time to
go out and personally investigate detailed conditions or circumstances.

8. So that Local Boards can judge disputed dependency deferment claims
fairly and competently, it is necessary that the Boards be furnished
with reports based upon investigations by trained social workers.
This procedure in Illinois gave Local Boards, as well as the higher
agencies of classification, factual and unbiased information and helped
to avoid injustice to registrants, dependents or the government.

9. No regulations which change established procedure should be issued
by National Headquarters until after a survey of the opinions and
suggestions of the State Director has been made. Each State Direc-
tor would consult with his field staff and, if necessary, with representa-
tive Local Boards before determining whether or not a proposed
change in regulations would be practical and. if such change were
indicated, what revisions in the proposal would eliminate faults or
objections.

10. Regulations should be written so that: (1) they are readily under-
standable and clear to any person of reasonable intelligence, and
(2) they mean one thing specifically and cannot be interpreted either
for or against a particular viewpoint. Very few Local Board Mem-
bers were lawyers. Therefore, legal phraseology should be sacrificed
in favor of underslandability and clarity.

I I. Policies with reference to deferments should, from the \er\ outset, be
rigid, clearly defined and stable.

12. Policies of National Headquarters as to the various phases of Selec-
tive Service operation should be disseminated to State Headquarters
and, through the latter agency, to Local and Appeal Boards. Such
policies should not alter or restrict a Boards right of self-determi-
nation of classification, but should merel) explain National Head-
quarters' viewpoint or position with reference to an) situation or
regulation containing potential controversy.

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13. Any publicity release from National Headquarters announcing a
change in regulation or policy should not be released until all State
Directors have been advised of such change. Inevitably, following
such a release, newspapers bombard the State Director with requests
for information or comment, and an extremely embarrassing situation
(to the System as well as the State Director) is created when the
State Director is without official knowledge of the matter being
publicized.

14. A strict policy of fairness and impartiality in handling the press
should be adhered to rigidly. Favoritism of one publication over
another should not be tolerated. On the other hand, any publicity
information developed solely on the request of one specific publication
should be restricted exclusively to that one publication.

15. Specific information with reference to the various phases of Selective
Service should be disseminated regularly through the press, radio,
industrial associations and other media of publicity. The importance
of keeping the public informed cannot be minimized.

16. Regular visits to Local Boards by traveling auditors are almost an
indispensable need. Frequent checking is virtually the only method
of (1) detecting and correcting improper Board or clerical procedures
and (2) getting the Local Boards to keep up-to-date on their work.
Traveling auditors should, if at all possible, be chosen from the
ranks of Local Board clerks — even if it means the postponement
(for several months) of establishment of the auditing staff, so that
the abilities of the various clerks may be observed.

17. Each county (excepting Cook County) having two or more Local
Boards should have all of its Local Boards grouped in one office,
one chief clerk to be in charge of all clerks, assistant clerks being
assigned for work on all Boards. The chief clerk's salary, based upon
the number of Local Boards he must supervise, should be commen-
surate with his work and responsibility.

In Cook County, twenty or more areas should be established,
each area to contain from five to seven Local Boards, administered
as suggested above.

Under this plan, probably up to one hundred less Local Boards
would be required than were needed in the 1940-1947 program of
Selective Service. Also, the operation of a number of Local Boards
in the same office and under the same clerical administration would
make for greater uniformity in size (number of registrants) in Boards
and eliminate comparisons, complaints and jealousy among Boards.
In addition, administration from State Headquarters would be simpler
and much more expeditious. Finally, the grouping of Local Boards
would effect a tremendous savings in the System's operating costs.

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Personnel

1. The selection of compensated personnel in Local Board offices should
not be left to the Members of the Local Board. Instead, such selec-
tion should be made through the U. S. Civil Service Commission
and the State Director. Local Boards should, of course, be given
the privilege of recommending certain persons for any vacancies,
but the actual selection and appointment should be kept out of a
Board's hands. This procedure would eliminate favoritism charges
and produce higher clerical efficiency.

Classification — General

1. The Illinois Policy of requiring the initials of Local Board Members
to be placed after each classification — that is, the initials of the
Members voting jor the classification given — proved to be a good
policy. It eliminated the possibility of illegal classification by one
Member or by a clerk; it prevented "one man rule" of a Board;
it tended to prevent change of opinion without new evidence to war-
rant change of classification; it helped State Headquarters in solving
troublesome cases.

2. Establish "Class I-S" in which Local Boards may place high school
and college students who, while otherwise available for military serv-
ice, have their inductions temporarily deferred for the purpose of
allowing them to continue their studies for a limited period of time.

Classification — Agricultural

1. Agricultural registrants and their employers should be required to
fill out and submit a special agricultural questionnaire which sets
forth the area farmed, the production, the labor force and other per-
tinent facts about each farm on which a military-age registrant is
employed. This type of questionnaire was employed in Illinois with
great success and, in our opinion, was indispensable to Local Boards
and higher classifying agencies. In addition, the agricultural question-
naire provided data which could be used by the State Headquarters
auditors to determine whether or not certain Local Boards were being
unusually strict or unusually liberal in their determinations of agri-
cultural classifications.

2. The use of the "agricultural conversion unit" as a factor in determin-
ing values in agricultural production should be restored. The "unit
system provided an almost perfect formula for determining whether
or not an agricultural registrant could be spared from the farm on
which he was employed. In some cases, it may be necessary to give
special consideration to the type of soil on the farm, types of farm
equipment available, and other unusual factors which make it in-
advisable to rely solely upon the "unil" system.

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3. Any future Selective Service law should be devoid of any provision
that gives or implies exemption to agricultural registrants. The "Tyd-
ings Amendment" not only created a false impression as to deferment
of farm workers, but it caused unnecessary difficulties to and unfair
criticism against Local Boards.

4. Many Illinois Local Board Members have suggested that, in any
future Selective Service effort, agricultural employers should be forced
to comply with the same information standards as were required
of industrial employers. This could best be done by nation-wide
adoption of a questionnaire similar to the Illinois Agricultural Ques-
tionnaire (Illinois Form AQ), plus the use of the "agricultural con-
version unit" as suggested in Item 2 above.

5. Experienced agricultural workers above the age of 25 years should
be "frozen" in their jobs early in any future Selective Service pro-
gram, the younger and less experienced workers to be made available
to the armed forces first.

6. A regulation should be established prohibiting any experienced farm
worker from leaving the farm on which he is employed to (1) enter
war industry, except temporarily in slack farm season, or (2) purchase
or rent a farm of his own, thus attempting to set up his own basis for
deferment.

Classification — Industrial

1. Experienced industrial workers over the age of 25 years in essential
activities should be "frozen" to their jobs early in any future Se-
lective Service program. During World War II, much important
war production was lost by reason of highly skilled artisans and
mechanics having been drafted before properly trained replacements
were available— even under an accelerated training program.

2. Adopt, at the very beginning, a Replacement Schedule program for
essential activities in order that withdrawal of military-age manpower
from industrial plants may be accomplished in an orderly fashion
and without serious interference with necessary war production.

3. Establish early a Procurement and Assignment Service plan for phys-
icians, dentists, veterinarians and osteopaths, using a special occu-
pational questionnaire applicable to men in these professions.

4. Adopt early a special certification plan for engineers, technicians,
teachers, scientific students and, if applicable, men in the Merchant
Marine.

5. Develop a more inclusive List of Essential Activities and List of
Critical Occupations.

6. Conduct special and specific advance training for officers expected to
serve as Occupational Advisors within the Selective Service System.

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7. Tighten the regulatitons with reference to "come lately" men in in-
dustry (and agriculture) to the end that such men be denied the op-
portunity to set up their own basis for occupational deferment. Men
of this type were the source of considerable trouble to and complaints
by Local Board Members in World War II.

Classification — Dependency

1. Adopt positive definitions and policies in regard to dependency and
"extreme hardship" at the very beginning of any future Selective
Service program.

2. Adopt a specific definition of "father" at the outset, and have regula-
tions provide that "fathers" shall not be inducted until all available
"non-fathers" have been taken into military service.

3. In all cases of disputed dependency claims, make available the services
of a social service agency for unbiased investigation and report to
each Local Board concerned.

Classification — Conscientious Objectors

1. Deny "conscientious objector" classification to any registrant claim-
ing conscientious objection who is directly or indirectly engaged in the
manufacture of any instrument of war.

Induction

1. Continue the induction policy in force at the termination of World
War II Selective Service program — that of giving a registrant a pre-
induction physical examination at the induction station and, if he is
found acceptable for military service, allow him a period of 21 days
in which to make all necessary personal and employment arrange-
ments and adjustments.

3. Induction calls should be based upon the number of Class I-A and
I-A-0 men each Local Board has available for military service, with
credits given for enlistments, commissions and discharges. This pro-
cedure will eliminate undue pressure upon Local Boards, as well
as tend to prevent complaints and jealousies among Local Boards.

4. Illinois, during the 1940-1947 Selective Service program, inducted
629,516 men, most of whom entered service through the induction
station at Chicago. It is believed advisable to set up two induction
stations for Illinois selectees — one at Chicago and the other at St.
Louis, Missouri, the latter for selectees from the southern half of
the State. This procedure will (1) effect economies in the cost of
selectee travel, (2) expedite inductions, and (3) enable selectees to
reach the induction station in better physical and mental condition.
with a resulting decrease in rejections for military service.

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Physical and Mental Examinations

1. Continue the procedure of having complete physical examinations
done at the induction station, the services of the Local Board Exam-
ining Physician to be used only in cases where the existence of an
"obvious physical defect" is doubtful. If necessary, any such doubt-
ful case may be referred to a Medical Advisory Board prior to being
submitted to the induction station.

2. Establish, at the very outset, specific minimum physical standards
required for military service. This will (1) eliminate confusion, (2)
save Local Boards considerable unnecessary work, and (3) permit
registrants and employers to make long range plans in which the
registrants" liability or non-liability for military service call is a
factor.

3. All registrants in the vulnerable age groups should be examined at
the induction station prior to their being given Selective Service
classification.

Medical Survey Program

1. This Program should be initiated when mobilization is ordered; it
was established much too late in World War II.

2. Eliminate, as far as possible, the concealing of medical survey in-
formation (gathered by Medical Field Agents) from Local Board
Members and clerks. Board personnel were constantly in possession
of other confidential information, and they rightfully resented being
denied access to the Medical Survey information on their registrants.
This resentment caused many Boards to give less than proper at-
tention to the Medical Survey Program. In many cases, had the
Local Board known that a registrant had a rejectible defect (infor-
mation developed by the Medical Field Agent) , great savings in
selectee transportation might have been effected by utilizing such
information in rejecting such registrant at the Local Board level.

3. Devise a suitable form which can readily be sent to various social
and health agencies, hospitals, physicians, etc., as a "letter of inquiry'"
pertaining to a particular registrant. Such a form would eliminate
laborious letter writing by the busy Medical Field Agents.

4. Eliminate State Headquarters' routing of Cooperating School Reports
from secondary schools. The Medical Survey Program operates more
successfully and expeditiously when Local Boards obtain school in-
formation direct from the schools.

5. Require medical examiners at the induction stations to make full use
of the Medical Survey information from the very beginning. For a
number of months during the activation of the Medical Survey Pro-
gram in World War II, the material laboriously gathered by the

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Medical Field Agents was neither full) understood nor utilized by
the induction station examiners. It was only after the State Director
explained to the Commanding General of the Sixth Service Command
that Medical Field Agents were threatening to resign unless their
material was used that proper action was obtained at the induction
station.

Enforcement of Selective Service Law

1. The punitive provisions of the Selective Service law should be made
more drastic and specific. By this suggestion, it is not meant that
the amount of fine or the term of penal confinement should be in-
creased, but rather that possible offenses against the Act should be
defined in the most specific terms possible instead of broad generali-
ties. There should particularly be more specific terminology with
reference to (1) conspiracy to violate the Act. (2) employers making
false statements regarding the "essentiality" of employes who are
Selective Service registrants, and ( 3 1 the use of violence against
Selective Service personnel.

Governor's Rehabilitation Program

1. The Federal government should join with each State in the estab-
lishment of a special program wherein a registrant with a correctible
defect could, by volunteering for induction, have such defect cor-
rected at public expense and thus be made available for service in
the armed forces. The Governor's Rehabilitation Program in Illinois
warranted the effort put forth and recovered for the armed forces
several thousand men who otherwise might have been denied the
opportunity to serve their country in uniform.

Educational Rehabilitation Program

1. The Federal government should join with the public educational
agencies of each State, county and city in a program to afford
illiterate registrants to obtain sufficient education to warrant their
being accepted for military service. Such a program should applv
particularly to those registrants whose literacy is only slightly below
the standards required for acceptance by the armed forces. As dem-
onstrated by the Educational Rehabilitation Program in Cook County,
such a program would not only make more men available for the armed
forces, but would also help to build more subst; ntial citizens and
thus increase the assets of the Nation. State and e« mmunity.

2KH

VEJSVOl

As this volume goes to press, a new Selective Service Act is
in operation. Many of the "old faithful" members of the
Boards of World War II are back at work with us — giving
their voluntary and unselfish service once again so that
America can be strong and thus have the greatest assurance
of continued peace.

God grant that history does not repeat itself by making
this peacetime Selective Service a forerunner to another war
that can bring only terror, destruction and useless sacrifice
to the peoples of the world.

State Director of Selective Service
Chicago, February 10, 1949

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ILLINC

STAFF OFFICERS COMMENDED

Col. Paul G. Armstrong, State Director of Selective Service, on May 4,
1946, presented Army Commendation certificates and ribbons to staff
members in recognition of meritorious performance of duty with the
Selective Service System. Pictured above, left to right, are: Lt. Col. M. G.
Buck, Lt. Col. William A. Rodger, Maj. Fred W. Jacobi, Col. Victor A.
Kleber, Colonel Armstrong, Capt. Harry W. Melcher, Lt. Col. E. P.
Coady, Lt. Col. E. I. Edwards and Maj. Charles J. Magnesen. Other staff
officers similarly commended but not present for the picture were: Col.
Stanley R. McNeil, Maj. Joseph U. Dugan, Lt. Col. Baird V. Helfrich, Lt.
Comdr. Walter J. Eden, USNR, Lt. Col. Harry W. Taylor, Lt. Col. Robert
H. Sykes, Lt. Comdr. fin. S. Bishop, USNR, Maj. Peter N. Martin.
Maj. Sidney T. Holzman, Maj. John B. Morgan, Maj. Wilbur A. Thomas,
Maj. James C. Foster, USMCR, Capt. Kenneth L. Allen, Maj. William C.
Talsey, Maj. George W. Biggerstaff, Capt. John E. Egdorf. Capt. Francis W.
Lorman, Capt. Robert J. Turnbull, Capt. Earl R. Stege. Capt. Earl H.
Blair, Capt. Benj. R. Wetenhall, Maj. Homer R. Lewis. Capt. W. Robert
James. Most of those officers not present had already been released from
service.

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Courtesy of The Chicago Tribune

THE SELECTIVE TRAINING AND
SERVICE ACT OF 1940

(As enacted on September 16, 1940)

Public, No. 783, 76th Congress;
Chapter 720, 3d Session; S. 4164

AN ACT To provide for the com-
mon defense by increasing the
personnel of the armed forces of
the United States and providing
for Its training.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
(a) the Congress hereby declares that
it is imperative to increase and train the
personnel of the armed forces of the United
States.

(b) The Congress further declares that
in a free society the obligations and privi-
leges of military training and service should
be shared generally in accordance with a
fair and just system of selective compulsory
military training and service.

(c) The Congress further declares in ac-
cordance with our traditional military
policy as expressed in the National De-
fense Act of 1916, as amended, that it is
essential that the strength and organization
of the National Guard, as an integral part
of the first-line defense of this Nation, be
at all times maintained and assured. To
this end, it is the intent of the Congress
that whenever the Congress shall determine
that troops are needed for the national
security in excess of those of the Regular
Army and those in active training and
service under section 3 (b), the National
Guard of the United States, or such part
thereof as may be necessary, shall be or-
dered to active Federal service and con-
tinued therein so long as such necessity
exists.

Sec. 2. Except as otherwise provided in
this act, it shall be the duty of every male
citizen of the United States, and of every
male alien residing in the United States,
who, on the day or days fixed for the first
or any subsequent registration, is between
the ages of twenty-one and thirty-six, to

present himself for and submit to regis-
tration at such time or times and place or
places, and in such manner and in such
age group or groups, as shall be deter-
mined by rules and regulations prescribed
hereunder.

Sec. 3. (a) Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this act, every male citizen of
the United States, and every male alien
residing in the United States who has
declared his intention to become such a
citizen, between the ages of twenty-one
and thirty-six at the time fixed for his
registration, shall be liable for training
and service in the land or naval forces of
the United States. The President is author-
ized from time to time, whether or not a
state of war exists, to select and induct
into the land and naval forces of the United
States for training and service, in the
manner provided in this act, such num-
ber of men as in his judgment is required
for such forces in the national interest:
Provided, That within the limits of the
quota determined under section 4 (b)
for the subdivision in which he resides,
any person, regardless of race or color,
between the ages of eighteen and thirty-
six, shall be afforded an opportunity to
volunteer for induction into the land or
naval forces of the United States for the
training and service prescribed in sub-
section (b), but no person who so volun-
teers shall be inducted for such training
and service so long as he is deferred after
classification: Provided further, That no
man shall be inducted for training and
service under this act unless and until he
is acceptable to the land and naval forces
for such training and service and his phys-
ical and mental fitness for such training
and service has been satisfactorily de-
termined: Provided further, That no men
shall be inducted for such training and
service until adequate provision shall have
been made for such shelter, sanitary facili-
ties, water supplies, heating and lighting

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arrangements, medical care, and hospital
accommodations, for such men, as may be
determined by the Secretary of War or the
Secretary of the Navy, as the case may be,
to be essential to public and personal
health: Provided further, That except in
time of war there shall not be in active
training or service in the land forces of the
United States at any one time under sub-
section (b) more than nine hundred thou-
sand men inducted under the provisions
of this act. The men inducted into the
land or naval forces for training and serv-
ice under this act shall be assigned to
camps or units of such forces.

<b) Each man inducted under the pro-
visions of subsection (a) shall serve for
a training and service period of twelve
consecutive months, unless sooner dis-
charged, except that whenever the Con-
gress has declared that the national in-
terest is imperiled, such twelve-month
period may be extended by the President
to such time as may be necessary in the
interests of national defense.

(c) Each such man, after the comple-
tion of his period of training and service
under subsection (b), shall be transferred
to a reserve component of the land or
naval forces of the United States; and
until he attains the age of forty-five, or
until the expiration of a period of ten
years after such transfer, or until he is
discharged from such reserve component,
whichever occurs first, he shall be deemed
to be a member of such reserve component
and shall be subject to such additional
training and service as may now or here-
after be prescribed by law: Provided, That
any man who completes at least twelve
months' training and service in the land
forces under subsection (b), and who
thereafter serves satisfactorily in the Reg-
ular Army or in the active National Guard
for a period of at least two years, shall,
in time of peace, be relieved from any
liability to serve in any reserve compo-
nent of the land or Naval forces of the
United States and from further liability
for the training and service under sub-
section (b), but nothing in this subsection
shall be construed to prevent any such
man. while in a reserve component ol such
forces, Irom being ordered or called to

active duty in such forces.

(d) With respect to the men inducted
for training and service under this act
there shall be paid, allowed, and extended
the same pay. allowances, pensions, dis-
ability and death compensation, and other
benefits as are provided by law in the case
of other enlisted men of like grades and
length of service of that component of
the land or naval forces to which they
are assigned, and after transfer to a re-
serve component of the land or naval forces
as provided in subsection (c) there shall
be paid, allowed, and extended with re-
spect to them the same benefits as are
provided by law in like cases with respect
to other members of such reserve compo-
nent. Men in such training and service
and men who have been so transferred to
reserve components shall have an oppor-
tunity to qualify for promotion.

(e) Persons inducted into the land
forces of the United States under this
act shall not be employed beyond the
limits of the Western Hemisphere except
in the Territories and possessions of the
United States, including the Philippine
Islands.

(f) Nothing contained in this or any
other act shall be construed as forbidding
the payment of compensation by any per-
son, firm, or corporation to persons in-
ducted into the land or naval forces of the
United States for training and service
under this act, or to members of the re-
serve components of such forces now or
hereafter on any type of active duty. who.
prior to their induction or commencement
of active duty, were receiving compensa-
tion from such person, firm, or corporation.

Sec. 4. (a) The selection of men for
training and service under section 3 (other
than those who are voluntarily inducted
pursuant to this ad I shall be made in an
impartial manner, under such rules and
regulations as the President may prescribe,
from the men who are liable for such
training and service and who at the time
of selection are registered and classified
but not deferred or exempted: Provided.
That in the selection and training of men
under this act, and in the interpretation
and execution of the provisions of 1 1 1 i — act.
there shall be no discrimination against

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any person on account of race or color.

(b) Quotas of men to be inducted for
training and service under this act shall
be determined for each State, Territory,
and the District of Columbia, and for sub-
divisions thereof, on the basis of the actual
number of men in the several States, Terri-
tories, and the District of Columbia, and
the subdivisions thereof, who are liable
for such training and service but who are
not deferred after classification, except
that credits shall be given in fixing such
quotas for residents of such subdivisions
who are in the land and naval forces of
the United States on the date fixed for
determining such quotas. After such quotas
are fixed, credits shall be given in filling
such quotas for residents of such sub-
divisions who subsequently become mem-
bers of such forces. Until the actual num-
bers necessary for determining the quotas
are known, the quotas may be based on
estimates, and subsequent adjustments
therein shall be made when such actual
numbers are known. All computations un-
der this subsection shall be made in ac-
cordance with such rules and regulations
as the President may prescribe.

Sec. 5 (a) Commissioned officers, war-
rant officers, pay clerks, and enlisted men
of the Regular- Army, the Navy, the Ma-
rine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Coast
and Geodetic Survey, the Public Health
Service, the federally recognized active
National Guard, the Officers' Reserve
Corps, the Regular Army Reserve, the En-
listed Reserve Corps, the Naval Reserve,
and the Marine Corps Reserve; cadets,
United States Military Academy; mid-
shipmen, United States Naval Academy;
cadets, United States Coast Guard Acad-
emy; men who have been accepted for
admittance (commencing with the academic
year next succeeding such acceptance) to
the United States Military Academy as
cadets, to the United States Naval Acad-
emy as midshipmen, or to the United
States Coast Guard Academy as cadets,
but only during the continuance of such
acceptance; cadets of the advanced course,
senior division, Reserve Officers' Training
Corps or Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps; and diplomatic representatives,
technical attaches of foreign embassies and

legations, consuls general, consuls, vice
consuls, and consular agents of foreign
countries, residing in the United States,
who are not citizens of the United States,
and who have not declared their intention
to become citizens of the United States,
shall not be required to be registered
under section 2 and shall be relieved from
liability for training and service under
section 3 (b).

(b) In time of peace, the following per-
sons shall be relieved from liability to
serve in any reserve component of the land
or naval forces of the United States and
from liability for training and service un-
der section 3 (b) —

(1) Any man who shall have satis-
factorily served for at least three con-
secutive years in the Regular Army before
or after or partially before and partially
after the time fixed for registration under
section 2.

(2) Any man who as a member of the
active National Guard shall have satis-
factorily served far at least one year in
active Federal service in the Army of the
United States, and subsequent thereto for
at least two consecutive years in the Reg-
ular Army or in the active National Guard,
before or after or partially before and
partially after the time fixed for registra-
tion under section 2.

(3) Any man who is in the active Na-
tional Guard at the time fixed for regis-
tration under section 2, and who shall
have satisfactorily served therein for at
least six consecutive years, before or after
or partially before and partially after the
time fixed for such registration.

(4) Any man who is in the Officers'
Reserve Corps on the eligible list at the
time fixed for registration under section 2.
and who shall have satisfactorily served
therein on the eligible list for at least six
consecutive years, before or after or par-
tially before and partially after the time
fixed for such registration: Provided, That
nothing in this subsection shall be con-
strued to prevent the persons enumerated
in this subsection, while in reserve compo-
nents of the land or naval forces of the
United States, from being ordered or called
to active duty in such forces.

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(c) (1) The Vice President of the
United States, the Governors of the sev-
eral States and Territories, members of
the legislative bodies of the United States
and of the several States and Territories,
judges of the courts of record of the
I cited States and of the several States
and Territories and the District of Co-
lumbia, shall, while holding such offices,
be deferred from training and service un-
der this act in the land and naval forces
of the United States.

(2) The President is authorized, under
such rules and regulations as he may pre-
scribe, to provide for the deferment from
training and service under this act in the
land and naval forces of the United States.
of any person holding an office (other than
an office described in paragraph 1 1 ) of this
subsection) under the United States or
any State, Territory, or the District of
Columbia, whose continued service in such
office is found in accordance with section
10 (a) (2) to be necessary to the mainte-
nance of the public health, safety, or
interest.

(d) Regular or duly ordained ministers
of religion, and students who are prepar-
ing for the ministry in theological or di-
vinity schools recognized as such for more
than one year prior to the date of enact-
ment of this act, shall be exempt from
training and service (but not from regis-
tration) under, this act.

(e) The President is authorized, under
such rules and regulations as he may pre-
scribe, to provide for the deferment from
training and service under this act in the
land and naval forces of the United States
of those men whose employment in indus-
try, agriculture, or other occupations, or
employment, or whose activity in other
endeavors, is found in accordance with sec-
tion 10 (a) (2) to be necessary to the
maintenance of the national health, safety,
or interest. The President is also author-
ized, under such rule- and regulations as
he may prescribe, to provide tor the de-
ferment from training and service under
this act in the land and naval forces of
the United States ( 1 > of those men in a
status with respeel to persons dependenl
upon them for support which renders their
deferment advisable, and (2> of those men

found to be physically, mentally, or morally
deficient or defective. No deferment from
such training and service shall be made
in the case of any individual except upon
l lie basis of the status of such individual,
and no such deferment shall be made of
individuals by occupational groups or of
groups of individuals in any plant or in-
stitution.

if) \n\ person who, during the year
1940, entered upon attendance for the
academic year 1940-1941 —

• I) at any college or university which
grants a degree in arts or science, to
pursue a course of instruction satisfac-
tory completion of which is prescribed
by such college or university as a pre-
requisite to either of such degrees; or
(2) at any university described in
paragraph (1), to pursue a course of
instruction to the pursuit of which a
degree in arts or science is prescribed
by such university as a prerequisite;
and who, while pursuing such course of
instruction at such college or university,
is selected for training and service under
this act prior to the end of such academic
year, or prior to July 1. 1941, whichever
occurs first, shall, upon his request, be
deferred from induction into the land or
naval forces for such training and service
until the end of such academic year, but
in no event later than July 1. 1941.

(g) Nothing contained in this act shall
be construed to require any person to be
subject to combatant training and service
in the land or naval forces of the United
States who, by reason of religious train-
ing and belief, is conscientiously opposed
to participation in war in any form. \n\
such person claiming such exemption from
combatant training and service because of
such conscientious objections whose claim
i- sustained 1>> the local board shall, if he
is inducted into the land or naval forces
under this act. be assigned to noncom-
batanl service a- defined by the President,
or -hall, if he is found to be conscien-
tiously opposed to participation in such
noncombatant service, in lieu of such in-
duction, he assigned to work of national
importance under civilian direction. Any
such person claiming such exemption from
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such conscientious objections shall, if such
claim is not sustained by the local board,
be entitled to an appeal to the appropriate
appeal board provided for in section 10 I a I
(2). Upon the filing of such appeal with
the appeal board, the appeal board shall
forthwith refer the matter to the Depart-
ment of Justice for inquiry and hearing
by the Department or the proper agency
thereof. After appropriate inquiry by such
agency, a hearing shall be held by the
Department of Justice with respect to the
character and good faith of the objections
of the person concerned, and such person
shall be notified of the time and place of
such hearing. The Department shall, after
such hearing, if the objections are found
to be sustained, recommend to the appeal
board (1) that if the objector is inducted
into the land or naval forces under this
act, he shall be assigned to noncombatant
service as defined by the President, or
(2) that if the objector is found to be
conscientiously opposed to participation in
such noncombatant service, he shall in lieu
of such induction be assigned to work of
national importance under civilian direc-
tion. If after such hearing the Depart-
ment finds that his objections are not sus-
tained, it shall recommend to the appeal
board that such objections be not sus-
tained. The appeal board shall give con-
sideration to but shall not be bound to
follow the recommendation of the Depart-
ment of Justice together with the record on
appeal from the local board in making its
decision. Each person whose claim for ex-
emption from combatant training and serv-
ice because of conscientious objections is
sustained shall be listed by the local board
on a register of conscientious objectors.

(h) No exception from registration, or
exemption or deferment from training and
service, under this act, shall continue
after the cause therefor ceases to exist.

Sec. 6. The President shall have au-
thority to induct into the land and naval
forces of the United States under this act
no greater number of men than the Con-
gress shall hereafter make specific appro-
priation for from time to time.

Sec. 7. No bounty shall be paid to
induce any person to enlist in or be
inducted into the land or naval forces of

the United States: Provided, That the
clothing or enlistment allowances author-
ized by law shall not be regarded as
bounties within the meaning of this sec-
tion. No person liable for service in such
forces shall be permitted or allowed to
furnish a substitute for such service;
no substitute as such shall be received, en-
listed, enrolled, or inducted into the land
or naval forces of the United States; and
no person liable for training and service
in such forces under section 3 shall be
permitted to escape such training and serv-
ice or be discharged therefrom prior to
the expiration of his period of such train-
ing and service by the payment of money
or any other valuable thing whatsoever as
consideration for his release from such
training and service liability or thereof.

Sec. 8. (a) Any person inducted into
the land or naval forces under this act
for training and service, who, in the
judgment of those in authority over him,
satisfactorily completes his period of train-
ing and service under section 3 (b) shall
be entitled to a certificate to that effect
upon the completion of such period of
training and service, which shall include
a record of any special proficiency or
merit attained. In addition, each such per-
son who is inducted into the land or naval
forces under this act for training and serv-
ice shall be given a physical examination
at the beginning of such training and
service and a medical statement showing
any physical defects noted upon such ex-
amination; and upon the completion of
his period of training and service under
section 3 (b), each such person shall be
given another physical examination and
shall be given a medical statement show-
ing any injuries, illnesses or disabilities
suffered by him during such period of
training and service.

(b) In the case of any such person who,
in order to perform such training and serv-
ice, has left or leaves a position, other than
a temporary position, in the employ of
any employer and who (1) receives such
certificate, (2) is still qualified to perform
the duties of such position, and (3)
makes application for reemployment within
forty days after he is relieved from such
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(A) if such position was in the em-
ploy of the United States Government,
its Territories or possessions, or the Dis-
trict of Columbia, such person shall be
restored to such position or to a position
of like seniority, status, and pay;

(B) if such position was in the em-
ploy of a private employer, such em-
ployer shall restore such person to such
position or to a position of like seniority,
status, and pay unless the employer's
circumstances have so changed as to
make it impossible or unreasonable to
do so;

(C) if such position was in the em-
ploy of any State or political subdivi-
sion thereof, it is hereby declared to be
the sense of the Congress that such per-
son should be restored to such position
or to a position of like seniority, status,
and pay.

(c) Any person who is restored to a
position in accordance with the provisions
of paragraph (A) or (B) of subsection
(b) shall be considered as having been
on furlough or leave of absence during
his period of training and service in the
land or naval forces, shall be so restored
without loss of seniority, shall be entitled
to participate in insurance or other bene-
fits offered by the employer pursuant to
established rules and practices relating
to employees on furlough or leave of ab-
sence in effect with the employer at the
time such person was inducted into such
forces, and shall not be discharged from
such position without cause within one
year after such restoration.

(d) Section 3 (c) of the joint resolution
entitled "Joint Resolution to strengthen
the common defense and to authorize the
President to order members and units of
reserve components and retired personnel
of the Regular Army into active military
service," approved August 27, 1940, is
amended to read as follows:

"(c) Any person who is restored to a
position in accordance with the provisions
of paragraph (A) or (B) of subsection
(b) shall be considered as having been
on furlough or Leave of absence during
his period of active military service, shall
be so restored without loss of seniority,
shall be entitled to participate in insurance

or other benefits offered by the employer
pursuant to established rules and practices
relating to employees on furlough or leave
of absence in effect with the employer at
the time such person was ordered into such
service, and shall not be discharged from
such position without cause within one year
after such restoration."

(e) In case any private employer fails
or refuses to comply with the provisions of
subsection (b) or subsection (c), the dis-
trict court of the United States for the
district in which such private employer
maintains a place of business shall have
power, upon the filing of a motion, peti-
tion, or other appropriate pleading by the
person entitled to the benefits of such pro-
visions, to specifically require such em-
ployer to comply with such provisions, and,
as an incident thereto, to compensate such
person for any loss of wages or benefits
suffered by reason of such employer's un-
lawful action. The court shall order a
speedy hearing in any such case and shall
advance it on the calendar. Upon appli-
cation to the United States district attor-
ney or comparable official for the district
in which such private employer maintains
a place of business, by any person claiming
to be entitled to the benefits of such pro-
visions, such United States district attor-
ney or official, if reasonably satisfied that
the person so applying is entitled to such
benefits, shall appear and act as attorney
for such person in the amicable adjust-
ment of the claim or in the filing of any
motion, petition, or other appropriate
pleading and the prosecution thereof to
specifically require such employer to com-
ply with such provisions: Provided, That
no fees or court costs shall be taxed
against the person so applying for such
benefits.

(f) Section 3 (d) of the joint resolu-
tion entitled "Joint Resolution to strengthen
the common defense and to authorize the
President to order members and units of
reserve components and retired personnel
of the Regular Army into active military
service," approved August 27, 1940, is
amended by inserting before the period at
the end of the first sentence the following:
". and, a^ an incident thereto, to compen-
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benefits suffered by reason of such employ-
er's unlawful action."

(g) The Director of Selective Service
herein provided for shall establish a Per-
sonnel Division with adequate facilities
to render aid in the replacement in their
former positions of, or in securing posi-
tions for, members of the reserve compo-
nents of the land and naval forces of the
United States who have satisfactorily com-
pleted any period of active duty, and per-
sons who have satisfactorily completed any
period of their training and service under
this act.

(h) Any person inducted into the land
or naval forces for training and service
under this act shall, during the period of
such training and service, be permitted to
vote in person or by absentee ballot in any
general, special, or primary election oc-
curring in the State of which he is a resi-
dent, whether he is within or outside of
such State at the time of such election, if
under the laws of such State he is entitled
so to vote in such election; but nothing in
this subsection shall be construed to re-
quire granting to any such person a leave
of absence for longer than one day in order
to permit him to vote in person in any such
election.

(i) It is the expressed policy of the
Congress that whenever a vacancy is caused
in the employment rolls of any business
or industry by reason of induction into
the service of the United States of an em-
ployee pursuant to the provisions of this
act such vacancy shall not be filled by any
person who is a member of the Communist
Party or the German-American Bund.

Sec. 9. The President is empowered,
through the head of the War Department
or the Navy Department of the Govern-
ment, in addition to the present authorized
methods of purchase or procurement, to
place an order with any individual, firm,
association, company, corporation, or or-
ganized manufacturing industry for such
product or material as may be required,
and which is of the nature and kind usually
produced or capable of being produced by
such individual, firm, company, association,
corporation, or organized manufacturing
industry.

Compliance with all such orders for

products or material shall be obligatory on
any individual, firm, association, company,
corporation, or organized manufacturing
industry or the responsible head or heads
thereof and shall take precedence over all
other orders and contracts theretofore
placed with such individual, firm, company,
association, corporation, or organized man-
ufacturing industry, and any individual,
firm, association, company, corporation, or
organized manufacturing industry or the
responsible head or heads thereof owning
or operating any plant equipped for the
manufacture of arms or ammunition or
parts of ammunition, or any necessary sup-
plies or equipment for the Army or Navy,
and any individual, firm, association, com-
pany, corporation, or organized manufactur-
ing industry or the responsible head or
heads thereof owning or operating any
manufacturing plant, which, in the opinion
of the Secretary of War or the Secretary
of the Navy shall be capable of being
readily transformed into a plant for the
manufacture of arms or ammunition, or
parts thereof, or other necessary supplies
or equipment, who shall refuse to give to
the United States such preference in the
matter of the execution of orders, or who
shall refuse to manufacture the kind, quan-
tity, or quality of arms or ammunition, or
the parts thereof, or any necessary sup-
plies or equipment, as ordered by the
Secretary of War or the Secretary of the
Navy, or who shall refuse to furnish such
arms, ammunition, or parts of ammunition,
or other supplies or equipment, at a reason-
able price as determined by the Secretary
of War, or the Secretary of the Navy, as
the case may be, then, and in either such
case, the President, through the head of
the War or Navy Departments of the Gov-
ernment, in addition to the present author-
ized methods of purchase or procurement,
is hereby authorized to take immediate
possession of any such plant or plants, and
through the appropriate branch, bureau,
or department of the Army or Navy to
manufacture therein such product or ma-
terial as may be required, and any indi-
vidual, firm, company, association, or cor-
poration, or organized manufacturing in-
dustry, or the responsible head or heads
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sions of this section shall be deemed guilty
of a felony, and upon conviction shall be
punished by imprisonment for not more
than three years and a fine not exceeding
$50,000.

The compensation to be paid to any
individual, firm, company, association, cor-
poration, or organized manufacturing in-
dustry for its products or material, or as
rental for use of any manufacturing plant
while used by the United States, shall be
fair and just: Provided, That nothing
herein shall be deemed to render inap-
plicable existing State or Federal laws
concerning the health, safety, security, and
employment standards of the employees in
such plant.

The first and second provisos in section
8 (b) of the act entitled "An Act to ex-
pedite national defense, and for other pur-
poses," approved June 28, 1940 (Public Act
Numbered 671, Seventy-sixth Congress),
are hereby repealed.

Sec. 10. (a) The President is author-
ized—

(1) to prescribe the necessary rules
and regulations to carry out the provi-
sions of this act;

(2) to create and establish a Selec-
tive Service System, and shall provide
for the classification of registrants and
of persons who volunteer for induction
under this act on the basis of availability
for training and service, and shall es-
tablish within the Selective Service Sys-
tem civilian local boards and such other
civilian agencies, including appeal boards
and agencies of appeal, as may be nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of
this act. There shall be created one or
more local boards in each county or
political subdivision corresponding there-
to of each State, Territory, and the
District of Columbia. Each local board
shall consist of three or more members
to be appointed by the President, from
recommendations made by the respective
Governors or comparable executive offi-
cials. No member of any such local
board shall be a member <>l the land
or naval forces of the United States,
but each member of any such local board
shall be a civilian who is a citizen of
the LJnited States residing in the county

or political subdivision corresponding
thereto in which such local board has
jurisdiction under rules and regulations
prescribed by the President. Such local
boards, under rules and regulations pre-
scribed by the President, shall have
power within their respective jurisdic-
tions to hear and determine, subject to
the right of appeal to the appeal boards
herein authorized, all questions or claims
with respect to inclusion for, or exemp-
tion or deferment from, training and
service under this act of all individuals
within the jurisdiction of such local
boards. The decisions of such local
boards shall be final except where an
appeal is authorized in accordance with
such rules and regulations as the Presi-
dent may prescribe. Appeal boards and
agencies of appeal within the Selective
Service System shall be composed of
civilians who are citizens of the United
States. No person who is an officer,
member, agent, or employee of the Se-
lective Service System, or of any such
local or appeal board or other egency,
shall be excepted from registration, or
deferred from training and service, as
provided for in this act, by reason of his
status as such officer, member, agent, or
employee ;

(3) to appoint by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, and fix the
compensation at a rate not in excess of
$10,000 per annum, of a Director of Se-
lective Service who shall be directly
responsible to him and to appoint and
fix the compensation of such other offi-
cers, agents, and employees as he may
deem necessary to carrj out the provi-
sions of this act: Provided. That an)
officer on the active or retired list of the
Army, Navy Marine Corps, or Coast
Guard, or of any reserve component
thereof or any officer or employee of any
department or agency of the United
States who may be assigned or detailed
to any office or position to carry out the
provisions of this act (except to offices or
positions on local hoards, appeal boards,
or agencies of appeal established or
created pursuant to section 10 (a) (2)1
ma) serve in and perforin the functions
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of or prejudice to his status as such
officer in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
or Coast Guard or reserve component
thereof, or as such officer or employee
in any department or agency of the
United States: Provided further, That
any person so appointed, assigned or
detailed to a position the compensation
in respect of which is at a rate in excess
of $5,000 per annum shall be appointed,
assigned or detailed by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate: Pro-
vided further, That the President may
appoint necessary clerical and steno-
graphic employees for local boards and
fix their compensation without regard to
the Classification Act of 1923, as
amended, and without regard to the pro-
visions of civil service laws.

(4) to utilize the services of any or
all departments and any and all officers
or agents of the United States and to
accept the services of all officers and
agents of the several States, Territories,
and the District of Columbia and sub-
divisions thereof in the execution of this
act; and

(5) to purchase such printing, bind-
ing, and blarikbook work from public,
commercial, or private printing estab-
lishments or binderies upon orders placed
by the Public Printer or upon waivers
issued in accordance with section 12 of
the Printing Act approved January 12,
1895, as amended by the Act of July 8,
1935 (49 Stat. 475), and to obtain by
purchase, loan, or gift such equipment
and supplies for the Selective Service
System as he may deem necessary to
carry out the provisions of this act, with
or without advertising or formal con-
tract; and

(6) to prescribe eligibility, rules, and
regulations governing the parole for serv-
ice in the land or naval forces, or for
any other special service established
pursuant to this act, of any person con-
victed of a violation of any of the pro-
visions of this act.

(b) The President is further authorized,
under such rules and regulations as he
may prescribe, to delegate and provide for
the delegation of any authority vested in
him under this act to such officers, agents,

or persons as he may designate or appoint
for such purpose or as may be designated
or appointed for such purpose pursuant to
such rules and regulations as he may pre-
scribe.

(c) In the administration of this act
voluntary services may be accepted. Cor-
respondence necessary in the execution of
this act may be carried in official penalty
envelopes.

(d) The Chief of Finance, United States
Army, is hereby designated, empowered,
and directed to act as the fiscal, disbursing,
and accounting agent of the Director of
Selective Service in carrying out the pro-
visions of this act.

Sec. 11. Any person charged as herein
provided with the duty of carrying out
any of the provisions of this act, or the
rules or regulations made or directions
given thereunder, who shall knowingly fail
or neglect to perform such duty, and any
person charged with such duty, or having
and exercising any authority under said
act, rules, regulations, or directions who
shall knowingly make, or be a party to the
making, of any false, improper, or incor-
rect registration, classification, physical or
mental examination, deferment, induction,
enrollment, or muster, and any person who
shall knowingly make, or be a party to the
making of, any false statement or certificate
as to the fitness or unfitness or liability or
nonliability of himself or any other person
for service under the provisions of this act,
or rules, regulations, or directions made
pursuant thereto, or who otherwise evades
registration or service in the land or naval
forces or any of the requirements of this
act, or who knowingly counsels, aids, or
abets another to evade registration or serv-
ice in the land or naval forces or any of
the requirements of this act, or of said
rules, regulations, or directions, or who
in any manner shall knowingly fail or neg-
lect to perform any duty required of him
under or in the execution of this act, or
rules or regulations made pursuant to this
act, or any person or persons who shall
knowingly hinder or interfere in any way
by force or violence with the administra-
tion of this act or the rules or regulations
made pursuant thereto, or conspire to do
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court of the United States having juris-
diction thereof, be punished by imprison-
ment for not more than five years or a fine
of not more than $10,000, or by both such
fine and imprisonment, or if subject to
military or naval law may be tried by court
martial, and, on conviction, shall suffer
such punishment as a court martial may
direct. No person shall be tried by any
military or naval court martial in any case
arising under this act unless such person
has been actually inducted for the train-
ing and service prescribed under this act
or unless he is subject to trial by court
martial under laws in force prior to the
enactment of this act. Precedence shall
be given by courts to the trial of cases
arising under this act.

Sec. 12. (a) The monthly base pay
of enlisted men of the Army and the
Marine Corps shall be as follows:
Enlisted men of the first grade, $126;
enlisted men of the second grade, $84;
enlisted men of the third grade, $72;
enlisted men of the fourth grade, $60;
enlisted men of the fifth grade, $54;
enlisted men of the sixth grade, $36;
enlisted men of the seventh grade, $30;
except that the monthly base pay of en-
listed men with less than four months'
service during their first enlistment period
and of the enlisted men of the seventh
grade whose inefficiency or other unfitness
has been determined under regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of War, and
the Secretary of the Navy, respectively,
shall be $21. The pay for specialists'
ratings, which shall be in addition to
monthly base pay shall be as follows: First
class, $30; second class, $25; third class,
$20; fourth class, $15; fifth class, $6;
sixth class, $3. Enlisted men of the Army
and the Marine Corps shall receive, as a
permanent addition to their pay, an in-
crease of 10 per centum of their base pay
and pay for specialists' ratings upon com-
pletion of the first four years of service,
and an additional increase of 5 per centum
of such base pay and pay for specialists'
ratings for each four years of service there-
after, but the total of such increases shall
not exceed 25 per centum. Enlisted men
of the Navy shall be entitled to receive at
least the same pay and allowances as are

provided for enlisted men in similar grades
in the Army and Marine Corps.

(b) The pay for specialists' ratings re-
ceived by an enlisted man of the Army or
Marine Corps at the time of his retire-
ment shall be included in the computation
of his retired pay.

(c) The pay of enlisted men of the sixth
grade of the National Guard for each
armory drill period, and for each day of
participation in exercises under sections
94, 97, and 99 of the National Defense act,
shall be $1.20.

(d) No back pay or allowances shall
accrue by reason of this act for any period
prior to October 1, 1940.

(e) Nothing in this act shall operate
to reduce the pay now being received by
any retired enlisted man.

(f) The provisions of this section shall
be effective on and after October 1, 1940.
Thereafter all laws and parts of laws
insofar as the same are inconsistent here-
with or in conflict with the provisions
hereof are hereby repealed.

Sec. 13. (a) The benefits of the Soldiers'
and Sailors' Civil Relief Act, approved
March 8, 1918, are hereby extended to all
persons inducted into the land or naval
forces under this act, and to all members
of any reserve component of such forces
now or hereafter on active duty for a period
of more than one month; and, except as
hereinafter provided, the provisions of such
act of March 8, 1918, shall be effective for
such purposes.

(b) For the purposes of this section —

(1) the following provisions of such
act of March 8, 1918, shall be inop-
erative: Section 100; paragraphs (1),
(2), and (5) of section 101; article 4;
article 5; paragraph (2) of section 601;
and section 603;

(2) the term "persons in military serv-
ice," when used in such act of March
8, 1918, shall be deemed to mean per-
sons inducted into the land or naval
forces under this act and all members
of any reserve component of such forces
now or hereafter on active duty for a
period of more than one month;

(3) the term "period of military serv-
ice," when used in such act of March 8,
1918, when applicable with respect to

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any such person, shall be deemed to
mean the period beginning with the
date of enactment of this act, or the
date on which such person is inducted
into such forces under this act for any
period of training and service or is or-
dered to such active duty, whichever is
the later, and ending sixty days after
the date on which such period of train-
ing and service or active duty terminates;
(4) the term "date of approval of this
act", when used in such act of March 8,
1918, shall be deemed to mean the date
of enactment of the Selective Training
and Service Act of 1940.
(c) Article III of such act of March 8,
1918, is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new section:

"Sec. 303. Nothing contained in section
301 shall prevent the termination or can-
cellation of a contract referred to in such
section, nor the repossession or retention
of property purchased or received under
such contract, pursuant to a mutual agree-
ment of the parties thereto, or their as-
signees, if such agreement is executed in
writing subsequent to the making of such
contract and during the period of military
service of the person concerned."

Sec. 14. (a) Every person shall be
deemed to have notice of the requirements
of this act upon publication by the Presi-
dent of a proclamation or other public
notice fixing a time for any registration
under section 2.

(b) If any provision of this act, or the
application thereof to any person or cir-
cumstance, is held invalid, the remainder
of the act, and the application of such
provision to other persons or circumstances,
shall not be affected thereby.

(c) Nothing contained in this act shall
be construed to repeal, amend, or suspend
the laws now in force authorizing volun-
tary enlistment or reenlistment in the land
and naval forces of the United States, in-
cluding the reserve components thereof.

Sec. 15. When used in this act — ■
(a) The term "between the ages of
twenty-one and thirty-six" shall refer to
men who have attained the twenty-first
anniversary of the day of their birth and
who have not attained the thirty-sixth an-

niversary of the day of their birth; and
other terms designating different age
groups shall be construed in a similar
manner.

(b) The term "United States", when
used in a geographical sense, shall be
deemed to mean the several States, the
District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, and
Puerto Rico.

(c) The term "dependent" when used
with respect to a person registered under
the provisions of this act includes only
an individual (1) who is dependent in
fact on such person for support in a reason-
able manner and (2) whose support in
such a manner depends on income earned
by such person in a business, occupation,
or employment.

(d) The terms "land or naval forces"
and "land and naval forces" shall be
deemed to include aviation units of such
forces.

(e) The term "district court of the
United States" shall be deemed to include
the courts of the United States for the
Territories and the possessions of the
United States.

Sec. 16. (a) Except as provided in this
act, all laws and parts of laws in conflict
with the provisions of this act are hereby
suspended to the extent of such conflict
for the period in which this act shall be
in force.

(b) All the provisions of this act, except
the provisions of sections 3 (c), 3 (d),
8 (g), and 12, shall become inoperative
and cease to apply on and after May 15,
1945, except as to offenses committed prior
to such date, unless this act is continued
in effect by the Congress.

(c) There are hereby authorized to be
appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such
sums as may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of this act.

Sec. 17. This act shall take effect im-
mediately.

Sec. 18. This act may be cited as the
"Selective Training and Service Act of
1940."

Approved, September 16, 1940, 3:08
p. m., E. S. T.

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SELECTIVE SERVICE QUESTIONNAIRE

Order No.

Date of mailing

(StAttr Of Local Board)

(First)

<MiJ.il.->

(Last)

(Number and street or R. F. D. route)
(City or town) (County) (State)

NOTICE TO REGISTRANT

You are required by the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 to Gil out this Questionnaire truthfully and to return
it to this Local Board an or before the date shown below. Willful failure to do so is punishable by fine and imprisonment.

Tlu's Questionnaire must be

returned on or before

M ember of Local Board.
(The above Items are to be filled In by the Local Board before the Questionnaire ts mailed to the registrant )

INSTRUCTIONS

This Questionnaire is intended to furnish the Local Board
with information to enable it to classify you in one of the
following Selective Service classes:

Class 1 includes men who are available for induction into
the armed forces of the United States.

Class II includes those whose induction Is deferred be-
cause of the importance to the Nation of the service they
are rendering in their civilian activities.

Class III includes those whose induction Is deferred be-
cause they have persons dependent upon them for support.
Class IV includes those whose induction is deferred by
law and those unfit for military service.
You will receive notice from your Local Board of your
classification.

Oaths required in tjie Questionnaire may be administered
by (1) a member or chief clerk of a Local Boaro o< Boaro of
Appeal member or associate member of an Advisory Board
for Registrants or a Government Appeal Agent, (2) any
Postmaster Notary Public, or any Federal State, county,
or municipal officer authorized by law to administei oaths
generally or for military purposes. No fee shouia be ctiarged
for this service

Advisory Boards for Registrants are organized to assist
-egistrants in completing their Questionnaires. No charge

Any statements in this Questionnaire marked (Confidential)
regulations to examine them.

i > 8. 8. Form 40

will be made for this service. If there is no Advisory Board
availaoie, you must nevertheless complete your Questionnaire.
If the registrant is an inmate of an institution and is unable
to complete the Questionnaire, the executive head of the insti-
tution ehall communicate these facts immediately to the Local
Board.

1. Make no alterations in the printed matter in this Ques-
tionnaire.

2 Write the applicable words in the spaces provided in the
Questionnaire.

3 U vou furnish additional information or affidavits with
your Questionnaire, attach the same securely to it.

4. If you are already in the active military or naval service,
obtain a certificate to that effect from your commanding officer
ano attach same to your Questionnaire.

5. Aftei this Questionnaire has been returned, report to
your Local Board at once any change of address or any new
fact wmen may affect youi classification.

When a notice affecting you is posted at the office
of vocr Locai Board, you are bound to pekkorm the
duty required even if no notice reaches you b\ mill..

are for information only of the officials duly authorized under the

(1)

On this and the seven following pages is shown the Selective Service
Questionnaire which registrants were required to fill out and submit
prior to classification.

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SELECTIVE SERVICE QUESTIONNAIRE
STATEMENTS OF THE REGISTRANT

Series I.— IDENTIFICATION

INSTRUCTIONS. — Every registrant shall fill in all statements in this series.

1. My name is (print)

(First name) (Middle name)

2. In addition to the name given above, I have also been known by the name or names of

3. My residence is ,

(Number and street or R. F. D. route)

(Town— (City, town, or villagel) (County) (State)

4. My telephone number is „ (If you have no phone, write "None.")

(Town) (Exchange) (Number)

5. My Social Security number is _ „ (If none, write "None.")

Series II.— PHYSICAL CONDITION (Confidential)

INSTRUCTIONS.— Every registrant shall fill in all statements in this series.

1. To the best of my knowledge, I physical or mental defects or diseases. If so, they are

(Have, have no)

(List defects or diseases here)

2. I an inmate of an institution. If so, its name is

(Am, am not) (Name of hospital, prison, or other Institution)

and it is located at _ _

(Oive address)

Series ILL— EDUCATION
INSTRUCTIONS.— Every registrant shall fill in all statements in this series.

1. I have completed years of elementary school and years of high school.

(Number) (Number)

2. I have had the following schooling other than elementary and high school (if none, write "None'M:

Name of Vocational School, College, or University

Course of Study

Length of Time Attended

Series IV— OCCUPATION OR ACTIVITY

INSTRUCTIONS. — All registrants shall fill in statement No. 1 in this series. Every registrant who is now working shall fill
In all statements in this series except No. 9. Every registrant who is now prevented from working merely because of some
seasonal or temnorary interruption shall fill in all statements except statements numbered 2 through 8 in this series.

As used in this series, words such as occupation, work, and job apply to services rendered in any endeavor and to training
or preparation for any endeavor.

1. I working at present.

(Am, am not)

2. The job I am working at now is (give full title, for example: Construction draftsman, turret-lathe operator, stationary en-

gineer, farm laborer, prosecuting attorney, physics teacher, medical student, policeman, marriage license clerk, etc.):

3. I do the following work in my present job (be specific — give a brief statement of your duties): ,

4. I have done this kind of work for

(Length of time)

5. My average weekly earnings in this job are $ (Confidential.)

0. In this job I am □ an employee, working for salary, wages, commission, or other compensation.

(Put an X in one rj an independent worker, working on my own account, not hired by anyone, and not hiring any help.

□ working for my father or for the head of my family, but receiving no pay.

□ an employer or proprietor hiring paid workers.

(Number)

□ a student preparing for

7. My employer is:

(Name of organization or proprietor, not foreman or supervisor)
(Addres? Df place of employment— street or H. F. D. route, city, and State)

whose business is

(For example: Farm, airplane engine factory, retail food store, W. P. A.)

8. Other business or work in which I am now engaged is _

(II none, write "none")

(2)

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Series IV.— OCCUPATION OR ACTIVITY— Continued

9 If J are not now working because of some seasonal or temporary interruption, attach to this pace a --tatrmont la.) cvp'ainin-

what t he interruption is, when it began, and when you expect to be able to resume your work, and (b) supplying substan-
tially the same information regarding your last job as is required in the above items in this series.

10. I licensed in a trade or profession; if so, I am licensed as

(Am, am not) (For example: Marine pilot, pby;>';.:. iry engineer)

11 I at present an apprentice under a written or oral agreement with my employer.

(Am, am not)

12. Other facts which I consider necessary to present fairly the occupation which I have described, or my connection with it, as a

ground for classification are (if none, write "None"):

INSTRUCTIONS. — You may attach to this page any statement from your employer which you think the Local Board should
consider in determining your classification. Such statement will then become a part of this Questionnaire.

Series V.— OTHER OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE
INSTRUCTIONS. — Every registrant shall fill in this statement. Include any formal apprenticeship served.
I. I have also worked at the following occupations other than my present job, during the last 5 years: (If none, write "None")

OCCVPAT71S

, tamper, etc.)

Kisr> or Work DOMI
(Be specific— Rive a brief statement of your duties)

Years Woikkd

(Otrc full title; for example, turret-lathe nperato

From—

To—

Series VI.— AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS

INSTRUCTIONS. — Every registrant who works on a farm shall fill in this series, in addition to filling out Series IT and V above.

1 . I work on or operate a farm as—

□ sole owner of the farm.
G joint owner with

(Put an n h'red manager

"X" in D cash tenant or renter...

the □ standing share tenant...

fboi)t ^— share cropper... .'....

n share tenant...

D wage hand (hired man).

□ unpaid family worker.

(Name)
My agreement (if any) expires

2. I have farmed for years

I actually and person

(Am, am not)

The principal crops and livestock of the farm I operate or work on are:

3. I live on the farm with which I am connected.

(Do, do not)

4. I actually and personally responsible for the operation of the farm on which I work.

(Am, am not)

Names of Crops

Acres De\oted to Each

Kinds of Livestock

Number ol Facb Now
on Farm

6. The number of hands employed on this farm is

i Number)

7. Other facts which I consider necessary to present fairly the agricultural enterprise I have described and ni\ connection with

it as a ground for classification are: (If none, write "None.").

Series VII.— DEPENDENCY (Confidential except as to names and addresses of claimed dependents.)
INSTRUCTIONS —Every registrant shall fill in the statements numbered 1, 2, and 3 in this series.

1. (a) I am □ single.
tPut an □ married.

X" In LJ a widower,

one box) rj divorced.

(6) If married, I married my present wife at

(Month, day. year)

(e) I .... . live with her. If not, her address Is

(Do, do not)

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Senes VII. — DEPENDENCY (Confidential except M to names and addresses of claimed dependents.) — Continued

2. I have children who are under 18 years of age or are physically or mentally

(Number of children; if none, write "No")
handicapped, and who live with me.

"DEPENDENT." AS USED IN THIS SERIES DEFINED

The word "dependent," as used in this series, means any person to whose support the r^ristrr.nt contributes more
than merely a small part of such person's support (or to whose support the registrant would contribute were he not
temporarily prevented from so doing by the registrant's physical or economic situation) who is either (a) the registrant's
wife, divorced wife, parent, foster parent, or grandparent, or (t>) the registrant's child, unborn child, brother, half-brother,
sister, or half-sister, who is under 18 years of age or is physically or mentally handicapped, or (c) a person whose support
the registrant has assumed in good faith, who is either under 18 years of age or is physically or mentally handicapped.

Only a person who is a United States citizen or who lives in the United States or its Territories or possessions
may be regarded as a dependent.

Based on the information contained in this Questionnaire and on other information which the Local Board may
receive, the Local Board will determine whether the "dependent" is an individual who is dependent in fact for support
in a reasonable manner in view of such individual's circumstances on income earned by the registrant by his work in
a business, occupation, or employment.

INSTRUCTIONS. — Only those registrants who believe that one or more persons are dependent for support on the regis-
trant's earnings from his work are required to fill in the statements numbered 3 through 12 iD this series.

3. The following persons live with me in a home maintained by me and are entirely or partly dependent on my earnings
from my work in my business, occupation, or employment, and have no other sources of income except as stated below:

Age
at bst
•birth-
day

Dependent's income, last 12 months other
than board and lodgicg provided by the
Date registrant in his home.

rheo support : ; ■

[flxned | Earned | BMJfiTed from

registrant I dependent

i her sources

I I I

I I

I I I

The net cost to me of maintaining my home during the last 12 months, after deducting S contributed by

others than myself for the support of such dependents was S

4. The following persons do not live with me in a home maintained by me. but are entirely or partly dependent
earnings from my work in my business, occupation, or employment, aud have no other sources of income except a
below:

on my
income except as stated

Sex

Ace at
last

birth-
day

Relationship to
registrant

Pite when

support began

Depcadent'i income, last 12 months

Name and address

Contributed

by the

registrant

Earned by the
dependent

Received from
other sources

Address

5. The cause of the dependency of any persons over 18 years of age (excluding my wife) listed above la m follows: (Give the
name and a full statement of cause for dependency In each case.) ________

Of my dependents, only the following are receiving a pari of their support from persons other than myself. (Give name
cl dependent, name and address of other person or agency contributing to his support, and amount so contributed in cash

or other things of value by such other psrsoa ee a~««7 during the l_rt It months.)

(4)

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Series VII —DEPENDENCY (Confidential except as to names and addresses of claimed dependents.)— Continued

7. Of the amounts contributed by me to dependents listed above only S , contributed to

(11 none, write Done)

, was in payment for my own board and/or lodging.

(Name of dependent)

8. The income I earned from my work in my business, occupation, or employment during the past 12 months was $

9. My income from all other sources during the past 12 months was S

10. The following is a list of all property owned by (or held in trust for) either me or my dependents, the value of such property,
and the net income received by either me or my dependents from such property during the past 12 months: (List this infor-
mation separately as to the registrant and each dependent. Do not include clothing personal effects, or household
furnishings; or cash less than S500 Indicate which cf such property is your home.)

Name of person

Tn>e of property

Value fitter deducting
encumbrance?

Net Income from tach
properly

! 1 1

11. 1 rent the Louse in which I live. If so, the monthly rent is S , and the name and address of

(Do, do not)

my landlord Is .

12. Other facts which I consider necessary to present fairly my own status and that of my dependents as a basis for my proper
classification are: (If none, write "None.") _~

INSTRUCTIONS. — With respect to any dependent (other than the registrant's own wife, child, parent, or grandparent)
whose support the registrant has assumed, attach to this page a statement explaining why and under what circumstances the
registrant assumed such person's support. Such statement will then become a part of this Questionnaire.

SUPPORTING AFFIDAVIT OF DEPENDENTS OVER 18 TEARS OF AGE
INSTRUCTIONS— If convenient, each dependent over 18 years of age except the registrant's wife shall swear to (or affirm)
the following affidavit. The registrant shall furnish the Local Board a separate affidavit from each such dependent who does
not sign the affidavit below. Blanks for this purpose will be supplied by the Local Board on request.

State or __ , Cotjjjty o» .«■•

We the undersigned do Foleranly suear (or affirm) each for himself and herself Individually, that we have read or had read to us the foregoing statements under
"DEPE *DENCY"; that we understand the same thai « are named as dei>endenK that the statements contained therein as to the name, age,
re- dence, relationship, and dependency of each of :i< toward said recis: rant, and tho statements of his contributions and the contributions by other persons to tbe sup-
port of each cf us and the statements of the financial and material condition of each of us, and of the income of each of us from all sources, are true.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this

Series VIH— MINISTER. CB STUDENT PREPARING FOR THE MINISTRY
INSTRUCTIONS. — Every registrant who u a minister or a student preparing for the ministry shall fill in the statements in

this series that apply to bim

(6) I.

(Do. do not)
since ..

1. (a) I a minister of religion.

(Am. am not)

(Name of sect or denomlnat

(<f) I been formally ordained. If so, my ordination was performed on

tllev*. h»v» noO

by at

(Ecclesiastical official pcrformini lb* mJujiiUmm fCltj sod ttato)

(5)

customarily serve as a minister.

(Month, day. year)
(MontL day. yea/)

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Series VIII.— MINISTER. OR STUDENT PREPARING FOR THE MINISTRY.— Continued

3. I a student preparing for the ministry in a theological or divinity school.

(Am. am Dot)

4. I am attending the , which was established

(Name of theological or divinity school) (Before, after)

September 16, 1939, and is located at ,

(Place)

Series IX.— CITIZENSHIP
INSTRUCTIONS. — Every registrant shall fill in the statements numbered 1, 2, 3. and 4 in this series.

(To«

(State)
"(Day)"

(Country)
""(Year)"""

1. I was born at

2. I was born on

3. My race is: □ White; □ Negro; G Oriental; G Indian; G Filipino; Other (specify)

4. I a citizen of the United States.

(Am, am not)

INSTRUCTIONS. — Every re; strant who is not a citizen of the United States shall fill in the statements numbered 6, 6,
3. and 9.

5. I a citizen or subject of

(Am, was last)

6. My permanent residence has been in the United States since.

(Name of country)

(Month) (Day) (Year)

I filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States (first papers). Declaration

(Have, have Dot)

filed at on under No

(Place) (Month) (Day) (Year)

filed a petition for naturalization (second papers). Petition filed at

(Have, have not)

(Month) (Day) (Year)

9. I registered with the Alien Registration Division, United States Department of Justice, under the

(Have, have not)

Alien Registration Act of 1940. Registration receipt card number, if received

Series X.— CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION TO WAR

INSTRUCTIONS. — Only registrants who are conscientiously opposed to combatant or noncombatant military service by reason
of their religious training and belief shall fill in this series, and shall obtain from the Local Board a special form on which to give
substantiating evidence of conscientious objection. The Local Board will determine whether the registrant shall be classed as
a conscientious objector on the basis of the claim made and the information contained in the special form.

I claim the exemption provided by the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 for conscientious objectors because I am
conscientiously opposed, by reason of my religious training and belief, to the type or types of service checked below:

(rut an "X" in the rj Combatant militarv service
correct box or __ „ . . .

boxes.) G Noncombatant military service

Series XL— COURT RECORD (Confidential)

INSTRUCTIONS.— Every registrant shall fill in statement Number 1.

1. I been convicted of treason or a felonv.

(Have, have not)
INSTRUCTIONS. — Every registrant who has ever been convicted of such an offense shall fill in the statements numbered
2, 3, and 4.

2. The offense was

3. The approximate date of conviction was

(Month)

i. The name and location of the court was

(Day)
(Name)

Series XH.— MILITARY SERVICE (Confidential)
INSTRUCTIONS. — Every registrant who now is or has been a member of the armed forces of the United States shall fill
in the statements in this series, il'se a separate line for each term of service.)
My militarv service has been as follows:

Date or Entry into

Service
(Month, Day. Year)

TVPE OF D19CHARGK

(Honorable. Dishonorable, Bad

conduct. Not honorable. Undesirable,
or Other - S[>icify>

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Series xm.— STUDENTS, PRESENT MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES, CERTAIN OFFICIALS, ETC.

INSTRUCTIONS. — Every registrant who is a member of one or more of the groups named in this series shall check the
appropriate item or items, and shall supply any further information called for under the item or items checked.

I am at present:

D A college or university student, having entered upon attendance for the academic year 1940-1941 at

(Name of college

on , 1940. This college or university is located at

or university) (Month) (Day)

. I am pursuing a course of study Involving hours attendance

(Place) (Number)

per week leading to the . I request that if I am selected for

(Name of degree or certificate) (Do, do not)

training and service, my induction be postponed until the end of the present academic year, which ends on __

(Month)

, 1941.

(Day)

□ A commissioned officer, warrant officer, pay clerk, or enlisted man of the Regular Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the

Coast Guard, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Public Health Service, the federally recognized active National Guard,
the Officers' Reserve Corps, the Regular Army Reserve, the Enlisted Reserve Corps, the Naval Reserve, or the Marine

Corps Reserve; my rank or commission is In the „

(Name of service)

□ A cadet, United States Military Academy; midshipman, United States Naval Academy; cadet, United States Coast Guard

Academy ; man who has been accepted for admittance (commencing with the academic year next succeeding such acceptance)
to the United States Military Academy as cadet, to the United States Naval Academy as midshipman, or to the United
States Coast Guard Academy as cadet, and whose acceptance is still in effect; cadet of the advanced course, senior

division, Reserve Officers' Training Corps or Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps; I am _

(A cadet, midshipman,

in „

or accepted for admittance) (Name of corps, academy, etc.)

□ The Governor of a State or Territory, a member of a legislative body of the United States or of a State or Territory, a judge

of a court of record of the United States or of a State or Territory or the District of Columbia; my office is

REGISTRANT'S STATEMENT REGARDING CLASSIFICATION

INSTRUCTIONS. — It is optional with registrant whether or not he fills in this statement, and failure to answer shall not con-
stitute a waiver of claim to deferred or other status. The local board is charged by law to determine the classification of the
registrant on the basis of the facts before it, which should be taken fully into consideration regardless of whether or not this
statement is filled in.

Jn view of the facts set forth in this Questionnaire it is my opinion that my classification should be Class

(See Instructions, page 1)
The registrant may write in the space below or attach to this page any statement which he believes should be brought to the
attention of the Local Board in determining his classification.

REGISTRANT'S AFFIDAVIT

INSTRUCTIONS. — 1. Every registrant shall make the registrant's affidavit. 2. If the registrant cannot read, the questions
and his answers thereto shall be read to him by the officer who administers the oath.

State of , County or

I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm)

that I am the registrant named and described in the foregoing statments in this Questionnaire, that I have read (or have had read
to me) the statements made by and about me, and that each and every such statement is true and complete to the best of my
knowledge, information and belief.

Registrant sign here tS"

(Signature or mark of registrant)

Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of , 19

(Signature of officer)

(Designation of officer)

If the registrant has received assistance from an advisor, the latter will sign the following statementi
I have assisted the registrant herein named in the preparation of this Questionnaire.

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INSTRUCTIONS.— Registrant shall write nothing below this line when filling out the Questionnaire.
MINUTE OF ACTION ON REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR FILING CLAIM OR PROOF

The application of to have time for filing claim or proof extended

to . 19 is te"ged} forthe reason that

MINUTE OF ACTION BY LOCAL BOARD
The Local Board classifies the registrant In Class , Subdivision , by the following vote: Ayes , Noes

APPEAL TO BOARD OF APPEAL
I hereby appeal from the classification by the Local Board In Class , Subdivision

(Date) (Signature of person appealing)

INSTRUCTIONS.— Yon must also attach here a written statement specifying the class or classes in which you think you
should be placed. If you wish the appeal board to review a determination regarding your physical or mental fitness, you
must fill out and sign the form for appeal on the Report of Physical Examination (Form 200) and you must attach to that form
a statement specifying the class or classes in which you think you should be placed

MINUTE OF ACTION BY BOARD OF APPEAL
The Board of Appeal classifies the registrant In Class , Subdivision , by the following vote: Ayes Noes

Member.

I hereby appeal to the President from classification by the Board of Appeal in Class , Subdivision .

Certificates and recommendations required by section 379, S. S. R., are attached.

(Date) (Signature of person appealing)

Dates

MINUTES OF OTHER ACTIONS

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AFFIDAVIT— OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION (Special— Revised)

(Submit in triplicate, plus »ny additional copies specified by certifying agency)

Name of company ,

... . , . , (Corporation, partnership, individual — if self-employed, so state )

Address at which

registrant is employed

(Location of plant, office, or division where registrant works)

(City)

Description of the activities of this establishment

Social Security Industrial Code

(If not known, call local U. S. E. S. office)

Name of registrant

Selective Service Order No. Date of birth

Local Board

(Number)

Title of present job

(State whether journeyman, apprentice, helper, certificated, licensed, professional engineer, etc.)

Describe duties actually performed

(Be specific — include name of machine or machine tool, process, materials, etc.)

Date employed Date entered present job

Average weekly rate of pay Average hours worked per week

Prior work experience _ —

Educational background

(Fill out if necessary to establish employees qualifications for a particular job)

ft. 8. 8. Form 42A (Spociai-Rcviswi) DUPLICATE (ovbrI

(Revised 2-19-15) •• !•— ao»-

()n this and the next page is shoicn <i reproduction of the affidavit
submitted by a company claiming industrial deferment for one of its
employes liable for military service 1 orm 12 A (Special Revised)

316

(Official position)

Employer: Leave this section blank. Certifying Agency: Complete this section only if request is certified.
CERTIFYING AGENCY

certified on

(Name of agency authorized to certify)

for a period of

(Agency code No.)

(Not to exceed 6 months)

LOCAL BOARD REPORT TO
STATE DIRECTOR

(Local Boaki Dati Stah? With Com)

This registrant has been classified in
Class until —

TRIPLICATE

(Member or clerk of local board)

o« 16 — 38024-1 •- * MvmmuT numris ernes

317

ILLINOIS MONTHLY CALLS AND INDUCTIONS

November, 1940, through December, 1945, inclusive

YEAR AND

CALL

INDUCTIONS

YEAR AND

CALL

INDUCTIONS

MONTH

1940

1944

November and

January

15,335

14,844

December

828

(See below

February

16,952

3,365

for total

March

19,277

13,771

1941

inductions

April

15,260

11,115

January

3,038

Nov. 1940

May

9,552

9,529

February

5,213

through June,

June

7,863

7,461

March

10,039

1941)

July

6,533

7,093

April

10,490

August

5,592

5,407

May
June

4,021
11,219

45,207
4,553

September
October

3,845
4,266

3,962
4,218

July

4,347

November

4,438

3,450

August

2,778

3,399

December

4,283

3,322

September

2,786

2,543

October

6,129

5,620

1945

November

2,694

4,246

January

5,013

4,507

December

1,837

2,441

February

8,284

4,523

March

8,408

5,732

1942

April

8,440

5,141

January

6,119

3,748

May

8,187

4,863

February

13,623

13,173

June

8,215

5,277

March

11,280

11,170

July

6,574

5,798

April

11,694

10,430

August

6,410

4,276

May

11,901

12,363

September

2,814

2,736

June

13,695

17,642

October

2,770

2,039

July

22,436

12,197

November

2,693

1,957

August

23,283

14,618

December

2,751

1,329

September

21,786

20,826

October

27,490

27,107

November

29,115

19,369

December

32,570

16,509

1943

January

24,429

22,555

February

31,199

27,774

March

30,750

25,244

April

28,902

19,192

May

23,978

18,297

June

23,420

22,214

July

28,949

25,967

August

24,424
20,914

16,427
13,855

September

(IlltluCtioilS C

ontinued to ,

"iept ember of

October

17,335

11,107

1916. but the

figures on <

alls for 1946

November

21,161

16,889

were not m-oi

table to the

author up to

December

20,210

13,576

publication ti

rue.)

318

LOCAL BOARDS IN ILLINOIS

Their Locations, Registrations, Numbers of Men Inducted

and Personnel (Including Examining Physicians

and Dentists on General Assignment)

Local Boards are listed on the following pages under their respective
counties, alphabetical order being maintained for the counties and for the
cities within the counties. Designations for the personnel of each Local Board
are as follows :

M: Local Board Member

GA : Government Appeal Agent or

Associate Government Appeal Agent

XP: Examining Physician

XD: Examining Dentist

RC: Reemployment Committeeman

C : Clerk or Assistant Clerk

Names are listed alphabetically within their own designated categories.
To avoid duplication of names of persons who served in several capacities on
one Board, or who served with more than one Board, each person is listed in
his or her last assignment.

In counties which had two or more Local Boards and where Examining
Physicians (XP), Examining Dentists (XD) and members of Advisory Boards
for Registrants (AB) served all the Boards in one county, these personnel
are listed in separate groups following the final Local Board in each such
county.

The figure following "Men furnished to the armed forces" represents only
the number of men each Local Board furnished to the armed forces by induc-
tion. Because of the unavailability of complete and correct figures, plus other
considerations, it was determined not to include so-called "credits" to each
Local Board for men and women who enlisted or were commissioned in the
various branches of the armed forces.

A number of Local Boards changed their locations during the period of
Selective Service operation, and each location shown represents the one which
was occupied for the longest period of time by the Board concerned.

319

ADAMS COUNTY

ADAMS COUNTY No. 1

Location: Post Office Building, Quincy

Registration: 5164

Men furnished to armed forces: 1073

Personnel :

Roy J. Holford M

T. E. Jefferson M

Merle S. Koch M

Wilbur Pearce M

John Speckhardt M

John T. Reardon GA

Lawrence Emmons, Jr. GA

Dr. C. E. Ericson XP

Dr. James F. Merritt XP

Dr. J. F.Ross XP
Dr. Harry R. Farwell XD
Dr. H. M. Tarpley XD
Roy L. Sharrow RC
George B. Whitman RC
Aylette H. Buckner C
Leona M. Hull C
Anna M. Jeffrey C

QUINCY CITY No. 1

Location: W.C.U. Building, Quincy

Registration: 4796

Men furnished to armed forces: 1418

Personnel :

Joseph B. Engelmeyer M
Robert W. Halbach, Sr. M
Robert Thomas Kinneman M
Nate Mack M
Louis J. Monroe M
Chester A. Morse M
Albert P. Niemeyer M
G. Frederick Pfeiffer M
Carl G. Schmiedeskamp M
Albert J. Stone M

Mark A. Penick GA
Dr. Kent Barber XP
Dr. Donald H. Root XP
Dr. A. H. Sohm XD
Robert H. Malcomson RC
Milton H. Vollmer RC
Joseph H. Ostermiller C
Nadine A. Lusk C
Emma Lou Sterne C

QUINCY CITY No. 2

Location: W.C.U. Building, Quincy

Registration: 4602

Men furnished to armed forces : 1 1 56

Personnel :

Fred L. Bailey M

Andrew L. Dickhut M

Oscar F. Eggeson M

Joseph M. Hirschinger M

Hubert P. Klingele M

Everett L. Lawrence M

Adam J. Scholz M

James Nielson GA

Group Examiners fo

Dr. Milton E. Bitter XP
Dr. Paul Brenner XP
Dr. Walter Libmann XP

Dr. George L. Athey
Dr. James L. Rouner
Dr. L. H.Wolfe XD
A. L. Martin RC
A Kin W. Michel RC
( lharles E. Sparks ( '.
Althea Menke ( !
Betty E.Smith C

XP
XP

Adams County
Dr. Harr) 0. Ryan

I >r. Kenneth W. Kin-land
Dr. Roy H. II. n \l>

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(Continued)

320

ADAMS COUNTY— Continued

Advisory Board Members for Adams County

Charles L. Bartlett
Carl B. Berter
Herman H. Brown
M. Finlay Carrott
J. E. Carter
Walter Craig
Joel M. Dickerman
William Dieterich
John F. Garner
Chester A. Groves
John T. Inghram
Jesse Klein

Harold W. Lewis
Delbert Loos
S. E. McAfee
C. C. Mason
Charles G. Nauert
Richard Neu
Paul B. Nichols
Philip Schlagenhauf
Richard Scholz
Aubrey D. Spence
Rolland M. Wagner
C. H. Wood

ALEXANDER COUNTY

ALEXANDER COUNTY No. 1

Location : Halliday Estate Building, Cairo

Registration : 6399

Men furnished to armed forces: 1760

Personnel :

Harry Cade M

W. E. Cummins M

Norman R. Halliday M

Eastin L. Holliday M

Victor H. Honey M

John Thistlewood M

Peyton Berbling GA

D. B. Reid GA

Dr. J. J. Rendleman XP

Dr. J. K. Rosson XP

Dr. H. D. Stuckey XP

Dr. R. M.Young XP

Dr. Van Andrews XD

Dr. Howard Moreland XD
Paul S. Clutts RC
R. A. Gregory RC
Joseph F. McGruder RC
Robert L. Williams RC
Robert L. Lansden AB
Donald A. Miller AB
Walter B. Warder AB
Helen Jo Dorsett C
Mary Flack C
Mary Lottie Rock C
Sarah H. Schmitt C

BOND COUNTY

BOND COUNTY No. 1

Location: First National Bank Building, Greenville

Registration: 3421

Men furnished to armed forces: 958

Personnel :

Christian J. Bauer M
William Foran M
Conrad 0. Kirstein M
D. E. Sims M
George H. Weber M
Glen B. Wilson GA
Dr. Dewitt T. Brown XP
Dr. H. D. Cartmell XP
Dr. Archibald M. Keith XP
Dr. Richard Maxwell XP
Dr. L. A. Floyd XD
Dr. F. E. Linder XD
Dr. W. A. McCracken XD

Chester 0. Bare RC

Fred A. Mier RC

Ray A. Wise RC

Friedolin A. Brandenburger

J. H. Allio AB

John D. Biggs AB

L. C. Combe AB

Foss D. Meyer AB

Robert Smith AB

Eileen M. Genre C

Ira King C

Rebekah Ann Smith C

321

BOONE COUNTY

BOONE COUNTY No. 1
Location : City Hall, Belvidere
Registration: 3822

Men furnished to armed forces: 1012
Personnel :

Clifford A. Barringer M

Arthur B. Cleaver M

Robert J. Fischer M

Eugene H. Frye M

Wrate H. Hill M

Julian L. Larson M

Ives Law M

Fred A. Marean M

Einer Petersen M

Warren C. Rowan M

Frederick W. Shappert, Jr. M

Robert Emmett Sullivan M

Richard V. Carpenter GA

Owen Johnson GA

Dr. E. S. Davis XP

Dr. Everett Dettmann XP

Dr. Nevin E. Diehl XP

Dr. F. E. Duncan XP

Dr. W. M. Freeman XP

Dr. M. L. Hartman XP
Dr. David E. James XP
Dr. Gordon J. Kaske XP
Dr. Wesley B. Oliver
Dr. Adrian Schreiber
Dr. Stanley J. Smith
Dr. A. W.Swift XP
Dr. John F. West XP
Dr. John E. Bruce XD
Dr. W. D. McMaster XD
Frank W. Braun RC
George R. McConnell
Edwin A. Loop AB
Frank A. Oakley AB
Patrick H. O'Donnell AB
Albert S. O'Sullivan AB
Mildred L. Shattuck C
V. Ruth Welcher C

XP
XP
XP

BROWN COUNTY

BROWN COUNTY No. 1

Location: Federal Building, Mt. Sterling

Registration: 1708

Men furnished to armed forces: 452

Personnel :

James R. Clark M
L. W. Dunlap M

Leonard A. Gross
George 0. McCoy
George Robinson
Joseph R. Morton
Dr. Ray McGann
Dr. E. L. Browning

M
M

GA
XP
XD

Albert E. Grether RC
Carl M. Husted RC

R. L. Webber RC
Vernon Briggs AB
John Q. Lawless AB
Fred Manny AB
Walter I. Manny AB
Paul Martin AB
Charles E. Turner AB
Eloese S. Hallden C
Harry C. Hutter C

322

BUREAU COUNTY

BUREAU COUNTY No. 1

Location: Room 202, County Court House, Princeton

Registration: 3662

Men furnished to armed forces : 939

Personnel :

James H. Faley, Jr. M
William B. Headley M
Carey R. Johnson M
Henry H. Morrasy M
John C. Robb M
William M. Russell M
John S. Skinner M
John F. Sullivan M
Perry D. Trimble GA
G. C. Wilson GA
Dr. Charles C. Barrett XP
Dr. Arthur N. Bolz XP
Dr. A. G. Everhart XP
Dr. 0. B. Giltner XP
Dr. Harold Hamnett XP
Dr. J. H. Hopkins XP

Dr. F. E.Inks XP
Dr. J. M. O'Malley XP
Dr. J. W. O'Malley XP
Dr. Peter H. Poppens XP
Dr. E. H. Schnicke XP
Dr. Albert B. Troupa XP
Dr. F. Wright Hedenschoug
Dr. John F. Highfield XD
W. Roy Robinson RC
Clifford Thompson RC
Louis A. Zearing RC
Virginia M. Foster C
Margaret Hedlund C
Mrs. Bernice Holloway C
Mrs. Esther Sachs C
Norman H. Weeks C

BUREAU COUNTY No. 2

Location: Room B-2, Court House, Princeton

Registration: 5050

Men furnished to armed forces: 1557

Personnel:

Anton B. Ackerson M

Bradford Reed Battey M

Lloyd H. Coddington M

Raymond A. Eiten M

W. L. Jacobsen M

Frank Martinelli M

William Roy Robinson M

Glenn Sitterly M

T. E. Sullivan M

C. N. Hollerich GA

Josef T. Skinner GA

Dr. T. L. Chiasson XP

Dr. L. M.Dunn XP

Dr. R. E. Davies XP

Dr. Phillip V. Hall XP

Dr. George E. Kirby XP
Dr. K. M. Nelson XP
Dr. M. A. Nix XP
Dr. J.J. Nora XP
Dr. Clarence Olson XP
Dr. Louis Slatin XP
Dr. H. D. Steele XP
Dr. Richard E. Lee XD
Guy Kasbeer RC
Peter Ternetti RC
William J. Wimbiscus RC
Helen Ellis C
Barbara C. Lindner C
Helen Swingle C

Advisory Board Members for Bureau County

Claude Brown Robert A. Oakes

Horace R. Brown Fred G. Russell

Merville L. Brown R. L. Russell

Arthur H. Ellis Ethel M. Sharp

Edward Grampp J. L. Spaulding

Hobart W. Gunning L. D. Spaulding, Jr.

(Mrs.) Gene Johnson William W. Wilson

Leonard A. Johnson Cairo A. Trimble

Lillie M. Jones G. C. Wilson
John W. Naffziger

323

CALHOUN COUNTY

CALHOUN COUNTY No. 1

Location: Main Street, Hardin
Registration: 2096
Men furnished to armed forces : 644
Personnel :

Philip Aderton M

Frank Droege M

Arthur Kemp M

Glenn S. Nevius M

Harold L. Whitworth M

C. C. Worthy GA

Dr. George W. Fritz XP

Dr. Sam L. Miller XP

Dr. J. H. Peisker XP

Dr. W. A. Skeele XP

Dr. C. J. Monroe XD

Dr. R. R. Hardesty XD

Walter B. Holzwarth RC

Elmer L. Sheer RC

Raymond Siemer RC

J. Clark Anderson AB
S. A. Benz AB
PaulR. Durr AB
Charles M. Hagen AB
Edmond J. Hughes AB
Ben Klaas AB
Howard Klemme AB
Frank W. Mossman AB
George Sibley AB
Raphael Snyders AB
William F. Suhling AB
Charles Zigrang AB
Arthur F. Eberlin C
lone Mielke C

CARROLL COUNTY

CARROLL COUNTY No. 1
Location: Federal Building, Mt. Carroll
Registration: 4474

Men furnished to armed forces : 1111
Personnel :

Robert M. Coleman M

Thomas H. Diffenderfer

Ernest L. Frey M

Arthur C. Reeves M

J.V.Sullivan M

Glendon V. Weir

Charles E. Stuart

Dr. A. A. Calkins

Dr. S. P. Colehour

Dr. J. C. Garland

Dr. L. B. Hussey

M
GA
XP
XP
XP
XP
Dr. William J. Scholes XP
Dr. E. C. Turner XP

Dr. G. W. Cassell XD
Dr. C. F. lsenberger XD
Joseph B. Loeser RC
Roswell W. Packard RC
J. L. Brearton AB
Ralph M. Eaton AB
Orion M. Grove AB
Franklin U. Stransky AB
A. F. Wingert AB
Vernon B. Ackerman C
Dorothea L. Edwards C
Edith J. Smith C

324

CASS COUNTY

CASS COUNTY No. 1

Location: Schmidt Building, Beardstown

Registration: 3840

Men furnished to armed forces: 1054

Personnel :

George V. Aldridge M

Ralph P. Baxter M

James E. Fox M

John Joseph Jenkins M

Myron L. Kloker M

Harry E. Musch M

Dr. W. D. Pence M

Arthur H. Tuecke M

R. L. Northcutt GA

Dr. Thomas G. Charles XP

Dr. V. M. Corman XP

Dr. B. A. Desulis XP

Dr. R. D. Burley XP

Dr. J. F.Myers XP

Dr. W. E. Shelton XP

Dr. W. S. Taylor XP

Dr. E. W. Thomas XP
Dr. Forest V. Diggs XD
Joseph M. Bergman RC
Arthur H. Miller RC
Cyril Robert Ratcliffe RC
Harold Bishop AB
Mrs. Rena Beard Krusie AB
Lloyd Milton McClure AB
L. M. McClure, Sr. AB
H. L. Milstead AB
George D. Shultz AB
James C. Yancy AB
Mrs. Ida J. Madison C
Virginia Elaine Nagel C
Wilma Thrasher C

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY No. 1

Location: 110 South Race Street, JJrhana
Registration: 4569
Men furnished to armed forces: 1070
Personnel :

Harry E. Defibaugh M
Virgil L. Harvey M
Fred E. Stevens M
Lawrence B. Walton M
Roy A. Wright M
Chester W. Richards GA
Homer Shepherd GA
Dr. C. G. Appelle XP
Dr. E. S. Axtell XP
Dr. C.E.Brown XP
Dr. C. W. Christie XP
Dr. C. D. Gulick XP
Dr. G. Laymon XP
Dr. John O'Connell XP
Dr. M. M. Ricketts XP

Dr.E.J.Rueck XP
Dr.L. 0. Sale XP
Dr. R.H. Smith XP
Dr. G. D. Troyer XP
Dr. L. E. Rasmusson XD
Dr. E. C. Thompson XD
Dr. K. M. Waxier XD
Jesse L. Jones RC
Rev. C.G.Hall RC
H.Adair Webb RC
Muriel M. Holmes C
Doris M. Johnson C
Edith Marlowe C
Susie G. Webster C

(Continued)

325

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY— Continued

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY No. 2
Location: Bourne Street, Tolono
Registration: 2908
Men furnished to armed forces: 658
Personnel :

John Gorman M

V. L. Horton M

Howard Kemper M

C. F. Maley M

Edwin W. Smalley M

0. L. Browder GA

Dr. Floyd W. Castator XP

Dr. P. C. Casto XP

Dr. William H. Cooper XP

Dr. Glenn F. Fishel XP

Dr. James S. Mason XP
Dr. Willard L. Veirs XP
Dr. J. W. Walton XP
Dr. W. F. Johnston XD
Dr. F.M.Rose XD
Lewis G. Coonrod, Sr. RC
Frederick D. Lewis RC
J. C. V.Taylor RC
Harriett H. Franks C
Beulah Weasel C

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA CITY No. 1

Location: 11Y2 East University Avenue

Registration: 9486

Men furnished to armed forces : 2504

Personnel:

Donald C. Dodds M

T. J. Harbaugh M

Harry E. Bigler M

Justa M. Lindgren M

William H. Owens M

John B. Prettyman M

Robert W. Webber M

John H. Armstrong GA

Dr. E. C. Albers XP

Dr. V. T. Austin XP

Dr. H. R. Bodine XP

Dr. C. S. Bucher XP

Dr. A. J. Dalton XP

Dr. J. C. Dallenbach XP

Dr. Raymond Evans XP

Dr. S. S. Garrett XP

Dr. L. T. Gregory XP

Dr. Everett E. Hill XP

Dr. M. W. Hedgcock XP

Dr. B. Smith Hopkins, Jr. XP

Dr. G. R. Ingram XP

Dr. C. H. Irvin XP

Dr. Darwin Kirby XP

Dr. W. F. Lamkin XP

Dr. J. D. McKinney XP

Dr. C. T. Moss XP

Dr. Joel A. Peterson XP

Dr. C. F. Newcomb XP

Dr. G. L. Porter XP

Dr. John R. Powell XP

Dr. H. F. Rawlings XP

Dr. W. E. Schowengerdt XP

Dr. J. E. Sexton XP

Dr. C. H. Spears XP

Dr. L. M. T. Stilwell XP

Dr. George F. Way XP

Dr. S. J. Wilson XP

Dr. W. M. Youngerman XP

Dr. C. M. Bechtol XD

Dr. E. G. Stevens XD

Harry E. Daniels RC

Lvle H. Gallivan RC

R.W.Webber RC

Evelyn Downs C

Doris E. Grant C

Emily Morrison C

R. Joan C. Moomau C

Advisory Board Members for Champaign County

W. Carl Allen
John A. Appleman
John H. Barth
Oris Barth
H. B. Boyer

John J. Bresee
Louis A. Busch
Robert Busch
A. E. Campbell
James L. Capel

(Continued)

326

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY [Advisory Board]— Continued

F. T. Carson
Joseph R. Carson
Thomas Burke Carson
Asa S. Chapman
James F. Clark
Roy R. Cline
Edwin W. Collard
Joseph W. Corazza
R. W. Corman
R. W. Davies
Charles W. Davis
Henry J. Dietz

D. C. Dobbins
Donald V. Dobbins
R. F. Dobbins

W. J. Dolan
Lloyd S. Engert
J. C. Ermentront
French L. Fraker
John L. Franklin
J. Edwin Filson
Chancy L. Finfrock
Gail R. Fisher
Forrest B. Gore

E. W. Hollaran
Fred B. Hamill
J. L. Hanmore
Earl C. Harrington
Lawrence R. Hatch
Julius J. Hirschfeld
C. E. Iungerich
Chester E. Keller
Harry E. Kerker
Thornton R. Kirk
William H. Lee

Roger F. Little
T. E. Lyons
August C. Meyer
H. M. Miller
John M. Mitchem
A. D. Mulliken
Wallace M. Mulliken
W. A. Nichols
Enos L. Phillips
William G. Palmer
Darius E. Phebus
Alfred H. Reichman
Donald M. Reno
Don D. Richmond
Walter B. Riley
Edwin W. Sale
Peter P. Schaefer
Arthur J. B. Showalter
H. F. Simonson
James A. Solon
Godfrey Sperling, Jr.
C. E. Tate
J. G. Thomas
Albert Tuxhorn
Earl W. Wagner
Charles M. Webber
A. S. Weeks
Gene Weisinger
James H. Wheat
J. C. Williamson
Forney Wingard
R. E. Winkelmann
W. F. Woods, Jr.
W. F. Woods

CHRISTIAN COUNTY

CHRISTIAN COUNTY No. 1
Location: 1231/h Main Street, Taylorville
Registration: 4988
Men furnished to armed forces: 1452
Personnel :

Melle Calloway M

Patrick J. Doyle M

Clare E. Flesher M

Rual Forsythe M

Harry Clyde Irwin M

Arthur Yockey GA

Dr. G. L. Armstrong XP

Dr. S. B. Herdman XP

Dr. C. R. McPherson XP

Dr. William H. Mercer XP

Dr. Richard J. Miller XP

Dr. Willis A. Monaghan XP

Dr. F. L. Puckett XP
Dr. W. H. Schott XP
Dr. George A. Tankersley XP
Dr. Albert F. Turner XP
Dr.H. M.Wolfe XP
Dr. J. W. Spresser XD
Dr. B. R. Tedrow XD
Ora E. Daggett RC
Gilbert H. Large RC
Louetta B. Roberts C
Gertrude M. Roe C
R. R. Simpson C

(Continued)

327

CHRISTIAN COUNTY— Continued

CHRISTIAN COUNTY No. 2

Location: County Court House, Taylorville

Registration: 3854

Men furnished to armed forces: 1105

Personnel:

Frank P. Anderson M

Basil C.King M

Norbert Leo LaRochelle M

Charles R. Shake M

Benjamin F. Zobrist M

Edward E. Adams GA

John H. Fornoff GA

Dr. John Alderson XP

Dr. Grover C. Bullington XP

Dr. Walter Burgess XP

Dr. Paul K. Hagen XP

Dr. D. M. Littlejohn XP

Dr. Wilfred S. Miller XP

Dr. M. A. Reichman XP
Dr. R. M. Seaton XP
Dr. F. W. Siegert XP
Dr. R. B. Seigert XP
Dr. F. R. Hamilton XD
Dr. A. E. Helm XD
Dr. H. C. Pence XD
JoeE. Bovd RC
Roger De'Hart RC
Louis Marsch RC
Inez M. Porter C
Mrs. Mona K. Yonce C

Advisory Board Members for Christian County

Charles E. Bliss
Harold Broverman
H. B. Clotfelter

John W. Coale
Daniel H. Dailey
Logan G. Griffith
Harry B. Grundy
Scott Hoover
David W. Johnston

W. Quinn Jordan
Joe P. Longwell
W. B. McBride
Pearl Montgomery
Amos M. Pinkerton
Guy L. Smith
Thomas Sweeney
Samuel M. Taylor

CLARK COUNTY

CLARK COUNTY No. 1
Location: City Hall, Martinsville
Registration : 4226

Men furnished to armed forces: 1219
Personnel :

John H. Davison M

Harry L. Downey M

Charles S. Foster M

Robert Prewett M

James W. Starner M

John M. Hollenbeck GA

Dr. R.B.Boyd XP

Dr. Charles 0. Highsmith XP

Dr. H. C. Houser XP

Dr. Lester H. Johnson XP

Dr. Earl H. Mitchell XP

Dr. William M. Rogers XP

Dr. John Weir XP

Dr. L. J. Weir XP
Dr. D. L. Wilhoit XP
Dr. Clarence D. Mitchell
Frank A. Johnson RC
Basil W. Moore RC
Howard E. Swinford RC
Harrv J. Buxbaum AB
Victor C. Miller Mi
Stewart McClellan AB
C.A.Williams \i:
Norma Huffman C
Everj n June Kanmacher
Orion Wiser C

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328

CLAY COUNTY

CLAY COUNTY No. 1

Location: Oil Exchange Building, Flora

Registration: 4650

Men furnished to armed forces: 1390

Personnel :

Willard R. Dewhirst M

Arthur P. Holt M

Robert S. Jones M

Harvey D. McCollum M

Lawrence E. McCommons M

E. E. Rose M

R. V. Stephens M

Emery E. Calhoon GA

Dr. Norton W. Bowman XP

Dr. D. E. Fatheree XP

Dr. Rolla D. Finch XP

Dr. Curtis M. Henderson XP

Dr. L. L. Hutchins XP

Dr. J. P. Shore XP
Dr. A. M. Sparling XP
Dr. M. C. Powell XD
E. D. Given RC
Robert H. Scudamore RC
Ira E. Theobald RC
Ralph G. Meyer AB
Alsie N. Tolliver AB
Sara Mae Allen C
Arthur K. Brentlinger C
Lawrence Kellums C
Lois Grace Tully C

CLINTON COUNTY

CLINTON COUNTY No. 1

Location: First National Bank Building. Carlyle

Registration: 5471

Men furnished to armed forces: 1631

Personnel:

T. C. Albers M
Sterling Price Bond M
Thomas Bond M
William E. Carson M
Joseph H. Finley M
Charles N. Fisher M
William F. Fix M
Gordon E. Houck M
Arnold J. Marcham M
Frazier B. Newkirk M
Oscar Spaeth M
Fred F. Wollenweber M
William R. Murphv GA
Ernst C. Asbury XP
Dr. M. A. Bateman XP
Dr. W. S. Carter XP
Dr. W. L. DuComb XP
Dr. A. L. Fischer XP
Dr. Edward Hediger XP
Dr. W. R. Ketterer XP

Dr. John Q. Roane XP
Dr. William H. Sauer XP
Dr. C. A. Z. Sharp XP
Dr. R. S. Wallace XP
Dr. C. S.Kurz XD
Dr. H. D. Potts XD
Theodore H. Gross RC
Carl W.Willi RC
Helen Brandt AB
Marie T.Hahn AB
Maurice B. Johnston AB
Catherine Kueper AB
Henrietta Kueper AB
A. B. Lager AB
C. A. McNeill, Jr. AB
Joseph B. Schlarmann AB
Irene A. Donnewald C
Charles P. Flanagan C
Helen Mueller C

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COLES COUNTY

COLES COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Charleston
Registration: 3686
Men furnished to armed forces: 1243
Personnel :

Samuel C. Ashmore M

Charles H. Coleman M

Delbert E. Hahan M

Lewis S. Linder M

Dr. P. B.Lloyd M

Simeon E. Thomas M

James Y.Kelly GA

Wayne 0. Shuey GA

Dr. J. T. Belting XP

Dr. Martin W. Bisson XP

Dr. G. B. Dudley XP

Dr. Charles E. Duncan XP

Dr. S. B. Goff XP

Dr. W. J. Harned XP

Dr. Herbert A. Iknayan XP

Dr. Nicholas C. Iknayan XP
Dr. L. T.Kent XP
Dr. C. D. Swickard XP
Dr. W. M. Swickard XP
Dr. H. A. Shaffer XP
Dr. O. E. Hite XD
Dr. C. J. Montgomery XD
Dr. W. E. Sunderman XD
Dr. Byron C. Trexler XD
Dr. W. B.Tym XD
FaeW. Claar RC
Harold Sensintaffar RC
Viola Marjorie Clark C
Earl J. Hibbs C
Pauline J. Highland C

COLES COUNTY No. 2

Location: 1521 Charleston Avenue, Mattoon

Registration: 5589

Men furnished to armed forces: 1624

Personnel :

Emanuel Berkowitz M

William Neil Laughlin M

W. H. Ownby M

Gus Schlicher M

Carl 0. Watkins M

Russell B. James GA

Fred H.Kelly GA

Craig Van Meter GA

Dr. J. G.Baker XP

Dr. T.A.Bryan XP

Dr. B.R.Cole XP

Dr. Paul M. Hardinger XP

Dr. F. B. Jones XP

Dr. Edward X. Link XP

Dr. C. E. Morgan XP

Lou Morris C

Dr. H. C. Lumpp XD

Dr. J. F.Nolan XP
Dr. S. B. Nuzie XP
Dr. H. F. Osterhagen
Dr. L. C. Small XP
Dr. Albert Summers
Dr. D. C. Baughman
Dr. H. A. Baughman
Dr.R. R.Burke XD
Dr. C. L. Edmiston XD
Dr. R.G.Jones XD
Dr. W. L. Podesta XD
E. Fred Gardner RC
Harry I. Hannah RC
Ferdinand F. Homann
William G. Sawin RC
Robert J. Welsh RC
Mrs. Ivah E. Batcheldor

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Advisory Board Members for Coles County

C. Wade Barrick
Joseph Berkowitz
Rev. William I. Blair
H. Ogden Brainard
W. M. Briggs
Everett W. Brown
F. W. Claar
Frank E. Cox
Elmer F. Elston
Osborn Ferguson
T. R. Figenbaum
Kenneth Green
John H. Hardin
Edgar H. Hayes
Maurice F. Rominger

Jack E. Horsley
J. E. Hougland
Clarence W. Hughes
Carus S. Icenogle
William K. Kidwell
John T. Kincaid
S. Carl Lane
J. B. Lane

Kenneth Edward Moss
Hugh Reat
Christy Russell
Orville F. Schoch
R. Y. Stevenson
Charles Wallace
Robert M. Werden

COOK COUNTY

COOK COUNTY No. 1

Location: 121 North Douglas Avenue, Arlington Heights

Registration: 6047

Men furnished to armed forces: 1458

Personnel :

Burton A. Brannen M
Paul F. Carroll M
Elmer W. Crane M
James E. Millay M
Delmer R. Rippey M
Robert M. Utpadel M
Alphonse J. Weidner M
Willard C. Walters GA
Dr. B. T. Best XP
Dr. J. A. Cousins XP
Dr. J. Robert Jacobson XP
Dr. Edward L. Larson XP
Dr. Norbart Leckband XP
Dr. Harold 0. Meisenheimer
Dr. R. J. Novick XP
Dr. Walter A. Schimmel XP
Dr. William V. Sher XD
Dr. E. W. Baumann XD
John J. Lee RC

Peter B. Atwood AB
Carl M. Behrens AB
Paul E. Collins AB
Andrew J. Dallstream AB
Arthur J. Donovan AB
Arthur Fassbender AB
W. Edward Fritz AB
Edward A. Glaeser AB
Paul M. Godehn AB
Frank R. Hartman AB
John A. Senne AB
Hugo J. Thai AB
Loraine M. Kehe C
Helen Ruth Langlois C
Vivian D. Masny C
Esther 0. Smith C
Frank 0. Smith C
Lorna K.Walsh C

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COOK COUNTY No. 2

Location: 1137 Central Avenue, Wihnette
Registration: 5313
Men furnished to armed forces: 1168
Personnel :

George B. Bassler M

Lester W. Coons M

Howard F. Dusham M

Roy Kroeschell M

Lea J. Orr M

B. 0. Sullivan M

Albert B. Tucker M

James C. Leaton GA

Dr. Daniel R. Cunningham XP

Dr. Donal G. Gladish XP

Dr. M. C. Hecht XP

Dr. Theodore Krumm XP

Dr. Floyd L. McGrath XP

Dr. Lester E. Mee XP

Dr. Paul E. Minter XP

Dr. B. L. Mitchell XP

Dr. Fred D. O'Donnell XP

Dr. Leo Oppenheimer XP

Dr. Martin H. Seifert XP

Dr. H. 0. Weishaar XP

Dr. George Ambuehl XD

Dr. Paul B. Bass XD

Dr. Charles B. Blake XD

Dr. Joseph A. Bobrow XD
Dr. Albert J. Bushey XD
Dr. Gordon G. Chinnock XD
Dr. E. F. Christie XD
Dr. S. A. Cowen XD
Dr. George Eisenbrand XD
Dr. A. H. Fuessle XD
Dr. F. J. Genster XD
Dr. Arthur W. Leaf XD
Dr. Walter F. Schur XD
Dr. C. G. Smith XD
Dr. George D. Upson XD
F. Dewey Anderson RC
Alfred W. Jensen RC
Harry B. Johnston RC
Robert J. Lascelles RC
Henry J. Brandt AB
Samuel H. Gilbert AB
Frederick J. Newey AB
L. L. Richmond AB
Manning L. Ware AB
Olga B. Roberts C
Harriett S. Seifert C

COOK COUNTY No. 3

Location: 510 Green Bay Road. Winnetka

Registration : 5633

Men furnished to armed forces: 1240

Personnel :

Joseph P. Colligan M

Kenneth B. Hawkins M

Ralph B. Kraetsch M

Frederic 0. Mason M

Austin L. Wvman M

Harold R.Odh M

Ralph M. Snyder GA

Grover C. McLaron GA

Dr. Jay M. Garner XP

Dr. John H. Gormley XP

Dr. H. B. Lustigman XP

Dr. Clarence Minnema XP

Dr. Maurice H. Wald XP

Dr. H. D. Wiley XP

Dr. James Fonda XD

Frank J. Brady RC

Robert F. Doepel RC
Thomas J. Lynch RC
Donald C. Stixrood RC
Clinton F. Costenbader
John W. Day AB
Martin S. Gordon AB
Edward R. Lewis AB
Hyman A. Pierce AB
George Ragland. Jr. AB
Merrill A. Russell AB
Beverly B. Vedder \B
Virginia W. Bulingham
Joseph P. Colligan ( !
Elizabeth Hamilton C
Barbara B. Lynde C
Rachel L. Merrifield C

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COOK COUNTY No. 4

Location: 3 South Prospect Avenue, Park Ridge

Registration: 9891

Men furnished to armed forces: 2333

Personnel:

Charles L. Bishop M

Silas Cartland M

Arthur W. Haab M

Erwin Eugene Hirschberg M

John J. Lenhart M

Frank S. Scott M

Raymond Canaday GA

Robert J. Monahan GA

Dr. M. W. Caveney XP

Dr. H. H. Conley XP

Dr. P. J. Fahey XP

Dr. A. A. Fuhlbrigge XP

Dr. Henry F. Heller XP

Dr. Irving J. Pascoe XP

Dr. Benjamin L. Sargent XP

Dr. A. C. Sequin XP

Dr. Rudolph V. Sintzel XP

Dr. Charles A. Cameron XD

Dr. J. F. Heller XD

Dr. E. J. Lommel XD

Dr. Albert Frederick Pagel. Jr. XD

Dr. J. D. Pett XD

Miles T.Babb RC

Harley D. Hohm RC
C. Edgar Johnson RC
L. A. Platts RC
John N. Ralston RC
Harlan Mayne Stanton RC
Vincent T. Connor AB
Luther Binkley AB
John V. Hanney AB
Helmer Hansen AB
J. Theodore Kiggins AB
Joseph D. Lawyer AB
W. Scott McDowell AB
Norman L. Olson AB
Philip A. Paulson AB
Joseph T. Scott AB
Joseph R. Tottenhoff AB
Henrv L.Wells AB
Joseph J. Witry AB
Charles C. Wooster AB
LeRoy A. Zaleski AB
Elsie L. Fisher C
Clarence A. Hall C
Elizabeth J. Shea C

COOK COUNTY No. 5

Location: 2400 North Harlem Avenue, Elmivood Park

Registration: 8524

Men furnished to armed forces: 2307

Personnel :

Joseph J. Charleston M
William H. Dahlgren M
Thomas V. Neil M
William J. Norten M
Daniel E. Peterson M
R. H. Ubbelohde M
Harry G. Hershenson GA
Sim Thaxter McCray GA
Joseph L. O'Brien GA
Dr. Jack B. Deutsch XP
Dr. C. E. Frybarger XP
Dr. John A. Guerrieri XP
Dr. James J. Leach XP
Dr. George W. Moxon XP
Dr. James A. Moxon XP
Dr. P. W. Purcell XP
Dr. Mario Simonelli XP
Dr. Kenneth Weiler XP

Dr. R. G. Kindelsperger XD
Michael Korosy RC
Irving R. Berg AB
S. Edward Bloom AB
Theodore C. Klotz AB
Alvin J. Kvistad AB
Albert Lavine AB
Charles Libby AB
Kris J. Myrdal AB
Daniel E. Peterson AB
Chester A. Reardon A 15
Donald D. Rogers AB
Walter Fred Sass AB
Adolph J. Doeing C
Lillian Marzullo C
Elaine S. Niekamp ( '
Eleanor Sorensen C

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COOK COUNTY No. 6

Location: 7520 Madison Street, Forest Park

Registration : 6076

Men furnished to armed forces: 1619

Personnel :

Morton E. Anderson M

Charles S. Brophy M

W. B. Carroll M

Herbert Allen Edwards M

August A. Frymark M

Henry M. Lebovitz M

Arthur F. Seegers M

Frank D. Sweeney M

David J. A. Hayes GA

Lloyd W. Lehman GA

Dr. George J. Baumgartner XP

Dr. J. Blumenstock XP

Dr. Lucius Cole XP

Dr. William B. Knox XP

Dr. Albert G. McNeil XP

Dr. Thomas I. Motter XP

Dr. R. C. Oldfield XP

Dr. Robert F. Sharer XP

Dr. Joseph C. Sodaro XP

Dr. Stanley A. Danhauer
Dr. A. F.Mayer XD
John P. Conmy RC
Emil F. Roehlke RC
Harvey L. Cavender AB
Carl F. Faust AB
Orville W.Lee AB
Lloyd W. Lehman AB
William L. Murray AB
Howard B. Robinson AB
Frank J. Smith AB
Joseph W. Townsend AB
Donald L. Vetter AB
George E. Woods
Nicholas Barron C
Mary C. Hess C
Lucille Lienhardt C
Louise Nelson C
Marie B. Norton C

COOK COUNTY No. 7

Location: 2515 St. Charles Road, Bellwood

Registration : 6259

Men furnished to armed forces: 1862

Personnel :

Mack W. Balzer M

Peter Joseph Burr M

Thomas W. Downey M

LeRoy A. Brown M

Charles E. Dougherty M

William W. Haverly M

Elmer F.Pflug M

Edgar P. Romilly M

Louis Peirce Smith M

Ira E. Garman GA

Mark E. Hattenhauer GA

George Sass GA

Dr. Edmund G. Brust XP

Dr. Martin Wilson Green XP

Dr. Jerry R. Hora XP

Kenneth T. Hubbard XP

Dr. Arthur E. Joslyn, Jr. XP

Dr. A. Everett Joslyn XP

Dr. Harold J. Tosney XP

Dr. 11. A. Stasinski XD

Albert J. Bayles RC
Henry Miron RC
Joseph W. Albright AB
John A. Anderson AB
Joseph I. Bulger AB
P. W. Brust AB
Edward G. Dickman AB
Guy E. Guerine AB
Marjorie Guerine AB
R. N. Nelson AB
Wesley Potts AB
Thomas G. Sheahan AB
Robert Wigglesworth All
Lester D. Wilcox \ B
NoelB. Wysong AB
Ruth E. Kehring C
Gladys F. Kupper C
Louis P. Smith C
Alma B. Solberg C
Ma.x A.Wisner I

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COOK COUNTY No. 8

Location: Town Hall, LaGrange

Registration : 6265

Men furnished to armed forces: 1451

Personnel :

Frank W. Ault M
Herman H. Drewes M
George F. Hime M
Lyman M. Mather M
George W. Miller M
Sidney G. Salvesen M
John D. Wilson M
Frederick A. Gariepy GA
Dr. E. S. Baxter XP
Dr. Edson W. Carr XP
Dr.J.W. Carr XP
Dr. James C. Clarke XP
Dr. Robert W. Edwards XP
Dr. D. J. Freriks XP
Dr. J. A. Gardiner XP
Dr. Edward L. Gillman XP
Dr. H. T. Haverstock XP
Dr. Charles F. Hubner XP
Dr. Thomas C. McDougal XP
Dr. J. G. Millas XP
Dr. Ralph W. Nauman XP
Dr. H. E. Ackerman XD

Dr. Earl D. Emery XD
Dr. Donald C. Lemon XD
Dr. W. M. Lemon XD
Dr. H. S. MacWithey XD
Dr. Frank B. Olson XD
Dr. J. C. Treat XD
F. D. Cossitt RC
William P. Mitchell RC
Bernard Albert O'Reilly RC
Fred J. Ashley AB
Edward S. Cody AB
Roy H. Ekberg AB
Edward J. Farrell AB
Henry G. Ferncase AB
W. Stancliff Fuller AB
Edward F. O'Toole AB
Raymond S. Schultz AB
Elmer F. Scott AB
Randolph Thornton AB
Robert C. Van Kampen AB
Palmer C. Graves C
Milladene Warnock C

COOK COUNTY No. 9

Location: 5635 South Archer Avenue, Summit

Registration : 6430

Men furnished to armed forces: 2001

Personnel :

Ralph Beebe M

Gordon Burk M

Martin Ferentchak M

George A. Soviesk M

Mathias J. Viebrock M

Frank A. Brodnicki GA

Anthony A. DeGrazia GA

Augustine J. Bowe GA

Dr. R. H. Allison XP

Dr. Thomas J. Benton XP

Dr. Joseph Lieberstein XP

Dr. Sidney L. Mann XP

Dr. Paul W. Rush XP
Dr. S. R. Krupka XD
Dr. B. S. Lyznicki XD
Dr. C. A. Lyznicki XD
Charles J. Bulow RC
R. J. O'Leary RC
Louis R. Gentili AB
Richard P. Lambert, Jr.
James J. Mejda AB
Frieda C. Drews C
Lillian C. Durka C
Lillian C. Lyznicki C

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COOK COUNTY No. 10

Location: Greer Hall, Orland Park

Registration : 5769

Men furnished to armed forces: 1502

Personnel:

A1J. Graf M

Stewart M. Loebe M

Walter R. Schussler, Jr. M

Ralph J. Stellwagen M

Charles H. Wolf M

Alderman Dystrup GA

Dr. Roberi H. Carraichael XP

Dr. Earl W. Cauldwell XP

Dr. E. J. Chesrow XP

Dr. Anthony J. Giacobe XP

Dr. H. E. Henke XP

Dr. Samuel Sheldon Leavitt XP

Dr. Paul G. Pomeroy XP

Dr. John P. Po^ka XV
Dr. J. V. Sanovic XP
Dr. S. A. Lemke XD
Albert E. Clifton RC
Gilbert J. Helbig RC
Francis A. Harper AB
Robert McClov All
Judd H. Matthews AB
Paul R. Schreiber AB
Nancy B. Knight C
Pearl A. Otto C
Mildred A. Shroats C
Margaret E. Sullivan C

COOK COUNTY No. 11
Location: Post Office Building, Harvey-
Registration : 6363
Men furnished to armed forces: 1761
Personnel:

Walter E. Deichen M

Fred F. Geiss M

Lawrence P. Holm M

Walter Nagell M

Charles J. Wilson M

Fred H. Bartlit GA

Dr. E. A. Harris XP

Dr. M. C. Higgins XP

Dr. L. W. Hughes XD

Frank Cunningham RC

Martin Forry RC

Frank E. Foster RC

Anthony Altier AB

Bernard L. Beck AB

Edwin L. Bennett AB

Herbert C. Berggren Mi
William F. Donahue A 15
Burton Evans AB
Mitchell Kotefl AB
Harry A. Lambert AB
J. Dudley Lockrem AB
Edwin A. McGowan AB
Henry Piel AB
Benjamin J. Sachs AB
Neil E. VanderVeen AB
Wesley D. Wiseman AB
John E. Yates AB
Esther V. Dennis C
Claude W. Gallett C
Rose A. Tocco C

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COOK COUNTY No. 12

Location: 3439 Ridge Road, Lansing

Registration : 5776

Men furnished to armed forces : 1617

Personnel:

Herman J. Anders M

Edward Madderom M

Ray H. Meeboer M

Arthur Mullins M

Kerwood L. Snyder M

Robert J. Burdett ■ GA

Foster A. Parker GA

Dr. Rudolph D'Elia XP

Dr. Cyril M. Gallati XP

Dr. Anton Stockl XP

Dr. J. L. Van Drunen XP

Dr. M. R. Weidner, Jr., XP

Dr. P. A. Beolens XD

Dr. John Verkaik XD
Arthur V. Goebel RC
Jack E.Walker RC
J. R. Barse AB
Frank P. Cowing AB
Nicholas J. DeYoung \I'»
Arthur E. Dillner AB
William Jacobs AB
Orman I. Lewis AB
John J. Pacyga AB
Ira J. Thomas C
Katherine Vroom C

COOK COUNTY No. 13

Location: 2610 Flossmoor Road, Flossmoor

Registration: 2969

Men furnished to armed forces: 736

Personnel:

P. W. Goodson M

H. Roy Gordon M

Percy K. Groves M

Charles J. Huston M

Deatlef W. Jurgensen M

Harry Karstens M

Nobel Stibolt M

Walter E. Wiles GA

Dr. P. R. Blodgett XP

Dr. W. L. Schmeckebier XD
Earl D. Conant RC
H. G. Portz RC
H. L. Beck AB
Wendell Philo Gilbert AB
Leslie E. Salter AB
Louise M. Huth C
Frances M. Raak C

COOK COUNTY No. 14

Location: Post Office, Blue Island
Registration: 7084
Men furnished to armed forces: 2051
Personnel :

Harvey 0. Antilla M
EmilJ. Blat M
William Schimmel M
Walter H. Sevfarth M
Ralph B. Sullivan M
Edmund D. Adcock GA
William H. Townsend GA
Dr. Charles G. Davies XP
Dr. Frank H. Lally XP
Dr. L.C.Holt XD
Stephen Hoag RC
Robert L. Huffman RC

Earle B. James RC
William Aitchison AB
Walter F. Briody AB
Henry Buhring AB
Robert H. Gilson AB
PaulT. Klenk AB
Roy Massena AB
Frank M. Ozinga AB
Mildred D. A. Flassig (
Walter J. Gaboriault C
Ethel M.Tyler C

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COOK COUNTY No. 15

Location: 11 Quincy Road, Riverside

Registration : 5584

Men furnished to armed forces: 1420

Personnel:

Anthony J. Hudec M
Joseph A. McLoughlin
Edward J. Quinn M
Maurice T. Reilly M
Frank P. Schreiber M
Frank J. Wood M
Homer C. Dawson GA
Lawrence C. Mills GA
Michael J. Thuma GA
Dr. G. A. Barnett XP
Dr. Marcellin J. Chiasson
Dr. William Davies XP
Dr. J. Merle Denker XP
Dr. Edward F. Dombrowski
Dr. John D. McCarthy XP
Dr. Paul G. Peterson XP
Dr. Phillip L. Peterson XP

Dr. B. F. Howery XD
Dr. B.R.Jones XD
Dr. Frank A. Trager XD
Phil C. Huntley RC
Roderick N. Wyckoff RC
Francis J. Benda AB
John M. Beverly AB
Osgood H. Dowell AB
Ross 0. Hinkle AB
James J. Kelly AB
Joseph B. Lofton AB
W. H. Shanner AB
Rose L. Bolsness C
Dorothy M. Daily C
Ray L. Gustafson C
Irene A. Soske C
Willie C. Zimmerman C

BERWYN CITY No. 1

Location: 1605 South Oak Park Avenue, Berwrn

Registration: 5719

Men furnished to armed forces: 1761

Personnel :

Edward J. Benes M
Paul I. Coler M
Arthur C. Krase M
Fred Powell Page M
Edward P. Skubic M
William J. Soske M
Wesley W. Howe GA
Albert Peterson GA
Dr. Charles B. Foucek XP
Dr. Caryl C. Mclntyre XP
Dr. Bernard Mantell XP
Dr. Matthew Piatt XP
Dr. Kamil Schulhof XP
Dr. Benjamin F. Ward XP
Dr.J.J. Hudik XD
Dr. Laddie J. Kulhanek XD
Dr. Robert B. Luehring XD
Dr. Charles D. Ness XD
H. Edward Almberg RC
James R. Sedlacek RC

Paul H. Whittenberg RC
William E. Anderle AB
StanleyS. Day AB
John H. Ehardt AB
Frank C. Jaburek AB
Otto A. Jaburek AB
Joseph J. Jaros AB
Robert Jerrick AB
Harry A. Kerins AB
Edward J. Lesak AB
Frank J. Mancl AB
Laddie T. Pelnar AB
Frank R. Sennot AB
John G. Sevcik AB
Arthur N. Thyfault AB
Loretta E. Doleshek C
Rosalind C. Foley C
Adolph F. Matejek C
Madeline E. Nieman C

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BERWYN CITY No. 2

Location : 6830 Windsor Avenue, Bertvyn

Registration: 7340

Men furnished to armed forces: 1972

Personnel:

Robert J. Bangert M

Paul I. Coler M

Edmund J. Krump M

Joseph Page M

George J. Petru M

Harry A. Richards M

Charles J. Sutka M

John R. Heath GA

William Kriz GA

Frank H. Madden GA

Dr. J. F. Bruianek XP

Dr. J. J. Giardina XP

Dr. Morris J. Hoffman XP

Dr. Joseph F. VanCura XD

Martin G. Glass RC

Frank A. Rozhon RC
Rudolph Basta AB
Lester G. Burkhardt AB
S. Ashley Guthrie AB
James J. Hajek AB
Sidney K. Jackson AB
Raymond Kriz AB
William J. Kris AB
Harry Leviton AB
David R. Mandell AB
Joseph E. Serhant AB
William Buchanan C
Melba L. Jambor C
Irene A. Tabor C
Ellen Woodrich C

CALUMET CITY No. 1

Location: 716 Wentworth Avenue, Calumet

Registration: 4132

Men furnished to armed forces: 1533

Personnel:

Harry Bloomberg M

Francis 0. Case M

William J. Flynn M

John J. Jaranosky M

Aaron A. Leedy M

John J. McKenna M

Frank H. Malak M

John A. Murray M

George S. Rider M

Charles Smith M

Charles J. Vesolowski M

Martin H. Finneran GA

Dr. Marshall Bascomb XP

Dr. J. Diamondstein XP

Dr. Irving Feinsot XP

Dr. Andrew Nady XP

Dr. Samuel Browe XD

City

Dr. J. C. Mankowski XD
Stanley Edward Bejger RC
Frank C. Keller RC
Oliver J. Chambers AB
Don Finneran AB
James Kelly AB
James H. Leonard AB
John E. Pavlik AB
Roman E. Posanski AB
John J. Wallace AB
Edna S. Barber C
Dona L. Clark C
Hazel C. Davis C
Ethel M. LaVigne C
Adeline W. Marcinski C
Dorothy A. Ziminski C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 1

Location : 35 South Dearborn Street

Registration: 5912

Men furnished to armed forces: 1052

Personnel:

Charles A. Bacon M
James C. Boudreau M
Thomas V. Casey M
Jack Hogarty M
Harold T. Huber M
William E. Keith M
Jules J. Lipp M
Gordon Quinn M
William M. Wilson M
Cyril W. Armstrong GA
Daniel J. McMahon Jr. GA
Charles F. Rathbun GA
John J. Rodgers GA
Dr. Fred E. Ball XP
Dr. C. R. Benner XP
Dr. Thomas B. Dondus XP
Dr. Vincent B. Bowler XP
Dr. Charles P. Eck XP

Dr. M. E. Engerman XP
Dr. Charles M. Fox XP
Dr. V. S. Frankenstein XP
Dr. Walter H. Hawkins XP
Dr. Fred M. Miller XP
Dr. C. H. Resnick XP
Dr. Anthony Santoro XP
Dr. Arnold Schimberg XP
Dr. Irving Siegel XP
Dr. J. A. Brodsky XD
Dr. I. S. Cohen XD
Dr. A. E. McKnight XD
Dr. John A. Poronsky XD
Dr. Burton W. Zuley XD
George J. Barry RC
Frank Martin C
Marguerite M. Warringer C
Marguerite Schenden C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 2
Location: 3104 South Michigan Avenue
Registration: 5924

Men furnished to armed forces: 1737
Personnel :

James T. Copper M

William H. Haynes M

James Lorick M

Matheus L. Porter M

Robert H. Miller M

Robert L. Stepto M

Obed E. Vanderburg M

Genoa S. Washington M

Albert N. Powell GA

Dr. Thomas C. Browning XP

Dr. Jacob M. Epstein XP

Dr. Lorenz B. Lapsky XP

Dr. George A. Webster XP

Dr. G. E.Behn XD

Dr. R. F. Edwards XD

Dr. Emory S. Gray XD

Dr. Simmons C. Hamilton XD

Dr. James H. Walker XD

Fred D. Slater RC

Louise Hatch C

Ethel Holbert C

Evelyn S. Williams C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 3
Location : 3858 South Parkway-
Registration: 5881

Men furnished to armed forces: 1899
Personnel:

M. C. Atkins M
Thomas M. Clarke M
Ralph Ferguson M
Claude W. B. Holman M
Edward Irvin M
Clifton E. Jones M
Earl B. Dickerson M
Richard A. Harewood GA
Dr. Benjamin H. Counts XP

Dr. Clifford Doyle XP
Dr. Barney Goldberg XP
Dr. T. C. Raines XP
Dr. G. W. Fields XD
Joseph E. Clavton RC
Ella Jane Dent C
Lurlean Griffin C
A It lira Mae Robinson C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 4

Location: 4619 South Parkway
Registration: 6622
Men furnished to armed forces: 2225
Personnel :

Leslie D. Abernathy M
Clark Buster M
Hyman B. Mills M
Eleson Murphy M
Hugh L. Schell M
George C. Adams GA
Benjamin H. Crockett GA
Dr. Abel C. Anthony XP
Dr. James Appleman XP
Dr. Paul P. Boswell XP
Dr. Henry N. Cress XP

Dr. Wallace S. Grant XP

Dr. Ellsworth E. Hasbrouck XP

Dr. Laynard L. Holloman XP

Dr. Chauncey L. Morton XP

Dr. Fred G. Trapp XP

Dr. M. R. Hebert XD

Kenneth G. Blewett RC

Wilber A. Clarke RC

Ruth D. Griffin C

Tommie W. Hoggatt C

Ellis E. Reid C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 5

Location : 5120 South Parkway-
Registration: 7095
Men furnished to armed forces: 2341
Personnel :

William James Davis M
Gregory 0. Grady M
Robert E. Harrison M
Cyril M. Rapier M
Milas S. Stephens M
Eugene M. Jones GA
Patrick B. Prescott, Jr. GA
Dr. J. Edmond Bryant XP
Dr. Herman Corren XP
Dr. Thomas S. Green XP
Dr. Nicholas H. Kern XP
Dr. George T. Kersey XP
Dr. Garfield B. Moore XP

Dr. Joseph Moses Moore XP
Dr. I. Rosen XP
Dr. Hvman J. Schorr XP
Dr. Elliott C. Small XD
Horace R. Cayton RC
Deweitt Davenport Hector RC
George McCray RC
Laurence Val Young RC
Carl W. Cotton C
Yvonne M. Galbreth C
Melissa D. Murdock C
Nathal G. Rogers C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 6

Location : 1104 East 47th Street

Registration : 6507

Men furnished to armed forces: 1881

Personnel:

Winton I. Brown
Paul Caspers M
S. Friedman M
Mervin G. Michaelis
Edwin J. Quinn M
George J. Wabol M
Charles P. Schwartz
Dr. Arrie Bamberger
Dr. Mandel Cohen XP
Dr. Clarence T. Plaut XP

G\
XP

Dr. W. R. Schick XP
Dr. Leonard H. Becker XD
Dr. William A. Luety XD
Wilfrid F. LaPoint RC
Leo A. Parker RC
John K. Segrave RC
Magdalene Kees C
Lois O. Thompson C
Martha C. Zohn C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 7

Location: 417 East 47th Street

Registration: 7896

Men furnished to armed forces: 2577

Personnel:

Sydney P. Brown M
Max Goldberg M
Robert S. Harrison M
Lloyd M. Landeker M
Thomas B. Mayo M
Allen D. Holloway GA
Royal W. Irwin GA
Dr. Norman G. Adamson XP
Dr. James M. Allison XP
Dr. J. Henry Fitzbutler XP
Dr. William M. Jones XP
Dr. Joseph R. Mitchell XP

Dr. L. B. Morrison XP
Dr. George W. Prince XP
Dr. W. J. Walker XD
Louis Etshokin RC
Samuel J. Evans RC
Edwin Goldsmith RC
Harry I. Hoffman RC
James W. Washington RC
Claude Jack C
Beatrice Smith C
Helen E. Watkins C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 8
Location : 5603 South State Street
Registration: 8243

Men furnished to armed forces: 2619
Personnel :

Douglas D. Clark M

Rubynn M. English M

Dr. A. L. Lucas M

George H. McCree M

Curtis Stillwell M

T. L. Welch M

John A. Yeatman, Sr. M

William K. Hooks GA

Carroll N. Langston GA

Dr. Arthur C. Albright XP

Dr. Ed. W. Beasley XP

Dr. H. F. Bouver XP
Dr. W. D. Cook XP
Dr. A. L. Lucas XP
Dr. T.M.Smith XP
Dr. Harold W. Thatch.-.
Dr. James J. Yarber XD
Elma H. Davis C
Cathalyn J. Hatch C
Lillian F. Hunt C
Avis R. Payne C
Gertrude Thompson C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 9

Location: 1233 East 55th Street

Registration : 671 1

Men furnished to armed forces: 2023

Personnel:

Charles Abrams M
Richard I. Cole M
Dr. J. W. Eichelberger M
Daniel Jerome Fisher M
Dr. HalE. Howland M
John A. Leith M
Carl E. Lindstrom M
Sherman M. Strong M
Nathan S. Blumberg G \
George W. Swain G \
Dr. E. Lawrence Adams XP
Dr. Zachary A. Blier XP

Dr. Robert H. Lawrence XP
Dr. M. L. Mendel XP
Dr. Emanuel Newman \P
Dr. H. E. Randell XP
Dr. Milton L. Brann XD
Dr. Mortimer W. Xeimark XD
Fay-Coper Cole RC
( lharles Himmel RC
Redondo E. NewhaU RC
Rose Mary Gonzales C
Frances M. Maloney C
Marcia B. Perquette C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 10

Location: 6236 South Cottage Grove Avenue

Registration: 7724

Men furnished to armed forces : 2528

Personnel:

Ray A. Ferguson M
Charles W. Hyber M
Cornelius J. Kelleher

Roy H. Liddicott
Enoch V. Linden
Walter A. Praxl
H.J.Blake GA
Arthur W. Pettit

M
M

Dr. H. Hugh Bequesse XP

Dr. Clarence E. Jamison XP
Dr. D. E. Ricardo XP
Dr. Murray W. Sims XP
Dr. Harry Aaron Tyllas XP
Dr. Wilbur Spencer XD
John E. Devereux RC
Helen L. Enochs C
Harry W. Kohlmann C
Doris M. Wilhelm C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 11

Location: 6850 South Stony Island Avenue

Registration: 6712

Men furnished to armed forces: 1543

Personnel:

Thomas E. Corcoran M

Edward Kemp M

Harry B. Melvoin M

Frank W. Moran M

John F. O'Brien M

Thomas J. Cavanagh GA

J. Warren McCaffrey GA

Dr. Benjamin R. Bluitt XP

Dr. Lewis A. Hare XP

Dr. F. H. Renberg XP

Dr. Selig A. Shevin XP

Dr. Samuel Stein XP
Dr. Matthew Taubenhaus
Dr. Norman Zolla XP
Dr. SolFindel XD
Dr. William Gilruth XD
Homer L. Davenport RC
Arthur N. Glatt RC
Conception Alvarez C
Irene T. Hurley C
John L. Stone C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 12

Location: 1809 East 71st Street

Registration: 6823

Men furnished to armed forces: 1605

Personnel:

W. Ray Cosbey M
C. Eugene Dillon M
Harry Ford M
Joseph G. Gorman M
Murray B. Karman M
Herbert Kettler M
Roy N. Lesch M
Edward C. Craig GA
William E. Corrigan GA
William J. O'Brien, Jr. GA
Dr. Bernard L. Cohen XP
Dr. Arthur H. Rosenblum XP
Dr. F. B. Schutzbank XP
Dr. C. J. Scofield XP

Dr. Eugene A. Solow XP
Dr. S. J. Sullivan XP
Dr. L. M. Wallheiser XP
Dr. Rudolph P. Zaletel XP
Dr. Chester Blakely CD
Dr. C. Duane Cory XD
Dr. Bernard D. Glaser XD
Herbert Barnhard RC
David A. Brown RC
Glenn G. Balcom C
Rose Holzman C
Alva Hubacheck C
Ruth N. Juster C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 13

Location: 7917 South Exchange Avenue

Registration : 7975

Men furnished to armed forces: 2695

Personnel:

Lewis C. Coyner M

Raymond L. Keegan M

George J. Morgan M

Laurence A. Petit M

Anthony L. Rich M

George A Rooney M

Frank Rydzewski M

Harry Lawrence GA

Dr. Harry Crystal XP

Dr. M. E. Finsky XP

Dr. William K. Herman XP

Dr. Ernest 0. Larson XP

Dr. Joseph E. Lepke XP

Dr. Paul J. Patchen XP
Dr. Louis H. Turek XP
Dr. Harrv L. Aronson XD
Dr. Joseph S. Clark XD
Dr. A.J. Raffle XD
Dr. William Stasiewicz XI)
Claude V. Holmes RC
John B. Sweeney RC
Peter M. Bridges RC
Violet C. Murray C
Benjamin S. Watts C
Hattye Withal! C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 14
Location: 231 East 79th Street
Registration : 7460

Men furnished to armed forces: 2100
Personnel :

Edward F. Barnicle M

Earl Cates M

Leland C. Cates M

Thomas J. Conway M

James M. Cull M

Sidney H. Geist M

Edward J. King M

Bert W. Watton M

Adolph E. Wellman M

George J. Miller GA

Thomas F. Reilly GA

Dr. Edmund F. Bennett XP

I »i. Clarence S. Duner XP

Dr. Herbert B. Erikson XP

Dr. Arthur H. Fisher XP

Dr. C. H. Johnson XP
Dr.T. F. Maher XP
Dr. CM. Mann XP
Dr. H. E. Mehmert XP
Dr. Shavle Miller XP
Dr. Anthony E. Polito XP
Dr. Albert O. Stephenson XP
Dr. A. V. Sherman XD
Louis M. Hecker RC
Robert S. Welch RC
Eleanor J. Casey C
Minnie R. Considine C
Roseleen M. Dwan C
Elaine June ^\ icklund C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 15

Location : 738 East 83rd Street

Registration : 6231

Men furnished to armed forces: 1558

Personnel:

Joseph P. Brodie M

Orville Cost M

Frank H. Cull M

\bel A. DeHaan M

Edward Schneider M

Henry C. Thiel M

Joseph C. Tufo M

Vbel J. DrHaan GA

George W. Sullivan < ^ \

Dr. Thomas F. Doyle XP

Dr. Hugh Fox XP

Dr. W illiam Murray XP

Dr. H. Marchmont Robinson XP

Dr. Fred Lauter XD

Dr. R. G. Pinkerton \l>

Frank A. Reker RC

Harry J. Smith RC

Francis Emmons I

Virginia Griffith C

RuthN.WesI I

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 16

Location: 11145 Michigan Avenue

Registration: 6322

Men furnished to armed forces: 1773

Personnel:

Roy L. Anderson M

Carl E. Carlson M

James W. Crane M

John R. Davis M

Frank C. Heitman M

Harry L. Hull M

John A. Kahoun M

Leslie E. Roberts M

Alfred J. Teninga M

George R. Hillstrom GA

Dr. Vaughn A. Avakian XP

Dr. Louis H. Bos XP

Dr. A. L. Karabin XP

Dr. Alfred E. Lukasik XP
Dr. Stewart J. McCormick XP
Dr.J. M. Pape XP
Dr. John Soukup XP
Dr. Edward F. Studer XP
Dr. Louis H. Sasso XD
Dr. Will Stone XD
Victor A. Beckman RC
Charles P. Gallagher RC
John A. Strom RC
Minnie Considine C
Frank Weber C
Ruth M. West C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 17
Location: 7 East 119th Street
Registration: 6929

Men furnished to armed forces: 2193
Personnel :

Henry A. Blouin M

Ralph DeCook M

Elmer E. Helstrom M

Charles A. Humphreys M

J. Louis Roberts M

Howard 0. Shedd M

Arthur D. Townsend M

Robert F. Bradburn GA

Frank C. Leviton GA

Dr. Harry H. Beil XP
Dr. J.A. Kollar XP
Dr. Robert Reich XP
Dr. E. L. Winiecke XD
Michael A. Dolinyak RC
Bert A. Hoogland RC
James J. Salchert C
Catherine E. Sampson C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 18
Location : 3026 East 92nd Street
Registration: 7834

Men furnished to armed forces: 2797
Personnel :

Max Buzik M

Ben H. Hazlett M

George R. Hedges M

Joseph Higgins M

Frank Edward Ross, Sr. M

Hal Wagner M

Rudolph L. Johnson GA

Dr. Anthony G. Cesare XP

Dr. F. D. Garcia XP

Dr. James Graybeal XP

Dr. S. V. Haraburda XP
Dr. Jacques I. Hootnick XP
Dr. Stanley J. Mintek XP
Dr. Bernard L. Pachynski XP
Dr. H. E. L. Timm XP
Dr. H. J. Urbanowicz XD
Vincent L. Knaus RC
Dorothy D. Brown C
Helene S. Mathew C
Bernice M. W. Urbaniak C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 19
Location: 2911 South Archer Avenue
Registration: 5977
Men furnished to armed forces : 2363
Personnel :

Stephen M. Bailey M

Stanley J. Evans M

J. Courtney Fitzpatrick M

Francis L. Kennedy M

Ray J. Wolff M

Thomas J. Sheehan GA

Dr. O. W. Rest XP

Dr. William S. Sadler XP
Dr. Joseph J. Valko XP
Dr. Chester J. Radloff XD
Patrick J. McCarthy RC
William A. Benedix C
Rita C. Farrell C
Rosemary McNichols C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 20

Location: 3556 Archer Avenue

Registration: 6886

Men furnished to armed forces : 2876

Personnel :

James J. Appelt M

Leo J. Dapser M

Charles Fasan M

Florian Pirofalo M

Edward G. Scheidt M

Thomas A. Shanahan M

Earl G. Bingham GA

Harry 0. Rosenberg GA

Dr. Edmond T. Bartkowiak XP

Dr. David V. Effron XP
Dr. L. J. Isaacs XP
Dr. Edward A. Bartkowiak
William J. Raymond RC
Irwin R. Stuchel RC
Ethel M. Akerman C
Gertrude M. Ott C
Patricia D. Reynolds C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 21
Location: 2517 West 69th Street
Registration: 5882

Men furnished to armed forces: 2054
Personnel :

Melville Cowan M

Robert A. Dalzell M

Virgil Danielson M

Walter L. Nye M

Peter W. Yasus M

Crescent P. O'Connor GA

Dr. Herman Mackoff XP

Dr. R. J. Thoma XP

Dr. Emil Joseph Coglianese XD

Dr. Joseph Kella XD

Herman Bollinger RC

John J. Sheehan RC

Verna G. Carey C

Nellie Smale C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 22

Location: 5649 West 63rd Street

Registration : 6384

Men furnished to armed forces: 2123

Personnel :

Claude E. Beckley M
John J. Duginski M
Herman Gustav Haaker M
Joseph McPhee M
John VanderWagen, Sr. M
William A. Canavan GA
Dr. Paul K. Anthony XP
Dr. Samuel J. Bolonik XP
Dr. Fausto Ciulini XP
Dr. W. M. Eisin XP
Dr. Harry Grant XP
Dr. S. C. Kehl XP

Dr. William J. Reilly
Dr. Walter J. Balbat
Dr. George Casserly
Dr. H. Katz XD
Dr. W. V. Raczynski
Alfred D. Seltin RC
Titus E. Quist RC
Charles J. Smith RC
James M. Burke C
F. Carlson C
Alice E. Kalenda C

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XD

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 23

Location: 1301 West 51st Street

Registration: 4923

Men furnished to armed forces: 2201

Personnel:

John W. Comise M

Ernfrid R. Jacobson M

Joseph Kaminski M

Raymond R. Notter M

Frank J. Peterson M

Robert G. Youngren M

Elmer N. Holmgren GA

Dr. Maurice Kahn XP

Dr. Moreno Y. Levy XP

Dr. Edwin J. Lukaszewski
Dr. T. S. Pierzynski XP
Dr. M. M. Forb XD
Dr. Walter B. Szok XD
Richard R. Kowaleski RC
John Harry Patka RC
Mary E. Deegan C
Mary C. Lamb C
Thomas J. Murphy C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 24
Location : 2512 West 51st Street
Registration: 5431

Men furnished to armed forces: 1798
Personnel :

Ben F. Bohac M

Joseph Hemzacek M

Frank J. Kosan M

Dr. William G. Lexa M

Dr. Anton J. Pok M

Joseph J. Teclaw M

Karl K. Wilcox M

Mitchell S. Kilanowski GA

Dr. Morris P. Orloff XP

Dr. Joseph M. Ruda XT

Dr. Frank C. Sternes XP
Dr. John A. Sukev XP
Dr. William J. Vopata XP
Dr. Peter Werner XP
Paul P. Dolenak RC
Frank G. Matavosky RC
Anna Borovicka C
Charles J. Engemann C
Helen M. Kenney C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 25

Location: 1607 West 51st Street

Registration : 5432

Men furnished to armed forces : 2230

Personnel:

Joseph C. Biederman M

Joseph L. Dluski M

Theodore B. Jansey M

Charles F. Kozlowski M

Otto J. Raz M

John Schwaba M

Mitchell Bernick GA

Dr. S. H. Ash XP

Dr. R. C. Dalka XP

Dr. Otto Kasik XP

Dr. R. C. Leyers XP

Dr. Vernon V. Schick XP

Dr. Arthur Stenn XP
Dr. Eli Stenn XP
Dr. Fred Stenn XP
Dr. Mathias Hoffman XD
Dr. S. A. Rozanski XD
Dr. E. Szczepanski XD
James L. Cihak RC
Mary C. Collins C
Helen Jaronski C
Harry W. Kohlmann C
Joseph C. Salak C
Madelaine R. Williams C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 26
Location : 6344 South Racine Avenue
Registration: 6031
Men furnished to armed forces: 2042
Personnel :

Donald L. Evans M

John J. Flynn M

Robert Oehmig M

Lawrence F. Quirk M

William C. Uhlhorn M

Harry L. Viezens M

John E. Devereux GA

Raymond H. Murnane GA

Dr. Julius Adler XP

Dr. F. A. Berry XP

Dr. Morris Greenberg XP

Dr. Irving M. Harter XP
Dr. Joseph A. Harter XP
Dr. Milan M. Wasick XP
Dr. Joseph T. McCarthy XD
Carl A. Aimer RC
Amos Ray Barnes RC
William H. Freier RC
Catherine M. Barry C
Charlotte M. Hickey C
Mary A. Morgan C
Edward J. Tynan C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 27

Location: 6243 South Ashland Avenue

Registration : 6809

Men furnished to armed forces: 2270

Personnel:*

W. Ray Adams M
Frank W. Bigeck M
Edgar F. Bradford M
Oren Oliver Campbell M
Wendell K. Holmes M
Robert R. Houghton M
Frank H. Keteham M
Ralph O. Winkenwerder GA
Dr. Ary J. Arlon XP
Dr. Eugene Field Carey XP
Dr. Henry Christiansen XP
Dr. Frank G. Douglass XP
Dr. William L. Gregg XP

Dr. Myrven A. Lane XP
Dr. John K. McQiiarrie XP
Dr. Frank J. Norton XP
Dr. Charles S. Salmon XP
Dr. Fred M. Sheehan XP
Dr. R. L. VanDellen XP
Dr. James VanEpps XP
Dr. J. W. Seaborg XD
Eugene \. Humphrey RC
John J. Jovce RC
R. (;. Follick C
Betty M. Grieshaber C
Lauretta E. Krugmann C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 28

Location: 221 West 63rd Street
Registration : 6886
Men furnished to armed forces : 2260
Personnel :

Edwin J. Campbell M

Alex R. Eunson M

Loren B. Fry M

Allen C. Johnson M

Harold D. Osier M

James Peacock M

Charles J. Quinlan M

Edward F. Slattery M

Peter Zabello M

H. Clay Calhoun, Jr. GA

Charles B. Elder GA

Milford H. Olds GA

Dr. Nathaniel I. Baskind XP

Dr. Ian H.Bond XP

Dr. C. M. Hausman XP

Dr. C. A. Hospers XP

Dr. Thomas G. Jones XP

Dr. Joseph J. Kagann XP

Dr. A. C. King XP
Dr. Jean Henry Motier XP
Dr. Carleton S. Myers XP
Dr. Eugene O'Neill XP
Dr. J. A. Patka XP
Dr. C. H. Piper XP
Dr. Maurice Reilly XP
Dr. Richard B. Stoop XP
Dr. Frank A. Farrell XD
Dr. Kenneth Sharpe XD
Dr. E. C. Warfield XD
Dr. Otto Windheim XD
Henry C. Calhoun RC
Russel R. Davies RC
Joseph V. Crandall C
Anna Marie DeVaney C
Teresa Moroney C
Mary Ellyn Sheehan C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 29

Location : 235 West 75th Street

Registration: 7020

Men furnished to armed forces: 2124

Personnel :

Theodore M. Becker M
John DeNormandie M
Oscar Henry Knoebel M
Arthur F. Long M
George F. Mundt M
Dr. Wallace H. Rozell M
Joseph E. Wolf M
George W. Hansen GA
M.K. Hobbs GA
Dr. Charles K. Barnes XP
Dr. H. A. Fitzmaurice XP
Dr. John L. Meyer XP

Dr. Joseph T. Meyer XP
Dr. W. G. Rahn XP
Dr. Charles I. Sack XP
Dr. Albert G. Weiss XP
Dr. James C. Black XD
Victor C. Burton RC
William J. Main RC
George F. Mundt RC
Lester R. Schroeder RC
Marie A. Houle C
Joseph McGovern C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 30
Location: 1538 West 69th Street
Registration: 6415
Men furnished to armed forces: 2140
Personnel :

Robert Esplin M

William M. George M

Charles T. Keating M

RoyO. Kester M

Frank Kristufek M

William A. Lauer M

Frank C. Lemke M

James A. McMahon M

James E. McNamara M

Henry L. Zaf t M

William Nealon GA

James Thorpe GA

Dr. E.H.Blair XP
Dr. Benjamin J. Gregory
Dr. Frank C. Lawlor M
Dr. Herbert Schmidt M
Dr. James M. Wall XP
Dr. Donald S. McVicar
Harold Fax RC
Earl B. Fox RC
John J. Hartmann RC
Genevieve M. Dunleavy
R. E. Gilmartin C
Evelyn M. Maddox C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 31

Location : 7924 South Ashland Avenue

Registration : 6559

Men furnished to armed forces: 1983

Personnel:

Albert C. Boehm M

Arthur E. Canty M

David A. Ford M

Daniel Joseph Hayes M

Michael J. Healy M

Paul Hobscheid M

Walter J. Hunter M

Raymond Milord M

John F. Murphy M

Joseph A. Riley M

John A. Scott M

Sam Smith M

Peter J. Hower GA

Albert J. Jennings GA

Dr. Glenn A. Burckart XP

Dr. Rocco J. Fazio XP

Dr. S. L. Governale XP

Dr. Edward Louis Jansen XP

Dr. John H. Keehan XP

Dr. James Donald Madden XP

Dr. Edward M. Murphy XP

Dr. Henry H. Newman XP

Dr. John J. LaDuca XD

Dr. A. A. Schubert XD

Noland Howell RC

Ralph C. Kresge RC

Thomas E. McLaughlin RC

Edward T. Gillard C

Hugh T. McGrath C

Elsie C. Miller C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 32
Location: 9003Y2 South Ashland Avenue
Registration: 8719
Men furnished to armed forces: 2193
Personnel :

Paul E. Anderson M

Fred Busbey M

Paul G. Carlson M

Frank H. Cenfield M

Thomas C. Donovan M

Henry A. Gano M

Ralph W. Gruenwald M

John B. McDonald M

Daniel J. Lamont GA

John A. O'Neil GA

Dr. Edgar 0. Breakstone XP

Dr. Eugene F. Lutterbeck XP

Dr. I. E. Makar XP
Dr. Silas S. Snider XP
Dr. Leonard G. Vatter XP
Dr. James W. McGough XD
Frank T. Farwell RC
Edward M. McClelland RC
Roger Tuttle RC
Mary C. Collins C
Jean A. Devereaux C
Dorothy M. R. Marks C
Vilma B. Shaffer C
John C. Wyatt C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 33
Location: 1443 West 103rd Street
Registration: 8927
Men furnished to armed forces: 2622
Personnel :

Raymond Dundon M

Reuben A. Borsch M

Gary Gale Grant M

J. Meyer Holland M

Oke L. Pearson M

Joseph A. Ricker M

Herb St. Germain M

Charles J. Schipplock M

James E. Shirey M

Fred J. McManus GA

Herman L. Taylor GA
Dr. James E. O'Malley XP
Dr. P. B. Christensen XD
Dr. Richard H. Valentine XD
John C. Hennessy RC
Frank C. VanEtten RC
Majorie Christiansen C
John L. Devitt C
Elsie A. Douglass C
Myrtle E. Gruenwald C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 34

Location: 914 South Loomis Street

Registration : 6044

Men furnished to armed forces : 2400

Personnel :

Daniel G. Avallone M
George Carbough M
Domenick Cece M
Domenick DeBartola M
Paul DeLeonardis M
Ralph J. Salerno M
Thomas A. Hamilton GA
James J. Yacullo GA
Dr. Hallard Beard XP
Dr. Myron C. Benford XP
Dr. Seymour Brown XP
Dr. George Byfield XP
Dr. Roland R. Cross, Jr. XP
Dr. Fernando deLeon XP
Dr. Frank DiCosola XP
Dr. Carl Ireneus, Jr. XP
Dr. Joseph H. Kiefer XP

Dr. William P. Kleitsch XP
Dr. Vito R. Lucatorto XP
Dr. Max Montgomery XP
Dr. Eugene A. Riccio XP
Dr. Harry A. Salzman XP
Dr. James V. Tito XP
Dr. Harold V. Wadsworth XP
Dr. William H. Wright XP
Dr. William Yacullo XP
Dr. Joseph N. Albino XD
Dr. William J. Serritella XD
Frank A. Mentone RC
Rosario D. Salerno RC
Donna Marie Bagnole C
Lucille P. Certa C
Katherine M. Cesare C
Susan Massey C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 35

Location: 1801 South Ashland Avenue

Registration : 51 77

Men furnished to armed forces: 1966

Personnel:

Frank A. Cada M

Walter Gulczynski M

Robert Heyduk M

Leo Niedzwiecki M

John A. Stanek M

James L. Kostka GA

Dr. Charles A. Albrecht XP

Dr. Charles C. O'Bryne XP

Dr. Leonard H. Weisskopf
Dr. Stephen Gorny XD
Dr. Albert D. Persons XD
Nathaniel A. Lubejko RC
John J. Yarus RC
Alyce Blundell C
Marie M. Jawor C
Mary Minkus C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 36

Location: 2306 South Kedzie Avenue

Registration : 6524

Men furnished to armed forces: 2279

Personnel:

Sidney J. Keclik M

Edward Kohout M

Rudolph G. Kriz M

Carl M. Melberg M

Robert S. Melichar M

George A. Bosomburg GA

Walter True GA

Dr. John B. Allen XP

Dr. W. F. Briney XP

Dr. Ferdinand E. Dostal XP

Dr. Emanuel R. Dvorak XP

Dr. Edward C. Jana XP

Dr. Joseph H. Just XP
Dr. John H. Luczak XP
Dr. Frank Maurer XP
Dr. Israel Walzer XP
Dr. Benjamin A. Weinberg
Dr. Fred N. Bazola XD
George H. Martinec RC
Joseph F. Polak RC
Bernard Bohn C
Irene Monaco C
Elsie E. Ramsay C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 37

Location: 3959 West Ogden Avenue

Registration : 6886

Men furnished to armed forces: 2101

Personnel:

John A. Cervenka, Jr. M

Joseph J. Ferber M

Henry A. Herhold M

Jacob I. Jeffe M

C. F. Lewerenz M

James S. Vales M

Thomas Vopatek M

Joseph Z. Uhlir GA

Dr. B. H. Lerner XP

Dr. Melvin Newman XP

Dr. J. Jaffe XP
Dr. Andrew J. Toman XP
Dr. F. C. Winskunas XP
Dr. Frank A. Machek \l>
Dr. John L. Mashek XD
Edward Goldberg RC
Lillian Duda C
Julie Feldman C
Josephine Kostal C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 38

Location: 3159 West Roosevelt Road

Registration: 4886

Men furnished to armed forces : 1 703

Personnel:

Sam N. Berman M

George J. Goodman M

William J. Klibanow M

Charles E. Nelson M

Joseph Redman M

Eugene Bernstein GA

Dr. H. X. Rubin XP

Dr. Arthur Samuels XP

Dr. William Schecter XP

Dr. Max J. Lieberman XD
Dr. Harry Rubens XD
Maurice Cohn RC
Nicholas L. Gallo RC
Arthur K. Oldin RC
Julius Cohn C
Norma M. Plotnick C
Esther R. Schultz C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 39

Location: 2124 West Van Buren Street

Registration: 5189

Men furnished to armed forces: 2012

Personnel:

Thaddeus V. Adesko M

Gilbert J. Brett M

George A. Dustin M

George H. Fisher M

Joseph H. Kruger M

Leo Landsman M

Charles H. Weicensang M

Charles Clinton Wilson M
Frank Arlt GA
Dr. Blaine L. Ramsay XP
Dr. H. R. Schwartz XP
Hortensia I. Chorvat C
Eleanor F. Getrambone C
Lillian Kaminsky C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 40
Location: 1122 Milwaukee Avenue
Registration : 4851

Men furnished to armed forces: 1958
Personnel :

John J. Hodor M

Frank J. Mytnik M

Edward C. Schott M

Joseph M. Skokna M

George E. Weber M

Alexander J. Pikiel GA

Dr. Stanley C. Kucharski XP

Dr. Harry Noskin XP
Dr. W. C. Sutcher XD
George Gillmeister RC
Bernice Bladzik C
John S. Koslowski C
Eleanor F. Stankiewicz C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 41

Location: 2350 West Madison Street

Registration : 7357

Men furnished to armed forces: 2531

Personnel:

Nicholas J. Corrado M

Jesse W. Johnson M

George C. McCarthy M

Arthur L. Macomber M

William Miller M

Harold E. Murphy M

Harold J. Andelman GA
Lee S. Landon GA
Dr. D. T. Chechile XP
Dr. E. R. Downing XP
Dr. Michael W. Giannini XP
Dr. A. Charles Huber XP

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Dr. Harry N. Petrakos XP
Dr. Edward I. Peyser XP
Dr. M. H. Turek XP
Dr. Samuel L. Goldberg XD
Dr. James C. Govostis XD
Dr. W.E.Kelly XD

Robert E. Smice RC
William E. Knapp C
Sylvia K. Miller C
Marie Sezon C
Prudence Stenge C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 42

Location: 3352 West Lake Street

Registration : 5446

Men furnished to armed forces: 2154

Personnel:

Harry L. Jansen M

Harry Magee M

David Olshan M

John A. Pamphilon M

Louis Rago M

Jacob Rustman M

Henry E. Sasso GA

Dr. John B. Bellucci XP

Dr. H. C. Coblens XP

Dr. Maurice N. Knopp XP
Dr. Joseph G. Arden XD
Dr. S. M. Rakow XD
N. Jacovelli RC
John J. Kennedy RC
Jeanette Anderson C
Fred W. Baumgartner C
Dorothy Sachs C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 43

Location: 7 South Pulaski Road

Registration: 5635

Men furnished to armed forces: 2162

Personnel:

Dominick M. Alberti M
Raymond A. Corris M
Fred J. Holdsworth M
Thomas H. McCauley M
Vincent F. J. Schimanek M
Robert Stack M
Henry M. Tufo M
Theodore T. Cowgill GA
Robert E. Crowe GA
Dr. Max M. Jacobson XP
Dr. Michael J. Parenti XP

Dr. Eugene Joseph Sodaro XP

Dr. Gerald M. Stazio XP

Dr. Vito A. Taglia XP

Dr. S. A. Vainisi XP

Dr. Thomas G. Walsh XP

Dr. Carl J. Medda XD

Dr. William T. Wojahn XD

Gerald M. O'Connor RC

Sol Westerfeld RC

Catherine A. Cujava C

Margareta G. Romaine C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 44

Location: 108 North Pulaski Road
Registration : 6540

Men furnished to armed forces: 2150
Personnel :

Marvin W. Adams M

Frank G. Carney M

Edward G. Gilbertson M

John H. Hagerty M

Walter V. Hart M

James T. McNulty M

Robert C. Schoessling M

Samuel M. Come GA

Dr. Dan R. McLean XP

Dr. Joseph F. O'Malley XP

Dr. Orest J. Parrillo XP
Dr. E. H. Rategan XP
Dr. Irving Treiger XP
Dr. Harold H. Epstein XD
Dr. Emanuel Schachter XD
Charles Mimmack RC
James W. Sheridan RC
Elizabeth Ann Conley C
Thomas L. Long C
Dorothea Schiniaiu'k C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 45

Location: 4752 Washington Boulevard

Registration: 6410

Men furnished to armed forces : 1905

Personnel:

John P. Bennett M

Thomas J. Gibbons M

Joseph W. Kelly M

Clyde R. Magnesen M

Helmer C. Patterson M

Frank J. Rogers M

Harold A. Thompson M

Lewis L. Root GA

Dr. Samuel Berger XP

Dr. Allison L. Burdick XP

Dr. William R. Gubbins
Dr. Joseph A. Josh XD
Dr. Leon LaFond XD
William Murphy RC
Robert C. Novak RC
Marianne Dooley Byrne
Agnes Healy C
Theresa M. Keenor C
Rose A. LaRock C
Edward M. Monahan C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 46

Location: 1140 North Kedzie Avenue

Registration : 6638

Men furnished to armed forces : 2244

Personnel:

LeRoy Anderson M

Victor E. Karlsen M

Samuel Laderman M

Merton H. Leeman M

Walter C. Schmidt M

Julius Wekony M

Clement A. Dernbach GA

Dr. B. L. Coniglio XP

Dr. T. C. Jachimowski XP

Dr. Leslie H. Reimers XP

Dr. John R. Romano XP
Dr. Joseph L. Soldinger XP
Dr. Anton Palmer Limbardo
Eugene S. Karlsen RC
Eustach Trittermann RC
Adele Anderson C
Lenora S. Loyselle C
Matthew Peyton C
Lorraine M. Wesolowski C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 47
Location: 1937 Milwaukee Avenue
Registration: 7026
Men furnished to armed forces : 2734
Personnel :

James L. Bottoms M

Samuel E. Klafter M

Joseph Z. Mendrella M

Frederick B. Resag M

John F. Rosen GA

Dr. Julius A. Gurvey XP

Dr. J. N. Helgo XP

Dr. Adolph J. Jarosz XP
Dr. C. P. Janicki XD
Dr. J. A. Wojtalewicz XD
Larry Atkinson C
Julia H. Evans C
Edna J. Ireland C
Hazel M. Terreberry C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 48

Location : 2740 North Kedzie Avenue

Registration: 5921

Men furnished to armed forces: 1984

Personnel:

John J. Boland M

Andrew J. Cress M

Irwin Marcus M

Rudolph P. Sanders M

David 0. Sark M

Charles F. Fritz GA

Dr. Reuben Bard XP

Dr. Charles Goldberg XP

Dr. L. E. Lundgoot XP

Dr. Earl M. Lustgarten XP

Dr. T. S. Proud XP
Dr. A. M. Stober XP
Dr. B. P. Davidson XD
Dr. Walter Goldsmith XD
William M. Hicks RC
Ray Schlessling RC
Lillian M. Edelson C
Clare L. Lang C
Gladys A. Olsen C
Anne Seiton C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 49
Location: 3035 West Fullerton Avenue
Registration: 6618
Men furnished to armed forces: 1904
Personnel :

J. H. Burns M

Joseph E. Hind M

Frank Pawlowski M

Irwin C. Rinn M

Abe Weinberg M

Matthew J. Cullen GA

Dr. Ralph Baylin XP

Dr. William DeBoer XP

Dr. S. M. Goldberger XP

Dr. Harry Kraut XP

Dr. Francis J. Krueger XP
Dr. Maurice Miller XP
Dr. Hiram Septow XP
Dr. Ewald Weber XP
Dr. J. A. McCallum XD
Walter C. Ganey RC
Joseph Maloney RC
Emaline A. Hunter C
Mary A. LaVelle Rosenberg
Elsie Sunter C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 50

Location: 5157 West Diver sey Boulevard

Registration : 6760

Men furnished to armed forces: 2083

Personnel:

John K. Edmunds M

Nels Gilbo M

Fred C. Leusch M

John C. Moraczewski M

William S. Stevens M

Edward J. Thompson M

Edwin J. Nergard GA

Geary V. Stibgen GA

Dr. Sidney Brown XP

Dr. W. J. Mencarow XP
Dr. M. P. Neri XP
Dr. L. Willard Shabat XP
Dr. Joseph F. Sokolowski XP
Dr. Joseph J. Strzyz XP
Dr. J. F. O'Connor XD
Darling J. Karl C
William R. Peters C
Lillian A. Pierson C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 51

Location: 2922 North Pulaski Road

Registration : 6163

Men furnished to armed forces: 1758

Personnel:

Andrew Christophersen M
Edward B. Collender M
Feliks Mackowiak M
Irving Felkoff M
W. J. Roberts M
Allan K. Wattman M
Chester Woolman M
George A. Hawley GA
Dr. W. E. Block XP

Dr. Frank E. Doyle XP
Dr. Edward A. Grabar XP
Dr. Theodore L. Lescher XP
Dr. William Sweeney XP
Mae W. Kerwin C
Martha I. Sanger C
Mrs. Dorothy M. Steele C
Shirley Swanson C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 52

Location : 5556 West North Avenue

Registration : 6700

Men furnished to armed forces: 2036

Personnel :

William C. Haack M
Lester Jankowski M
Edmund W. Jaworski M
Edmund H. Simonsen M
Harry A. Taif M
Leo Bartoline GA
Dr. Ira Edward Greenburg XP
Dr. Merle R. Hadden XP
Dr. Otto G. Kuchynka XP
Dr. Fred A. Paradise XP

Dr. Steven 0. Schwartz XP
Dr. E. M. Gramke XD
Dr. Herman J. Roe XD
Dr. Eugene W. Szwajkart
Otis E. Bergeson RC
John Benedek RC
Loretto M. Bernero C
Mildred M. LaFaver C
Eleanor Grange C
Herman Mueller C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 53

Location: 5247 West North Avenue

Registration: 7372

Men furnished to armed forces: 2418

Personnel:

Elmer F. Gysin M
George F. Lundberg M
William J. Mannion M
Lawrence E. Monahan M
Joseph V. O'Neil M
Richard D. Prendergast M
Walter H. Prescott M
Joseph F. Schwieger M
Elmer E. Challenger GA

William L. Morgan GA
Dr. Edward Berg XP
Dr. John R. Lend XP
Dr. Joseph B. Arneson XD
Ronald J. Kennedy RC
John E. O'Neill RC
Mary J. Angelski C
Freda M. Coggburn C
Susan R. Murray C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 54

Location : 5200 Chicago Avenue
Registration : 6348
Men furnished to armed forces: 1778
Personnel :

William E. Anderson M
Frank R. Campbell M
Harlan Richards M
Emil Schwerdtman M
Francis D. Scully M
Walter J. Boland GA
James B. McKeon GA
Dr. Frank A. Anderson XP
Dr. John J. Cronin XP
Dr. Hugo T. Cutrera XP
Dr. Fred L. Glenn XP
Dr. Kyle C. Hawkins XP
Dr. William F. McManus XP

Dr. Carl M. Pohl XP
Dr. Milton Charles Schell
Dr. Carl F. Waters XP
Dr. Joseph S. Cislak XD
Robert George Fitchie RC
Ernest A. Koehn RC
William H. McManus RC
Charles A. Paesch RC
Edward N. Fitzgerald C
Hope L. Lindquist C
Mary B. Norton C
Virginia A. Olson C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 55
Location: 360 North Laramie Avenue
Registration: 5963
Men furnished to armed forces: 1732
Personnel :

Bernard R. Garner M

Harry J. Janson M

Dr. Irwin G. Jirka M

Lawrence E. McGann M

William Schiepan M

Edmund M. Sinnott M

Hobart H. Sommers M

George W. Lyon GA

Dr. John F. Brennan XP

Dr. Leonard S. Ceaser XP

Dr. Aaron Fagelson XP
Dr. Jacob Paskind XP
Dr. Andrew Robel XP
Dr. C. H. Stentz XD
Joseph Epstein RC
Clem G. Shoup RC
Marguerite B. Goldberg C
William James McMullen C
Anne M. Neville C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 56

Location: 6350*/% West Belmont Avenue
Registration: 8166
Men furnished to armed forces : 2552
Personnel :

Hildren L. Carney M

George C. Ember M

Edgar O. Ingalls M

Jack Lebrecht M

Oscar M. Lund M

Andrew Pettinger M

George I. Simpson M

Clarence E. Threedy M

William H. Chadwick GA

Joseph G. Smietanka GA

Dr. Morris Feldman XP

Dr. Ray M. Fouts XP
Dr. William P. Jonas XP
Dr. Edward P. King XP
Dr. Peter M. Nielsen XP
Dr. I. Allen Sklar XP
John H. Klunder RC
Ethel M. Biegler C
Mateo S. Game C
Constance King C
Gertrude Kiley C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 57

Location: 5310 West Irving Park Road

Registration: 6828

Men furnished to armed forces: 1970

Personnel:

Charles E. Donath M'

Harold LaPlant M

William H. Nickels M

Joseph C. Niec M

John A. Nordstrand M

Bernard E. Reinert M

Orville F. Yetter M

Leon C. Nyka GA

Dr. Hubert Eckwall XP

Dr. A. H. Hallman XP

Dr. Arthur F. McAuley XP

Dr. C. F. Pollowy XP
Dr. Stanley F. Przygocki XP
Dr. L. S. Sluzynski XP
Dr. Bert G. Fratzke XD
Dr. Alfred F. McKenzie XD
F. Phil Garbark RC
James D. Marnane RC
Murline Kathryn Kvanman C
Edward R. Lucas C
Evelyn Anna Maline C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 58

Location: 4409 West Lawrence Avenue

Registration : 6070

Men furnished to armed forces: 1676

Personnel:

Bernard J. Elfman M

William L. Jonhson M

C. Ralph Jones M

Harry H. Schraeder M

Milton W. Servos M

Zeamore A. Ader GA

Samuel Heller GA

Ewart Harris GA

Oscar C. Miller GA

Dr. Charles T. Kessler XP

Dr. Edmund E. Kietzer XP
Dr. Arthur Lehner XP
Dr. Dominic T. Mastrianni XP
Dr. Alex Bendersky XD
Dr. Royal Dunkelberg XD
William M. Gavagan RC
A. C. Rochow RC
Lester S. Phillips C
Deborah Siegal C
Alice Sundburg C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 59

Location : 4384 Elston Avenue

Registration: 5846

Men furnished to armed forces: 1730

Personnel:

Sven W. Carlson M

Arthur Jensen M

Harry R. McNamera M

William S. Miller M

Paul H. Mueller M

George A. Rohde M

Donald A. Bissell GA

Cecil Emery GA

Dr. H. R. Amberson XP

Dr. Paul Mandel Egel XP

Dr. M. J. Fox XP

Dr. Edward J. Schowalter XP

Dr. Raymond G. Sippel XP
Dr. Frank J. Smejkal XP
Dr. Charles W. Stigman XP
Dr. A. I. Druckaroff XD
Dr. Nicholas M. Simmon XD
Leonard A. Borgeson RC
Charles F. Kerbs RC
Sidney A. Weber RC
James R. Gunther C
Rita E. Lundin C
Irene F. May C
Wilma M. Sell C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 60
Location: 3304 West Lawrence Avenue
Registration : 5304

Men furnished to armed forces: 1543
Personnel :

Thomas A. Alperin M

Louis J. Daniels M

Henry S. David M

Glenn F. Hewitt M

James E. Inskeep M

Stephen A. Gross GA

Albert A. Gomberg GA

Dr. Edward Aron XP

Dr. John R. Ballinger XP

Dr. Israel Fond XP

Dr. Harry George Leon XP
Dr. M. Edward Ushkow XP
Dr. Maurice Ditkowsky XD
Dr. L. S. Schlocker XD
Dr. Ralph R. Wishneff XD
Samuel R. Perwancher RC
Louis Tanenbaum RC
Germaine R. Fischer C
Dorothy S. Leeb C
Morris Palman C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 61
Location : 4609 North Kedzie Avenue
Registration: 5393

Men furnished to armed forces: 1678
Personnel :

Sam M. Arting M

Joseph Bonnefoi M

George W. Busch M

Orville E. Clifford M

Carl Ivan Ekstrom M

Samuel H. Martin M

Gustave F. Rutschmann M

Joseph L. Theisen M

George E. Fink GA

Alexander Kaplan GA
Dr. Jacob E. Blitstein XP
Dr. Alfred J. Goldyne XP
Dr. Morris Snyder XP
Dr. S. Z Cole XD
Mary E. Burke C
Thea Joyce Hunter C
Chester A. Schultz C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 62
Location: 6733 North Olmstead Avenue
Registration : 4691

Men furnished to armed forces: 1364
Personnel :

Frank Z. Beard M

Gerald J. Flynn M

Frank M. Hartigan M

Edward G. Klotz M

James E. Krum M

Theodore J. Lefeber

Thomas J. McGovern

Fletcher Newell M

Frank W. Pekar M

Bernard J. Schneider

Philp J. Weimer M

Thomas H. Slusser GA

M
M

Oswell G. Treadway GA

Dr. William E. Beckmann XT

Dr. K. 0. English XP

Dr. Edward C. Meyer XP

Dr. F. K. Xavier XP

Dr. Walter F. Zurawski XP

Dr. Samuel C. Bromberg XD

Tom C. Pemberton RC

Wilbur M. Small RC

Ellen B. Eriekson C

Mian H. Lewis C

Clara E. Muchowski C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 63
Location: 4926 Milwaukee Avenue
Registration : 7394
Men furnished to armed forces: 2148
Personnel :

Harry Bell M

Thomas P. Braid M

James R. Bryant M

Lawrence J. Fenlon M

George Woods M

George F. Doyle GA

Dr. Edward V. Boarini XP

Dr. Irving L. Breakstone XP

Dr. Francis A. Cirrincione
Dr. Louis F. Kotler XP
Dr. Willard A. Levin XD
Dr. William Lowy XD
R. C. Merritt RC
J. R. Brett C
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Raber C
Alice Sundborg C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 64

Location: 510 North Dearborn Street

Registration: 6131

Men furnished to armed forces : 2029

Personnel:

Carl A. Barrett M

Forrest C. Beene M

William J. Cameron M

Joseph A. Darrow M

William M. Medbery M

Mario H. Guidarelli GA

Downer McCord GA

Walter H. Moses GA

Dr. Frank A. Lagorio XP
Dr. Richard A. Nagle XP
Dr. Eugene Scheimann XP
Dr. F. R. Connor XD
Wade Booth RC
Leonard Olson RC
Clarita M. Kreissl C
Mary K. Murphy C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 65

Location: 1656 North Mohawk Street

Registration: 7105

Men furnished to armed forces : 2352

Personnel :

Richard F. Dooley M
George P. Eichhorst M
Thomas C. Hardy M
Roy G. Holmquist M
Herbert H. Kennedy M
Arthur E. Maybrun M
Ralph Rosen M
Homer V. Johannsen GA
E. D. McDougal, Jr. GA
Ralph J. Mohan GA
George A. Ranney, Jr. GA
Dr. Paul E. Grabow XP
Dr. Eugene Grosz XP

Dr. Samuel Haik XP
Dr. Emil Jonas XP
Dr. A. J. Nicosia XP
Dr. Paul D. San Filippo
Dr. G. F. Tufo XP
Dr. I. W. Littman XD
Dr. Max Wishner XD
Edward E. Robbins RC
Ethel M. Biegler C
Pierce J. Butler C
Eva D. Shields C
Frances E. Toussaint C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 66

Location : 563 Diversey Parkway-
Registration: 6293
Men furnished to armed forces: 2036
Personnel :

Salem N. Baskin M
A. J. Clonick M
Louis J. Ewald M
William L. Leighly M
Joseph Waldner M
Raymond T. Woodville M
F. Howard Eldridge GA
Nathan Schwartz GA
Dr. Lindsay A. Beaton XP
Dr. Robert N. Crow XP

Dr. G. L. Kaufmann XP
Dr. Harold I. Meyer XP
Dr. Arthur J. Strich XP
Dr. Ernest E. Harwood XD
Dr. Julius G. Schmidt XD
Emery T. Erickson RC
Jerome A. Gottschalk RC
Myrtle Bentz C
Anna A. Hoier C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 67
Location : 2238 West Roscoe Street
Registration: 4947
Men furnished to armed forces: 1480
Personnel :

EmilN. Arndt M

Sam M. Baudouine M

Oliver W. Cox M

William J. Eitel M

Dr. Glen H. Gilbreth M

Edward J. Maass M

Dr. Leonard F. Skleba M

Martin L. Callahan GA

Jacob Shamberg GA

Dr. Bernard M. Cohen XP

Dr. Charles Eiseman XP

Dr. Eugene Gettelman XP
Dr. Sol B. Kositcheck XP
Dr. Paul McDaniel XP
Dr. Julius Roos XP
Dr. J. H.Sloan XP
Dr. E. H. Ibbotson XD
Dr. J. Raymond Link XD
Elton A. Gould RC
Harry A. Starr RC
John W. Barnes C
Susan M. Neiss C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 68

Location : 3354 North Paulina Street

Registration: 6160

Men furnished to armed forces: 1880

Personnel:

Edward J. Cremerius M

William E. Gainer M

Thomas Jakicic M

Herman C. Klugman M

Charles W. Lebrun M

Edward W. Schoenenberger M

Edward C. Schubel M

Robert E. Berlet GA

Seymour J. Frank GA

Dr. Ernest F. Lidge XP

Dr. George Noger XP
Dr. Robert H. Saunders XP
Dr. H. M. Swenson XP
Dr. Louis A. Terman XP
Dr. Merle R. ShafTner XD
Walter W. Weiss RC
Shirlev M. Fehn C
Edna C. Fritz C
Albert J. Hupfer C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 69
Location: 3701 North Halsted Street
Registration : 6790
Men furnished to armed forces : 2043
Personnel :

Laurent E. Clody M

Herman Holleb M

Thomas F. McManus M

Raymond Mark M

James A. Morrison M

Ben Sandack M

Sam Shure M

Theodore Zimmerman M

Emanuel Gordon GA

Harry N. Pritzker GA
Richard Weinberger GA
Dr. Max Sinay XP
Dr. Jerome J. Weil XP
Dr. Irving Krain XD
E. A. Detweiler RC
Warren E. Buschner C
Esther H. Ebert C
Gertrude A. Lock C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 70

Location: 1000 West Belmont Avenue

Registration : 5059

Men furnished to armed forces: 1493

Personnel:

Edward K. Gleason M

Gustave C. Johnson M

Per Albin Nelson M

George Paley M

Dr. Caesar Portes M

Joshua R. H. Potts M

F. H. Remien M

Thomas Carlin GA

Dr. Edmond Levisohn XP

Dr. John Pishotta XP
Dr. Frank Blair XD
Dr. William Webb XD
Justus Mozart RC
Carl A. Swenson RC
Harry H. Tuveson RC
Sella R. Maxwell C
Ada R. McCann C
Charles E. Smyth C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 71
Location: 4751 North Washtenaw Avenue
Registration: 6238
Men furnished to armed forces: 1736
Personnel :

Aubrey Warren Engs M

Joseph J. Frisa M

George W. Kind M

Arthur H. Lageman M

Cecil A. MacPherson M

John J. Molloy M

William Mathiesen GA

Paul E. Price GA

Dr. I. Applebaum XP

Dr. Garland G. Brown XP

Dr. Bernard V. Chern XP
Dr. Chester L. Crean XP
Dr. George R. Leonard XP
Dr. G. T. Merryman XD
Dr. Elmer Mertes XD
John J. Crawford RC
Walter R. Miller RC
George S. Terbush RC
Anna Marie Kley C
Albert P. Reder C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 72
Location: 5154 North Clark Street
Registration : 6554

Men furnished to armed forces: 1839
Personnel :

Claude L. Foubare M

Frank A. Hoff M

Edward E. Jonathas M

W. D. Kearfott M

Robert P. Markus M

Arthur C. Schweitzer M

John E. Timm GA

Dr. Grant V. Athanas XP

Dr. C. A. Buswell XP

Dr. David Goldfinger XP
Dr. Eric Oppenheimer XP
Dr. Anthony N. Trapp XP
Dr. Ross Van Pelt XP
Dr. Walter K. Davis XD
G. C. Fitch C
Lucille A. Chalfant C
Anna M. Keck C
Ann M. Mentgen C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 73
Location : 4554 Broadway
Registration : 4738
Men furnished to armed forces: 1263
Personnel :

Alexander E. Butler M

Dr. E. Allen Frankel M

Harry M. Glasser M

Frank E.Gould M

John J. Knight M

Herman M. Mendelsohn M

James S. Russell M

J. William Smith M

I. Roy Ross GA

Dr. Alexander H. Barnett XP

Dr.R. E.Dyer XP

Dr. Charles W. Gorr XP

Dr. John W. McLaughlin XP
Dr. Dennis Rupp XP
Dr. Herbert A. Sacks XP
Dr. H. Kenneth Scatliff XP
Dr. Marvin G. Ericson XD
Dr. Thomas A. Howland XD
Dr. Bruce L. Stocking XD
Harold G. Dawes RC
Mortiz T. Gruener RC
Wilma Absher C
Abbie M. Lang C
Elmer C. Wahlman C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 74

Location : 4554 Broadway

Registration : 5992

Men furnished to armed forces: 1560

Personnel:

Samuel Burrows M

Alfred J. Fredricks M

James L. Leen M

John T. Kinsman M

Thomas F. Moran M

John E. Naylor M

John Paul M

C. E. Wilfong M

John W. Wilkerson M

Frederick /. Marx GA

Charles Edward Newton G \

Dr. George Abelio XP
Dr. A. W. Calvert XP
Dr. Philip H. Stevens XP
Dr. Theodore Stein XD
Dr. Ray S. Cooke XD
George W. Johnson RC
William Morrisse RC
Man J. Butler RC

Cecelia M. Vogel C

Valerie Pierman C
Constance K. Wahlman ( '

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 75
Location: 6471 Sheridan Road
Registration : 7524
Men furnished to armed forces: 1971
Personnel :

James T. Carney M

Herbert R. Collins M

Charles Grombacher M

Louis H. Kahn M

Robert D. Steele M

George J. O'Grady GA

Theodore G. Remer GA

Dr. E. F. Dehnert XP

Dr. G. J. Fitzgerald XP

Dr. Thomas V. O'Brien XP

Dr. Charles Roth XP

Dr. Paul C. Vermeren XP
Dr. Edward J. Berkenstadt
Dr. G. F. McGregor XD
Peter Joseph Angsten RC
Hugh O'Neill, Jr. RC
Julius B. Rubenstein RC
Rosetta Malanaphy C
Ellen Y. Neumann C
Joseph J. Weiler C
Genevieve F. Zender C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 76
Location : 6355 North Broadway
Registration : 641 7

Men furnished to armed forces: 1763
Personnel :

John T. Donahoe M

Cassius M. Doty M

Sam Howard M

S. F. Kogen M

George A. Lane M

Elmer W. Roetter M

Herman C. Schock, Jr. M

Donovan Y. Erickson GA

Thomas B. Hart GA

Alexander J. Moody GA

Dr. Edmund J. Burke XP

Dr. John P. Burke XP

Dr. E. P. Carroll XP

Dr. Bertram Fitzgerald XP
Dr. George M. Fitzgerald XP
Dr. J. Major Greene XP
Dr. E. W. Mueller XP
Dr. R. A. Scott XP
Dr. Henry A. Smith XP
Dr. Guy L. Wagoner XP
Dr. Paul H. Wosika XP
Dr. A. F. Conarty XD
Harold I. Tevnan RC
John J. Garrity C
Leona F. Prince C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 77

Location: 2356 West Tuohy Avenue

Registration: 6100

Men furnished to armed forces: 1369

Personnel :

J. E. Buckingham M
Nicholas J. Budinger M
Lawrence Jacobson M
William J. Kehl M
Albert Rudolph Muehlman M
Bert H. Zahner M
James H. Cronin GA
George F. Mulligan, Jr. GA
John E. Owens GA
Dr. Donald H. Atlas XP
Dr. Howard Champlin XP
Dr. Aaron Gunther XP

Dr. Bernard Horwitz XP
Dr. William F. P. Phillips XP
Dr. F.A.Smith XP
Dr. Harold H. Sitron XD
Dr. Howard L. Werch XD
Dr. Francis J. Linane XD
William J. Moynahan RC
James J. O'Connor RC
Barbara Jane Baker C
Lillie M. Carney C
Frederick L. Pearce C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 78
Location: 2345 West Devon Avenue
Registration: 4835

Men furnished to armed forces: 1162
Personnel :

Robert E. Agee M
Joseph F. Bernhard
Frank J. Farley M
Walter A. Ganscoe
Ray D. O'Leary M
James F. Wade M
Gerard A. Koch GA
Michael Koch GA
Dr. Max P. Boykoff XP
Dr. S. Sherman Halpern
Dr. Walter C. Hammond

XP
XP

Dr. Maurice W. Sbertoli XP

Dr. W. B. Stromberg XP

Dr. Sigmund Sommerfeld XD

Dr. Wallace Walter Sommerfeld XD

Leonard F. Carmody RC

Leon N. Miller RC

Samuel J. Winograd RC

Henry M. Buchler C

Dorothy F. Dutton C

Maude C. Garner C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 79

Location : 5612 North Western Avenue

Registration: 5787

Men furnished to armed forces: 1357

Personnel:

C.Wylie Allen M

Harry M. Ehrlich M

Bert A. Gast M

Henry A. Habel M

Henry C. Hitzeman M

Harold C. Osburn M

Andrew C. Stayart M

William H. Haight GA

J. Lawrence Holleran GA

Dr. Carl Apple XP

Dr. Joseph T. Bolotin XP

Dr. Salamon Boros XP

Dr. M. R. Broman XP

Dr. Ralph W. Erickson XP

Dr. Ernest T. Faigle XP

Dr. L. Z. Fishman XP

Dr. John J. Hesser XP
Dr. William E. Howell XP
Dr. Leonard A. Kagen XP
Dr. Benjamin M. Levin XP
Dr. David S. Levy XP
Dr. George H. Miller XP
Dr. M. A. Varzhabedian XP
Dr. Anders Weigen XP
Dr. Richard E. Westland XP
Dr. Joseph A. Norton XD
Dr. H.F.Weber XD
Frank H. Kemper RC
Hugh C. F. Shannon RC
Cyril V. Brady C
Dorothy E. Dutton C
June M. Lindebaum C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 80

Location: 2319 Wentivorth Avenue

Registration: 6188

Men furnished to armed forces: 1599

Personnel:

Karl M. Gibbon M

Albert F. Gilman, Jr. M

Nat Hirshfield M

Harold Bennett Ingersoll M

H. Huddler Moore M

Gerald H. Moye M

V. George Pirofalo M

Joseph R. Salerno M

William S. McNamara GA

Karl Edwin Seyfarth GA

Isidore Vise GAA

Dr. William B. Campbell XP

Dr. Samuel J. Fogelson XP

Dr. A. A. Goldsmith XP

Dr. Frank L. Hussey XP

Dr. Willard G.Jeffries XP

Dr. G. N. Krost XP

Dr. Joseph M. Leonard XP

Dr. Victor D. Lespinasse XP

Dr. Harry 0. Maryan XP

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Dr. Harry L. Meyers XP
Dr. T. P. O'Connor XP
Dr. Norman G. Parry XP
Dr. Vincent J. Renzino XP
Dr. Adolph J. Rosenblate XP
Dr. Reuben Seid XP
Dr. Sam Seltzer XP
Dr. Samuel Sher XP
Dr. Edgar Weber XP

Dr. Samuel H. Wiener XP
Dr. Charles I. Ziman XP
Dr. M. A. Horwits XD
Dr. Samuel H. Rosenberg XD
Richard P. Fredo RC
Ralph P. Russo RC
Muriel Bowater C
Earl A. Rathbun C
Katherine H. Worley C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 81
Location : 83 East 35th Street
Registration : 6969
Men furnished to armed forces: 1902
Personnel :

Walter A. Combs M

Heber T. Dotson M

Henry Freeman M

Nelson T. Long M

Charles L. Ragsdale M

Tommie Parker M

Ben Steward M

Richard E. Westbrooks GA

Dr. N. Alfred Diggs XP
Dr. Roy P. Garrett XP
Dr. Adolphus N. Gordon, Jr. XP
Dr. Arthur W. Roberson XP
Dr. John I. Miles XD
Florence Davis C
Alberta F. Greene C
Valentine H. Murphy C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 82
Location : 3856 South Parkway-
Registration : 6331

Men furnished to armed forces : 2005
Personnel :

Michael H. Browning M

Aaron Ferribee M

Eugene P. Frierson M

George H. Hutchison M

John Harris M

David B. Hawley M

Stephen K. Kinnard M

A. H. Lane M

W. Ellis Stewart M

Harry W. Winston M
William H. Temple GA
Dr. Philip Joseph DTorio
Dr. Henry Schorr XP
Dr. Leon Headen XD
David Hawley RC
Annie T. Evans C
Evelyn H. Shorter C
Pricilla D. Toney C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 83
Location: 3856 South Parkway-
Registration: 6105
Men furnished to armed forces: 2085
Personnel:

Joyce G. Jacobs M

Horace M. McDougal M

Stanley B. Norvell M

Henry H. Proctor M

Joseph E. Snowden M

Arthur L. Wise M

David K. Cochrane GA

Dr. A. J. Bennett XP

Dr. K. David Cammack XP

Dr. Othello R. Ennis XP

Dr. LewSelig XP

Dr. Troy Smith XP
Dr. Henry M. Trammel XP
Dr. C. Leon Wilson XP
Dr. Daniel Claiborne XD
Benjamin B. Church RC
Horace Jordan RC
Allen J. Rodgers RC
Thelma B. Audley C
Dorothy C. Davis C
Caroline Webb C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 84

Location : 309 East 47th Street
Registration: 6487

Men furnished to armed forces: 2114
Personnel :

Oliver A. Clark M
Hobert E. Evans M
T. 0. Fentress M
Beverly L. Scales M
Earl T.Wilson M
Alva L. Bates GA
Dr. Charles Bibb XP
Dr. Robert L. Douglass XP
Dr. William F. Lawton XP
Dr. S.W.Smith XP

Dr. Herbert Turner XP
Dr. Henry J. Watson XP
Dr. William E. White XP
Dr. T. F. Harmon XD
Oliver A. Greene RC
Frank W. Keigher RC
Louise Hatch C
Valentine H. Murphy C
Hazel Stillwell C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 85

Location: 108 East Garfield Boulevard
Registration: 7274
Men furnished to armed forces: 2377
Personnel :

William H. Benson M
Hannibal M. Cox M
James W. Fisher M
B. Wayman Holliclay M
Harry W. Inman M
Blaine G. Alston GA
A. M. Burroughs GA
Dr. J. Allen Grant XP
Dr. Henry M. Graves XP
Dr. James M. Hall XP

Dr. Murray M. Paull XP
Dr. Pedro Santos XP
Dr. J. N. Simpson XP
Dr. Joseph R. Tanner XP
Dr. H. B. Shepard XD
Ashby B. Carter RC
George McCree RC
Norine E. Dixon C
Lillian D. Ball C
Lillian E. Foster C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 86

Location: 1511 Hyde Park Boulevard

Registration: 6204

Men furnished to armed forces: 1666

Personnel:

Emmet F. Byrne M

James Lea Cate M

Jacob B. Courshon M

Richard A. Griffin M

Ralph A. Levin M

Perry J. Ten Hoor M

Charles W. Tripp M

Herbert C. DeYoung ( ', \

Robert McDougal, Jr. (- \

Charles S. Pratt GA

Dr. J. S. Abrams XP

Dr. Alex W. Adelman XP

Dr. Albert Butterman XP
Dr. Louis B. Goldman XP
Dr. Harold Laufman XP
Dr. Simon Y. Saltman XP
Dr. George S. Schwerin XP
Dr. E. F. Kenyon XI)
Louis J. Cermak RC
KurtA.Falk RC
Elmer J. Reider RC
Emeline Hopkins C
Anne C. Lorenz C
Gladys Rankin C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 87

Location: 6156 South Cottage Grove Avenue

Registration: 6285

Men furnished to armed forces: 1805

Personnel:

Louis I. Arenson M

Abner Goldenson M

Theodore M. Holland M

Samuel H. Levin M

Harry Remer M

Henry H. Thormahlen M

James Williams M

Arthur C. J. Chittick GA

Max Frederick Goldberg GA

C. N. Leach GA

Dr. J. A. Berry XP
Dr. R. H. Freeark XP
Dr. John D. MacKellar XP
Dr. Lester G. Walton XP
Dr. G. S. Varounis XD
Hal C. Bangs, Jr. RC
Jacob W. Rovner RC
Charles Borden C
Martha L. Ford C
Mary Elizabeth Murphy C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 88

Location: 5512 Harper Avenue

Registration: 6045

Men furnished to armed forces: 1556

Personnel :

Pherrell A. DePrad M
Joseph L. Eisendrath M

Harry 0. Gillet
Leo J. Johnston
Irvin Klein M
Henry E. Ayers
Edgar L. George
George D. Mills

M
M

GA
GA
GA

Dr. Sunoll A. Blumenthal XP

Dr. George J. D. Gertz XP
Dr. Joseph A. Hubbell XP
Dr. Leon Jacobson XP
Dr. Lawrence J. Quillin XP
Dr.J.A. Shere XD
Charles L. Leindecker RC
Irene Dahlquist C
Clyde Kingdon C
Dorothy Kingdon C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 89
Location: 1133 East 63rd Street
Registration: 7096
Men furnished to armed forces: 2159
Personnel :

Henry M. Hilton M

James E. Leitch M

Henry T. Martin M

Ira Jesse Morgenthal M

Nicholas J. Talbot M

Roy J. Yunker M

Russell C. Smith GA

Dr. S. K. Robinson XP

Dr. James F. Wharton XP
Dr. J. D. Johnston XD
Clement T. Lauer RC
John M. Schmagner RC
Edward J. Timmons C
Helen Everling C
Fannie Nicol C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 90

Location: 2474 East 75th Street

Registration: 7130

Men furnished to armed forces: 1677

Personnel:

Frank M. Dukes, Jr. M

Robert Patterson Hastey M

Max Homan M

Bernes L. Merrick M

William H. Powell M

Frank M. Stanley M

Earl D. Hostetter GA

Dr. Helmut Blumenthal XP

Dr. Andrew J. Brislen XP

Dr. Herman Joffe XP

Dr. Ernest C. Olson XP

Dr. George B. Rosengrant XP
Dr. Alvin M. Winograd XP
Dr. Adelbert Wuesteman XP
Dr. J. R. Carlton XD
Munro Gerrie RC
Frederick J. Bryant C
Minnie C. Marchello C
Marcia B. Perquette C
Shirley Petersen C
Elaine June Wicklund C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 91

Location: 1547 East 79th Street

Registration: 5892

Men furnished to armed forces: 1613

Personnel:

George J. Ackerman M
Jeremiah Joseph McCarthy
Kieran P. O'Gallagher M
Charles Z. Meyer M
Edwin R. Peterson M
Lester E. Wallace M
J. Homer Andreas GA
Leo N. McGlinn GA
Dr. W. J. Nixon Davis, Sr.
Dr. Roger T. Farley XP
Dr. Charles F. Greene XP
Dr. I. Halperin XP
Dr. William H. Howard XP
Dr. Clyde R. Landis XP
Dr. R. H. McPherron XP
Dr. Francis D. Malloy XP
Dr. A. L. Morris XP

Dr. John C. Murray XP
Dr. Louis Novack XP
Dr. Harold Ovenu XP
Dr. Robert Rothschild XP
Dr. George M. Segal XP
Dr. W. Morley Sherin XP
Dr. Herbert F. Spierling XP
Dr. A. J. Sullivan XP
Dr. Charles S. Van Oosten XP
Dr. Earl E. Wilcox XP
Dr. R. E. Black XD
Dr. J. C. Mackinson XD
Harold H. Ward RC
Russell Coulter C
Ruie A. Flook C
Esther E. Ormen C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 92
Location: 10655 South Michigan Avenue
Registration : 6538

Men furnished to armed forces: 1959
Personnel :

Albert V. Becker M

Carl L. Goetz M

Albert J. Isherwood M

William B. Isherwood M

.I'M Johnson M

Frank Navigato M

Aaron Spong M

Stephens Van Clay M

William J. Venning M
Michael F. Zarek M
Gotthard A. Dahlberg (. \
Dr. Jerome M. Brosnan XP
Dr. Frank Heda XP
Dr. lewis H. Lippman XP
Dr. E. K. McVey XP
Dr. Max Norman XP

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Dr. Angelo T. Ravasi XP
Dr. John L. Woodlock XD
Dr. John S. Boersma RC
William VanderSteeg RC

Irene L. Brinkman C
Ruth E.Karl C
Edith H. Kuester C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 93
Location: 9622 Commercial Avenue
Registration: 5044
Men furnished to armed forces: 1891
Personnel :

Emile N. Chalifoux M

Frank Krolak M

Thomas F. McArdle M

Joseph C. Morris M

Archie K. Smith M

Frank Sawa M

Henry J. Samuel GA

Dr. Louis A. Draeger XP

Dr. E. M. Egan XP

Dr. Samuel S. Frankel XP
Dr. Patrick H. McNulty XP
Dr. Robert Schafer XP
Dr. T. A. Carlos XD
Edward T. Lynch RC
William F. Marsh RC
Alma F. Lionhood C
Lucille A. Walters C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 94
Location: 10740 South Torrence Avenue
Registration: 5981
Men furnished to armed forces : 2000
Personnel :

Frank T. Black M

Carl G. Buck M

D. L. Hall M

Anton Horn M

Michael M. Muszynski M

Hans Petersen M

Frank W. Michalak GA

Dr. Thomas F. Ahearn XP

Dr. Nicolas B. Colombo XP

Dr. John A. Czachorski XP

Dr. Robert F. Day XP

Dr. Don S. Harvey XP

Dr. W. E. G. Johnson XP
Dr. Otto Koehler XP
Dr. Frank H. Stevenson XP
Dr. Paul E. Weimer XP
Dr. Paul Zander XP
Dr. Anthony M. Zelazny XP
Dr. James Sugrue XD
Clarence J. Bohling RC
Henry W. Smith RC
Ewald Ernst C
Mary C. Peloza C
Antonia C. Rudzik C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 95

Location: 610 West 37th Street

Registration : 6328

Men furnished to armed forces : 2585

Personnel:

John Burke M
Thomas L. Cook M
James H. Hennessey M
A. F. Kennedy M
Jerry Kastris M
Martin S. Rochford M
Robert Q. Shaw M
Daniel J. Stua M
John B. Wheeler GA

Dr. Anthonv J. Bertash XP
Dr. John McGuiggan XP
Dr. M. P. Goldman XD
James Dovle RC
Edward A. Nihill RC
Charlotte M. Hickey C
Ruth M. Lamoureaux C
Ernst G. Sostheim C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 96
Location: 3205 South Morgan Street
Registration : 6572
Men furnished to armed forces: 2642
Personnel :

Samuel L. Davis M

John J. Derdzinski M

James Gormley M

Frank B. Joblecki M

Michael Schoenwald M

Fred L. Wassmuth M

Harry Weinberg M

John M. Falasz GA

Dr. Alexander A. Backiel XP

Dr. Myer M. Marbel XP
Dr. Ben Pierzynski XP
Dr. A. L. Kropidlowski XD
Lewis W. Crane RC
John J. Sharkey RC
Bernice M. Endemann C
Anne S. Kostris C
Rita I. Ostrowski C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 97

Location: 4440 South Western Avenue

Registration : 5356

Men furnished to armed forces: 2189

Personnel:

B. R. Pietkiewicz M

William A. Popell M

William B. Sebastian M

Paul M. Smith M

Frank Wozniak M

Vincent F. Kozlowski GA

Stephen A. Wilson GA

Dr. Thaddeus L. Bradel XP
Dr. Tadeus Dundulis XP
Dr. Roy H. Freeman XP
Dr. L. P. Slakis XD
Reuben Stiglitz RC
Joseph Judickas C
Dorothy A. Mason C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 98

Location: 4624 South Western Avenue

Registration: 7338

Men furnished to armed forces: 2986

Personnel:

William Butler M

Wallace Fredriksen M

James Haverlock M

John W. Kaledinskas M

John Kern M

Charles F. Leach M

Stanley J. Mitchell M

Charles J. Moench M

Joseph J. Berzin GA

Dr. Leo M. DePlewski XP
Dr. Frederick J. Rilev XP
Dr. Peter Z. Zalatoris XP
Dr. Paul M. Zilvitis XP
Dr. Joseph G. Bergman XD
Dr. L. P. Horevitz XD
Thomas Clarke Hedden RC
Cornelia J. Leighton C
Irene A. Soske C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 99
Location : 6405 South Kedzie Avenue
Registration: 5145
Men furnished to armed forces: 1668
Personnel :

Brinton 0. Baugher M

Harold Cleland M

Robert G. Crane M

Thomas L. Hasbrouch M

George M. Hill M

Arthur E. Johnson M

Leo J. Rychel M

Egill Anderson GA

Joseph J. Grish GA

Dr. George A. Klein XP
Dr. F.P. Levan XP
Dr. Joseph Garofalo XD
Dr. Joseph W. Jun XD
Albert J. Howe RC
Dale A. Medland RC
Ruby S. Benson C
Blanche C. Leske C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 100
Location: 5034 South Archer Avenue
Registration: 5105
Men furnished to armed forces: 1823
Personnel :

Vincent L. Decker M

Francis B. Farrell M

George G. Holme M

Otto Lange M

Robert C. Marshall M

Martin L. Moreland M

S. Charles Bubacz GA

Dr. Orion 0. Coppock XP
Dr. Alexander L. Stearns XP
Dr. Meyer Pusstelnik XD
Edmund Robert Guminski RC
Virgil L. Montgomery RC
Norman R. Butzow C
Mary T. Kurtz C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 101
Location: 5114 Wentworth Avenue
Registration: 5742
Men furnished to armed forces: 2237
Personnel :

Joseph J. Ezerski M

Charles A. Gidney M

Anthony H. Kasper M

John F. Kenny M

Joseph A. Kibort M

Peter L. Chadwick GA

Dr. Anthonv Montvid XP

Dr. Victor S. Nares XP

Dr. Vincent A. Simkus XP

Dr. Frank J. Wall. Jr. XP

Dr. Clarence E. Bancherel XD
Dr. Irwin G. Oaf XD
Dr. Charles Vincent Zajdzinski
Edward J. Bradv RC
Charles F. Detrick RC
David S. Kerwin RC
John S. Chase C
Man- Altierv Mevers C
Helen E.Pukis C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 102

Location : 4624 Emerald Avenue

Registration : 6274

Men furnished to armed forces : 2396

Personnel:

John Patrick Deegan M

James F. Joyce M

Raymond A. Naughton M

John J. O'Hearn M

Arthur J. Rutshaw M

Charles E. Scannell M

Michael J. Gasper M

S. E. Basinski GA

Dr. Jacob L. Albright XP

Dr. J. William Davis XP

Dr. Frank F. Fiore XP

Dr. E. A. Galapeaux XP

Dr. Irving Ginsburg XP

Dr. Stanley Grudzien XP

Dr. Harry G. Hardt XP

Dr. Christian D. Hauch XP

Dr. T. R. Hinchion XP

Dr. Maurice M. Hoeltgen XP

Dr. Percy E. Hopkins XP

Dr. Mark Karp XP

Dr. Thomas C. McGonagle XP

Dr. Evan A. Miller XP
Dr. Fred H. Muller XP
Dr. Frank J. Nowak XP
Dr. Charles W. Olsen XP
Dr. Paul G. Papsdorf XP
Dr. R. M. Parker XP
Dr. Edgar V. Perkins XP
Dr. Frank M. Phifer XP
Dr. Andrew D. Schick XP
Dr. Reinhold C. Schlueter XP
Dr. John E. Siedlinski XP
Dr. Leo A. Zelezenski XP
Dr. Henry J. Mathews XD
Dr. E. H. Ragan XD
Albert J. Bugner RC
Ralph G. Donegan RC
John T. Houlihan RC
Marjorie W. Hayes C
Helen M. Kareiva C
Thomas E. Sinon C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 103
Location : 2948 West 59th Street
Registration : 6881

Men furnished to armed forces : 2245
Personnel :

Rudolph G. Had M

William Jonas M

Frank E. Kemp M

John P. Campbell M

James Patrick Lynch M

John S. Reiner M

Walter W. Rodie M

William T. Halvorsen GA

Willis W. Judd GA

Marx Loehwing GA

Dr. Joseph A. Gazda XP

Dr. Mace Gazda XP

Dr. Anthonv L. Grizzaffi XP

Dr. Henry C. Lewandowski XP

Dr. Hannibal H. Paolozzi XP

Dr. Emil R. Zaborskv XP

Dr. E. C. Wach XD

Dr. 0. F. Wagner XD

Frank J. Ventura RC

Albert P. Ryde C

Phyllis C. Schulze C

Marv E. Schwieman C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 104
Location: 1816 West 63rd Street
Registration: 5678

Men furnished to armed forces: 2039
Personnel :

Ravmond G. Hilger M
Carl Lauth M
Henry E. Mann M
Mathrw Massey M
Roy O. Olson M
Otto Weimerskirch M
Clarence N. Bergstrom G A

Dr. Nicholas B. Pavletie XP
Vincent A. Corcoran RC
David Marcus King RC
William Daniel Cotter C
Mary A. Morgan C
Tsabel 0. Reaves C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 105

Location: 153 West 69th Street

Registration: 5997

Men furnished to armed forces: 1939

Personnel:

Harry M. Bender M

James P. Houle M

Joseph A. Huguelet M

John B. Mannion M

Frederick A. Nichols M

Harry S. Ditchburne GA

Claire T. Driscoll GA

Dr. A. W. Anderson XP

Dr. John Buckley XP

Dr. M. M. Coopersmith XP

Dr. Lester M. Choate XD

Dr. George Kirz XD
Edward V. Cassidy RC
Gerald J. Haley RC
Henry L. Kellogg RC
Marjorie W. Facer C
Edward Thomas Gillard
Gladys I. Klein C
Oliver R. Mulvey C
Mary J. Smith C
Axel S. Swanson C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 106
Location: 1310 West 79th Street
Registration: 6088
Men furnished to armed forces: 1832
Personnel :

J. Emmett Clair M

Richard C. Crawford M

Edward John Curley M

Erwin L. Dankers M

Charles W. Harris M

Martin H. Holm M

John D. Quan M

Jeremiah Sheehan M

H. G. Wielatz M

Alfred C. Woyner M

Edmund I. O'Connor GA

Dr. Robert E. Cummings XP

Dr. H. L. Foltz XP

Dr. Charles F. Kramer XP

Dr. Joseph M. Mahoney XP

Dr. Nicholas Mennite XP
Dr. Raymond Meyer XP
Dr. Albert G. Peters XP
Dr. Edmund S. Pisarski XP
Dr. J. Norman Smyth XP
Dr. Clifford Sullivan XP
Dr. Raymond Anderson XD
Dr. Thomas E. Gilmore XD
Dr. Algot G. Person XD
James McFarland RC
Mrs. Mary Helton C
Jean H. Keck C
John J. Lyndon C
Elsie C. Miller C
Jeannette R. Ronan C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 107
Location: 1018 West Taylor Street
Registration : 4933

Men furnished to armed forces: 1536
Personnel :

Joseph J. Brandes M

John Cilella M

Joseph A. Doss M

Alex J. Hoffman M

Guy Iarussi M

Frank D. Keyser M

Edward Tomasetti M

Joseph F. Mirabella GA

Anthony M. Onesto GA

Dr. Alfredo Bellizzi XP

Dr. Carl J. Champagne XP

Dr. James H. Conforti XP

Dr. Ernest Olivieri XP
Dr. C. J. Pintozzi XP
Dr. James DeBiase XD
Dr. George Falotica XD
Guy DeFillipis RC
Anthony G. Salerno RC
Robert Tortoriello RC
Donna Marie Bagnole C
Florence Giovangelo C
Jean Marion Massuci C
Grace M. Sabella C
Addison I. Wolf C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 108

Location: 812 West Taylor Street

Registration : 5747

Men furnished to armed forces : 2026

Personnel:

Samuel B. Blanksten M

Anthony Orlando M

Sam Parrille M

Secondo Salvino M

Pompey Taglia M

Harold S. Lansing GA

Dr. Bernard S. Freedman XP

Dr. I. Val Freedman XP
Anthony J. Mentone RC
Joseph Severino RC
Marion F. Amato C
Tessie P. Kazas C
John Kodl C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 109
Location: 1908 Blue Island Avenue
Registration: 5327
Men furnished to armed forces: 1960
Personnel :

Jesse Bedford M

Paul J. Harper M

Anthony Iassilo M

Bohumil J. Slivka M

Matt Vacek M

Albert K. Orschel GA

Dr. Julius Auerbach XP

Dr. Adolph Bona XP

Dr. Francis Kodl XP

Dr. Frank Kropik XD
Frank J. Bilek RC
Joseph Hucek RC
William Sevic RC
Frank J. Trcka RC
Marie J. Czerwinski C
Otto J. Frederick C
Marion C. Smithwick <
Frieda C. Wolf C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 110
Location: 1413 West 18th Street
Registration : 5432
Men furnished to armed forces: 1929
Personnel :

Louis S. Feinn M

Albert Halpern M

Joseph A. Husek M

Theodore Maschek M

John J. Phillips M

John J. Velner M

Sol M. Zechman M

William E. Zink M

B. E. Nowogradzki GA

Dr. Joseph Gardzielewski
Dr. Lincoln Stulik XP
Dr. M. S. Krupa XD
Morris Kaplan RC
Joseph J. Vavrik RC
Harold T.Webb RC
Lena Goldstein C
Sophie Grabitz C
Wanda A. Wagner C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. Ill

Location : 3652 West 26th Street

Registration: 6222

Men furnished to armed forces: 2171

Personnel:

Stephen B. Jais M

Joseph Moudry M

Joseph B. Novak M

Joseph J. Profant M

Frank A. Svoboda M

Dr. Harrv J. Smejkal M

Arthur W. Vanek M

Bernard M. Fisher GA

Dr. Meyer H. Levy XP

Dr. John L. Pieczvnski XP

Dr. Carl Potkin XP

Dr. Harry J. Smejkal XP

Dr. Henrv F. Steinbach XP

Dr. Constantine P. Theodore
Dr. Joseph Zabokrtsky XP
Dr. John J. Zavertnik XP
Dr. Leo J. Pancoska XD
Dr. Edward Soucek XD
Edward 0. Curran RC
Hugo F. Donat RC
Donald J. Lotrich RC
Harold J. Schultz RC
Arlene Kirian C
Eleanor V. Raz C
Arthur W. Vanek C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 112
Location : 3840 West 26th Street
Registration: 6598
Men furnished to armed forces: 2279
Personnel :

Joseph F. Batista M

Frank J. Komarek M

Otto J. Malina M

Matthew J. Turk M

John G. Zelezny M

Henry L. Burman GA

William H. Sullivan GA

Dr. Bohuslav Bousa XP

Dr. J. S. Chobot XP

Dr. John J. Tingler XP
Dr. Frank C. Bicha XD
Dr. Ernest Maker XD
Dr. C. L. Sarsoun XD
Myron 0. Keel RC
Frank R. S. Popper RC
Joseph Baumruk, Jr. C
Erma P. Vitt C
EllaE. Vlk C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 113

Location: 3159 West Roosevelt Road

Registration : 5468

Men furnished to armed forces: 1886

Personnel:

Charles Barron M

Harry Dicker M

Leonard I. Micon M

Dr. William Rothman M

Jacob Siegel M

Herman Young M

Irving J. Karlin GA

Edward P. Whelan GA

Dr. Bernard Goldfield XP

Dr. Irwin Hoffman XP

Dr. Benjamin W. Lichtman XP
Dr. William Rothman XP
Dr. Irving Ginsberg XD
Dr. Charles H. Zun XD
Dr. Jacob Zun XD
David J. Malkin RC
Sam Rubenstein RC
Shirley Brill C
Goldye Levin C
Nathan Rabson C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 114

Location: 3159 West Roosevelt Road

Registration: 5881

Men furnished to armed forces: 2015

Personnel:

Meyer Berkovsky M

Maurice S. Dick M

Samuel S. Epstein, M.D. M

Meyer Goldstein M

Michael Leibow M

J. Rubin M

Maurice L. Aberman GA

Dr. David Ackerman XP

Dr. Charles Berkowitz XP

Dr. Mandel Fisher XP

Dr. Louis Handelman XP
Dr. A. Neiman XP
Dr. Maxwell N. Wacker XP
Dr. Bernard Rodin XD
Nate Bernberg RC
Joseph G. Engert RC
Mollie E. Armstrong C
Amelia Stern C
Lillyan Weiss C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 115
Location: 749 South Western Avenue
Registration : 4682
Men furnished to armed forces : 1 748
Personnel :

Edward L. Bass M

Edward Fox M

Norman E. Haight M

Joseph Kasza M

Toby Polito M

Otto C. Rentner GA

Dr. G. A. Bica XP

Dr. Paul V. Carelli XP

Dr. John B. Cipriani XP

Dr. George DeTrana XP

Dr. Aquil Mastri XP
Dr. Louis S. Varzino XP
Dr. Joseph M. Maggio XD
Dr. George W. Parrilli XD
Charles D. Mead RC
Frank Spizziri RC
Rae M. Buffardi C
Silvio A. Cataldo C
Violet F. Simmons C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 116

Location: 2300 South California Avenue

Registration: 3881

Men furnished to armed forces: 1531

Personnel:

Rudolph Dvonch M

Lester Greenberg M

Emil Janes M

Edward F. Jirkovsky M

Abe Kardoff M

Frank Lavitas M

Louis J. Mayer M

Sylvester J. Pijanowski M

Joseph J. Polacek M

Henry R. Reineke M

Felix Noti GA

Dr. William F. Bartelt XP

Dr. C. H. Courtney XP

Dr. Frank L. Fortelka XP
Dr. Joseph W. Krystosek XP
Dr. Victor Levine XP
Dr. F. B. Olentine XP
Dr. J. J. Sprafka XP
Dr. Charles Fortelka XD
Dr. Emmett Watts XD
Benjamin E. Novoselsky RC
Isadore Shalowitz RC
Albert J. DeLaurier C
Frederick Dewey C
Sade D. Sternberg C
Shirley Lois Wolf C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 117

Location: 1255 North Ashland Avenue

Registration: 4986

Men furnished to armed forces: 2156

Personnel:

Louis R. Connell M

John F. Gillen M

Anthony T. Krystek M

Wenzel J. Love M

Walter A. Miller M

John Rybandt M

John A. Bielawa GA

Edgar H. Schroeder GA

Dr. John J. Belensky XP
Dr. A. C. Formusa XP
Dr. Harry Noskin XP
Dr. Herman Fink XD
Stuart Arkin RC
Michael M. Rachwalski RC
Helen K. Grywaz C
Clementine E. Kula C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 118

Location: 1014 North Noble Street

Registration : 6422

Men furnished to armed forces : 2642

Personnel:

Alex Bonczkowski M
Edmund B. Dering M
Aloysius A. Gordon M
John Milas M
Joseph Piech M
Edmund J. Szumnarski M
Raymond Kelner GA
Dr. Joseph P. Cangelosi XP
Dr. Edward Milewski XP
Dr. Dominic A. Palmisano XP
Dr. Frank J. Piszkiewicz XP

Dr. John F. Tenczar XP
Dr. F. F. Wagoner XP
Dr. B. G. Duda XD
Stephen Kostelny RC
John Skibbins RC
William Ziemann RC
Jeanette F. E. Budnick C
Helen M. Doyce C
Josephine Z. Mondry C
Frank A. Uczciwek C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 119

Location: 211 South Ashland Avenue

Registration: 7522

Men furnished to armed forces: 2328

Personnel:

Walter J. Benkert M
Leo Capuani M
Frank E. Gettleman M
Francis P. Kevil M
Dr. A. B. Rotche M
Roy Stuart M
Bernard J. McDonnell GA
Dr. J. Paul Bennett XP
Dr. James K. L. Choy XP
Dr. Bernard Gumbiner XP
Dr. Bernard A. Halperin XP
Dr. Charles Hillenbrand XP

Dr. J. B. Ioratti XP
Dr. Frank B. Kelly XP
Dr. Ralph E. Kirsch XP
Dr. Fay H. Squire XP
Dr. Alfons F. Tipshus XP
Dr. Richard W. Watkins XP
Dr. Leonard H. Weissman XP
Dr. Willard L. Wood XP
Jack H. Cameron RC
Frank A. Meccia RC
Herman J. Bittle C
Carmella R. Marzullo C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 120

Location: 809 West Madison Street
Registration: 4898
Men furnished to armed forces: 808
Personnel :

Emanuel Carbonari M
James W. Harris M
William G. Herrmann M
L. J. Laurion M
Anthony J. Montague M
Greene R. Whitney, Sr. M
Stephen J. Sullivan GA

Dr. Arthur C. Berman XP
Dr. John P. Crasseros XP
Dr. A. S. Leven XP
Moussa K. Moussa RC
Anthony A. Boccio C
Ida S. Young C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 121

Location: 206 North Western Avenue

Registration : 6696

Men furnished to armed forces: 2077

Personnel:

Frank J. Carsella M
David S. Chesrow M
Joseph N. DeGrazio M
Charles E. Graydon M
Graham T. Perry M
Eugene Thompson M
Nicholas Traficanti M

Barney L. Hollowick GA
Dr. William Henry Bowman
John R. Fritz C
Walter J. Garrity C
Myrtle M. Jacobson C
Patrick J. McManus C
Hazelia G. Savage C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 122

Location: 2229 West Chicago Avenue
Registration: 6013

Men furnished to armed forces: 2718
Personnel :

Louis Cesario M
Clyde J. Craig M
Fremont Gordon M
James Jay M
Edward J. Lyons M
August Michalek M
Donald J. Rizzio M
John A. Rago M

Louis Steinberg M
Elmer E. Abrahamson GA
Dr. M. A. Galgano XP
Dr. Marco S. Petrone XP
Dr. Michael F. Rago XD
Dorothy H. Schiavoni C
Rolland T. Steinert C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 123

Location: 3813 West Harrison Street

Registration : 4950

Men furnished to armed forces: 1539

Personnel :

Benson L. Baskin M
George W. Kistner M
S.J. Lehrer M
John R. McSweeney M
Frank J. Malone M
Joseph R. Orrico M
Anthony T. Clementi C \
Dr. John J. Casciato XP
Dr. Nicholas A. Casciato XP

Dr. Theodore M. Cohen XP
Dr. E. P. S. Miller XP
Dr. T. C. Mou/.akeotis XP
Dr. S. R. DiCosola XD
Dr. Howard Oringel XD
Dr. Charles M. Salk XD
Ben Flapan RC
Marcia B. Perquette C
Jack J. Stein C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 124

Location : 9 South Kedzie Avenue

Registration: 6218

Men furnished to armed forces: 2418

Personnel:

Alfred R. Anderson M

William A. Bell M

George Gamboney M

Frank M. McKey M

Harold Meckel M

William S. Wilcox M

I. J. Berkson GA

Louis I. Shapiro GA

Maurice G. Walsh GA

Dr. Curtis Bowman XP

Dr. D. L. Horning XP

Dr. Herman Kamin XP
Dr. Julius Prohovnik XP
Dr. Gabriel Saltarelli XP
Dr. A. C. Tivilini XP
Dr. S. W. Brundage XD
Dr. Frank C. Grippo XD
Samuel Baldino RC
Arthur P. Murphy RC
Winifred Carey C
Marie A. Horcher C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 125
Location: 223 South Cicero Avenue
Registration: 4685
Men furnished to armed forces: 1452
Personnel :

Charles J. Clusman M

Paul J. Healy M

John F. Simpson M

Anastus A. Svarnas M

Philip Weinberg M

Francis T. Delaney GA

Joseph A. Mclnerney GA

Jack Rosen GA

Dr. Philip C. Goergen XP
Dr. James J. Marzullo XP
Dr. A. L. Schiff XP
Dr. D. C. Aubrey XD
Eugene C. O'Reilly RC
John M. Ryan RC
Marie E. Bennett C
Florence M. Sullivan C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 126

Location: 937 North Kedzie Avenue

Registration: 4743

Men furnished to armed forces: 1701

Personnel:

Abe Finder M

Frank Hawkinson M

Frank L. Kent M

Michael LaRocca M

Chester Mitchell M

Samuel A. Aronfeld GA

Andrew J. Flood GA

Daniel A. Roberts GA

Dr. Anthony M. Barone XP

Dr. Nathan M. Kayne XP

Dr. Joseph LaRocca XP

Dr. Milton Ochs XP
Dr. Gaston C. Parker
Dr.I.S. Segall XP
Dr. A. D.Yaney XP
Dr. Michael DeRose
Dr. Abraham Phillips
Oscar H. Hagen RC
Rev. L. M. Upton RC
Edward C. Wasco RC
Marcella J. Glon C
Elizabeth A. Robertson

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 127

Location: 1020 North Western Avenue

Registration : 6341

Men furnished to armed forces: 2364

Personnel:

Emil Baumgartner M

LaSalle de Michaels M

Anthony Fortmann M

Morgan L. Green M

Frank Lajone M

Claude Wamsley M

I. Archer Levin GA

Dr. Michael J. Kutza XP
Dr. B. A. Pregozen XD
David P. Hill . RC
Arthur K. Young RC
Marion M. Schroeder C
Lenora B. Staiger C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 128

Location: 2044 West North Avenue

Registration: 5287

Men furnished to armed forces: 2135

Personnel:

Alexander M. Fisher M

Dr. Ira I. Kaplin M

Frank R. Maday M

Oscar M. Nudelman M

William Rusnak M

Louis Dulsky GA

Dr. John L. Koza XP

Dr. Daniel T. Sokolowski XP

Dr. Henry Wehringer XP

Dr. Stanley Heynar XD
Dr. M. V. Kaminski XD
Ernest W. Schneider RC
Harry Stephen Szeklucki RC
William R. Charles C
Teresa DeFalca C
Berdie Grossman C
Phyllis J. Leavitt C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 129

Location: 1409 North Milwaukee Avenue

Registration: 5748

Men furnished to armed forces: 2312

Personnel:

William L. Barnard M

Louis Rosset M

William Ruzin M

James N. Semple M

A. S. Wengierski M

Ignatius V. Wiencek M

Burton I. Stolar GA

Casimir S. Wiczas GA

Dr. J. M. Amberson XP

Dr. Francis A. Dulak XP

Dr. Frank H. Fowler XP

Dr. John V. Fowler, Jr. XP

Dr. John W. Harned XP

Dr. Albert J. Kass XP

Dr. I. P. Lombardo XP
Dr. John A. Marszalek XP
Dr. Casimir F. Przvpvzny XP
Dr. Morris I. Tir XP
Dr. S. H. Goodfriend XD
Dr. G. B. Livingston XD
Dr. John G. Sipple XD
V.J. Busch RC
Benjamin M. Edidin RC
Isadore Kohn RC
Mary' Hariette Babyar C
John C. Gruschow C
Francine S. Tauber C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 130

Location: 2818 West Diversey Avenue

Registration : 5255

Men furnished to armed forces: 1763

Personnel:

John A. Blake M

Frank J. Eder M

Oscar Johnson M

Edward A. Mims M

Arthur R. Murphy M

Rae E. Nehls M

Joseph J. Sullivan GA

Dr. Alfred Eckstein XP

Dr. Vincent J. Greco XP

Dr. Samuel Heller XP

Dr. J. E. Hodes XP

Dr. Edward J. Schmehil XP

Dr. L. A. Slavin XD

Dr. M. S. Wagmeister XD

George A. Fiene RC

Walter Schmidt RC

Clarence L. Steber RC

Astrid B. Dyrud C

Mae M. Lindstrom C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 131
Location: 2422 West Fullerton Avenue
Registration : 5756
Men furnished to armed forces : 2202
Personnel :

Dr. Samuel R. Kleiman M

Maurice Marble M

William R. Neidhardt M

Frank E. Pochowski M

Thomas H. Sanford M

William F. Ader GA

Dr. Irvin Neufeld XP

Dr. Myron A. Green XP

Dr. Bernard F. Justus XP

Dr. Jerome C. Prusinski XP
Dr. S. R. Kleiman XD
Dr. W. T. Pendergast XD
Alex H. Dolnick RC
Isadore S. Rosin RC
Sam Sgaller RC
Maurice F. Godin C
Alice I. Hoffman C
Adeline A. M. Malowe C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 132

Location: 3551 West Armitage Avenue

Registration: 4694

Men furnished to armed forces : 1552

Personnel:

George W. Guy M

Joseph A. Hollander M

Roy I. Johnson M

James M. Parker M

Charles C. Ramage M

Fred W. Strasser M

Leo Wulfsohn M

P. M. Zuncker M

Bernhard Stenge GA

Dr. J. J. Boland XP

Dr. Peter F. Czwalinski XP
Dr. Leon P. Kozakiewicz XP
Dr. Francis Tenczar XP
Dr. Frank Biedka XD
Dr. Wilbur C. Griffin XD
Dr. Romuald J. Walczyk XD
Claude L. Prish RC
Erna Moff K. Hansen C
Roy I. Johnson C
Catherine Risetto C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 133
Location: 2745 West Armitage Avenue
Registration : 6005

Men furnished to armed forces: 1901
Personnel :

John A. Kromrey M

Henry Carl Offen M

Henry Penge M

Frank J. Prohaska M

Otto M.Webb M

Herbert F. Geisler GA

Raymond Geisler GA

Viola Geisler GA

Dr. Stanley B. Abelson XP

Dr. Elmer N. Ascherman XP

Dr. C. A. Fleischner XP

Dr. J. Friedman XP
Dr. Alexander C. Peska
Dr. E. G. Faller XD
Dr. T. V. Weclew XD
Wilfred W. Beseke RC
Edward A. Meyer RC
Louis J. Schutt RC
Dolores Marie Kaeser C
Henry L. Petersen C
Georgia Xerogianes C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 134

Location: 3110 Milwaukee Avenue

Registration : 5449

Men furnished to armed forces: 1843

Personnel:

Mark W. Bradwav M
Edward L. Kuszewski M
Charles Lowy M
Clemans F. Menclewski M
Stanley M. Pawelzyk M
Glen Ryan M
Casimir Griglik GA
Dr. Richard V. Kochanski XP

Dr. Nathaniel J. Kupferberg
Dr. L. A. Nordstrom XP
Dr. Phil A. Skwiot XD
Ellsworth S. Dee RC
Joseph S. Kaserow RC
Apolonia B. Bartkowicz C
Irene F. May C
Walter Schwartz C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 135

Location: 4310 West North Avenue

Registration : 4698

Men furnished to armed forces: 1430

Personnel:

Guy Thomas Coleman M

Dr. Lewis Kent Eastman M

Harry Eugene Eckland M

Chris W. Keane M

Dewey B. Olson M

Adolph C. Sievers M

William E. Vilsoet M

Louis C. Karbiner GA

Dr. Gene Arenson XP

Dr. W. Lloyd Kenny XP
Dr. Frank M. Laurenzana
Dr. G. J. Sanfilippo XP
Dr. M. L. Bramer XD
Anthony Romano RC
Loretta M. Bernero C
Melvin H. Lund C
EbbaK. Rohde C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 136

Location: 5665 West Madison Street

Registration : 4509

Men furnished to armed forces: 1247

Personnel :

Richard S. Gill M
Herman E. Krulewitch M
Dr. Samuel Marmor M
William J. Sheridan M
Maurice Turner M
Bernard McDevitt, Jr. GA
Dr. Leon M. Beilin XP
Dr. B. Norman Bengtson XP
Dr. Vaclav G. Dvorak XP
Dr. Leon S. Eisenman XP
Dr. E. Frank Goodman XP
Dr. J. W. Hayden XP
Dr. Thomas D. Laftry XP

Dr.J. M. Lally XP
Dr. A. Sodaro XP
Dr. Samuel Solomon, Jr.
Dr. Irwin Spiesman XP
Dr. Louis V. Batler XD
Dr. J. W. Chulock XD
Dr. L. J. White XD
James J. Curtis RC
William M. Rogers RC
Allen J. Erne C
Helen M. Hill C
Mabel P. Keevan C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 137
Location: 4006 Milwaukee Avenue
Registration: 6415
Men furnished to armed forces : 2000
Personnel :

Carl E. Abrahamson M

Frank Gudgeon M

Glenn C.Kufier M

JohnE. Kulik M

Philip M. Sandberg, Sr. M

Stephen Schultz M

N. K. Wertheimer M

Peter J. Benda, Jr. GA

Edwin A. Feldott GA

Olaf A. Olson GA

Dr. John Eterno XP

Dr. P. K. Kent XP
Dr. Lawrence W. Lynn XP
Dr. LeRoy F. Maas XD
Dr. F. L. Pierce XD
Lloyd C. Larson RC
Cornelius F. McCarthy RC
Dr. B.H.Sachs RC
Oscar Hansen C
Mae C. Kempski C
Laura V. Simmons C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 138
Location : 3326 North Pulaski Road
Registration : 5885
Men furnished to armed forces: 1838
Personnel :

Frank Benjamin Brandt M

William Creely M

Edward Lake M

Clarence Lindstrom M

Marlow J. Madden M

Frank P. Pawlak M

Herbert J. Schmidt GA

Dr. R. F. Greening XP

Dr. Rasmus J. Harr XP

Dr. J. A. Johnston XP

Dr. James M. McDonnough XP

Dr. Harold R. Marsh XP
Dr. Theodore H. Renz XP
Dr. George C. Turner XP
Dr. T. A. Czeslawski XD
Dr. Robert F. Schroeder XD
Edwin Thomas Brazelton RC
Ravmond K. Theis RC
Idabelle Graff C
EbbaK. Rohde C
Anna F. Rose C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 139
Location: 3242 West Montrose Avenue
Registration : 6771
Men furnished to armed forces: 2113
Personnel :

Mervin H. Bower M

Eli Herman M

John A. McLeod M

Adam J. Miller M

Walter A. Sittig M

Philip R. Davis GA

Henry J. Heart GA

Dr. Harold M. Brill XP

Dr. Paul E. Kelly XP
Dr. Henry M. Sarton XD
Bernard H. Lefkow RC
Sidney Rubin RC
Irwin Abrams C
Martha I. Sanger C
Henry J. Sayad C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 140

Location: 5949 West Lawrence Avenue

Registration: 6762

Men furnished to armed forces: 1979

Personnel:

Chas. A. Amenta M

Herman A. Hansen M

Arthur Hollins M

Gottfrid Hookanson M

Richard J. Ruddy M

George M. Weichelt GA

Dr. E. Perry Vaughan XP

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 141

Location: 510 North Dearborn Street

Registration : 5838

Men furnished to armed forces: 1344

Personnel:

Frank A. Coari M
Howard B. Bryant M
Darius C. Franche M
George H. Grear M
Francis J. McDonough M
William F. McDonough M
Joe Rosasco M
Scott S. Smith M
Felix J. Streyckmans M
Clement L. Harrell GA
Kenneth F. Montgomery GA
Dr. E. D. Bloomenthal XP

Dr. Jesse F. Burton XD
Dr. Joseph Chapman XD
Ralph W. O'Farrell RC
Martin A. Stanton RC
Emmett Felker C
Clara E. Muchowski C

Dr. R. E. Dolkart XP
Dr. John J. Eichstaedt XP
Dr. E. D. Blumenthal XP
Dr. C. H. Stadelman XP
Dr. Irving D. Thrasher XP
Dr. J. Allan Weiss XP
Dr. B. J. Neiman XD
Dominick Marubio, Jr. RC
Dr. Robert D. Smoot RC
Fred J. Bent C
Lorraine M. Giovannetti C
Nellie M. Steinweg C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 142

Location : 200 East Chestnut Street

Registration : 6025

Men furnished to armed forces: 1455

Personnel:

Harry Ash M
Ernest A. Faulhaber M
Dr. J. M. O'Donoghue M
Herb W. Sanborn M
Fred Sans M
Charles E. Schiller M
J. C. Sturtevant M
Ellis R.Hurd GA
Marshall G. Sampsell GA
Dr. Anton J. Barmaneder XP
Dr. Herman N. Bundesen XP
Dr. F. E. Cunningham XP
Dr. Julius G. Levy XP
Dr. John B. Nardi XP
Dr. Henry C. Niblack XP

Dr. Samuel C. Noto XP
Dr. Emil A. Schlageter XP
Dr. Martin L. Schwartz XP
Dr. Robert Tigay XP
Dr. Philip I. Dome XD
Dr. Carl Greenwald XD
Dr. F.J. Kurby XD
Dr. C. R. Quinn XD
Dr. Simon Price XD
Joel Goldblatt RC
Elaine N. Hantzis C
M. Minerva Hines C
Mildred O. Snoddy C
Prudence Stenge C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 143
Location: 1930 North Clark Street
Registration : 7430

Men furnished to armed forces : 2365
Personnel :

William R. Bateman M

Jay S. Cassriel M

Fletcher M. Durbin M

George Funk M

Frank Lennartz M

John Smida M

James A. O'Callaghan GA

Dr. V. 0. Cardenas XP

Dr. Arthur I. Edison XP

Dr. Louis J. Kahn XP

Dr. Irwin W. Kross XP
Dr. H. A. Lindberg XP
Dr. Otto Schwartz XP
Dr. Arthur Taylor XP
Dr. Fred A. Tworoger XP
Dr. Herbert W. Lee XD
Dr. August Swierczek XD
Ralph M. Isacksen RC
Walter A. George C
Evelyn M. Maddox C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 144
Location: 2723 North Clark Street
Registration : 5956
Men furnished to armed forces: 1640
Personnel :

Charles 0. Clark M

Arthur H. Fischer M

Egbert L. Polk M

John E. Ricketts M

Robert M. Stack M

Carnot E. Valette M

Henry I. Weisbrod M

Alvin B. Olson GA

Dr. Adalbert Klaptoz XP

Dr. K. W. Ossendorff XP

Dr. Edward J. Pengally XP

Dr. George L. Percy XP
Dr. Richard Edgard Somma
Dr. Maurice I. Blair XD
Dr. John M. Cloyd XD
Lewis W. Barker RC
Joseph G. Daly RC
Lewis A. Tentler RC
Mabel Esterly C
Marion Healy C
Leo R. Wood C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 145

Location : 2608 North Halsted Street

Registration : 5698

Men furnished to armed forces: 1621

Personnel:

Murray Miller M

Merton Lewis Cogwell M

Arthur Hitzman M

Joseph C. Miller M

H. D. Roseth M

Harry John Smith M

Henry A. Umbreit M

Emanuel Goldstrich GA

Donald Korshak GA

MaxM. Korshak GA

Dr. Samuel Abrahams XP

Dr. Hugo Deuss XP

Dr. Martin L. Hannan XP

Dr. Jordan Rose XP

Dr. Joseph Zoltan XP

Dr. Robert Smith XD

Waldemar E. Erickson RC

Luther Thomas Henderson RC

Sally A. Hall C

Kay McManus C

Eileen Mary Rogers C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 146

Location: 3126 North Ashland Avenue

Registration: 6430

Men furnished to armed forces : 2209

Personnel:

Merlin J. Bartlett M

William J. Duffy M

George R. Huber M

Albert H. Larson M

Earl D. Peveler M

William A. Spandau, Jr. M

Allen E. Hoban GA

Dr. L. E. Barryte XP

Dr. A. J. Campagna XP

Dr. L. A. Macaluso XP

Dr. Joseph R. Mueller XP
Dr. H. M. Sondel XP
Dr. Adolph Sprecher XD
Desse Anderson RC
Harley F. Jones RC
Herbert L. Schultz RC
Edna C. Fritz C
Edwin A. Ladendorf C
Bertha E. Prosser C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 147
Location: 3319 North Clark Street
Registration: 6771
Men furnished to armed forces: 1748
Personnel :

Howard P. Evans M

William E. Hammel M

David Jacker M

Herman Waldman M

Henry P. Walshon M

Aaron H. Cohn GA

George Sugarman GA

Dr. Lester Jack Baranov XP

Dr. Frederick Grunt ck XP

Dr. F. H. Kampf XP

Dr. Arthur H. Levine XP

Dr. David Padorr XP

Dr. Alvin A. Palow XP

Dr. Nathan Rosenberg XP

Dr. Israel Sherry XP
Dr. Sol A. Sugar XP
Dr. Ralph P. White XP
Dr. J. A. Atchison XD
Dr. Maurice C. Berman
Dr. Jacob Spira XD
Mandel Anixter RC
Benjamin R. Paul RC
Jack L. Solomon RC
Theron E. Douglas C
Esther M. Klopf C
Hilda C. Romme C
Rose M. Suhr C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 148

Location: 1967 Montrose Avenue

Registration : 5560

Men furnished to armed forces: 1634

Personnel:

William G. Ferstel M

Aaron Glicksman M

Ralph Rose M

Erick Theodore Rysell M

Herman V. Silvertrust M

Harry Wilde M

Edward S. Coath GA

Dr. Raymond E. Bartelson XP

Dr. F. E. Hirsch XP

Dr. Philip R. McGuire XP

Dr. John F. Oates XP

Dr. Louis Carl Sondel XP
Dr. E. Davis Wernick XP
Dr. E. B. Williams XP
Dr. Raymond A. Reillev X I )
Dr. Edgar M. Walker XD
John B. Bobzien RC
Richard Teising RC
Paul B. Zaring RC
Ethel S. Baker C
Arthur C. Bitterli C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 149
Location: 4532 Broadway-
Registration: 6155

Men furnished to armed forces: 1620
Personnel :

Dr. 0. R. Engelmann M
Carl J. Johnson M
John P. Keating M
George Prasinos M
Harold G. Thompson M
Carl E. Buddenbaum GA
John M. Connery GA
Thomas P. Henehan GA
Dr. Benjamin B. Elster XP
Dr. Morris Goldstein XP

Dr. Maurice V. H. Puckev
Dr. Ernst Silberberg XP
Dr. Basil Cupis XD
Dr. Tsador Weisbach XD
Vincent Endris RC
Edwin L. Rvan RC
Rudolph G.Smatlak RC
Valerie Bierman C
Marion D. Fry C
Frank H. L. Wilder C

CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 150
Location: 4145 North Broadway-
Registration: 5580

Men furnished to armed forces: 1483
Personnel:

Leo Cohen M

Edward P. Dowline: M

Raymond Hecht M

Marshall W. Hill M

R. Herbert Milligan M

Phillip Sanders M

Charles C. Arado GA

Ruoert J. Barry GA

Richard J. Zavertnik G \

Dr. Richard J. Burrows XP

Dr. Samuel J. Burrows XP

Dr. Benj. L. Ebert XP

Dr. Abraham Ettelson XP

Dr. Max Herzog XP

Dr. Alexander Malek XP

Dr. Louis W. Meckstroth XP

Dr. Jerome J. Moses XP

Dr. Harrv Nagel XP

Dr. Martin T. Ross XP

Dr. Philip Thorek XP

Dr. Werner Tuteur XP

Dr. A. H. Frev XD

Rov W. Duore RC

Ham- E. Heidhues RC

Milton Janus RC

Marv Brown C

Andrew J. Getz C

Man- Catherine Redmond C

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CHICAGO CITY BOARD No. 151

Location: 1791 Howard Street

Registration : 5765

Men furnished to armed forces: 1325

Personnel:

Cornelius C. Cole M
Daniel M. Dever M
Perice J. Fenlon M
Frank J. Jacobson M
Edward J. McArdle, Jr. M
A. D. Quan M
Harold I. Chayes GA
Stephen T. Ronan GA
Dr. Irving R. Abrams XP
Dr. Norman S. Angel XP
Dr. Thomas J. Conley XP
Dr. M. G. Flannery XP

Dr. J. Gilbert Gray XP
Dr. Leonard A. Kratz XP
Dr. Franklin C. McCarty XP
Dr. James D. Pierce XP
Dr. Charles W. Scruggs, Jr. XP
Dr. Martin W. Sheade XP
Dr. Cecil S. Taber XP
Dr. L. T. Black XD
Sylvan M. Edison RC
Dennis J. Fitzpatrick C
Ann E. Manau C
Dorothy J. Walsh C

CHICAGO ADVISORY BOARDS FOR REGISTRANTS
Ward 1:

Clarence W. Beatty, Jr.
Harold E. Christensen
Herman L. Ellsworth
Ernest Stanley Hodges

Robert Irmiger
John G. McDonald
Charles W. Stiefel, Jr.

Ward 2:

Joseph J. Attwell, Jr.
Martin L. H. Barclay
Maurice S. Barrington
George A. Blakey
Charles Earle Carroll
James B. Cashin
Benjamin W. Clayton
William H. Crawford
Fred H. Elliott
E. Young Gay

Luther Hill
John S. King
George W. Lawrence
Marcia E. Lewis
Franklin A. Lovelace
William A. Maclntyre
William C. Martin
Edwin Clinton Moore
A. L. Williams
Christopher C. Wimbish

Ward 3:

Arthur Altschul
Edward Blackman
Zedrick T. Braden
Jerome M. Brooks
Bruce E. Brown
Otis M. Buckner
Daniel I. Cole
William H. Creditt
Bindley C. Cyrus
Benjamin B. Davis
Leon M. Despres
Morton C. Elden
Charles B. Evins
Walter M. Farmer
Lawrence C. Friedlander
Harold M. Gilden
William B. Gilmore

Harry George
Henry M. Goldsmith
Raymond J. Goss
James A. Greene
Houston H. Hall
Berthold J. Harris
Stuart Hertz
Sidney J. Hess, Jr.
Eugene F. Hiller
Galen Hunt
Lewis F. Jacobson
John T. Jones
Louis E. Kahn
Samuel M. Kane
Elijah B. Kelley
Ulysses S. Keys
Leo S. Kositchek

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Carroll N. Langston, Jr.
Oscar Lee
George E. Leonard
William E. Lilly
Leonard B. Lippman
Cleveland L. Longmire
Benjamin McAllister
Daniel J. McCarthy
Brooklyn J. McNeil
David J. Maddox
Jesse B. Mann
W. G. Morgan
Alvin H. Moss
Lynch J. Nash
Poindexter A. Orr
Mandell Perlman
Lawrence W. Pfaelzer
Carl Pomerance
Leonard C. Reid
W. Harold Rutherford

Ward 4:

Joseph D. Bibb
Frank S. Bloch
William H. Brown
Samuel L. Bullas
Leonard M. Cohen
Melvin Cohen
Clarence L. Coleman
David F. Dockman
Adrian J. Eichberg
Horace E. Galloway
Leo W. Hoffman
McHenry Kemp
Harry D. Koenig

Ward 5:

Arthur H. Bellamy
George G. Bogert
Henry D. Brown
Rudolph W. Burgeson
Samuel G. Clawson
Henry T. Chase
Harold L. Eisenstein
Dudley R. Emerson
Ambrose Fuller
Joseph A. Golde
William S. Joy
Edward A. McCarthy

Ward 6:

James H. Christensen
Thomas A. Dillon

Benjamin Samuels
Archie Schimberg
Leonard Schram
Harry Shriman
Ira L. Sherman
Arnold Shure
Arthur H. Simms
Carlos A. Spiess
Elyseo J. Taylor
Euclid L. Taylor
James A. Terry
Edward B. Toles
R. Esdras Turner
Louis C. Tyree
Robert H. Waterford
A. L. Weber
Marvin J. Welfeld
J. Ernest Wilkins
James MacQuaid Wilson

Seymour M. Lewis
Marcus Mahone
Levi H. Morris
Joseph Pavian
James Graham Penn
Robert I. Pitzele
Leo Spira
Lee L. Turoff
James E. Webb
Matthew J. Weiss
Alexander C. Wells
Lawrence J. West
Philip A. Winston

David F. Matchett
Paul M. Mitchell
James I. Morehead
Theodore J. Reinert
Rufus Sampson
Kenneth C. Sears
Emmcinual J. Seidner
H. Lester Seidner
Ernest J. Stevens
Byron Tyler
Kirby H. Wells
Peter L. Wentz

Charles A. Wilson

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Ward 7:

William A. Blake
Nicholas Bohling
Charles E. Clark
John J. Crane
William J. Drennan
Edward E. Fleming
Harold J. Goldberger
Edward Hershenson
Lowell A. Lawson

Ward 8:

Paul L. Anderson
R. E. Blackwood
John P. Costello

Ward 9:

Edward W. Barrett
Leonard Bosgraf
Grove Chidester
Melvin L. Gibbard
George D. Hillstrom

Ward 10:

Felix M. Buoscio
C. L. U. Clemens
Eugene Czachorski
(Mrs.) Helen Fleming
Rafael G. Guardado
Daniel J. Hallahan
Alvin L. Hansen

Ward 11:

Alan J. Altheimer
Edward L. Berleman
Daniel A. Costigan
Vincent Chisesi
Alexander J. Isaacs

Ward 12:

Lucien J. Bessette
Davis P. Buzane
Edward T. Havey, Jr.

Ward 13:

George A. Askounis
Grenville Beardslcy
Benjamin Clarke
James T. Cunnea
Charles P. Kal
Samuel W. Kipnis
F. J. Lyons

Czachorski

Frank Lindman
John P. McGoorty, Jr.
Jeffery Morrissey
Howard D. Moses
Victor G. Nardi
George A. Rooney
Gerald Ryan
Samuel Silverman

Hugh N. Johnson
John Onufrock
Arthur B. Skidmore

James Isherwood
Joseph Nelson
Robert F. K. Rausch
Hobart McKinley Sidler

William C. Henry
William F. Kompare
Jack T. Lask
Walter McNichols
John Schorr
Irvin W. Sippel
Harry C. Trapp

Herman A. Kabaker
S. J. Krazeminski
Irving R. Senn
William N. Strack

A. J. Jersild
Maurice A. Levens
Edward A. Rolwes

A. B. Manion
Samuel L. Montelione
William R. Murphy
Harold P. O'Connell
Albin A. Peters
John Simpson

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Ward 14:

Albin C. Ahlberg
Daniel J. Colgan
Robert N. Isbell, Jr.
Francis T. McCurrie
Thomas F. McWilliams

Ward 15:

Oren W. Coler
William A. Cunnea

D. Ellwood Davis
Henry W. Dieringer
John M. Dluhy
Albin Dommermuth
William E. Furlong
Frank H. Hopwood
William C. Mitchell

Ward 16:

Patrick A. Barton
John S. Boyle
John J. Flanagan
Daniel A. Gallagher
Anton R. Gecan
James L. Griffin
Joseph P. Griffin

Ward 17:

Raymond J. Budinger
Opal Leon Bunn
W. O. Bunn
Willard E. Bunn
Elmer S. Freeman
James W. Fry
Albert E. Grammer
Roy F. Healy
Ward Heidenrich
Edward P. McKeown

Ward 18:

Joseph Barbera
Albert C. Boehm
Philip G. Brennan

E. J. Camit
John Cullom
Thomas Patrick Foley

Ward 19:

Romeyn W. Nelson
Martin J. McNally
John F. Lesch

George F. Matthews
William F. O'Keeffe
Anthony F. Peterka
Thomas J. Reedy
Stephen L. Ruff

Walter L. Montgomery
William F. Morrissey
Thomas L. Murphy
Michael F. Mulcahy
Jerry Pech
Francis X. Poynton
Michael S. Rehak
Raymond A. Rempert
John E. W. Timm

Henry Kloese
John V. Kristy
Francis T. Moran
Edward H. Murnane
Charles T. Myles
Richard 0. Olson
Edwin C. Podewell

Thomas A. McManigal
Samuel W. Miller
William T. Murphy
Edward F. O'Malley
August R. Ortlepp
Dana R. Simpson
Robert G. Sippel
Paul T. Weldon
Peter Zabello

William J. Gleason
Edward J. Hines
Raymond J. Lavery
Edwin A. Lotko
Justin H. McCarthy
Thomas J. McNally

Frederic W. Heineman
John A. Bussian

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Ward 20:

Henry Auerbach
Marvin J. Bas
Henry Cimarusti
Morris DeWoskin
Arthur I. Grossman
Amiel G. Hall
Percy R. Jacobson
Julius C. Jaffe
Daniel Koch
Seymour Koch
Sidney H. Koch
Leon L. Kogut
Alec E. Kollenberg
Abraham Kosdom
Marshall David Landis

Ward 21:

Joseph J. Belinski
Edward A. Cooper
Anthony J. Darovic
Irene Kuchinskas
Stanley Kusper

Ward 22:

Arthur Abraham
Donald C. Colby
John R. Curran
Craig R. Johnson
Thaddeus F. Kuflewski

Ward 23:

Rudolph Bleier
George W. Boucek
Chester L. Butler
Fred C. Cuchna
Edward D. Feinberg
Myles A. Grill
William J. Kafka

Ward 24:

Benson L. Baskin
Emanuel Eller
Gabriel Goldberg
Burton B. Jaman

Ward 25:

Leslie G. Donahue
Ernest L. Duck
Reuben Flacks
Herman Herson
Sidney Jaffe

Maxwell Landis
Barnett Larks
Richard H. Levin
Ellidor M. Libonati
David S. Lozansky
Zachary Gans Mazzone
Cyril I. Milton
Leonard Moses
Horton J. Petrino
Saul Plast
Philip P. Salerno
Leonard M. Spira
Herbert H. Scheier
Maurice Walk
Harry N. Wyatt

John R. Lamb
John R. McSweeney
Lad Dennis Smutny
Steven S. Tyrakowski

John Novak
Otto C. Placek
John J. Reichman
Leon A. Wachowski

Samuel A. Kanter
Raymond T. Kilbride
Bernard Kurlan
James T. Mullaney
Erwin J. Puta
John Yonco
Anton Zeman

Harry H. Malkin
Ben E. Palmer
David White

J. J. Klepah
Alfred Newton
Franklin Raber
John T. Rcutrkr

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Ward 26:

M. J. Bachta
Joseph M. Baron
Edward G. Blonder
Alex F. Borucki
John A. Eckler
Walery J. Fronczak
John R. Hlavacka
S. G. Jacobzak

Ward 27:

Samuel Block
Robert E. Dowling. Jr.
George E. Howell
Morris Kompel

Ward 28:

Anthony R. Chiara
Howard G. Deming
Lane A. Fry
George J. Harkness
Paul A. LaRocque

Ward 29:

William A. Bell
Anthony S. Bruno
S. J. Lehrer
James C. O'Brien, Jr.

Ward 30:

David I. Bairn
Beryl B. Collins
Irwin B. Clorfene
Michael J. Creighton
Thomas M. Daly
William David Dreyer
Thomas F. Ellis, Jr.

Ward 31:

Lloyd Cunningham
Anthony Deering
Herbert H. Lissner
Max Luster

Ward 32:

Chester Greskowiak Gresher
Frank Greskowiak
Francis J. Kortas
Edward M. Koza
Andrew F. Kucharski
Marion G. Kudlick

William C. Jaskowiak
Valentine P. Koszuba
Joseph S. LaBuy
Valentine J. Liss
Irvin J. Moskal
B. Pelechowicz
Joseph Steller
Joseph S. Tragarz

Roger R. Leech
Percv A. Rattrav
Scott J. Vitell

Charles F. McCarter
John V. Schaffenegger
Gerritt W. Wesselink
George J. Zimmerman

Nicholas A. Pope
Pascoe W. Raymond
Robert M. Sweitzer, Jr.

Richard B. Finn
Abraham Johnson
Howard M. Harvey
Kenneth Sinclair Mainland
John I. Mayer
Marshall D. Omans
Thomas E. Rvan

Frank J. Makovsky
Harold Rivkin
Bernard Savin

William J. Pinkowski
Harry R. Posner
Theodore A. Siniarski
Benjamin Waller
John S. Wegerzyn
John Zekowski

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COOK COUNTY [Chicago Advisory Boards]— Continued
Ward 33:

Mandel L. Aronfeld
Benjamin Bass
Leo Sanford Blustin
Thomas J. Cameron
Edward E. Contarsy
Bruneau Ernest Heirich

Ward 34:

Louis W. Fischer
Lawrence E. Fleischman
James A. Geroulis
Nunzio Giambalvo
Meyer H. Goldstein
Edward M. Klein
Jay R. Lasky

Ward 35:

C. S. Cherpeck
Paul M. Cocot
Stanley R. Koy
Joseph L. Lisack
Adam J. Penar

Ward 36:

Nathan Glick
Edward J. McGinnis
Emmett A. Moynihan

Ward 37:

Ralph Charles Blaha
Charles C. Bodenstab
Theodor J. Cooper
George A. Curran
Harry Hoffman

Ward 38:

Carl E. Abrahamson
Clyde C. Colwell
Samuel Deutsch
Jack E. Dwork
Charles R. Holton
Stanley Kielczynski, Jr.

Ward 39:

Abraham R. Berkson
Merle E. Finch
Joseph H. Horwich

Ward 40:

George E. Asselin
Harry Bierma
Joseph Bonnefoi
Milton L. Durchslag
Maurice J. Frccdman
Harry S. Greenstein

Bernard Hoban
Francis S. Lorenz
Walter N. Murray
Paul V. Pallasch
Alexander 0. Ramlose

Benjamin D. Leavitt
Morton E. Levin
Walter P. Mack
Milton H. Nelson
Judson A. Samuels
Samuel Yoelin

Louis J. Priore
Alexander J. Ross
Lee A. Russell
Stanley Werdell

Henry H. Nowicki
Lawrence F. Zygmunt

Joseph C. Kanak
John J. Murphy, Jr.
Marvin A. Nelson
William Schiepan
Frank C. Wilkinson

Saul J. Moss
J. A. Nordstrand
Henry Perlman
Edgar A. Suter
Harrv D. Taft

Wallace S. Schall
Samuel L. Schlocker

Louis T. Herzon
Eugene Kart
Alfred R. Lasdon
James R. O'Leary
Carl B. Sussman
Sydney Wolfe

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Ward 41:

G. Hilding Anderson
Joseph T. Harrington

Ward 42:

Paul F. Boyer
George Patterson Boyle
Benjamin E. Cohen
Robert A. Crane
Stanley K. Fish
Richard S. Folsom
Seth E. Hough
Charles Leviton
Jerome H. Leviton
Benjamin Mazur
Francis E. Matthews

Ward 43:

William L. Bourland
Robert Andrew Brown
Lee J. Frank
Charles Goodman
Herbert H. Kennedy
Frank D. Mayer

Ward 44:

W. Richard Bernays
James E. Beverly
Harold M. Eaton
Edwin A. Hale
John I. Howe
Lester R. Korshak
Marshall V. Kearney
Leon A. Kovin

Ward 45:

Harry J. Busch
Samuel S. Cohon
Norman J. Dinkel
Alvin Edelman
Bernard L. Edelman
Theodore L. Forsberg
Adolph E. Gentzel
George E. Gilbertson
Chester L. Harris
S. Jesmer
John M. Kanne
Hamilton Klorfine
Irving L. Kruger
Charles Kuckel

Ward 46:

Maurice Alschuler
Gustav S. Andreen
Max Arkin
Stanley C. Armstrong

Joseph S. Langer
George F. Scheck

J. Arthur Miller

Victor C. Milliken

Walter H. Moses

Charles E. Peace

Frank P. Prete

Harold P. Shane

Oscar D. Stern

Harry A. White

Sidney J. Wolf

William R. Woodburn

Herbert Norton Woodward

John S. Miller
Jonas Roseland
Ralph Rosen
Jeffrey Shedd
Albert Healy Werner

Arno Carl Kunz
Bernard W. Mages
George T. Mannion
Theodore P. Nutt
James A. O'Connell
Arthur T. Olsen
David C. Ruttenberg

Sidney M. Libit
Henry H. Marks
Frank J. Marx
Jacob Jud Mitnick
Kenneth S. Nathan
Theo Nemoyer
Gustave Neuberg
Seymour B. Orner
Bernard M. Serlin
Samuel Shamberg
Louis Sheldon
Benjamin L. Weisman
Melvin F. Wingersky
Paul Ziffern

Horman H. Arons
Morris Aronson
Leonard A. Ash
John W. Bennett

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COOK COUNTY [Chicago Advisory Boards— Ward 46]— Continued

Seymour R. Blankstein
Joseph H. Braun
William S. Collen
Irving H. Cooper
Maurice S. Dolin
Stanley K. Feinberg
William E. Gainer
Sol W. Harris
Bernard T. Hecht
Henry Heineman
David W. Kahane
Clyde L. Korman
Edward Charles KosKoba
Ira Lasker
Brunson MacChesney

Ward 47:

Varian B. Adams
Henry Barrett Chamberlin
Robert J. Collins
Charles G. Fendt

Ward 48:

William A. Cannon
John J. Dobry
Homer A. Dodge
Isidore Fried
Joseph Jarrett
John J. Kelly, Jr.
Clifford A. Kiracofe
Ralph H. Lockwood
M. George Livingston

Ward 49:

C. Henry Austin
Ralph A. Berkowitz
Leo L. Brunhild
Joseph F. Charash
Emmet J. Cleary
James F. de la Motte
John Cornelius Hayes
Ira W. Hurley
Frederick C. Jonas
Edward J. McArdle, Jr.
Erwin L. Martay

Ward 50:

Irving Bilton
Joseph W. Cox
William Edward Devrr
Coll Gillies
Paul A. Neuffer
William P. O'Kerfe

Ian P. MacDonald
Henry J. McDonald
Frank G. Marshall
Morton A. Mergentheim, Jr.
Sidney Mintz
Sidney C. Nierman
Israel B. Perlman
Rudolph P. Perlman
Walter S. Rady
Donald A. Ritholz
Harry S. Stark
Aaron L. Stein
George Sugarman
Donald P. Vail
Marvin Wallenstein

James E. Marshall
Walter C. Palmer
Herman V. Silvertrust
Daniel S. Tauman

David B. Maloney
Leroy J. Neiman
Robert J. Nordhold
Joseph P. Power
Abraham Redman
Edward H. Rosenberg
Samuel Schein
Robert D. Warner

Alexander J. Moody
Raymond J. Moudry
George W. Ott
Edward W. Parlee
Thomas A. Reynolds
Sidney L. Robin
Francis J. Rooney
Clifford K. Rubin
Herbert Schoenbrod
Benjamin J. Schultz
Pressly L. Stevenson

Samuel D. Rothman
James G. Sheridan
Percival E. Thompson
Willett F. Weber
Christian C. Zillman, Jr.

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CHICAGO HEIGHTS No. 1

Location: 1637 Halsted Street

Registration: 6424

Men furnished to armed forces :

Personnel:

Fred W. Landsea M
Arthur J. Poorman M
Ray Harley Powell M
Emmett C. Richards M
Bernard J. Schwoeffermann
Lee W. Carrier GA
Ernest A. Lawler GA
Howard P. Roe GA
Dr. Paul Ashley XP
Dr. Spencer P. Blim XP
Dr. Warren C. Blim XP
Dr. Harry W. Dale XP
Dr. Henry B. Donaldson XP
Dr. Edward F. Hay XP
Dr. Raymond McCradie XP
Dr. A. H. Pannenborg XP
Dr. Jean Pilot XP

2298

Dr. Lionel Drues XD
Charles Fahlstrom RC
B. N. Landeen RC
Henry Leader RC
Arthur V. Bishop AB
Anthony J. Ciarlo AB
Chris D. Gregory AB
Dorman Jaffe AB
William F. Kennedy AB
Carl W. McGehee AB
Robert A. Meier, Jr. AB
Apollo Palionis AB
George L. Shapiro AB
Stanley A. Wilczynski AB
Charles F. Kirgis C
Hattie L. Poison C
Margaret H. Soderholm C

CICERO CITY No. 1

Location: 2502 South 52nd Avenue

Registration: 5840

Men furnished to armed forces: 1966

Personnel:

Fred E. Beuthin M

James P. Dewey M

Laddie James Houska M

William A. Kaczmarek M

Jerry Karlovsky M

James G. Kostakis M

George A. Morava M

Jerome G. Zahradka M

Felix A. Zdrojewski M

Edmund E. Placzek GA

Dr. A. E. Dennison XP

Dr. Chester Fouser XP

Dr. Daniel Haffron XP

Dr. Gerald Anthony Hancur XP

Dr. J. G. Hatzis XP

Dr. Otto W. Hinn XP
Dr. James C. McLallen XP
Dr. C. N. Vetten XP
Dr. Richard L. Voller XP
Dr. M.J. Cunat XD
Dr. L. M.Koch XD
Jerry Brousil AB
E. Marvin Capouch AB
Henry Kavina AB
Phyllis A. Mlyniec AB
Julius Skrydlewski AB
Frank E. Stacknik AB
Kenneth E. Bartlett C
Alveda 0. Larson C
Cecile Stepanek C

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CICERO CITY No. 2

Location: 5015 West Cermak Road

Registration: 5908

Men furnished to armed forces: 1724

Personnel :

John E. Carlander M
Jerome J. Cerny M
Joseph T. Faust M
Louis Mongreig M
John F. Polakovic M
Peter Tampoorlos M
John A. Zvetina GA
Dr. Benjamin Cohen XP
Dr. Irving Frank XP
Dr. Richard J. Humel XP
Dr. George H. Rezek XP
Dr. John C. Smith XP

Dr. William F. Franta XD
Anton Jecmen RC
Jerry Fred Justin RC
John B. Bernard AB
Frank J. Dusak AB
Frank S. Matousek AB
Albert Mysogland AB
Miles Wlodek AB
Marguerite Homan C
Marie A. Lewis C
Charles C. Miller C

CICERO CITY No. 3

Location: 2244 Laramie Avenue

Registration: 6059

Men furnished to armed forces: 1960

Personnel:

William J. Chmelik M
Vincent W. J. Chvala M
E. J. Krametbauer M
August J. Nestroy M
Thomas J. Pawlowski M
James H. Richards M
Frank M. Skrzydlewski M
John J. Sherlock GA
Dr. William F. Ashley XP
Dr. George J. Brevis XP
Dr. Frank H. Deane XP
Dr. Samuel L. Fried XP
Dr. Francis J. Griffin XP
Dr. Stanley R. Palutsis XP

Joseph G. Stone XP
Dr. A. A. Thieda XP
Dr. Frank Paulich XD
Dr. L. J. Pavlicek XD
Richard W. Hoffman RC
Roy 0. Pearson RC
Harold E. Jaeger AB
Frank D. Kay AB
Joseph B. Kovarik AB
Adrian Theriault AB
J. J. Viterna AB
Edmund Z. Jerawski C
Madeline L. Nieman C
Kathryn G. Sherlock C

EVANSTON CITY No. 1

Location: 605 Davis Street,

Registration: 4289

Men furnished to armed forces : 890

Personnel :

William E. Abell M
David Beaton, Jr. M
Howell G. Jenkins M
John J. Louis M
Edward E. Meyer M
Richard L. Simonsen M
Lambert Kaspers GA
Dr. John R. Merriman XP
Dr. William E. O'Neil XP
Dr. Verne W. Swigert XP
Dr. J. Lisle Williams XP
Dr. Herbert E. Midgley XD

Dr. Melvin A. Root, Jr.
Sidney A. Bent RC
R. E. Greene RC
Edwin H. Shanks RC
John J. Flynn AB
Otis Lowell Hastings AB
Charles H. Watson AB
Wadsworth Watts AB
Olive G. Hanson C
Eileen Mary Rogers C
Betty J. Whitmore C
Emory Hall Vickers C

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EVANSTON CITY No. 2

Location: 605 Davis Street

Registration: 5977

Men furnished to armed forces: 1972

Personnel:

Edward T. Arnold M
J. Allen Battle M
Barre Blumenthal M
Frederick C. Hack M
Arthur W. Rogers M
William J. Shea M
Edwin W. Smedberg M
Victor M. Langsett GA
Philip H. Treacy GA
Dr. Joseph Blech XP
Dr. Seth E. Brown XP
Dr. Walter C. Burket XP
Dr. Joseph D. Croft XP

Dr. Lawrence J. Crowley XP
Dr. A. Rudolph Penn XP
Dr. Gentz Perry XP
Dr. John C. Washington XP
Dr. L. V. Stephenson XD
John W. Cook, Jr. RC
B. Franklin E. Ricker, Jr. RC
Andrew D. Collins AB
Ralph G. Crandall AB
William R. Ewen AB
Ira E. Westbrook AB
Lawrence S. Hellstrom C
Bernice Lillian Johnson C

EVANSTON CITY No. 3

Location : 605 Davis Street

Registration: 5415

Men furnished to armed forces: 1262

Personnel:

David T. Bjork M

Addison L. Gardner M

Arlington C. Harvey M

E. R. Hughes M

Carl R. Latham M

Arthur H. Meyer M

Arnold H. Svebilius M

William M. Keeley GA

Dr. William H. Droegemueller XP

Dr. James I. Farrell XP

Dr. Lawrence J. Lawson XP

Dr. George J. Leibold XP

Dr. Lenard C. Mulder XP

Dr. James D. Pierce XP

Dr. Marshall Underhill XP
Dr. W. L. Waner XP
Dr. 0. E. Scott XD
Robert E. James RC
Robert E. Redell RC
Gaylord C. Burke AB
Francis Joseph Koch AB
Charles H. Lerch AB
R. Malcolm McKershar AB
Thomas B. Martineau AB
Nelson Gregory Wettling AB
Clayton S. Lasher C
Jean G. Payne C
Alvah T. Terry C

MAYWOOD CITY No. 1

Location: 507 Washington Boulevard

Registration: 6962

Men furnished to armed forces: 1948

Personnel:

Howard Earl Carr M

Russell W. Cochran M

Edmund J. Engel M

George S. HaU M

Arne B. Hummeland M

John Peters MD-M

Irving C. Richards M

Arthur C. Silber M

Henry L. Warner M
Jesse Marcus GA
Dr. Leon F. Beall XP
Dr. S. W. Coffman XP
Dr. Walter C. Lovejoy XP
Dr. Meredith B. Murray XP
Dr. Robert L. Reynolds XP
Dr. Morris Rosenthal XP

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Dr. Harold E. Smith XP

Dr. Charles E. Wiley XP

Dr. Robert Nicholas Warren XD

Dr. H. L. Akin XD

Dr. M. E. Smerling XD

W. L. Castleman XD

James R. Kozel RC
Jacob E. Dittus AB
Albert A. Gloor AB
Fred B. Huebenthal AB
Benjamin R. Morin C
Alma B. Solberg C

OAK PARK CITY No. 1

Location : 255 Augusta Street

Registration: 5226

Men furnished to armed forces: 1311

Personnel :

Edmund W. Getke M
George R. Happe M
Randolph C. Harris M
Joseph H. Hester M
Emory F. Schneider M
Joseph P. Simons M
Benjamin M. Stout M
Neil M. Thomson, Jr. M
Major Louis L. Ticktin M
W. Scott Hodges GA
Rex Mackenzie GA
Dr. Leslie W. Beebe XP
Dr. Robert S. Harwood XP
Dr. Reid 0. Howser XP
Dr. G. E. Linden XP
Dr. Vernon D. Nerger XP
Dr. William A. Ribbeck XP

Dr. E. A. Prugh XD
Dr. Spencer W. Magnuson XD
L. H. Fritzemeier RC
Andrew F. Hole RC
Roy R. Barr AB
William S. Bishop AB
Emile 0. Bloche AB
Robert E. Corcoran AB
Walter F. Cunningham AB
John E. Gavin AB
Raymond L. McVean AB
William J. McCormack AB
Clyde E. Shorey AB
Benjamin M. Stout AB
Gay R. Harrington C
Anne M. Neville C
Phyllis W. Petrie C

OAK PARK CITY No. 2

Location: 1011 Lake Street, Oak Park

Registration: 4409

Men furnished to armed forces: 1031

Personnel :

Joseph R. Dorfman M

John R. Hackett M

Olaf A. Finhold M

Frederick A. Rowe, Jr. M

Charles F. Lorenzen M

Bernard M. Lockard M

Alvin V. Nygren M

Charles E. McGuire GA

Harold F. Scovel GA

Dr. George D. Allen XP

Dr. Cecil Cooper XP

Dr. Ralph M. DiCosola XP

Dr. J. R. Hawkins XP

Dr. Andrew Jerome Hurter XP

Dr. Hilerd W. Jenkins XP

Dr. John F. Kluzak XP

Dr. J. C. McMillan XP

Dr. William B. Marcusson XP

Dr. C. Otis Smith XP
Dr. John W. Stastny XP
Dr. Henry E. Swantz XP
Dr. Arthur R. Weihe XP
Dr. James K. Betty XD
Dr. L. F. A. Hein XD
Dr. Robert W. Wirth XD
Randall H. Cooper RC
Martin A. Donlan RC
Maurice O'Connor RC
Edward I. DeBolt AB
Claude H. Coon AB
Donovan Y. Erickson AB
Edward H. Fiedler AB
Moore M. Peregrine AB
Mabel P. Keevan C
Margaretta S. Pierson C
Mildred E. Willett C

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OAK PARK CITY No. 3

Location : 325 Harrison Street, Oak Park

Registration: 4484

Men furnished to armed forces: 1240

Personnel :

Capt. Herbert Bach M
Alex Bezjian M
A. C. Busche M
William P. Churchill M
Herman James Holle M
Rev. George R. Keepin M
Harry J. Lossau M
Roy W. Richards M
Thomas H. Murray GA
Dr. K. M. Anderson XP
Dr. Robert B. Hemphill XP
Dr. H. M. Leaf XP

Dr. Arvid E. Westerdahl XP
Dr. N. M. Maxson XD
Dr. Howard J. Quigley XD
Edwin M. Duzan RC
David C. Slagle RC
Harold J. Hopkinson AB
James A. Knowlton AB
Frank A. Lyon AB
Marguerite L. Lembke C
Margaret A. Schuetze C
Jerome J. Vavrock C

EXAMINING PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS ASSIGNED TO
GROUP EXAMINING BOARDS IN COOK COUNTY:

Group 1:

Harry E. Barnett MD
Elmer Bernstein MD
Arnold Black MD
Robert I. Cutts MD
Charles B. David MD
Edmund R. Donoghue MD
Julius L. Fried MD
Leo S. Gelfand MD
James Goodfriend MD
C. L. Hoff MD
Willard Z. Kerman MD
Lawrence R. Leviton MD
Matthew Lewison MD
S. B. Mannel MD

Louis Marks MD
I. Marion McFadden MD
M, Otsuka MD
Seymour L. Pollack MD
William Requarth MD
Fred P. Robbins MD
Daniel D. Sax MD
Arthur J. Shapiro MD
G. W. Smith, Jr. MD
William Weisberg MD
Harold Werbel MD
Harvey White MD
Wayne Wong MD
V. B. Sorensen DDS

Group 2:

Deactivated and merged with other groups.

Group 3:

Henry Hoeksema MD
0. I. Jacobson MD
E. G. Jonaitis MD

B. B. Kopstein MD
Louis Lebovitz MD

C. B. Olney MD

Group 4:

Samuel J. Mark

Group 5:

John W. Wall

J. W. Stocks MD
L. M. Dochterman DDS
R. W. Houghtaylen DDS
Francis A. Napolilli DDS
Jerome Robbins DDS

Sidney Goren MD

Warren Lutton MD

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COOK COUNTY [Group Examining Boards]— Continued

Group 6:

Frank DeTrana MD
Louis Feinberg MD
Clifford H. Peters MD
G. Walter Dittmar, Jr. MD

Group 7:

John B. Batko MD
Charles A. Burkholder MD
Nicholas Capos MD
Nathaniel B. Lans MD

Group 8:

John R. Cochran MD
M. R. Guttman MD

Group 9:

John J. Brosman MD
Charles J. Caul MD

Group 10:

Louis L. Beehler MD
Charles L. Bidwell MD
Henry W. Cheney MD
Ralph H.Kuhns MD

Group 1 1 :

Herbert F. Binswanger MD
Morris W. Lev MD
Philip Lewin MD

Group 12:

Otto J. Jirsa MD
John M. Krasa MD
L. M. Marley MD

Group 14:

A. H. Andrews, Jr. MD
William J. Baker MD
Benjamin Boshes MD
Richard B. Capps MD
Faris F. Chesley MD
James Wilson Clark MD
Chester Coggeshall MD
Clifford L. Dougherty MD
George K. Fenn MD
T. P. Grauer MD
J. M. L. Jensen MD
John L. Lindquist MD
Selim W. Mc Arthur MD
Foster L. McMillan MI)

Group 15:

L. C. DeLozier MD
H. Kelikian MD

Wayne J. Kinsinger MD
Waldemar A. Link MD
Kenneth C. Washburn MD

S. H. Soboroff MD
Carl Solander MD
Louis E. Stern MD
Carroll W. Stuart MD

Henrv D. Feuerlicht DDS
A. M. Schoenbrod DDS

Francis C. Murphy MD
J. Glen Powers MD

Jeremiah E. Leahy MD
Thomas E. Leahy MD
John C. Wall MD
Carl H. Banks DDS

Samuel Perlow MD
Albert J. Simon MD

C. A. Sima MD

B. C. Steinbrechter MD

R. G. McMillan MD
Earl M. Merz MD
Guy V. Pontius MD
C. 0. Rinder MD
Edwin M. Smith, Jr. MD
Alfred P. Solomon MD
E. Lee Strohl MD
Walter H. Theobald MD
Howard Wakefield MD
Walter J. Bittman DDS
William H. Holmes DDS
K. E. Shearon DDS

Gilbert H. Marquardt MD

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COOK COUNTY [Group Examining Boards] — Continued

Group 16:

Joseph Baratz MD
John G. Bellows .MD
Adolph M. Brown MD
Morey Chapman MD
Maurice I. Edelman MD
L. H. Gorfinkel MD
Curt S. Grombacher MD
A. H. Herman MD
L. D. Joseph MD
Frank Kaiserman MD
S. Alvin Loseff MD

David Mansowit MD
M. I. Saberman MD
Ira Schnaer MD
John D. Singer MD
Joseph J. Singer MD
Milton Steinberg MD
Louis M. Steiner MD
Henry B. Baum DDS
N. S. Durbrow DDS
S. Y. Rosenberg DDS

Group 17:

L. R. Brewer MD
Vincent J. Gaul MD

Group 18:

R. F. Elmer MD
A. C. Held MD

Howard C. Riordan MD
A. P. Vincenti MD

J. J. Jurgens MD
A. C. Peterson MD

Group 19 :

Victor Blum MD
C. W. Briggs MD
F. L. Chenoweth MD
H. E. Davis MD
John J. Drammis MD
H. L. DuVries MD
W. H. Gehl MD
M. Goldenburg MD
H. R. Kenny MD
Rudolph Lackenbacher MD
Frederick Mueller MD
R. J. Murphy MD

Ernest D. Nora MD
Daniel A. Orth MD
William F. Parrilli MD
I. E. Schapiro MD
Karl J. Scheribel MD
M. J. Seifert MD
William A. Simunich MD
J. L. Spivack MD
Francis B. Tabaka MD
Leslie D. Urban MD
Paul Morris Bell DDS
Harvey Kargau DDS

Group 20:

N. J. Balsamo MD
G. W. Bohr MD
H. T. Horner MD
L. J. Houda MD
F. J. Kotalik MD

L. B. Newman MD
C. T. Roe MD
0. M. Walter MD
M. I. Lehr DDS

Group 21:

Dudley B. Reed MD
Charles L. Spurr MD

James D. Wharton MD

Group 22 :

Aaron Arkin MD
Eric C. Benton MD
Hardin E. Coen MD
Jacques Cooper MD
Harry Cotell MD
Israel Davidsohn MD
Louis Edidin MD
Nathan Falk MD
E. J. Feinhandler MD

J. Gault MD
Richard Gordon MD
Seymour Greenwald MD
Harry A. Gussin MD
Albert H. Jenkins MD
Abraham S. Kanne MD
Samuel I. Kaufman MD
A. M. Lazar MD
Maurice Lewison MD

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COOK COUNTY [Group Examining Boards]— Continued

Joseph J. Lubin MD
Stephen Manheimer MD
L. A. Maslow MD
Leo F. Miller MD
I. A. Rabans MD
S. R. Rubert MD
Leslie Schwartz MD

B. B. Shapiro MD
M. G. Spiesman MD
Isadore M. Trace MD
Stefan Van Wien MD
S. J. Zakon MD
Solomon S. Levadi DDS
Leonard J. Sherwin DDS

Group 23:

George J. Bilek MD
Walter H. Buhlig MD
Marion j. Filipiak MD
John H. Garwacki MD
Jacob A. Goodhart MD
A. Phillip Hess MD
Roy M. Hohman MD
Arthur G. Johnson MD
G. Erman Johnson MD
Richard D. Kearney MD
J. H. F. O'Neil MD
Rudolph W. Overby MD
W. Walter Sittler MD

J. R. Smith MD
Francis S. Szvmczak MD
C. F. Weinberger MD
A. C. Wendt, Sr. MD
Alfred C. Wendt, Jr. MD
Matthew R. Deplewski MD
Henrv E. Fonjemie DDS
S. S. Holzman DDS
Bernard J. Knitter DDS
I. H. Libman DDS
S. J. Pacer DDS
Michael Vitek DDS

Group 24:

Peter Bartkus MD
Andrew Dick MD
Dominic DiCiro MD
Rosario Drago MD
James L. Foley MD
Charles P. Galanti MD
James G. Gallagher MD
William H. Golub MD
Edward J. Krol MD
Edward R. Michaels MD

John Edward Patt MD
John Francis Ruzic MD
Frank Saletta MD
John Simonaitis MD
Edward Szczurek MD
Vincent Torczynski MD
Joseph Ruzic DDS
Edward C. Thomas DDS
Vincent Zopel DDS

Group 25:

William E. Carey MD
Alfred Lewy MD

John VanProhaska MD

Group 26:

Frank T. Coote MD
Maurice Dome MD
Emory Fenwick MD
R. B. Gaines MD
Julius M. Glasser MD
Edward F. Hess MD
B. T. Hoffman MD
Minas Joannides MD
Oscar H. Kraft MD
Leo J. Latz MD
Frank B. Lusk MD
Louis A. Manelli MD

Louis M. Munson MD
Daniel E. Murphy MD
Frederick A. Rettig MD
Michael Serio MD
Theodore Steinert MD
William J. Swift MD
Leonard M. Wagner MD
Edward W. White MD
Walter Zurndorfer MD
V. G. Urse MD
Louis A. Friedrich DDS

Group 27:

W. F. Kalisz MD

Casimir L. Jakubowski MD

Gcrvaise P. Pallasch MD

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COOK COUNTY [Group Examining Boards]— Continued
Group 28:

Bernard M. Chapman MD
J. A. Kohn MD

Group 29:

Henry Barancik MD
Daniel E. Clark MD
Tibor Czeisler MD
Frank E. Mead MD

Group 30 :

T. J. Echerer MD
I. J. Seheer MD
N. F. Schwartz MD

Group 32:

Carl W. Apfelbach MD
Charles M. Bacon MD
Leo K. Campbell MD
Arthur E. Diggs MD
John M. Dorsey MD
Egbert H. Fell MD
Stanton Friedberg MD
Henry Halley, Jr. MD
Robert E. Johanneson MD
R. L. Kesler MD
Alvah A. Knight MD
Stanley E. Lawton MD
James W. Merricks MD
William F. Moncreiff MD

Group 33:

Leonidas H. Berrv MD
William D. Giles DDS

Group 34:

H. H. Epstein MD
J. D. Kirshbaum MD
Harry Leventhal MD

Group 35 :

A. F. Akkeron MD
Edward J. Ginnan MD
Raymond H. Grunt MD
Edward A. Mladick MD

Herman M. Slutske MD
Robert M. Denton DDS

Herman Louis Mishkin MD
E. A. Proby MD
Carl G. Sachtleben MD
Raymond B. White MD

James Valentine MD
J. W. Phillips DDS
George Sheafer DDS

Bertram G. Nelson MD
Evans W. Pernokis MD
Wyatt S. Roberts MD
Walter H. Segall MD
George Shambaugh, Jr. AID
Younger A. Staton MD
Georse W. Stuppy MD
R. ET Talbott MD
Frank V. Theis MD
William A. Thomas MD
James R. Webster MD
Merrill Killip DDS
Kay L. Thompson. Jr. DDS

Walter H. Hackh

DDS

Benjamin Seid MD
Roger VanAtta MD
Samuel W. Werch DDS

Allen R. Morrison MD
Walter V. Norak MD
Herbert P. Rasche MD

407

CRAWFORD COUNTY

CRAWFORD COUNTY No. 1

Location: Robinson State Bank Building, Robinson

Registration : 4904

Men furnished to armed forces: 1664

Personnel :

Isaac Adin Blake M
William E. Bradbury M
Orian CJyde Caldwell M
Paul B. Harper M
Joseph C. Hewitt M
William A. Midgett M
Lawrence A. Rhodes M
Harry L. Thompson M
William A. McCarty GA
Dr. J. W. Carlisle XP
Dr. Roy Griffy XP
Dr. George H. Henry XP
Dr. L. B. Highsmith XP
Dr. John A. Ikemire XP
Dr. Levi R. Illyes XP
Dr. John W. Long XP
Dr. Leslie P. Sloan XP
Dr. Paul E. Smith XP
Dr. Charles H. Voorheis XP
Dr. E. G. Stephens XD
Paul Elisha Hammer RC
Leslie R. Seligman RC
William B. Arnold AB
A. 0. Bottenfield AB

J. Stanley Bradbury AB
O. H. Buck AB
Leonard Chapman AB
Carroll Cox AB
Manford E. Cox AB
Caswell J. Crebs AB
J. C. Eagleton AB
Richard H. Eagleton AB
Chella R. Gullett AB
A. Hanby Jones AB
Charles E. Jones AB
Joseph R. MacHatton AB
P. G. McCarty AB
W. A. McCarty AB
H. E. Musgrave AB
T. J. Newlin AB
G. K. Phillips AB
0. L. Plunkett AB
C. M. Weger AB
E. C. Wesner AB
Ray E. Wesner AB
George M. Clements C
Mrs. Mary Shaw C
John S. Woodworth C

CUMBERLAND COUNTY

CUMBERLAND COUNTY No. 1
Location: Rhodes Building, Toledo
Registration: 2580
Men furnished to armed forces : 740
Personnel :

John Alexander M

Walter H. Bingiman M

Bert C. Birdzell M

Dr. Charles E. Goodman M

Frank J. Lawlor M

Edgar A. Neal M

Carl R. Ozier M

George E. Spence M

Charles F. Wilson M

Max Young M

Wilton A. Carr GA

Dr. Walter R. Rhodes XP

Dr. H. L. Gresens XD
Gar Borden RC
Nicholas F. Ettelbrick, Jr.
M. C. Everhart RC
Walter Brewer, Jr. AB
Charles M. Conner AB
Theodore 0. Cutright AB
Irene Dugan AB
Glen D. Neal AB
George D. Ozee AB
Erma Pauline Titus C
Marion S. Underwood C

m:;

DEKALB COUNTY

DE KALB COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Sycamore

Registration : 4522

Men furnished to armed forces: 1121

Personnel:

Oliver M. Barcus M
Arthur U. Dodge M
Guy Lanan M
Thomas F. Olsen M
Thomas J. Ronin M
DeEstin L. Pasley GA
Dr. L. B. Bagnall XP
Dr. Paul L. Bergstrom XP
Dr. Carl E. Clark XP
Dr. George H. Joost XP
Dr. Ivan Radeff XP
Dr. Howard D. Spafford XP

Dr. Grant Suttie XP
Dr. D. 0. Thompson XP
Dr. G. E. Boardman XD
Dr. H. W. Hennis XD
Dr. E. C. Miller XD
Louis Dunn RC
Glenn W. Reynolds RC
Helen L. Basler C
Elsie Decker C
Helen R. Eddy C
Bert B. Stroberg C

DE KALB COUNTY No. 2

Location : County Court House, Sycamore

Registration: 4155

Men furnished to armed forces: 1025

Personnel:

PaulV. Eakle M

Edward E. Gallagher M

Gottlieb D. Hueber M

Harry A. Joslyn M

William M. McAllister M

Guy W. Morgan M

Elof Olson M

Lucius D. Sears M

A. M. Thompson M

Robert E. White M

Preston Woods M

Carl W. Kellman GA

Ross E. Millet GA

L. Frank Moudry GA

Dr. S. L. Anderson XP

Dr. E. C. Burton XP

Dr. Paul W. Carney XP

Dr. Robert G. Dakin XP

Dr. J. C. Ellis XP

Dr. George W. Finley XP

Advisory Board Members

Lowell B. Smith
George Spitz
G. E. Stott
F. E. Brower
Dennis J. Collins
Roy W. Cook
Truman Crowell
Eugene Donnelly

Dr. P. I. Hopkins XP
Dr. Robert S. Keller XP
Dr. Dwight J. Ladd XP
Dr. F. B. Moore XP
Dr. Caryl Nelson XP
Dr. George W. Nesbitt XP
Dr. John W. Ovitz XP
Dr. J. S. Rankin XP
Dr. Fred E. Scheppler XP
Dr. Clifford E. Smith XP
Dr. Harold J. Trapp XP
Dr. Howard L. Jennings XD
Dr. Norman Ogilvie XD
Dr. Ralph E. Curry RC
Howard G. Seldomridge RC
R. W. Storey RC
Gilbert Blackman C
Adelaide Frenier C
Melen M. Knudson C

for De Kail. Countv

Harris D. Fisk
William Lankton
Harry C. Lewis
Lewis M. Long
Harry W. McEwen
H. E. Mann
Roy Racine

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DEWITT COUNTY

DE WITT COUNTY No. 1

Location: 701x/i North Side Public Square, Clinton
Registration: 4103
Men furnished to armed forces: 1222
Personnel :

Melvin J. Bordner M
Gordon V. Day M
Lee Fosnaugh M
Russell Eugene Spainhour
Harry T. Swigart M
Dr. R. A. Thompson M
Edwin S. Wightman M
John Bedinger GA
Arthur F. Miller GA
George J. Smith GA
William F. Smith GA
Dr. Fred M. Blome XP
Dr. C. S. Bogardus XP
Dr. Charles W. Carter XP

Dr. C. W. Hull XP
Dr. Owen E. W. Nowlin XP
Dr. Wilfred J. Nowlin XP
Dr. John L. Dixon XD
Frank T. Greene RC
Harlow M. Stensel RC
L. S. Collins AB
George B. Marvel AB
Grover W. Watson AB
Raymond H. Wilson AB
Wilma R. Adams C
David W. Isenhour C
Alice L. Lynch C
Orpha M. Wellman C

DOUGLAS COUNTY

DOUGLAS COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Tuscola

Registration : 3986

Men furnished to armed forces: 1091

Personnel:

Jesse T. Brock M
John R. Henson M
Richard Clyde Horton M
Dr. M. E. Lollar M
Ward S. Maris M
Jack J. Melody M
George E. Nichols GA
Dr. W. C. Blaine XP
Dr. J. 0. Cletcher XP
Dr. C. L. Hine XD
Dr. M. M. Lossman XD

Earl Busby RC
George A. Jones RC
Paul J. Cunningham AB
Harley C. Helm AB
Harold C. Jones AB
James F. Lemna AB
Edwin F. Meister AB
Harry L. Pate AB
Jean Y. Eastin C
Mary Alice Gillispie C
Ruby B. Taylor C

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DUPAGE COUNTY

DU PAGE COUNTY No. 1

Location: 104 Main Street, West Chicago

Registration: 6427

Men furnished to armed forces: 1626

Personnel:

Theodore Bauer M

Fred Best M

Dr. Earl E. Byerrum M

Conrad S. Hegstrom M

Wesley Inthout M

Ralph W. Marshall M

Harry B. Pearson M

William H. Stark M

James C. Baker GA

John S. Woodward GA

Dr. John T. Breme XP

Dr. James P. Campbell XP

Dr. Bruce A. Hollister XP

Dr. Paul A. Isherwood XP

Dr. Matthew W. James XP

Dr. J. W. Lane XP

Dr. Henry F. Langhorst XP

Dr. Walter L. Migely XP

Dr. Emil H. Oelke XP

Dr. William C. Perkins XP

Dr. George F. Schroeder XP

Dr. H. H. Volberding XP

Dr. Clayton S. Whitehead XP

Dr. T. L. Jones XD

Willard Robert Buchanan RC

David A. Phillips RC

Theresa A. Besch C

Aura H. Curran C

Violet M. Murray C

Marion L. Veale C

DU PAGE COUNTY No. 2

Location: Liberty Building, Wheaton

Registration: 6416

Men furnished to armed forces : 1536

Personnel:

George A. Erickson M

Fllis C. Hutcheon M

George T. Jennings M

Fred C. Landorf M

Edward F. Schultz M

Frank J. Sheldon M

Harold E. Splon M

Joseph C. Thor M

Benjamin A. Piper GA

Dr. Willard J. Berwanaer XP

Dr. Dan D. Jamison XP

Dr. A. B. Jones XP

Dr. L. J. Kunsch XP

Dr. Stanley G. Law XP

Dr. Winfred B. Martin XB
Dr. A. R. Rikli XP
Dr. Cloyd L. Pugh XP
Dr. John H. Raach XP
Dr. Richard F. Schiele XP
Dr. Roy S. Schluchter XD
Lee W. Brierton RC
N. C. Knapp RC
Joseph W. Kriebs RC
James L. Nichols RC
Clarence M. Sullivan RC
Virginia Alexander C
Arlene E. Campbell C
Clara E. Welter C

DU PAGE COUNTY No. 3

Location : 355 South Ardmore Avenue, Villa Park
Registration : 7544
Men furnished to armed forces: 1763
Personnel :

Jerome C. Alderman M
James B. Cassidy M
Charles H. Cress M
Timothy Lehmann M
John E. McCov M
John F. Nichols M

John E. Pherigo M
Theodore F. Ashford
Alben F. Bates GA
George C. Potts GA
William Webster GA
Dr. A. D. Chidlow XP

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Dr. Joseph P. Crabtree XP
Dr. Walter W. Frank XP
Dr. Edward Horick XP
Dr. S. K. Lewis XP
Dr. Edwin F. Neckerman XP
Dr. A. C. Carlson XD
Dr. Winifield S. Fisher XD
Dr. Stephen F. French XD

Dr. Paul W. Schroeder XD
Dr. J. R. YanDenBrink XD
Nick T. Hubert RC
Dave Rodger RC
Alice Seton Berens C
Alice Daniels C
Bert F. Davis C
Nimma Wilks C

DU PAGE COUNTY No. 4

Location: 1001 Burlington Avenue, Downers Grove

Registration: 6991

Men furnished to armed forces: 1806

Personnel :

Stephen Ducay M
Roy S. Erlandson M
George A. Ferber M
Newell H. Fishel M
Harold T. Moore M
Bernie F. Nesbit M
Louis M. Oestmann M
Edward Schuetz M
Richmond D. Thomason M
E. D. Timke M
Harrv Lvnn Wheeland M
C. W. Hadley GA
Dr. Flovd M. Bravshaw XP
Dr. William E. Bretz XP
Dr. Keith L. Duncomhe XP
Dr. Glenn G. Ehrler XP
Dr. William W. Frank XP
Dr. A. J. Hospers XP
Dr. Charles I. Left XP

Dr. August H. Lueders XP
Dr. Roland P. Mackav XP
Dr. R. F. Manning XP
Dr. R. A. Matthies XP
Dr. David L. Olinger XP
Dr. L. W. Schneider XP
Dr. Carl E. Schultz XP
Dr. Herbert M. Stanton XP
Dr. E. Field Worsley XP
Dr. W. N. Kirby XD
Alexander Clark RC
C. E. Hacklander RC
Herschel Hubbard RC
Dr. George W. Roohte RC
Betsy Northrup Keith C
Florence H. Kellv C
Ruth H. Monson C
Ethel M. Robertson C
May L. Seeger C

Advisory Board Members for Du Page County

Melvin F. Abrahamson

Mark Bemis

Joseph K. Blackman, Jr.

Gordon C. Bunge

Willard E. Cain

Wilbur Dahn

George F. Featherstone, Jr.

William R. Friedrich

R. A. Franzen

William L. Guild. Jr.

William E. Hooper

Norman A. Hutchinson

Edward C. Klein

Michael Kross

John D. Leedle
Charles E. Loy
John E. McCoy
Charles L. Makemson
Bruno Marschinke
George C. Potts
diaries J. Scofield. Jr.
H. C. Strauschild
Edgar F. Thoma
J. E. Vandivere
Frank E. Wardeckn
Harrv G. Weaves
Richard M. White

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EDGAR COUNTY

EDGAR COUNTY No. 1

Location : County Court House. Paris

Registration : 5503

Men furnished to armed forces: 1388

Personnel:

Earley 0. Delap M

Shelby S. Ewing M

Otha J. Linebarger M

Grady O'Hair M

Carl McKinnev M

W. Starr Mayer M

J. Wilson Smith M

Robert R. Tate M

Harry E. Willms M

T. S. Wright M

Robert F. Cotton GA

J. L. Sullivan GA

Charles F. Tvm GA

Dr. William A. Bittner XP

Dr. Paul E. Fleener XP

Dr. Fred J. James XP

Dr. H. D. Junkin XP

Dr. Francis M. Link XP

Dr. John Wesley Martin XP

Dr. G. 0. Ruff XD

Charles Redden Clement RC

Burl Z. Redman RC

Rev. Paul R. Spierling RC

Don H. Wright RC

Robert L. Bane AB
Otho R. Eaton AB
Albert Eldredge AB
Ward E. Dillavou AB
Roger Fruin AB
Raymond Hewitt AB
H. L. Hutchins AB
Grant Johnson AB
0. Russell Jones AB
Paul B. Lauher AB
Raymond Mason AB
Eddie Moren AB
Harold Nimz AB
Mason Oliver AB
Carl C. Patrick AB
Howard Ruff AB
Hartman Schwartz AB
Benjamin H. Redman AB
Earl C. Sparks AB
Frank Van Sellar AB
Clifford White AB
Betty Hancock C
Ivan Howard C
Jo Ann Link C

EDWARDS COUNTY

EDWARDS COUNTY No. 1

Location : Schick Building. Albion
Registration : 21 57
Men furnished to armed forces: 670
Personnel :

Henry Abby M

Edgar J. Brandon M

Henrv J. Busefink M

Dan Crackel M

Elmer W. Doty M

Aaron Martin Helck M

William J. Warmoth M

P. C. Walters GA

Dr. Andrew J. Boston XP

Dr. Andrew Krajec XP

Dr. James L. McCorma^k XP

Dr. Ross Lee Moter XP
Dr. E. N. Henderson XD
Earl Frankland RC
James Fay Hardy RC
Peter H. Bamberth AB
Arch Bassett AB
Roy E. Boyles AB
Llovd J. Voyles AB
Charles J. Walters AB
Maud Gubbins C
Pierce M. Williamson C

413

EFFINGHAM COUNTY

EFFINGHAM COUNTY No. 1

Location: 116 North Fifth Street, Effingham

Registration: 5335

Men furnished to armed forces: 1533

Personnel:

Harry Ebbert M

John Gravenhorst M

Yates Ingram M

Russell Michaelree M

Cheswold Robertson M

Harriet J. Crown GA

Howard Parker GA

Maurice Anthony Rickelman GA

Dr. F. L. Barthelme XP

Dr. CM. Doty XP

Dr. E. L. Damron XP

Dr. W. J. Gillesby XP

Dr. S. J. Hansen XP

Dr. C. C. Holman XP

Dr. S.F.Henry XP

Dr. S. C. Lorton XP

Dr. H. W. Schumacher XP

Dr. D. H. Taphorn XP

Dr. J. C. R. Wettstein XP

Dr. C. M. Wright XP

Dr. C. E. Bellchamber XD

Dr. J. W.Hardy XD

Dr. Stanley Hill XD

Dr. L. 0. Kincaid XD
Dr. G.I. Lewis XD
Dr. J. R. Raney XD
Dr. H. E. Winter XD
Edward R. Davis RC
Richard E. Wolters RC
Frank Schneider j on RC
A. L. Anderson AB
George H. Bauer AB
Ferd H. Hardiek AB
W.S.Holmes AB
Louis Krabbe AB
M. C. McCallen AB
G. F. Taylor AB
Harold J. Taylor AB
E. B. Tucker AB
M. C. Wiedman AB
David L. Wright AB
Lester Wright AB
Louis E. Grissom C
Virginia A. Prater C
Betty Zimmerman C

FAYETTE COUNTY

FAYETTE COUNTY No. 1

Location: 214Y2 South 4th Street, Vandalia

Registration: 6799

Men furnished to armed forces: 1967

Personnel:

Kenneth E. Burnett M

Fred Crumbaugh M

Walter L. Darner M

J. L. Gerkin M

Charles H. Hackleman M

Clarence W. Leever M

James Frank Morr M

John F. Senik M

Will M.Albert GA

Dr. D. H. Ecke XP

Dr. Miller Greer XP

Dr. Edward A. Kuehn XP

Dr. A. R. Stanbery XP

Dr. George Stanbery XP

Dr. Glen Walker XP

Dr. Arthur R. Whitefort XP

Dr. E.J. Bost XD

Dr. W. L. Hamm XD

R. S. Denny RC
Cecil Edward Grandfield
J. G. Burnside AB
Robert G. Burnside
J. Ivan Cole AB
Leon Green AB
George F. Houston
Ira McCollom AB
F. Mark Miller AB
Dr. M. E. Murray AB
Charles R. Myers AB
Richard Royal AB
Charles R. Schulte AB
W. F. Sonnermann \I>
Will P. Welker \B
Jane M. Denny ( !
Eloise Engelhanlt C
Helen Walker C

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FORD COUNTY

FORD COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Paxton
Registration: 3522
Men furnished to armed forces: 889
Personnel :

William L. Barnhart M
Oliver C. Dilks M
W. P. Kenward M
Frank C. Linn M
David Opperman M
Eugene B. Radliff M
Carl C.Shelby M
William Sutton M
Delmar E. Martensen GA
E. J. Pacey GA
Dr. J. A. Colteaux XP
Dr. Robert N. Lane XP
Dr. M. D. E, Peterson XP
Dr. Albert L. Potts XP
Dr. E. A. Tappan XP
Dr. F. B. Stubbert XD

Harold H. Hool RC
William Overstreet RC
A. C. Reynolds RC
John Howard Benjamin
Will M. Cannady AB
Sidney H. Dilks AB
Nobel G. Johnson AB
Samuel Ludlow AB
Warren Pacey AB
C. S. Schneider AB
Rudolph L. Schneider
M.H.Scott AB
C. M. Swanson AB
Mary Davis C
Mary Jane Olson C
David C. Swanson C

FRANKLIN COUNTY

FRANKLIN COUNTY No. 1

Location: Community Building, Benton
Registration: 6815

Men furnished to armed forces : 2202
Personnel :

Edward H. Bourland M

John R. Brown M

Edgar S. Dillon M

G. B. Dollins M

Dr. H. M. Fry M

L. 0. Harrison M

Henry McCann M

James Ransome Phillips M

Raymond W. Simpson M

Grover Webb M

Evan E. Wilderman M

B. W. Eovaldi GA

Dr. G. C. Buntin XP

Dr. James T. Donosky XP
Dr. M. M. Fowler XP
Dr. L. H. Kaplan XP
Dr. G. G. Moore XP
Dr. Lawrence M. Moore XP
Dr. R. D. Shafer XP
Dr. C. N. Stilley XD
Carter Harrison RC
Thurlow G. Lewis RC
Alliegene Hungate C
Beulah Johnson C
Nellie Pennington C
Dewey Saunders C

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FRANKLIN COUNTY— Continued

FRANKLIN COUNTY No. 2

Location: 128 West Main Street, West Frankfort

Registration: 5909

Men furnished to armed forces : 2051

Personnel:

George P. Baggott M

Luther Burpo M

Vallie Flack M

C.N.Logan M

Dr. N. J. McCollum M

Hubert E. Nunn M

Homer E. Roman M

Frank Russell M

Asa Sharpe M

Robert N. Smith M

H.B.Wilkinson M

Frank E. Trobaugh GA

Dr. C. H. Eldridge XP

Dr. J. J. Ellis XP

Dr. Andrew F. Barnett XP

Dr. William T. Harsha XP
Dr. W. L. Johnson XP
Dr. T.A.Jones XP
Dr. C. E. Koons XP
Dr. C. 0. Lane XP
Dr. W. R. Tweedy XP
Dr. Byford Webb XP
Dr. W. S. Rains XD
Walter W. Dimmick RC
Edward T. Harris, Sr. RC
James C. Randolph RC
Ola Henley C
Lena Lasak C
Wilma Lois Summers C

Stephen E. Brondos
Myron E. Clem
George E. Dodd
William G. Eovaldi
Uel Fox
H. M. Hart
W. B. Johnson
Thomas J. Layman

Advisory Board Members for Franklin County

Everett Lewis
Wayne T. Lewis
E. A. Mcintosh
Dewey McKissick
Max Mitchell
H. E. Morgan
C. L. Phifer
R. E. Smith

FULTON COUNTY

FULTON COUNTY No. 1

Location: 20 West Elm Street, Canton
Registration: 6102

Men furnished to armed forces: 1815
Personnel :

Forest L. Boden M
J. Otis Boo M
David McKay M
Ernest R. Reeder M
Earl C. Vittum M
James F. Scott GA
G. Ray Senift GA
Dr. Mark S. Nelson XP
Dr. P. D. Reinertsen XP
Dr. H. M. Schwerer XP

Dr. A. R.Welch XP
Dr. J. W.Welch XP
Dr. L. J. Lefebure XD
Keith C. Perkins RC
Claude H. Seaton RC
Vernon C. Huffman C
Dorothy E. Calder C
VelmaC. Hukill C
Imogene C. Lewis C

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FULTON COUNTY— Continued

FULTON COUNTY No. 2

Location : Federal Building, Lewistown

Registration: 4725

Men furnished to armed forces: 1257

Personnel:

George R. Barton M

Jack Bath M

M.B.Boyd M

J. E. Callans M

Dr. Don F. Dickson M

Paul J. McNally M

Abe Paul Werbner M

Clyde West M

Frederick 0. Mercer GA

Dr. Harry T. Baxter XP
Dr. William H. Belts XP
Dr. Marcus A. Quinones XP
Dr. E. T. Blocher XD
Dr. L. A. Lynch XD
H. M. Barron RC
Doyle Miller RC
Phyllis Johnson C
V. Pauline Oaks C

Advisory Board Members for Fulton County

H. S. Boyd Glenn Ratcliff

Paul Green well Bernard H. Taylor

Bernard Maxwell Joseph Toohill

Floyd F. Putnam E. L. Weber

GALLATIN COUNTY

GALLATIN COUNTY No. 1

Location: Ridgway

Registration: 2828

Men furnished to armed forces ,

Personnel :

Ivan B. Greene M
Clarence N. Hall M
Benjamin Kinsall M
Jesse C. Ramsey M
William Edgar Talbott M
Clyde D. Turner M
Joe Wisehart M
Marsh Wisehart M
James W. Karber GA
Dr. E. A. Green XP
Dr. G. R. Johnson XP
Dr. P. B. Komasa XP

938

Dr. J. C. Murphy XP
J. T. Colnon RC
Elgin C. Spivey RC
Joseph L. Bartley AB
B. E. Bieker AB
Thomas H. Daily AB
William L. Ford AB
GuyE. Malin AB
Harm J. Meyer AB
Chester Barnum C
Phyllis J. Jackson C
Dortha E. Kester C

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GREENE COUNTY

GREENE COUNTY No. 1

Location: 301 West 6th Street, Carrollton
Registration: 4444

Men furnished to armed forces: 1343
Personnel :

Verne J. Allen M

Charles V. Arnold M

Olen J. Bott M

Damon W. Driver M

William Otis Harp M

George Geers M

Charles T. Meek M

Gilbert K. Hutchens GA

Dr. A. K. Baldwin XP

Dr. C. A. Billings XP

Dr. Nathaniel J. Bucklin XP

Dr. Charles O. Bulger XP

Dr. Paul Dailey XP

Dr. William H. Garrison XP

Dr. F. N. McLaren XP

Dr. S.F.March XP

Dr. Donion Rudolph Martin XP

Dr. Robert Piper XP

Dr. A. T. Robertson XP

Dr. H.W.Smith XP

Dr. W. T. Stickley XP

Dr. W. F. Waggoner XP

Dr. A. D. Wilson XP

Dr. L. A. Rawlins XD

Dr. A. C. Rich XD

Dr. F. L. Walter XD

Dewey A. Maholland RC
Sidney E. Simpson RC
Keith K. Angle AB
Richard C. Bell AB
Von Allan Carlisle AB
A. L. Clark AB
Leslie R. Forrester AB
W. C. Giller, Jr. AB
Leroy T. Hopkins AB
James W. Howard AB
Julian Hutchens AB
Joseph Lyman AB
John R. McConathy AB
Jack McDonald AB
William B. Martin AB
L. A. Mehrhoff AB
Carson T. Metcalf AB
Fred Pewter AB
C. L. Powell AB
Thomas G. Roady AB
J. Russell Shields AB
John Singleton AB
William G. Vogt AB
George L. Berry C
Dorothy Thien C
Helen Willen C

GRUNDY COUNTY

GRUNDY COUNTY No. 1

Location: Post Office Building, Morris

Registration: 4931

Men furnished to armed forces: 1372

Personnel :

Nelson W. Campbell M

Wendell Fletcher Dirst M

Wayne Misener M

George E. Trotter M

Robert H. Walsh M

Dr. Roscoe Whitman M

S. J. Holderman GA

David F. Root GA

Frank W. Young GA

Dr. F. C. Bowker XP

Dr. W. F. Breisch XP

Dr. J. B. Larsen XP

Dr. A. D. Costello XD

John J. Black RC

William S. Brown RC

August B. Black AB
George Bedford AB
Warren E. Bull AB
Thomas B. Dunn AB
Erwin C. Godfrey AB
William Hynds AB
Frank E. Monson AB
Arley Munts AB
William G. Peacock AB
L. W. Simrall AB
H.B.Smith AB
U.G.Taylor AB
Shirley S. Heap C
Bernice Hegen C
Le\ i C. Robinson C

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HAMILTON COUNTY

HAMILTON COUNTY No. 1

Location: Post Office Building, McLeansboro

Registration: 3220

Men furnished to armed forces : 1132

Personnel :

Laban E. Cross M

Whitson W. Daily M

Guy M. Farlow M

A.G.Fiedler M

Orville Kennedy M

Herbert N. Witter M

W.N.Wright M

Frank Bonan GA

Mastin E. Buck GA

Dr. E.S.Hall XP

Dr. Joseph C. Vickers XP

Dr. Ralph Hall XD

Dr.W. A. Tevis XD

Frank S. Glenn RC

Fred W. Underwood RC

L. L.Aydt AB

H. E. Barker AB

U. B. Barnett AB
Harry A. Barter AB
Maurice E. Clark AB
John D. Daily AB
Lee Donelson AB
Owen C. Goin AB
George W. Hogan, Jr. AB
Charles Hutchcraft AB
Robert R. Johnson AB
Edwin T. Jones AB
Byron E. Lasswell AB
Heber Pitman AB
Ralph Prince AB
Ira J. Spangler AB
William B. Stephens AB
David J. Underwood AB
Martin L. Hunt, Jr. C

HANCOCK COUNTY

HANCOCK COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Carthage

Registration: 5521

Men furnished to armed forces: 1476

Personnel:

Paul 0. Botts M

Hamill R. Graham M

Edward A. Kane M

Lewis Omer M

Frank J. Sheridan M

Harry R. Upp M

Carl A. Wilkens M

Earl N.Bell GA

James L. Garretson GA

Edward S. Martin GA

Dr. Earl Cooper XP

Dr. J. B. Dierker XP

Dr. H. R. Folckemer XP

Dr. B. C. Kappmeyer XP

Dr. Blair Kelly XP

Dr. Fred A. Kennedy XP

Dr. R. R. Loomis XP

Dr. B. I. Mueller XP

Dr. Herman Rothert XP

Dr. O. R. Zunkel XP

Dr. R. W. McLellan XD

Dr. Kenneth J. Mosley XD

Leon G. Easum RC

ArloW.Kunkel RC

William S. Angell AB
J. Arthur Baird AB
D.S.Coffey AB
Harry Conwell AB
Lester E. Foote AB
Katherine Forsythe AB
John W. Gorby, Jr. AB
G. C. Guthrie AB
William H. Damron AB
Clyde P. Johnson AB
Edith Lambert AB
Frank Larner AB
0. C. McCartney AB
John A. Mead AB
Apollos W. O'Harra AB
Clifton J. O'Harra AB
Emily C. Pennock AB
Mabel Roeth AB
Evelyn H. Schulz AB
Clifford W. Warner AB
William H. Bower C
Flossie Cannon C
Fern M. Smith C
Norma J. Williams C

419

HARDIN COUNTY

HARDIN COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Elizabethtown
Registration : 2236
Men furnished to armed forces : 650
Personnel :

Walter S. Barnard M
Claude D. Capron M
Warford T. Henry M
Sebastian E. Herl M
James A. Hunter M
C. H. Jackson M
Otis Lamar M
Fred McDowell M
Willard B. Pell M
T. Henry Warford M
C.E. Soward GA
James A. Watson GA
Dr. F. 0. Anderson XP
Dr. J. R. DeVelling XP
Dr. S. D. Hancock XP
Dr.W.H. Birch XD
Cylde Flynn RC
EarlR.Kibler RC
Ray Burklow AB
J. L. Cadden AB
Wiley Cochran AB
Mary Dusch AB
Ross V. Frayer AB

Carson Fritz AB
Gladys W. Galloway AB
Fred Gintert AB
Ezra Glenn AB
James G. Gullett AB
Guy Hale AB
Luda Hancock AB
C.C.Kerr AB
Mildred Kerr AB
Grace Kenney AB
Milton Lewis AB
Yeatman Northen AB
Lowell Oxford AB
Ida Louise Patton AB
Orval Patton AB
Orris Spivey AB
Richard F. Taylor AB
James M.Todd AB
Roy Travis AB
Laura Watson AB
E. F. Walters AB
Alice Frayser C
Lewis T. Rash C

HENDERSON COUNTY

HENDERSON COUNTY No. 1
Location : Oquawka
Registration: 2075
Men furnished to armed forces: 423
Personnel :

James B. Alecock M

Lee J. Allaman M

John H. Arnold M

Charles E. Fort M

J. W. Gabby M

Charles F. Heisler M

Alfred G. Noble M

Harold H. Schweitzer M

Earl Knox GA

Dr. A. W. Lovene XP

Dr. E.T. Swan XP

Dr. Cara D. Campbell XD

Elbert J. Bricker RC

E. G. Burkett RC
J.P.Brooks AB
Kenneth Ditto AB
Louie E. Dixon AB
Raamah Farquhar AB
Lyle Graham AB
Earle A. Kloster AB
Peter J. McKay AB
Wade Meloan AB
M. E. Nolan AB
Wayne Perrine AB
John P. Edmunds C

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HENRY COUNTY

HENRY COUNTY No. 1
Location: Parkside Hotel, Kewanee
Registration : 5893
Men furnished to armed forces: 1560
Personnel :

Albert E. Bergland M

Harry D. Cherry M

Robert P. Hatcher M

Harold T. Hawthorne M

George F. Hayes M

George Keim M

Tom H. McConnell M

W. R. Tracy M

Gregg A. Young GA

Dr. J. F. Beyerle XP

Dr. J. T. Boswell XP

Dr. T. B. Carney XP

Dr. Charles A. Coffin XP

Dr. C. R. Fortier XP

Dr. G. H. Hoffman XP

Dr. P. J. McDermott XP

Dr. D.E.Meier XP

Dr. Wm. Roan Smith XP
Dr. R. H. Stewart XP
Dr. P. J. Timmons XP
Dr. C. P. White XP
Dr. Leo Burcky XD
Dr. F. P. Gleeson XD
Dr. P. A. Helmer XD
Dr. G. G. Lesemann XD
Dr. D. E. Taft XD
DeWitt Lomas RC
Gale H. Overbaugh RC
R. F. Powers RC
Frederick F. Smith RC
Frank Wiggins RC
Ferae Allen Cox C
Shirley M. Kays C

HENRY COUNTY No. 2

Location: County Court House, Cambridge

Registration: 4669

Men furnished to armed forces : 902

Personnel :

Victor F. Boltenstern M

August C. DeSutter M

James E. McCafferty M

Carl A. Melin M

Joseph L. Shaw M

Erman A. King GA

Dr. P. J. Doering XP

Dr. Ward B. Manchester XP

Dr. Albert I. Mathre XP

Dr. John H. Murphy XP

Dr. W. A. Potter XP

Dr. Wilbur F. Spencer XP

Dr. C. L. Watters XP

Dr. A. W. Wellstein XP
Dr. J. E. Westerlund XP
Dr. Worling R. Young XP
Dr. Kenneth Johnson XD
Dr. Elbert W. King XD
Dr. George L. Wood XD
Byron L. Pierce RC
Raymond L. Raser RC
Frank H. Rumler RC
James H. White RC
Helen Combs C
Jean T. Johnson C
Mildred B. Powers C

Advisory Board

William J. Curtis
Charles G. Davis
Reynolds M. Everett
William C. Ewan
Edwin J. Faull
James R. Freddy
Bartlett S. Gray
R. T. Gustus
Floyd B. Hadley
Edward F. Keller

Members for Henry County

Phineas Morrow
Charles E. Mulligan
Carlyle A. Peterson
Leonard D. Quinn
Thomas H. Taylor
Sam W. Timson
Glenn K. Tracy
Thomas J. Welch
Edwin S. Woehr

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IROQUOIS COUNTY

IROQUOIS COUNTY No. 1

Location : Kay Building, Watseka

Registration: 3898

Men furnished to armed forces: 1112

Personnel:

Henry W. Beardslee M
Harold K. Francis M
Charles W. Hofmeister M
Ollie E. McCarty M
Dr. R. D. Short M
Robert F. Goodyear GA
John P. Pallissard GA
Dr. Roy A. Buckner XP
Dr. Wiliam F. Buckner XP

Dr. C. H. Dowsett XP
Dr. A. W. Fordyce XP
Dr. A. D. Schneider XP
Dr. W. H. Whitsitt XP
Dr. 0. B. Schaller XD
Dominic E. Lynch RC
Julius Sapiro RC
Beulah N. Stone C
Charles H. Warnock C

IROQUOIS COUNTY No. 2

Location : Kay Building, Watseka

Registration: 3909

Men furnished to armed forces: 1027

Personnel:

Chauncey L. Booth M
Harold Geiger M
Samuel J. Lober M
Walter G. McEwan M
Lawrence J. Martin M
John A. Wisner M
Claude N. Saum GA
J. W. Thomason GA
Dr. H. C. Andrews XP
Dr. George W. I. Bard XP
Dr. Ryland Buckner XP
Dr. Raymond F. Donovan XP
Dr. Arthur M. Everhart XP
Dr. Norman 0. Hungness XP
Dr. Fred A. Johnson XP

Dr. Lorrell E. Massman XP
Dr. C. S. Montgomery XP
Dr. Earl L. Roberts XP
Dr. J. M. Roberts XP
Dr. William R. Roberts XP
Dr. G.W.Ross XP
Dr. Marvin F. Weissman XP
Dr. Glen E. Clark XD
Dr. Edward D. Martin XD
Dr. Horace N. Ring XD
Dr. Albert T. Ross XD
Harry Holtkamp RC
Lila W. Cassell C
Geneva M. Highland C

Advisory Board Members for Iroquois County

Wallace J. Bell Stephen C. Malo

F. P. Benjamin
Arthur Bohn
Edward F. Braden
Fred S. Brewer
C. G. Hirschi
W. S. Kay
Fred C. Kraft
A. Fred Kendall

Leslie A. Markwalder
Fred R. Miller
Dale A. Nelson
Remi Roche
Gordon H. Snow
Elmer A. Taylor
R. Morris Wheeler

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JACKSON COUNTY

JACKSON COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Murphy sboro

Registration: 3584

Men furnished to armed forces: 1229

Personnel :

H. E. Allen M

Albert Charles M

Clyde Cheatham M

Dr. Lyle D. Perry M

Samuel R. Plant M

John Thomas Purcell M

Al B. Stoelzie M

L. A. Glenn GA

Dr. E. K. Ellis XP

Dr. A. R. Esposito XP
Dr. Frank M. Keiser XP
Dr. W. D. Mohlenbrock XP
Dr. L. D. Perry XD
Dr. W. E. Wagner XD
Ardis Smith RC
John H. Cook AC
Blanche H. Mitchell C
Pearle I. Somers C

JACKSON COUNTY No. 2

Location : Post Office Building, Carhondale

Registration: 5976

Men furnished to armed forces: 1905

Personnel :

T. W. Abbott M

Rex. H. Cook M

J. E. Etherton M

William McAndrew M

Earl R. Matthes M

W. Arthur Parrish M

C. J. Thomas M

Clarence E. Wright GA

Dr. W. A. Brandon XP

Dr. C. M. Brooks XP

Dr. Leo J. Brown XP

Dr. E. R. Carman XP

Dr. Fred S. Etherton XP

Dr. W. T. Felts XP

Dr. Ben Fox XP
Dr. Fred L. Lingle XP
Dr. H. C. Moss XP
Dr. J. B. Taylor XP
Dr. J. M. Marberry XD
Dr. H. W. Patterson RC
John Kenneth Feirich RC
George Nyle Huffman RC
William McAndrew RC
Joseph S. Morris RC
G. W. Gladders RC
Mose M. Hall C
Elizabeth L. Ivy C
Jewel Reynolds C

Advisory Board Members for Jackson County

Fred G. Bierer
W. F. Ellis
John G. Gilbert
Fred B. Herbert
David B. Levy
I. K. Levy
Fletcher Lewis

Elmer J. Medlin
John Stewart
L. R. Stewart
Raymond Stotlar
C. Edgar White
William Wolff

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JASPER COUNTY

JASPER COUNTY No. 1

Location: 118l/2 West Washington, IS etvton

Registration: 3116

Men furnished to armed forces : 977

Personnel :

William G. Emmerich M

John F. Kaufmann M

John T. Madison M

Earl R. Reese M

George L. Roberts M

Eugene R. Warren M

James A. Eaton, Jr. GA

John Kasserman GA

Dale Wilson GA

Dr. C. 0. Absher XP

Dr. G. C. Brown XP

Dr. Adam Franke XD

Dr. Neil Franke XD
Rolla Bernard Cramer RC
Paul Walker RC
Paul A. Weber RC
Norma Eaton AB
Leslie L. Isley AB
Albert E. Isley AB
Homer Kasserman AB
W. F. Johnson AB
George W. McColley AB
Isabel Hines C
Helen Smallwood C

JEFFERSON COUNTY

JEFFERSON COUNTY No. 1

Location : County Court House, Mt. Vernon

Registration: 5207

Men furnished to armed forces: 1683

Personnel :

John H. Ames M

Paul Broyles M

Dr. John J. Corlew M

R. Earl Davis M

Clarence C. DeWitt M

Charles J. DeWitt M

Frank B. Neal M

Lester E. .Starr M

Clarence Stelle M

Curtis Williams GA

Dr. C. J. Anslinger XP

Dr. Robey Atkins Crum XP
Dr. Clarence Hamilton XP
Dr. W. G. Parker XP
Dr. Harry G. Thompson XP
Dr. B. W. Schmitt XD
Brvan Dycus RC
Charles C. Potts RC
Carl Schweinfurth RC
Eloise H. Apgar C
Arnold Barthel C
Helen Copple C

JEFFERSON COUNTY No. 2

Location : County Court House, Mt. Vernon

Registration: 3967

Men furnished to armed forces: 1421

Personnel:

Clyde Adams M

Ray Jones M

Henry R. Luchsinger M

Fred N. Maxey M

Narrah W. Osborn M

William A. Panzer M

John F. Walker M

Martin J. Dolan GA

Fred A. DuHadwav GA

Hassel B. Smith GA

Dr. Claire M. Dixon XP

Dr. J. E. Dixon XP

Dr. Alson W. Modert XP
Dr. Todd P. Ward XP
Dr. R. G. Miller XD
Dr. W. E. Setzekorn XD
Trov Hawkins RC
O. W. (Ted) Johnson RC
Charles J. Thompson RC
Crawford C. Cave C
Mae Crai£ Ixiwry C
Marjorie F. Mitchell C
Gladys B. O'Dell C

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JEFFERSON COUNTY— Continued

Advisory Board Members for Jefferson County

Howard Campbell
Maurice DeWitt
George Gilbert
L. G. George
Harmon Gilbert
John A. Kirk
George W. Howard

John Lannin
Walter H. Maynor
Conrad Schul
Neil H. Thompson
Don Turner
Frank H. Walker
Alvin Lacy Williams

JERSEY COUNTY

JERSEY COUNTY No. 1

Location: 120x/<2, North State, Jerseyville

Registration : 3256

Men furnished to armed forces : 895

Personnel :

Percy P. Downey M

Theodore A. Felkamp M

William F. Hanley M

Everett Hanlin M

J. B. Hunter M

Wesley W. Legate M

Jacob H. Reddish M

John A. Tuohy M

Fred A. Du Hadway M

Dr. H. R. Bohannon XP

Dr. B. M. Brewster XP

Dr. H. rL Gledhill XP

Dr. H. L. Lawder XP

Dr. B. A. Marsden XP

Dr. Bryan Caffery XD
Dr. B. H. Klueg XD
Clarence T. Kibler RC
Harry Modlin RC
Frank J. Powers RC
Theodore L. Conklin AB
Martin J. Dolan AB
John F. Gibbons AB
Isaac D. Snedeker AB
John W. Suddes AB
Kent R. Wylie AB
Doris R. McFain C
Agnes S. Walsh C
Verno N. Woodman C

JO DAVIESS COUNTY

JO DAVIESS COUNTY No. 1

Location: 106Y2 North Main Street, Galena

Registration: 4875

Men furnished to armed forces: 1206

Personnel:

Frank H. Bruce M
Harold Enright M
William J. Greenwald M
Walter F. Jennings M
Dr. R. E. Logan M
Donald Joseph McNamara M
Otto B. Schnerre M
Bruce Stewart M
John W. Westwick M ,
Louis A. Nack GA
Dr. E. M. Bench XP
Dr. Coleman Buford XP
Dr. Edward F. Gollobith XP
Dr. Francis H. Runde XD

Dr. William C. Schiele XP
Dr. Lawrence E. Harney XD
Otto Berlage RC
Percy Hutchison RC
Leland E. Lloyd RC
D. M. Eaton AB
Leslie M. Gundry AB
Harry L. Heer AB
Thomas H. Hicks AB
Harry C. Tear AB
Ivor Smith AB
Helen Rae Glasker C
Eliza L. Kuchemann C
John A. Thompson C

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JOHNSON COUNTY

JOHNSON COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Vienna
Registration : 2355
Men furnished to armed forces: 838
Personnel :

D. W. Chapman M

W. L. Cummins M

Roger M. Eastman M

H. P. Frizzell M

James E. Hard M

Calvin Frederick Heaton M

Clarence R. Moschenross M

R. E. Wiggins M

C. Ross Reynolds GA

Dr. Walter W. Ritchey XP
Dr. William Thomson XP
Dr. E. A.Veach XP
Dr. C. R. Moschenross XD
Eugene C. Benson RC
William 0. Verhines RC
John 0. Cowan AB
Charles J. Huffman AB
Hazel Wiegman C

KANE COUNTY

KANE COUNTY No. 1

Location : County Court House, Geneva

Registration : 5626

Men furnished to armed forces: 1496

Personnel:

Albert H. Beck M

George Dobson M

Horace Jones M

Edward Killey M

Joseph S. Kostka M

Homer W. McCoy M

Harold R. Plumer M

Emil J. Benson GA

Clayton W. Mogg GA

Dr. K, G. Bulley XP

Dr. Armin L. Blaufuss XP

Dr. D. E. Dick XP

Dr. Vernon L. Evans XP

Dr. J. Wilson Gray XP

Dr. Edwin G. Hausmann XP

Dr. R. C. Hetherington XP

Dr. Oliver A. Kobisk XP

Dr. Norman E. Marion XP

Dr. A. L. Morley XP

Dr. Henning T. Mostrom XP
Dr. Kenneth M. Sears XP
Dr. Benjamin F. Shirer XP
Dr. Oliver B. Simon XP
Dr. John C. West XP
Dr. H. S. Witten XP
Dr. E. L. Benson XD
Dr. Richard Davis XD
Dr. E. D. George XD
Dr. G. 0. Kerfoot XD
Preston 0. Douglas RC
Walter E. Hoffman RC
Harold M. Primm RC
James H. Scott RC
Lillian P. Budd C
Mabel M. Cook C
Bertha E. Gregory C
Marcella H. Turk C

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KANE COUNTY— Continued

KANE COUNTY No. 2

Location: County Court House, Geneva

Registration: 5851

Men furnished to armed forces: 1386

Personnel:

William A. Beith M

Clarence G. Campbell M

Lloyd D. Colson M

Joseph C, Gaffney M

John P. McDonald M

Carl J. Markel M

C. Jay Marvin M

Claron Maynard M

J. C. Myers M

John E. Olson M

Walter W. Seyller M

William Thos. Wallace M

Charles A. O'Connor GA

Harry G. Hempstead GA

Dr. C. E. Anderson XP

Dr. R. W. Carpenter XP
Dr. F. E. Haskins XP
Dr. Archie Jones XP
Dr. G. H. Patchanian XP
Dr. Carl P. Struve XP
Dr. S. W. Tonkens XP
Dr. C. F. Wente XP
Dr. E. L. Anderson XD
Karl J. Gartner RC
C. Jay Marvin RC
W. T. Wallace RC
Ethel L. Anderson C
Charles L. Flick C
June L. Osborne C
Betty Zidell C

AURORA CITY No. 1

Location: Keystone Building, Aurora

Registration: 5072

Men furnished to armed forces: 1490

Personnel:

Donald P. Frazier M

Rollin R. Harrison M

Frank 0. Jones M

G. Everett Jordan M

William L. Levedahl M

Archibald C. MacDonald, Jr. M

George H. Matyas M

Louis James Santamy M

Gail L. Thomas M

Maurice F. Lord GA

W. C. O'Brien GA

Dr. Clifton U. Boon XP

Dr. George Darmer XP

Dr. John W. Dreyer XP

Dr. John G. Goodfellow XP

Dr. George M. Haan XP
Dr. I. W. Howard XP
Dr. A. G. Martin XP
Dr. A. G. Martin XP
Dr. W. H. Milbacher XP
Dr. A. J. Zmugg XP
Dr. Phil J. Kartheiser XD
Dr. A. J. Konrad XD
Arthur H. Melchert RC
Martin R. O'Brien RC
Howard N. Yates RC
Selena M. Siegfried C
Alma E. Carstens C
Reye Ellen Peterson C
Ina D. Urban C

AURORA CITY No. 2

Location: Keystone Building, Aurora

Registration: 6722

Men furnished to armed forces: 1786

Personnel :

B. L. Waters M

Gilbert N. Bryan M

Clark R. Hulls M

Paul H. Shinn M

Carleton A. Shults M

Fred J. Walz M

B. F. Sears GA

Dr. L. H. Anderson XP

Dr. Eugene R. Balthazar XP

Dr. A. S. Benson XP

Dr. H. A. Brennecke XP

Dr. Charles D. Brobst XP

Dr. F. J. Coughlin XP

Dr. W. E. Curtis XP

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KANE COUNTY [Aurora Board No. 2\— Continued

Dr. Richard Carl Dienst XP
Dr. W. G. Eilert XP
Dr. E. Graham Evans XP
Dr. Frederick F. Garrison XP
Dr. Kempton L. German XP
Dr. H. S. Hulbert XP
Dr. J. J. Kazak XP
Dr. A. N. Kitenplon XP
Dr. Samuel Klein XP
Dr. A. P. Klomhaus XP
Dr. Myron W. Larson XP
Dr. E. W. Logman XP
Dr. B. E. Moisant XP
Dr. H. R. Moser XP
Dr. J. 0. Murphy XP
Dr. R. R. Ritzman XP
Dr. E. J. Rossman XP
Dr. G. L. Sharrer XP

Dr. E. M. Thomas XP
Dr. C. L. Wunsch XP
Dr. E. V. Young XP
Dr. Lewis D. Churchill XD
Dr. Clark P. Currier XD
Dr. C. B. Freeman XD
Dr. LeRoy L. Hill XD
Dr. J. W. Stubbs XD
Dr. J. E. Wadkins XD
Dr. J. M. Williams XD
Chester W. Kerr RC
Francis J. Steinbrecher BC
Ada Elizabeth Ascott C
Ethel Chesmadea C
Ardell Hill C
Milton Albert Judd RC
Lillian A. Rankin C

ELGIN CITY No. 1

Location: Pelton Clinic Building, Elgin

Registration : 5671

Men furnished armed forces: 1477

Personnel:

John G. Beall M
Reuben H. Hollinshead M
William G. Huber M
Robert N. Newby M
Leo R. O'Flaherty M
John Peck M
Roland W. Savage M
Edwin H. Secombe M
Harry V. Spurling M
Carl W. Swanson M
Herbert V. Woodson M
Glenn R. Beverly GA
Robert L. Kemler GA
Lawrence McNerney GA

Dr. S. L. Gabby XP

Dr. Kenneth P. Johnston XP

Dr. J. McDonald Milligan XP

Dr. Rolland D. Russell XP

Dr. E. S. Shonvo XP

Dr. Lloyd C. Blackman XD

Dr. 0. M. Chappell XD

Dr. J. T. Shesler XD

Frank D. Annis RC

Charles D. Page RC

Ralph P. Haddick RC

Robert J. Beck C

Dorothy M. Fields C

Dorothv E. Schulz C

ELGIN CITY No. 2

Location : Elgin Professional Building, Elgin

Registration: 3097

Men furnished to armed forces: 810

Personnel:

Adolph A. Lueck M

Frank S. Mason M

Harry J. Osborne M

Clarence W. Roberts

William M. Schuchcrt M

Earl J. Woodring M

Edward A. Geister GA

Charles G. Seidel GA

Dr. Parry Allerton XP

Dr. Andrew J. Nowakowski XP
Dr. H. H. Pillinger XP
Dr. John C. Schmidtke XP
Dr. H. R. Rovelstad XD
Carl P. Brucker RC
Joseph C. Gaffney RC
Eloise Callison C
Marguerite E. Howard C

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Advisory Board Members for Kane County

Olney C. Allen
B. P. Alschuler
J. E. Alschuler
J. Bruce Amell
Florence Beaber
H. Wheeler Brittain
J. E. Brunnemeyer
John B. Burkel
George D. Carbary
John Chivari
Fred C. Churchill
William C. Clausen
D. W. Cockfield
Harry C. Daniels
Charles A. Darling
Fred T. Dean
Robert E. Dolph
Robert G. Earley
DeGoy B. Ellis
Joseph J. Feldott
William F. Fowler
Stolp D. Fraser
John C. Friedland
Paul G. Funk
Lester James Galvin
David B. Givler
Zalmon Goldsmith
D. A. Green
Arthur L. Griswold
Earl H. Gromer
Paul M. Hamilton
Richard C. Hamper
Austin Hansen
Harry C. Hanson
James F. Hennessey
Lathrop J. Hunt
Robert J. Janda
Harold H. Jordan
G. E. Jordan
Glenn T. Johnson
John N. Karnes
Ramstead S. Lehman n
Richard L. Lies
Merritt J. Little
Dale K. McAlpine
J. V. McCarthy
N. Vance McCay
John L. McNerney
John W. McQueen

Duane L. Martin
John T. Matthews
T. J. Merrill
W. B. Morgan
Jerome Nelson
John K. Newhall
L. M. Ochsenschlager
Donald J. Oddsen
Thomas P. O'Malley
Hugh Parker
Arthur L. Paulson
David J. Peffers
William E. Perce
John S. Petersen
Roy R. Phillips
Lyle E. Pierce
John G. Plain
James A. Powers
Arthur L. Puklin
Ralph C. Putnam, Jr.
Frank R. Reid, Jr.
Mrs. Ann R. Rieland
Louis J. Rockwell
Clarence J. Ruddy
Theodore N. Schnell
James Herrington Scott
Donald F. Schumacher
John S. Sears
Earl R. Shopen
William J. Smith, Jr.
Roy J. Solfisburg, Jr.
Roy J. Solfisburg
Samuel J. Stephens
Marcus J. Sternberg
Harold M. Stoll
Edward F. Streit
Lawrence Swinyer
Almore H. Teschke
Kenneth David Thomas
William J. Tyers
John T. Vincent
George R. Warner
Perry D. Wells
Richard W. West
Joseph J. Wiedemann
Peter Klein Wilson
Dan B. Withers. Jr.
Gilbert L. Wood

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KANKAKEE COUNTY

KANKAKEE COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Kankakee
Registration: 6931
Men furnished to armed forces : 2032
Personnel :

Edward Munroe Curtis M

James G. Ginger M

Claude M. Granger M

Herbert N. Lussenhop M

William B. Maass M

William H. Maitland M

Vernon G. Butz GA

Ben Gower GA

T. R. Johnston GA

Victor Lauridsen GA

Amos H. Robillard GA

Dr. Paul H. Anthony XP

Dr. E. N. Greenman XP

Dr. R. 0. Hawthorne XP
Dr. George E. Irwin XP
Dr. D. J. O'Loughlin XP
Dr. C. A. Perrodin XP
Dr. H. R. Pommier XD
Roy F. Dusenburg RC
Fred C. Hefter RC
William C. Oxford RC
Martin L. Sheehan RC
Gladys Marie Chinsky C
Arthur D. Goudreau C
Myrtle M. Mattocks C

KANKAKEE COUNTY No. 2

Location: County Court House, Kankakee

Registration: 6514

Men furnished to armed forces: 1697

Personnel:

Frank J. Karcher M

Frank J. Neiner M

Harry Peterson M

Walter W. Pointer M

Earl J. Reising M

John E. Holland GA

Walter C. Schneider GA

Fred R. Stith, Jr. GA

Joseph J. Tolson GA

Dr. R. L. Benjamin XP

Dr. 0. A. Phipps XP

Dr. J. J. Hennessy XP

Dr. Charles H. Ruch XP
Dr. C. K. Smith XP
Dr. R. V. Thomas XP
Dr. M. E. White XP
Dr. E. G. Wilson XP
Dr. L. G. Wisner XP
Dr. B. J. Hagearty XD
Raymon L. Canaday RC
Thomas J. Devine C
Antonia M. Fritz C
Veigh Mclntyre C

Advisory Board Members for Kankakee County

John H. Beckers Anker Jensen

Frank J. Burns Charles W. Kurtz

Victor N. Cardosi John A. Mayhew

Arthur W. DeSelm Eva Minor

W. H. Dyer Harry S. Streeter

Eben B. Gower Irwin C. Taylor

Donald Gray W. H. Whittemore

C. D. Henry, Jr. Elmer C. Wilson

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KENDALL COUNTY

KENDALL COUNTY No. 1

Location: Frazier Building, Yorkville

Registration: 2702

Men furnished to armed forces : 687

Personnel :

James P. Curry M
Finley Thomas Fitch M
Ertle C. Lane M
G. Everett Morrison M
Lee N. Shaddle M
Sheldon J. Sauer GA
Dr. Frederic M. Groner XP
Dr. L. A. Perkins XP
Dr. Michael R. Saxon XP
Dr. Maximilian Spatz XP

Dr. Paul L. Hoadley XD
Dr. Roy C. Miller XD
Ellis Michael Johns RC
Frank G. Loomis RC
O. A. Burkhart AB

C. A. Darnell AB
Melvin Julian Henricksen

D. C. Newhirter AB
Rita J. Hall C
Lewis T. Wells C

KNOX COUNTY

KNOX COUNTY No. 1

Location: 203 Bondi Building, Galesburg
Registration: 7018
Men furnished to armed forces: 1905
Personnel :

Harry A. Anderson M
George Donovan M
Harold E. Hawkinson M
John 0. Leahigh M
William H. Moon M
Harry W. Rose M
Bert E. McLaughlin GA
L. Fred O'Brien GA
Dr. Ben D. Baird XP
Dr. Crosiar Bower XP
Dr. John Conway XP

Dr. H. E. Graham XP
Dr. E. B. Grogan XP
Dr. S. M. Hanauer XP
Dr. Forrester Maley XP
Dr. A. B. McVay XD
Dr. W. C. Marks XD
John J. Herron RC
Charles H. Toothe RC
Ruth Hortense Hawkinson
Mary V. Sullivan C
Helen G. W'atson C

KNOX COUNTY No. 2

Location: 311 East Main Street, Galesburg
Registration : 5330

Men furnished to armed forces: 1408
Personnel :

James E. Main M

L. Fred O'Brien M

Harry F. Peterson M

Charles H. Snyder M

Melva H. Taylor M

C. M. Thurman M

Edward S. Sticknev GA

Dr. E. T. Zessin XP

Dr. Edwin W. Nelson
Arnold R. Kemp RC
John M. Lewis RC
Owen Mitchell Vesaas
Jane Charles C
K. Lorraine Nelson C
Doris Sanford C

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Advisory Board Members for Knox County

Herman S. Allen
Robert M. Egan
Lucien Field
Louis Gard
Ralph Lucas
Kenneth Peel

Robert C. Rice
William K. Richardson
Neil Ritenhouse
P. B. Robinson
Rodney L. Stuart
Joseph E. West

LAKE COUNTY

LAKE COUNTY No. 1

Location: 358 Central Avenue, Highland Park

Registration: 6926

Men furnished to armed forces: 1702

Personnel :

Clarence E. Huhn M
Robert L. Johnson M
Walter F. Moeller M
C. Edward Norris M
Fred L. Thies M
Richard L. Thorsch M
Francis Nosek GA
Dr. J. P. Fitzgerald XP
Dr. Grover Q. Grady XP
Dr. Livingston Josselyn XP
Dr. J. H. Lundstrom XP
Dr. W. M. McMillan XP
Dr. Morley D. McNeal XP
Dr. Luther J. Osgood XP

Dr. Sylvan H. Robertson XP
Dr. Allen D. Welch XP
Dr. C. R. Sugden XP
Dr. W. L. Winters XP
Dr. Ernest B. Zeisler XP
Dr. George C. Postels XD
Dr. A. J. Wurth XD
William Cruickshank RC
Peter J. Duskey RC
Edward Jacobson RC
Frank J. Zipoy RC
Margaret W. Miller Ives C
June N. Krimel C
Merlda Orr Zimmer C

LAKE COUNTY No. 2

Location: 116 West Cook, Libertyville
Registration: 5659
Men furnished to armed forces: 1348
Personnel :

John C. Casperson M

Homer T. Cook M

John E. Fitzgerald M

Lee A. Huson M

Raymond A. Kennedv M

Mark E. Neville M

Alfred D. Smith M

Minard E. Hulse GA

Paul MacGuffin GA

John F. Williams GA

Dr. L. E. Bovik XP

Dr. Paul H. Burgert XP

Dr. George Buttemiller XP

Dr. Clarence O. Edwards XP

Dr. James M. Grove XP

Dr. Donald J. McGrew XP
Dr. John J. Milroy XP
Dr. Maurice Penney XP
Dr. A. J. Rissinger XP
Dr. P. H. Stanul XP
Dr. M. A. Wiese XP
Dr. Chester H. Betzer XD
Dr. J. S. Davis XD
Dr. Henry J. LaHoda XD
Sherman L. Cov RC
William E. Webster RC
Shirley Mae Kniggs C
Charles Ling C
Ella T. Powers C
Nile Edith Slueser C

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LAKE COUNTY No. 3

Location: 17 and Park, North Chicago

Registration : 8746

Men furnished to armed forces: 2316

Personnel:

Douglass D. Getchell M

John Hayes, Sr. M

Joseph A. Jadrich M

Willard Money M

Joseph J. Nemanich M

George W. Nielsen, Jr. M

Bohus Rause M

Albert 0. Simonson M

John Bedrosian GA

Wesley G. Carey GA

Lester F. Collins GA

Albert L. Hall GA

Dr. Stanley D. Anderson XP

Dr. Amos P. Bratrude XP

Dr. Mercer T. Brown XP

Dr. G. B. Callahan XP

WAUKEGAN CITY No. 1

Location: 1210 Washington Street, Waukegan

Registration: 4190

Men furnished to armed forces: 1271

Personnel:

Dr.

Dr.
Dr.

Dr. Gasper Goshgarian XP
Dr. Louis Kompare XP
Dr. Winston W. Smith XP
Louis F. Waldmann XP
Alfred D. Decker XD
W. I. Morrey XD
Dr. Victor R. Sleeter XD
John E. Hayes RC
George S. McGaughey RC
Joseph J. Nemanick RC
Mildred B. Hise C
Frances B. Hlousek C
Clara L. Neville C
J. Marjorie Rockenbach C
Martha Rose Zdanowicz C

Carl Atterbery M
George W. Calhoun M
Henry E. Ekstrand M
Paul King M
Walter A. Staszak M
Charles H. Van Pelt M
Jess L. Whitlock M
Harry Breger GA
Harry A. Hall GA
Thomas A. Pojunas GA
Dr. Clarence A. Barnes XP

WAUKEGAN CITY No. 2

Location: 220 North Sheridan Road, Waukegan
Registration: 5440
Men furnished to armed forces: 1319
Personnel :

Dr. George P. Cassidy XP
Dr. Chas. Joseph Foley XP
Dr. John E. Freeland XP
Dr. David J. Kweder XP
Dr. H. J. McKean XD
Raymonde Hyde RC
Forest E. Jones RC
Joseph V. Morrissey RC
Ella Hensel C
Myrtle Koehler C
Harold J. Reardon C

Casper Apeland M
John R. Bullock M
Arthur C. Fuller M
Hugh M. Kelly M
George Raymond Manz L
William F. Wandel M
Herman C. Litchfield GA
Walter M. Givler GA
George S. McGaughey GA
Dr. Kenneth C. Beck XP
Dr. Hugo Branyon XP
Dr. W. C. Clark XP

Dr. Roland M. Ekstrand XP

Dr. John Folev XP

Dr. Samuel L. Keller XP

Dr. Vincent A. Lennarson XP

Dr. G. J. Balbach XD

Dr. E. W. Karst XD

Richard W. Schuttenhelm RC

Mex T. Wille RC

Robert C. Winding RC

Amy H. Hill C

Arthur C. Holt C

Gladys L. McElheny C

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Advisory Board Members for Lake County

Mark H. Beaubien
Mortimer Binger
L. Eric Carey
George 0. Churchill
Frank M. Daly
William R. Dalziel
Martin C. Decker
Irving C. Deschauer
Walter G. French
Albert W. Froehde
Rosalie Goveker
John Hayes, Sr.
Bernard J. Juron
Hartley E. LaChapelle

Max Lidschin
Meredith Wesley Moody
John V. Mooradian
Charles NoU
Willis A. Overholser
George Edward Painter
M. J. Pucin
Joseph N. Sikes
Mortimer Singer
Albert T. Smith
Glenn K. Seidenfeld
E. C. Starbuck
Harold J. Tallett

LA SALLE COUNTY

LA SALLE COUNTY No. 1

Location : 435 Main Street, Marseilles

Registration : 5562

Men furnished to armed forces: 1313

Personnel:

Royal B. Allen M
Harry J. Bristoll M
Daniel J. Becker M
Fred B. Daggett M
Lawrence L. Gast M
Henry G. Kohl M
Arthur P. Large M
Ralph Yenerich M
William H. Young M
John W. Dubbs GA
E. C. Van Hoorebeke GA
Dr. W. M. Avery XP
Dr. Paul R. Clark XP

Dr. Edgar C. Cook XP
Dr. W. E. Coulter XP
Dr. C. C. Lawry XP
Dr. E. H. Rayson XP
Dr. F. A. Wiley XP
Dr. Frank Blakeslee XD
Dr. Ted R. Clark XD
Dr. Dean Mosher XD
Ralph Jacobs RC
Alexander E. Wylie RC
Henry E. Cerveny C
Fanny W. Chapman C
Teresa M. Kirbv C

LA SALLE COUNTY No. 2

Location: City Hall , La Salle

Registration: 7031

Men furnished to armed forces: 2529

Personnel:

M. J. Faletti M
Herman H. Frederick M
James J. Scaliarini M
William A. Shields M
Bernard F. Zilinski M
W. J. Aplington GA
Thomas R. Clydesdale GA
Dr. Otto Balanseifer XP
Dr. E. J. Burke XP
Dr. Edward F. Cox XP
Dr. J. W. Geiger XP
Dr. Aloysius F. Lenzen XP
Dr. M. M. Sellett XP

Dr. Leon X. Urbanowski XP
Dr. O C. Yoder XP
Dr. Hugh Black XD
Dr. R. M. Bover XP
Dr. Holmes C. Burt XD
Dr. H. C. Mroczynski XD
Dr. John R. Postma XD
Charles W. Hoscheit RC
Raymond I. McAllister RC
Doris Coddington C
Jeanne Domek C
Frank Godawa C
Rosemary Smith C

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LA SALLE COUNTY— Continued

LA SALLE COUNTY No. 3

Location: Central Life Building, Ottawa

Registration: 5888

Men furnished to armed forces: 1513

Personnel:

Clarence Collins Cary M
Wilford M. Hook M
Burton S. Jordan M
Lothrop Perkins M
Frank M. Sprague M
W. I. Hibbs GA
Dr. D. Raymund Dwyer XP
Dr. S. E. Parr, XP

Dr. VitoVighi XP
Dr. H. W. Hessling XD
Dr. J. C. Heighway XD
Ervin J. Morem RC
Kathryn B. Anderson C
William F. Fiesel C
George H. Woolbert C

LA SALLE COUNTY No. 4

Location : City Hall, Streator

Registration : 5761

Men furnished to armed forces :

Personnel:

J. Lester Brehman M
Patrick E. Carroll M
Thomas F. Flesher M
Angelo H. Fornero M
James J. Hagerty M
Richard R. Howard M
Robert J. Kennell M
George McGrath M
Charles W. Wellman M
Courtney Arthur GA
Walter M. Dixon GA
William D. Jones GA
Arthur H. Shay GA
Dr. R. I. Barickman XP

1837

Dr. D. 0. Conley XP
Dr. D. R. Hanley XP
Dr. H. C. Hill XP
Dr. L. D. Howe XP
Dr. William M. Purcell
Dr. Frank E. Roe XD
A. R. Patterson RC
Herman Picker, Jr. RC
Clarence H. Stewart RC
Frances Groene C
Dolores W. Kusnerik C
Sam W. Plumb C
Edith V. Sopher C

Advisory Board Members for La Salle County

John H. Armstrong
Thomas M. Anderson
Robert Ball

B. 0. Berge
Mary Biococchi
Donald J. Bray
Harold A. Butters

D. J. Compeggio
Joseph D. Carr
Robert Carr
Robert C. Carr

C. B. Chapman
A. Ernest Claus

E. L. Connellee
Joseph F. Diver
Francis H. Dolan
Francis T. Duncan
Edgar Eldredge

C. E. Fifield
George J. Gleim

Herman W. Grabowski
Elsie Groezinger
George 0. Grover
Joseph T. Guerrini
Elizabeth Hanley
George Haegele
Frank J. Harrison
Stella Held
C. A. Helffrich
Charles W. Helmig
Benjamin W. Hetherington
Oscar W. Hoberg
Wayne G. Hocking
Lloyd H. Hoelle
James D. Hurley
Frank A. Jensen
Elizabeth Keys
Walter R. Koehler
Andrew A. Koss
Paul W. Lambert

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LA SALLE COUNTY [Advisory Board]— Continued

Curtis T. Leaf
Samuel McCartney
David McNeilly
J. E. Malone, Jr.
M. D. Morahn
John J. Massieon
Clyde E. Mitchell
Bab Morello
Alay Murphy
Mary O'Halloran
Thomas O'Meara
Rex E. Peddicord
Andrew J. Percival
Barbara Petz
Henry X. Petz
Amy Plym
Ernest H. Pool
Robb J. Purcell
Hrayr B. Reck
Parr A. Rhines
Julius R. Richardson
H. L. Richolson
Herbert Schueler

Charlotte Scanlon
Verna Setinz
F. L. Simmons
Tom W. Smurr
Harry C. Specner
Russell Stephenson
John Strell, Jr.
Harry C. Sweger
Jack Trager
Earl Trobaugh
C. P. Trowbridge
William R. Wagner
Gilbert J. Ward
James L. Waring
George V. B. Weeks
T. Emmett White
George H. Wiley
George S. Wiley
Roy Wilhelm
Taylor E. Wilhelm
Harry L. Wilmot
Milly Wolff
William Zwanzig

LAWRENCE COUNTY

LAWRENCE COUNTY No. 1

Location : County Court House, Lawrenceville

Registration: 4925

Men furnished to armed forces: 1498

Personnel :

Dr. L. C. Baldwin M

Victor C. Buchanan M

Lester E. Cook M

C. P. Martin M

R. E. Rominger M

Roy R. Rucker M

Harry S. Warner M

Guy E. McGaughey G A

Dr. Ralph B. Armitage XP

Dr. Frank Arnold XP

Dr. V. M. Brian XP

Dr. E. A. Fahnestock XP

Dr. W. I. Green XP

Dr. Tom Kirk wood XP

Dr. J. W. Montgomery XP

Dr. R. F. Snider XP

Dr. C. G. Stoll XP

Dr. R. R. Trueblood XP

Dr. D. D. Griffith XD

Dr. J. J. Griffith XD
A. J. Faust RC
Arlie E. Pettv RC
Paul L. Scott RC
Robert Cain AB
Lester B. Fish AB
F. W. Gee AB
M E. Gosnel 1AB
James M. Groff AB
George A. Laeke\ \ II
Philip H. Lewis' AB
EL M. Shaw AB
Byron Sumner AB
Elizabeth J. Abernathy
Ada Harrolle C
Arlene Parker C
Alberta Pepple C
Martha A. Pink^taff C

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LEE COUNTY

LEE COUNTY No. 1

Location: Armory Building, Dixon
Registration: 3690
Men furnished to armed forces: 975
Personnel :

William M. Loftus M
Joseph R. Fitzsimmons M
Dwight C. Rolph M
John I. Sheaffer M
Frank R. Weidman M
Robert L. Bracken GA
Elwin M. Bunnell GA
Edward A. Jones GA
Elwin S. Wadsworth GA
Dr. R. L. Baird XP
Dr. H. M. Edwards XP
Dr. J. M.Lund XP

Dr. H. S. McCall XP
Dr. H. J. McCoy XP
Dr. G. S. McShane XP
Dr. A. F. Moore XP
Dr. S. P. Stackhouse XP
Dr. J. B. Werren XP
Dr. L. R.Evans XD
Rae A. Arnould RC
W. E. Beanblossom RC
Jeanne E. Friel C
Albert Ruggles C
Adeline E. Smith C

LEE COUNTY No. 2

Location: 222 East Maine Streets Amboy
Registration : 3693
Men furnished to armed forces: 939
Personnel :

John Joseph Haas M
Gerald Jones M
James H. Knetsch M
George L. Spangler M
Frank J. Vaessen M
Cuve M. Glosser GA
Walter W. Stevens GA
Edward M. Sullivan GA
Dr. Edwin F. Baker XP
Dr. I. E. Bartlett XP
Dr. S. C. Fleming XP

Dr. Clifford Hartman XP
Dr. Edgar T. Hauser XD
Dr. E. A. Sullivan XP
Dr. Gene A. Sullivan XP
Dr. W. L. Berryman XD
Oscar Berga RC
Ralph W. Ruckman RC
Rita Kathleen Brady C
Earl B. Carlson C
Jeanne E. Long C

Advisory Board Members for Lee County

John J. Armstrong
Warren H. Badger
James E. Bales
John M. Buckley
John P. Devine
George C. Dixon
John Dixon
Sherwood Dixon
James Dubbs
Grover W. Gehant
L. S. Griffith
A. G. Harris
A. H. Hanneken
Edward A. Jones
Mark C. Keller
William A. Keho
John M. Keay
Fremont M. Kaufman

Albert N. Kennedy
Edwin W. Merrick
Ruth Levdig Merrick
John W. Mills
Anna M. Moore
Morey C. Pires
James C. Ryan
Lloyd Scriven
J. 0. Shaulis
Clyde Smith
Daniel Sullivan
William T. Terrill
Henry C. Warner
E. E. Wingert
William H. Winn
Charles E. Yale
Gertrude C. Youngman

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LIVINGSTON COUNTY

LIVINGSTON COUNTY No. 1

Location : Sterry Building, Pontiac

Registration: 3781

Men furnished to armed forces: 930

Personnel:

George Chappie M
Joseph E. Geary M
Robert R. Kirkton M
Sam B. Lannon M
Elmer Magee M
Fred Mortland M
Chester D. Pierce M
H. A. Tallett M
S. G. Turner M
J. Kenneth Johnson GA
F. A. Ortman GA

Dr. J. G. Barnhizer XP
Dr. L. H. Neff XP
Dr. Homer L. Parkhill XP
Dr. E. V. Wilcox XP
Dr. G. H.Fitz XD
Dr. C. L. Lehman RC
Clement J. Steichen RC
Mary Jane Lewis C
Harold A. Lovingfoss C
Harriet M. Murphy C

LIVINGSTON COUNTY No. 2

Location: Sterry Building, Pontiac

Registration: 4419

Men furnished to armed forces : 1243

Personnel:

Dr. Thomas J. Boner M

William J. Eggleston M

Perry Keck M

John D. Monahan M

Fred Rieger M

Leon M. Shugart M

L. W. Tuesburg M

Reid R. Tombaugh M

Chester Crabtree GA

Dr. E. G. Beatty XP

Dr. 0. L. Bettag XP

Dr. Paul A. Gannon XP

Dr. Otis H. Law XP
Dr. W. A. Marshal XP
Dr. C. A. Alcorn XD
Dr. E. L. Wilmoth XD
Dr. F. H. Miller XD
Roy G. Hershey RC
Perry J. Keck RC
Albert B. Koehler RC
Eugenia Hansbrough C
Helen M. Jobst C
Walter G. Roeder C

Advisory Board Members for Livingston County

C. J. Ahern
C. J. Ahern, Jr.
Neale Hanley
Jesse J. Herr
P. C. James
John H. McFadden
R. M. Niven

L. B. Orr
R. B. Phillips
Ray Sesler
E. A. Simmons
Francis T. Walsh
Clair Westervelt

438

LOGAN COUNTY

LOGAN COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Lincoln

Registration: 5928

Men furnished to armed forces: 1530

Personnel :

Noah L. Gordon M

Frank Tyler House M

Merle Houston M

James R. McMath M

George L. Meister M

Richard C. Patton M

Irvin G. Pemberton M

Fredl. Edgell GA

C. Everett Smith GA

Dr. N. A. Balding XP

Dr. Donald M. Barringer XP

Dr. Carl F. Becker XP

Dr. Carl B. Bradburn XP

Dr. L. Roy Branom XP

Dr. W. W. Coleman XP

Dr. G. S. Connelly XP

Dr. Chester Davis XP

Dr. A. M. Drummy XP

Dr. E. C. Gaffney XP

Dr. LeeN. Hamm XP

Dr. F. M. Hagans XP

Dr. Russell Lynn Ijams XP

Dr. Joseph M. Knochel XP

Dr. Boyd Perry XP

Dr. Wallace B. Perry XP

Dr. Wayne J. Schall XP

Dr. Robert N. Trapp XP

Dr. W. Lowell Branom XD

Dr. Deane E. Doolen XD

Dr. J. W. Maher XD
Dr. H. C. Sunkel XD
Harold Heinle RC
James W. McGrath RC
Lloyd F. Arnold AB
R. Marlin Baker AB
Buford B. Beaver AB
Luther Dearborn AB
William S. Ellis AB
Charles J. Gehlbach AB

C. Marvin Hamilton AB

D. H. Harts AB
Homer B. Harris AB
Richard R. Humphrey AB
Dean Hill AB

Uri Kissinger AB
Lyman S. Mangas AB
Leland P. Miller AB
Edwin C. Mills AB
Dean C. Montgomery AB
George J. Smith AB
Lawrence B. Stringer AB
H. F. Trapp, Sr. AB
C.H.Woods AB
Stanley Woods AB
Evan Worth AB
Noah L. Gordon C
Mary Kelly C
Margaret Ann Tatro C

MCDONOUGH COUNTY

MCDONOUGH COUNTY No. 1
Location: Gumbart Building, Macomb
Registration: 5972

Men furnished to armed forces: 1561
Personnel :

Howard Bennett M

Carence J. Good M

Archie Lance M

Ted E. Myers M

G. EarlRaby M

H. Dewey Ewing GA

James C. Gumbart GA

Wallace A. Walker GA

Dr. S.S.Allen XP

Dr. George Knappenberger XP

Dr. C. P. McRaven XP

Dr. S. J. Maydet XP

Dr. R. F. Millet XP
Dr. George F. Ritchey XP
Dr. Frank Russell XP
Dr. H. I. Stubblefield XP
Dr. C. L. Weston XP
Dr. C. D. Eshleman XD
Dr. C. P. Jackson XD
Hjalmar E. Larson RC
Rex S. Lomax RC
Clarence Paulsgrove RC
Leonard C. Berry AB
T. Otis Brown AB

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McDONOUGH COUNTY— Continued

Dan J. Curran AB
T. M. Downing AB
Everett L. Falder AB
George A. Falder AB
John L. Fisher AB
C. E. Flack AB
Charles W. Flack AB
E. D. Grigsby AB
C. G. Gumbart AB
Edwin L. Harris AB
William R. Harris AB
George B. Kerman AB
Rufus E. Lybarger AB
Ira J. O'Hara AB

Keith F.Scott AB
T. Ernest Switzer AB
Theodore B. Switzer AB
Fred B. Bennett AB
William M. Carroll AB
Hugh A. Deneen AB
Floyd E. Eckert AB
Charles H. Francis AB
Roswell B. O'Hara AB
My ma Hanan C
Betty J. Nessel C
Maxine H. Stewart C
Dorothy Stump C

MCHENRY COUNTY

MCHENRY COUNTY No. 1
Location: I.O.O.F. Building, Woodstock
Registration : 4854
Men furnished to armed forces: 1214
Personnel :

Thomas P. Bolger M

Richard C. Burton M

Charles H. Doolittle M

Donald H. Kingsley M

W. W. Meyer M

Lester T. Peacock M

Andrew VanderVeen M

Paul William Jevne GA

James J. McCauley GA

Dr. J. F. Harris XP

Dr. R. G. Johnson XP

Dr. C. W. Klontz XP

Dr. H. J. Schmid XP
Dr. Norman L. Seelye
Dr. John M. Warren XP
Dr. L. L. Metcalf XD
Dr. Frank M. Connell XD
Dr. L. B. Murphy XD
William R. Cairns RC
Harold Hyde RC
Neva Baseley C
Sanford A. Howard C
Edna E. Steadman C

MC HENRY COUNTY No. 2

Location: 108 East Jackson, Woodstock

Registration: 5924

Men furnished to armed forces: 1428

Personnel:

Rov H. Carpenter M
Wayne John Colahan M
Frank J. Green M
Tra B. Reed M
Henry W. Sandeen M
John E. White M
W. H. Williams M
David R. Joslyn GA
Don A. Wicks GA
Dr. O. E. Nelson XP

Dr. George H. Pfleuger XP

Dr. \. S. Romberger XP
Dr. Glenn E. Wright XP
Dr. Bernard Morgan XD
Harry G. Abraham RC
William R. Copley RC
George E. Sullivan RC
Dorothy J. Berg C

Rettie Francisco C
Margaret J. Stamats C

Theodore L. Hauler
Thomas V. Houlihan

Advisory Board Members for Mrllenry County

Frederick R. Kelley

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MCLEAN COUNTY

MCLEAN COUNTY No. 1

Location : 220 West Jefferson Street, Bloomington
Registration : 5309

Men furnished to armed forces: 1275
Personnel :

Dr. W. B. Eaton M
Timothy Enright M
Mark Fruin M
James Herman M
Thomas Harold Kinsella
George A. Kraus M
William J. O'Hara M
Chalmer C. Taylor GA
Wayne C. Townley GA
Dr. F. W. Brian XP
Dr. Frank Deneen XP
Dr. Henry W. Grote XP
Dr. Walter E. Scott XP

Dr. Guy E. Seymour XP
Dr. Howard P. Sloan XP
Dr. Carlton E. Wittenberg
Dr. H. C. Brown XD
Dr. D. E. Hulvey XD
Dr. Lynn H. TenEyck XD
Dr. J. E. Willman XD
Clarence A. Burner RC
W. C. Goddard RC
William T. Skinner RC
Doris M. Marc C
George L. Morris C
Roy E. Taylor C

MCLEAN COUNTY No. 2

Location : 220 West Jefferson Street, Bloomington

Registration : 4044

Men furnished to armed forces: 1010

Personnel:

J. Warner Carlyle M
Alvadore Dennis M
Lee M. DeVary M
Miles C. Grizzelle M
Carl M. Mount M
Claude Murphy M
Roy A. Ramseyer GA
Dr. Ellis Bonnell XP
Dr. Fred M. Bryan XP
Dr. A. J. Casner XP
Dr. C. A. Conklin XP
Dr. G. E. Hartenbower XP
Dr. G. Bradley McNeely XP
Dr. James C. McNutt XP

Dr. Albert Meyer XP
Dr. Ralph Peairs XP
Dr. D. D. Raber XP
Dr. Edward C. Williams
Dr. Leroy Yolton XP
Dr. R. W. McLean XD
Dr. Albert W. Peterson
Dr. George W. Sargeant
Dr. A. D. Shaffer XD
Dr. William F. Watson
Oscar R. Bebout RC
Arthur S. Smith RC
Viola I. Behrend C
Mary Katherine Moore C

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McLEAN COUNTY— Continued

BLOOMINGTON CITY No. 1

Location: 220 West Jefferson Street, Bloomington

Registration: 7720

Men furnished to armed forces: 1999

Personnel:

Clay Dooley M
Ham- Kimball Dick M
Dr. L K. P. Hawks M
Arthur P. Kane M
Roy V. Martin M
Fred G.Paul M
Charles A. Stephenson M
Shelton B. Leach GA
James C. Riley GA
Dr. Orville Abbott XP
Dr. W. H. Atkinson XP
Dr. C. R. Ahroon, Jr. XP
Dr. Ray Baxter XP
Dr.G.M. Cline XP
Dr. Homer 0. Dolley XP

Dr. Joseph N. Elliott XP
Dr. Benjamin Markowitz XP
Dr. Robert G. Price XP
Dr. Edwin Rypins XP
Dr. G. W. Stephenson XP
Dr. E. M. Stevenson XP
Dr. Harold R. Watkins XP
Dr. A. G. Orendorff XD
Dr. T. A. Rost XD
Bernard T. Grimes RC
Warren F. Shult RC
Maureen M. Dawson C
Carlton E. Forker C
Helen M. Miller C
Pauline T. Turner C

Advisorv Board Members for McLean Countv

L. Earl Bach
William J. Bach
Arlo E. Bane
Thomas M. Barger, Jr.
Edward Barry
Clifford N. Coolidge
Will F. Costigan
David Davis, Jr.
Ralph C. DeMange
Earl R. DePew
James T. Dolan
Homer English
Birney F. Fleming
George K. Foster
B. A. Franklin
Homer Hall
J. Oscar Hall
Frank 0. Hanson
Ralph J. Heffernan
Jesse E. Hoffman

Oscar G. Hoose
Raymond H. Imig
Beulah E. Irvin
Charles Kane
Loren B. Lewis
James A. Light
E. W. Oglevee
Wendell E. Oliver
Carter Pietsch
Horace I. Pratt
R. H. Quisenberry
Chester Thomason
Robert C. Underwood
Bernard Wall
Thomas S. Weldon
Louis L. Williams
Dewev Montgomery
Fred W. Wollrab
Branson Wright
Walter A. Yoder

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MACON COUNTY

MACON COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Building, Decatur
Registration : 6351

Men furnished to armed forces: 1695
Personnel :

Baxter B. Brown M

Herman E. Eagler M

S. W. McCarthy M

Martin J. Myers M

Carl Pritchett M

Robert Earl Sadler M

John R. Fitzgerald GA

Ivan J. Hutchens GA

Byron M. Merris GA
Dr. C. Roy Johnston XP
Dr. W. S. Monroe XD
Fay Ickes RC
William C. Storey RC
Charles E. Bradley C
Frederick E. Brimline C
Amiel H.Weber C

DECATUR CITY No. 1

Location : County Building, Decatur

Registration: 7802

Men furnished to armed forces : 2268

Personnel:

Roy M. Black M

S. J. Bradfield M

George McKinley Grandfield

Lee D. Pigott M

Phil H. Sproat M

John W. Evans GA

C.A. McMillen GA

Dr. John C. Ellis XP

Dr. Frank C. Greider XP

Dr. George W. Haan, Jr. XP

Dr. John J. Hopkins XP

Dr. F. G. Irwin XP
Dr. C. Rainer Smith XP
Dr. V. T. Turley XP
Dr. Orville Wilhelmy XP
Dr. U. R. Wilson XP
Dr. T. J. Campbell XD
Dr. L. H. Dodd XD
Raymond 0. Augur RC
Lawrence Rotz RC
Mary S. Anderson C
Leora Beery C

DECATUR CITY No. 2

Location: County Building, Decatur

Registration : 6739

Men furnished to armed forces: 1975

Personnel :

Henry S. Fulks M

Phillip L. Hohrein M

Laurence L. Lindsay M

Ernest J. Loftus M

Paul B. Lyon M

Edgar Allen GA

Stocks W. Williams GA

Dr. A. F. Goodvear XP

Dr. William F. Hubble XP

Dr. Cecil M. Jack XP

Dr.A.A. Mertz XP

Dr. Ralph G. Mills XP

Dr. M.E.Rose XP
Dr. Otis Stanlev XP
Dr. C. Martin Wood XP
Dr. Clavton E. Woodward XP
Dr. H. S. Alsip XD
Dr. H. L. Freidinger XD
Edward T. Condon, Sr. RC
Ernest J. Kilborn RC
Frank M. Tennev, Jr. RC
Frank E. Walker RC
Paul F. Marshall C
Waunita Euvonne Tabbert C

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Macon County Advisory Board Members

James G. Allen
Thomas H. Armstrong
Fannie A. Bivans
Arthur Delahunty
W. Poyntelle Downing
Kenneth Evans
Noble Ferguson
Roy B. Foster
Horace B. Garman
Gus T. Greanias
J. Howard Helmick
James E. Henson
A. Lewis Hull
A. Ralph Ivens
Edwin Jokisch, Jr.
Bruce M. Jones
Edward A. Krebaum
Orlando Kuhle
J. R. Larson
Fred Leach
Charles E. Lee
Perley Lupton
Virgil McGowan

Clive C. Martin
Walker H. Mills
Martin E. Morthland
Robert N. Patterson
Fletcher C. Ransom
Roscoe W. Redmon
William M. Rice
Joseph Rosenberg
Emanuel Rosenberg
Wayne Schroeder
H. C. Shults
Paul Smallwood
Elbert S. Smith
George Walden
George H. Waller
A. G. Webber, Jr.
Merrill F. Wehmhoff
Lawrence C. Wheat
James T. Whitley, Jr.
E. V. Wierman
S. Everett Wilson
Lynn Woollen

MACOUPIN COUNTY

MACOUPIN COUNTY No. 1

Location: Burton Building, Carlinville

Registration : 4744

Men furnished to armed forces: 1367

Personnel:

George R. Hammann M

John McCann M

Robert C. Moore M

Thomas H. Ryan M

John Schoettler M

V. Earl Starr M

S. 0. Smith, Jr. GA

Dr. F. E. Anspaugh XP

Dr. R.H.Bell XP

Dr. S. M. Blunk XP

Dr. E. R. Chamness XP

Dr. J. H.Davis XP

Herbert Bowyer RC

Dr. H. R. Finney XP

Dr. O.J. Gause XP
Dr. W. A. Knoop XP
Dr. J. B. Liston XP
Dr. W. W. Lusk XP
Dr. R. H. Rutherford XP
Dr. John R. Sharp XP
Dr. I. H. Bernhardt XD
Dr. A. E. Seymour XD
Dr. Harold W. Stephenson
Michael L. Cruise RC
0. 0. Mowery RC
Wilma Bates C
Pauline Milkovich C

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MACOUPIN COUNTY— Continued

MACOUPIN COUNTY No. 2

Location: First National Bank Building, Benld

Registration : 5645

Men furnished to armed forces : 1 789

Personnel:

Charles E. Edwards M

Thomas Elliman M

W.H.Mercer M

Joseph W. Rizzie M

Theodore Whitehouse M

James H. Murphy GA

Dr. G. A. Floreth XP

Dr. E. R. Hobson XP

Dr. A. Harry Hunter XP

Dr. Patrick B. O'Connell
Dr. E. F. Sullivan XP
Dr. D. J. Zerbolio XP
Dr. E. H. Krekeler XD
Dr. George Oehler XD
Gene Wiegand RC
William A. Heien C
Geraldine O'Neil C

Advisory Board Members for Macoupin County

H. H. Cox
E. D. George
L. M. Harlan
Carl J. Lane
John P. Madden
Fred N. Mayer

Lucile J. Murphy
E. R. Phelps
Lewis Rinaker
Michael F. Seyfrit
H. V. Stutsman

MADISON COUNTY

MADISON COUNTY No. 1

Location: Edwardsville National Bank Building, Edwardsville

Registration: 7841

Men furnished to armed forces : 2087

Personnel :

Theodore L. Bollman M

William G. Burroughs M

Frank Godfrey M

George Hardbeck M

Joseph H. Ladd M

William H. Schmidt M

J. L. Simpson GA

Arnold W. Steiner GA

Dr. R. S. Barnsback XP

Dr. William E. Delicate XP

Dr. Edward Ferguson XP

Dr. Joseph A. Hirsch XP

Dr. Robert Holcombe XP

Dr. Joseph T. Maher XP
Dr. Earl S. Meloy XP
Dr. J. R. Sutter XP
Dr. Eugene F. Wahl XP
Dr. H. E. Wharff XP
Dr. E. L. Burroughs XD
Jesse R. Brown RC
E. A. Delicate RC
Fred Pfeiffer RC
Dorothy T. Burroughs C
Dorothy Fink C
Ralph M. Kearney C

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MADISON COUNTY— Continued

MADISON COUNTY No. 2

Location : 30 Wood River Avenue, Wood River

Registration: 9288

Men furnished to armed forces: 2419

Personnel:

Ernest V. Giehl M
Harry Ringering M
Paul J. Schleeper M
William R. Stoneham M
William E. Wolf M
L. H.Holland GA
William P. Boynton GA
Dr. L. D. Archer XP
Dr. Lyle L. Baker XP
Dr. J. J. Corbin XP
Dr. Leo H. Konzen XP
Dr. Zoda D. Lumley XP
Dr. G. L. McKinney XP
Dr. H. A. Mittleman XP

Dr. H. P. Morgan XP
Dr.E. R. Quinn XP
Dr. W. J. Reuter XP
Dr. B. L. Roberson XP
Dr. W. V. Roberson XP
Dr. Maurice WoU XP
Dr. S. H. Allen XD
Dr. Don F. Morgan XD
Dr. W. F. Witthofft XD
Richard P. Coffeen RC
Taylor B. Elliott RC
Mabel D. Barnhart C
William E. Nixon C
Everett L. Swaby C

MADISON COUNTY No. 3

Location: Post Office Building, Collinsville

Registration: 8812

Men furnished to armed forces : 2677

Personnel:

Robert F. Campbell M

Treffie Cox M

Arthur 0. Graff M

Eliot C. Long M

Edward S. Nicol M

Raymond H. Burroughs GA

Joseph F. Snodgrass GA

Mathew L. Welch GA

Dr. W.W.Brown XP

Dr. H. M. Crevens XP

Dr. Philip M. Dale XP

Dr. Edward H. Droege XP

Dr. Robert H. Greeves XP

Dr. Gabriel Halyama XP

Dr. M. W. Harrison XP

Dr. Ewald E. Herman XP

Dr. Joseph W. Kempff XP

Dr. R. E. Kraft XP

Dr. Edgar G. Merwin XP

Dr. Eugene F. Moore XP
Dr. John Henry Phillips XP
Dr. Joseph A. Scopelite XP
Dr. J. H. Siegel XP
Dr. Edward H. Theis XP
Dr. J. L. Verneuil XP
Dr. R. E. Baumann XD
Dr. L. W. Cohlmeyer XD
Dr. T. P. Francis XD
Dr. M.C.Green XD
Dr. J. C. Proctor XD
Everett B. Burroughs RC
Leslie E. Sutton RC
George E. Thomas RC
James C. Wallace RC
William E. Campbell C
Jeanette R. Grada C
Paul D. Phipps C

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MADISON COUNTY— Continued

ALTON CITY No. 1

Location : 200 East Broadway, Alton

Registration: 9572

Men furnished to armed forces: 2915

Personnel:

William B. Berfgeld M
Thomas W. Butler M
Nathaniel R. Farley M
William 0. Hays M
Fred A. Noblitt M
John Alexander Ryrie M
W. J. Chapman GA
M.E. Newell GA
Dr. R. M. Cruzat XP
Dr. Edward W. Enos XP
Dr. J. Barnard Hastings XP
Dr. H. P. McCruistion XP

Dr. T. W. Miller XP
Dr. C. C. Potter XP
Dr. A. P. Robertson XP
Dr. J. W. Coleman XD
Dr.W.W.Emons XD
Dr. E. T. Gallagher XD
Dr.F.M.Kane XD
George J. Noll RC
Leo F. Fitzgerald C
Shirley L. Miles C
Louise Nixon C

GRANITE CITY No. 1

Location : City Hall, Granite City

Registration : 6771

Men furnished to armed forces: 2115

Personnel:

Harry Grotjahn M
Chester F. Moore M
L. 0. Reading M
William F. Smith M
Fern B. Stein M
Ellsworth Wade M
Carl D. Forth GA
Roscoe Forth GA
Leonard S. Hopkins GA
Dr. E. M. Arnovitz XP

Dr. R. W. Binney XP
Dr. Willis W. Bower XP
Dr. Fred Elmore XD
Dr. E. K. Vickers XD
OlvaR. Odum RC
David H. Kendall RC
Adeline M. Dishong C
Sylvia F. Turner C
Berniece B. Williams C

Advisory Board Members for Madison County

Ross E. Armbruster
Marvin Barnes
August H. Beiser
I. T. Bennett
Herman Bockstruck
Alvin C. Bohm
Gilson Brown
Oren D. Buchanan
Arthur Buehlmann
C. W. Burton
Wilma C. Busse
Clyde V. Campbell
Otis Connerly
Gladys Rose Connors
John B. Coppinger
Keith Cox
Mary Daly
Cecil Dant
Paul D. Davey

Wilbur L. Deatherage
C. Dana Eastman
Henry B. Eaton
George W. Edwards
John F. Eeck
T. P. Eggmann, Jr.
Charles C. Ellison
Harry Faulkner
J. L. Fechte
W. J. Franklin
E. A. Friedman
H. C. Garrett
Richard F. Gates
Irene W. Giberson
Mary Grothjahn
Frank C. Haddleton
Ramona W. Harris
M. E. Hayden
Paul Herren

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MADISON COUNTY [Advisory Board]— Continued

Perry Hiles
Merlin Hiscot
Karl K. Hoagland
Walter S. Holtgreve
Edward G. Holzweg
A. N. Homan
H. J. Homann
R. H. Hord
Thelma Hutti

D. G. Hyle
Virgil M. Jacoby
Lester P. John
J. W. Kelly

Simon Kellermann, III
W. R. Kearney
Harry A. Kluege
George H. Koopman
W. C. Korte
Evelyn M. Lemmon
George A. Lochmann
Wesley Lueders
A. W. McBride
Herbert V. McCoy
W. F. McDaniel

E. L. Maher
Francis J. Manning
Jolly L. Medler

J. J. Middleton
E. J. Miller
John A. Miller
George Moran
A. J. Mueller
Manley J. Oden
J. B. Ogg
Schaefer O'Neill

L. D. Palmer
Harry W. Patton
Harold J. Preble
Lois B. Reilly
Albert B. Reinsch
Robert L. Robins
Charles A. Rogier
Jesse C. Root
Gilbert Rosch
Edgar L. Schalter
Claude E. Schildnecht
Albert H. Schott
Edward Schnurr
Fred Schuman
Henry J. Schurman
William Shea
Ralph T. Smith
F. E. Springer
Joseph C. Steele
I. H. Streeper, III
Robert H. Streeper
J. P. Streuber

E. T. Strong
Arthur Sullivan
W. H. Thomas
Wilbur A. Trares
Herman J. Trentsch

F. E. Trares
Robert W. Tunnell
Donald B. Warnock
Vernon A. Welker
C. W. Wightman
Carl A. Wilbert
William H. Wille
Walter W. Wood

MARION COUNTY

MARION COUNTY No. 1

Location: Court House, Salem

Registration: 7166

Men furnished to armeil forces: 1832

Personnel:

George Carneal M

Clem D. Doolen M

Jean T. McMackin M

John R. McNeill M

Virgil E. Musgrove M

A. M. Wilson M

John L. Kagy GA

Charles Wham GA

Dr. C. H. Black XP

Dr. S. D. Carrigan XP

Dr. George P. Dougherty XP

Dr. W.N.Hamilton XP

Dr. Maurice T. Horsman XI*

Dr. Fritz C. Katzenstein XP

Dr. Thomas D. Laney
Dr. H.L.Logan XP
Dr. M. Rothenberg XP
Dr. Herbert E. Sehoonover
Dr. C. F.Hampton XD
Ivan T. Howe RC
Leon R. Rhodes RC
David P.Ryan RC
Herschel Young Stormenl
Lorin V. Cope C
Gretchen I. Evans C
Mary Ethel Hays C
Kathryn M. Webb C

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MARION COUNTY— Continued

MARION COUNTY No. 2

Location: Hoffman Building, Centralia
Registration: 6178
Men furnished to armed forces : 1 778
Personnel :

Earl J. Bergundthal M

Claude M. Davis M

Troy W. Clarida M

Charles F. Frank M

Norman Hoffman M

Sevearn D. Phillips M

Dr. T. W. Rice M

Earl Telford M

Orville L. Wollard GA

Dr. Ben H. Barbour XP

Dr. F. M. Edwards XP

Dr. W. H. Gambill XP

Dr. H. D. Gillette XP

Dr. J. Carl Hall XP

Dr. E. E. Holloway XP

Dr. Herbert J. Levine XP

Dr. Percy C. May XP

Dr. W. F. Plassman XP

Dr. Samuel S. Rosenblum XP

Dr. 0. M. Sanders XP

Dr. H. E. Snow XP

Dr. A. L. Spiller XP

Dr. E. F. Stephens, Jr. XP

Dr.G. N.Welch XP

Dr. Roy R. Baldridge XD

Dr. F. M. Shupert XD

Dr. M. A. Hicks RC

C. O. Lowery RC

Jack Reading RC

Grace W. Hubbard C

Marion Kelly C

John A. Tunks C

Mae Lucille Williams C

Advisory Board Members for Marion County

J. Paul Allen
Allan L. Bostwick
Glendon Hodson
John L. Kagy
William A. Miller
W. G. Murphey
Hugh V. Murray, Jr.

Rudolph F. Niblo
Clifford M. Raemer
W. H. Redeker
John Page Wham
Eugene H. White
Basil Wilson
Russell Wilson

MARSHALL COUNTY

MARSHALL COUNTY No. 1
Location: County Court House, Lacon
Registration : 3208
Men furnished to armed forces : 840
Personnel :

Charles Kuhlman M

Ray B. Litchfield M

Robert N. Turnbull M

Adolph T. Uebler M

Forrest Wood M

Robert A. Barnes GA

Dr. Benjamin Q. Dysart XP

Dr. T. C. Coggeshall XP

Dr. N.J. Vespa XD

Dr. J. H. Siegfried XP

Dr. A. E. Peterson XP
Walter M. Head RC
Carlon V. W. Cronkrite
Leo B. Walsh RC
B.K.Brown AB
Donald M. Gregg AB
Walter C. Overbeck AB
0. B. Pace, Jr. AB
Virginia L. Allen C
Florence J. Howell ( !

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MASON COUNTY
MASON COUNTY No. 1

Location: Central Illinois State Bank Building, Mason City-
Registration: 3545
Men furnished to armed forces: 878
Personnel:

W. Howard Ainsworth M

Fred C. Cargill M

Ray Carpenter M

Herman A. Glick M

Robert E. Lee M

Robert L. McNeill GA

Lyle R. Wheeler GA

Dr.D.V.Auld XP

Dr. H. 0. Rogier XP

Dr. Charles Stubenrauch, Sr. XP

Dr. A. E.Lyon XD

Loren K. Himmel RC

Olin Kennedy RC
Raymond L. Copper AB
William M. Coppel AB
John S. Gaw AB
Kenneth H. Lemmer AB
Thomas A. Street AB
Richard Velde AB
Guy R. Williams AB
Dora Ann Hibbard C
Joe G. Stith C
Mary Wharram C

MASSAC COUNTY

MASSAC COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Metropolis

Registration : 3672

Men furnished to armed forces: 1170

Personnel:

Walter R. Liggett M

John A. Bourland M

Arthur Crider M

Henry H. Humma M

Oscar Oakes M

William H. Westerman M

Roy R. Helm GA

Grover E. Holmes GA

Dr. George F. Cummins XP

Dr. V. 0. Decker XP

Dr. James A. Ward XP

Dr. J. J. Goodall XD
Dr. W. G. McCall XD
S.F.Chase RC
Lindell W. Sturgis RC
Robert H. Chase AB
Walter Roberts AB
Carl H. Smith AB
David A. Dejarnett C
Helen Frances Lawrence
Mary McDaniel C

MENARD COUNTY

MENARD COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Petersburg

Registration: 2511

Men furnished to armed forces: 581

Personnel:

Homer Austill M

Byron L. Downing M

Elton D. Ennis M

Chester Arthur McDole M

Archie E. McDonald M

William Ramsey M

Neville A. Shipley M

Lane H. Sowers M

Clarence C. Stier M

Walter H. Thomas M

Arthur W. Lilienstein GA

Dr. B. D. Epling XP

Dr. H. P. Moulton XP
Dr. Irving Newcomer XP
Dr. T.V. Plews XP
Dr. Travis M. Scott XP
Dr. P.G.White XD
Edward F. Claussen RC
Frank E. Blane AB
Henry E. Pond AB
Virgil 0. Whipp AB
Ross A. Nance RC
Anne Abbott C
Glenna Ortgessen C

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MERCER COUNTY

MERCER COUNTY No. 1

Location : County Court House, Aledo

Registration: 4082

Men furnished to armed forces : 928

Personnel:

Oscar E. Carlstrom M
Meredith H. Davis M
Albert L. McCreight M
Jim T. McGaughy M
Fred N.Stark M
John Turley M
Lorin Willits M
James A. Allen GA
Dr. Martin Conway XP
Dr. Victor A. McClanahan XP
Dr. Fred J. Rathbun XP
Dr. R. W. E. Spreng XP
Dr. M. M. Marquis XD
Stuart J. Boultinghouse RC
Lowell Charles Headley RC

C. D. Lawson RC
Gladys Felton AB
Paul J. Graham AB
George 0. Hebel AB
Dale G. Ives AB
Virgil C. Lutrell AB
Vern H. Moberg AB
A.D.Moody AB
Stanton H. Prentiss AB
Joseph L. Proctor AB
Bonnie Detwiler C
Helen I. Stephens C
Lois J. Vance C
Kathleen Sweeney C

MONROE COUNTY

MONROE COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Waterloo

Registration : 3256

Men furnished to armed forces : 91 7

Personnel :

Burr S. Goodman M

Albert H. Hoffman M

Arthur F. Kolmer M

R. C. Kunz M

C. B. Morrison M

Robert T. Mudd M

Herman F. Taake M

Harry E. Jackson GA

Dr. R. William Jost XP

Dr.J. A.Werth XP

Dr. A. H. Hotz XD

Dr. J. P. McConnell XD

Clarence W. Hoffman RC

George W. Miller RC
C. A. Brucker AB
Chester J. Dillon AB
Russell R. Gregson AB
C. A. Hacker AB
Albert G. Quernheim AB
Nolan A. Rosan AB
Ferd Schmitz AB
Leo A. Weilbacher AB
Edgar 0. Zimmer AB
Otis J. Rexroth C
Clara Rippelmeyer C
Edith C. Volkert C

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY

MONTGOMERY COUNTY No. 1

Location: 102 Y2 South Main Street, Hillsboro

Registration: 4356

Men furnished to armed forces: 1297

Personnel:

Roy N. Cloyd M
W. Walter Davis M
Leo A. Heise M
Joel W. Laws M
Arthur E. Price M
William B. Seymour M
Willis B. Sturgeon M
Paul McWilliams GA
Lester K. Vandever GA
Dr. J. W.Adams XP
Dr. Fred W. Barry XP
Dr. L.S.Brown XP
Dr. E. T. Douglas XP
Dr. Ross W. Griswold XP

Dr. George Hess XP
Dr. G. A. Sihler, Jr. XP
Dr. George A. Telfer XP
Dr. Harry A. Yaeger XP
Dr. H. L. Granier XD
Dr. Frank Mansfield XD
Dr. J. M. Patton XD
Walter R. Adkisson RC
Charles A. Napier RC
Harold S. Blizzard C
Mary E. May C
Jessie Marie Roper C
Mary J. Sidwell C

MONTGOMERY COUNTY No. 2

Location: 102\<> South Main Street, Hillsboro

Registration: 3294

Men furnished to armed forces : 903

Personnel:

Edgar A. Arnold M
Philip A. Bowers M
Guy E. Lewis M
Ben H. Lohman M
Irba I. Seale M
Ike Smith M
Otto E. Funk GA
M. J. Brown GA
Dr. H. F. Bennett XP
Dr. William T. Douglas
Dr. C. R. Driskell XP
Dr. J. M. Hoyt XP
Dr. J. R. Rebillot XP
Dr. Charles W. Vaughn
Dr. W. H. Scherer XD
Dr. A. E. Sihler XD

Dr. E. B. Strange XD
James Hilt RC
LeRoy Kessinger RC
Luther Battles AB
Herbert W.Dey AB
Dwight Kinder AB
Harry C. Miller AB
Martin S. Morgan AB
Omer Poos AB
Victor C. Singler AB
George Spengel AB
Robert C. White AB
J.D.Wilson AB
Marian Jett C
Ada H. Merritt C

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MORGAN COUNTY

MORGAN COUNTY No. 1

Location: 301 West State Street, Jacksonville

Registration: 3146

Men furnished to armed forces: 930

Personnel:

Frank P. Cleary M

Charles Clifton Davis M

Carl E. Filson M

C. P. Hedrick M

GlenC. Hickle M

Harry K. Hobaker M

J. Miller Keplinger M

Stanley Post M

Harry Stringer M

Arthur C. Wilson M

Walter Bellatti GA

Dr. PaulAllyn XP

Dr. Walter Allyn XP

Dr. Carl E. Black XP

Dr. Ellsworth Black XP

Dr. Harold S. Bowman XP

Dr. F. A. Causey XP

Dr. George L. Drennan XP

Dr. Walter L. Frank

Dr. William James Martin XP

Dr. H. C. Woltmann XP

Dr. A. G.Wolfe XP

Dr. H. N. Knight XD

Dr. W. B. Young, Jr. XD

H. C. Duewer RC

Commodore P. Hedrick RC

Ira P. Story RC

Marian Marie Botkin C

Mary Emma Flynn C

Anna C. Strandberg C

MORGAN COUNTY No. 2

Location: 301 West State Street, Jacksonville

Registration : 4040

Men furnished to armed forces: 1110

Personnel :

Merle Cain M
Leo S. Johnson M
Estelle E. Neff M

Carl E. Newport
Glenn E. Skinner
Edward J. Flynn
Robert C. Gasen
Carl E. Robinson
Dr. E. D. Canatsey

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GA
GA

GA
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Dr. William Percy Duncan XP
Dr. Friedrich Engelbach XP
Dr. T. O. Hardesty XP
Dr. Paul Hartley XP
Dr. Vincent R. Lenth XP
Dr. W. H. Newcomb XP
Dr. F. A. Norris XP
Dr. R. M. Norris XP
Dr. A. M. Paisley XP
Dr. J. Allen Biggs XD

Dr. H. L. New XD
John W. Larson RC
Winfred E. Marine RC
Frank A. Robinson RC
Leavitt C. Arnold AB
W.R. Bellatti AB
Edward W. Cleary AB
Paul Fenstermaker AB
Bruce Thomson AB
William E. Thomson AB
C. F. Wemple AB
Roy V. Wilson AB
William T. Wilson AB
Oscar C. Zachary AB
William P. Zachary AB
Frances L. Robinson C
Kenneth Woods C
Emily Rose Zeller C

453

MOULTRIE COUNTY

MOULTRIE COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Sullivan

Registration: 3086

Men furnished to armed forces : 838

Personnel:

Max A. Cummins M

Ralph C. Emel M

Jay T. Foley M

Russell Freesh M

Orville Hogue M

Charles E. McFerrin M

Elmer Mcllwain M

L. W. McMullin M

Daniel L. Reedy M

Lester Rushing M

Roy E. Smith M

Robert F. White GA

Dr. W. B. Kilton XP

Dr. J. F. Lawson XP

Dr. G. E. Harshman XD

Dr. D. M. Butler XD

Owen Hutchison RC

George A. Roney RC
A. A. Brown AB
Glen R. Cooper AB
S. Donald Crowell AB
Fred F. Ledbetter AB
J. L. McLaughlin AB
Robert W. Martin AB
R. D. Meeker AB
Francis W. Purvis AB
Rodney A. Scott AB
Albert Walker AB
Marion Watson AB
Frank L. Wolf AB
Paul L. Chipps C
Roberta Lucile McPheeters
Fern E. Sams C

OGLE COUNTY

OGLE COUNTY No. 1

Location: Court House, Oregon

Registration : 7066

Men furnished to armed forces: 1769

Personnel:

Dr. G. M. Abbott M

Solomon E. Avey M

John L. Cecco M

Ralph J. Hess M

Harold V. Huleguard M

Judson M. Perry M

John Schroeder M

Robert Sheaff M

E. R. Tigan M

Frank B. Wilson M

Martin V. Peterman GA

Dr. A. R. Bogue XP

Dr. C. Spencer Bond XP

Dr. M. S. DuMont XP

Dr. Nate Izbicky XP

Dr. W. E. Kittler XP

Dr. Grant M. Kloster XP

Dr. L. R. McDanicl XP

Dr. C. H. Schaller XP

Dr.F. E. Schon XP

Dr. H. J. Stengel XP

Dr. Lambertus Warmolls XP

Dr. R. J. Coggeshall XD

Dr. Henry L. H.ftv XD

Horace H. Etnyre RC
D. E. Warren RC
Robert M. Brand AB
F. W. Burchell AB
Wilbur P. Cooper AB
Martin H. Eakle AB
Gerald W. Fearer AB
Gerald K. Garard AB
Fred E. Gardner AB
John B. Hayes AB
Steven Heifer AB
Frank A. Kerr AB
W. B. McHenry AB
Harold A. Neff VB
Philip H. Nye \B
Paul F. O'Neill AB
George K.Ray AB
Ormond H. Runnels AB
Floyd J. Tilton AB
Harry Typer AB
Gertrude M. Abbott C
Zoe Engclbreoht C
1 1- l,n M. Jones C
Rachael R. McLennan C

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PEORIA COUNTY

PEORIA COUNTY No. 1
Location: Federal Building, Peoria
Registration : 6741

Men furnished to armed forces: 1644
Personnel :

George W. Barrette M

Frederick M. Blossom M

ReedW. Blundy M

William J. Gelling M

T. G. Lovelace M

George Shissler M

0. P. Westervelt GA

Dr. George M. Borin XP

Dr. L. V. Boynton XP

Dr. A. H.Clark XP

Dr. J. W. Dougherty XP

Dr.G. M. Frye XP

Dr. M. E. Harmeyer XP

Dr. Earle E. Henson XP

Dr. J. B. Jennings XP

Dr. E. E. Nystrom XP
Dr. F.J. Port XP
Dr. Elmer W. Seaburg XP
Dr. Lawrence L. Strong XD
Dr. George Washburn XP
Dr. John E. Welsh XP
Dr. E. E.Hoag XD
Dr. 0. B. Litwiller XD
Frederick V. Arber RC
Howard S. Beeney RC
Doris L. Goetz C
Jeremiah McQuade C
Lois Ida Myers C
A. Isabel Raver C

PEORIA COUNTY No. 2
Location: Federal Building, Peoria
Registration: 5169
Men furnished to armed forces: 1324
Personnel :

Clarence Beecham M

Roscoe W. McCullough M

George W. Racine M

Thurman Scott M

Edward Seitz, Jr. M

Ray A. Swan M

Charles L. Wilkins M

CD. Klatt GA

Harry Dale Morgan GA

Dr. Patrick A. Cusack XP

Dr. R. C. Dunseth XP

Dr. Clarence Fischer XP

Dr. E. C. Kelly XP

Dr. W.J.Roche XP

Dr. John F. Sloan XP
Dr. Charles D. Sneller XP
Dr. C. P. Strause XP
Dr. Victor Williams XP
Dr. Harry F. Barcley XD
Dr. J. F. Cart XD
Dr. Karl J. Watson XD
Harry W. Curry RC
E. Leonard Fritz RC
William Lee Mullen RC
Lucille V. Adams C
Marie C. LaHood C
Cecelia M. Rafferty C
Charles E. Thompson C

PEORIA CITY No. 1

Location : 357 Federal Building, Peoria
Registration : 7046
Men furnished to armed forces : 2003
Personnel :

C. Walter Anderson M
J. Ellis Dodd M
Arthur G. Heidrich M
William W. Hitchcock M
Jerry McQuade M
Frank Shrier M
Luke L. Watson M

Thomas C. Whalen M
William C. White M
William G. McRoberts
Dr. M. E. Aaberg XP
Dr. Glen Allen XP
Dr.J.F. Duane XP
Dr. Joel Eastman XP

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Dr. C. G. Farnum XP
Dr. W. H. Holbrook XP
Dr. James T. Jenkins XP
Dr. Amzie P. Kannapel XP
Dr. A. D. Phillips XP
Dr. James A. Walsh XP
Dr. Wilbur Weinkauff XP
Dr. Albert Applebaum XD

Dr. C. B. Clarno XD
Dr. S. S. Ferdinand XP
Ted Fleming RC
L. A.Welch RC
Burleigh H. Cooper C
Lorene B. Gillespie C
Louise E. Meyer C
Esther Waugh Thomason

PEORIA CITY No. 2

Location: 333 Federal Building, Peoria

Registration : 5926

Men furnished to armed forces: 1672

Personnel:

William C. Connors M

Daniel J. Fox M

Arthur D. Herschel M

Leonard B. Potter M

Victor C. Reynolds M

Henry H. Shaver M

Spalding Slevin M

J. Lewis Bond GA

Dr. Eugene H. Mahle XD

Richard J. Kavanagh GA

Dr. Ernest C. Burhans XP

Dr. Lee M. Coffey XP

Dr. William Cooley, Jr. XP

Dr. Milo T. Easton XP

Dr. Dwight M. Ernest XP

Dr. E. A. Garrett XP

Dr. H. Sargent Howard XP

Dr. A. A. Knapp XP

Dr. D. F. Loewen XP

Dr. John E. McCorvie XP

Dr. Fred M. F. Meixner XP

Dr. Carl F. Neuhoff XP
Dr. Paul T. Palmer XP
Dr. Kenneth N. Petri XP
Dr. John C. Roberts XP
Dr. Raymond H. Runde XP
Dr. David C. Ryan XP
Dr. Julius H. Ulrich XP
Dr. A. H. Blome XD
Dr. L. E. Steward XD
Dr. J. W. Weidner XD
Dr. Guy L. Sandy XD
Dr. Elmer V. Stern XD
Richard B. Bradley RC
Donald L. Negley RC
LeRoyE. Roark RC
Daniel P. Sommer RC
Dorothv Ann Cox C
William G. Naas C
Roma Stiff C
Gertrude E. Vonachen C

PEORIA CITY No. 3

Location : 333 Federal Building, Peoria

Registration : 6733

Men furnished to armed forces: 1715

Personnel:

Paul M. Coogan M
George L. Luthy M
Norbert F. Overstolz M
Frank A. Stewart M
Albert E. Streitmatter M
Kenney E. Williamson M
Clark B. Montgomery GA
Dr. Fred C. Endres XP
Dr. Allan Foster XP
Dr. Ferdinand F. Haas XP
Dr. William D. Madison XP
Dr. Clarence W. Magaret XP

Dr. George M. Parker XP
Dr. Leslie Rutherford XP
Dr. Clarence V. Ward XP
Dr. Henry M. Wilson XP
Dr. \. \. Mcxander XD
Dr. R. 1, Graber XD
Robert K. Clark RC
Charles M. Putnam. Jr. RC
Bert ion C. Fitton C
Eloise B. Spencer C
RuthM. Wilken C

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PEORIA CITY No. 4

Location : 357 Federal Building, Peoria
Registration: 7297

Men furnished to armed forces: 2213
Personnel :

Edward B. Klint M

Howard Kinsey M

Robert S. Marshall M

John Moser, Jr. M

Henry P. Ward M

Donald W. Evans GA

Ernest J. Galbraith GA

Joseph L. Johnson GA

Dr. J. E. Bellas XP

Dr. Joseph P. Belsley XP

Dr. Peter Bianco XP

Dr. William Blender, Jr.

Dr. Elliott P. Burt XP

Dr. F. C. Hammitt XP

Dr. Frank M. Huff XP

Dr. Harry Ireland XP

Dr. Lowell E. Kannapel

Dr. Philip R. McGrath

Dr. W. F. Mitchell XD

XP
XP

Dr. William Major XP

Dr. Walter E.Owen XP

Dr. Harold Von Achen XP

Dr. Emmett D. Wall XP

Dr. Lorin D. Whittaker XP

Dr. W. H. Hartz XD

Dr. Clarence E. Bollinger XD

Dr. Wallace M. Peters XD

AbeH. Duboff RC

Jack Rauck RC

E. Baxter Travis RC

Herbert Ralph Whitecraft RC

Marjorie Brunnenmeyer C

Edward F. Canty C

Harriett F. Heinz C

Clara E. Knoll C

Grace LaMont C

Peggy E. Tomblin C

Advisory Board Members for Peoria County

Jay J. Alloy
Chester L. Anderson
Emerson T. Anthony
S. E. Ashbaugh
Theodore C. Baer
Lawrence R. Ball

F. Newell Barnett
George B. Barrett
John Barron
Carroll Baymiller
Carl Behrman
Donald G. Beste
James F. Bierly
Clyde R. Birkett
Kenneth W. Black
William P. Buchanan
Robert L. Burhans
Lucas I. Butts

Ray P. Callery
Robert S. Calkins
Glen J. Cameron
John E. Carlson
Lester F. Carson
Mary Doubet Cassell
Leo Cavanaugh
Charles G. Cisna
Robert A. Coney
William R. Conn
Arthur B. Copeland

G. F. Coriell

Ira J. Covey, Jr.
Sidney Davidson
Robert G. Day
John T. Dickinson
Donald S. Dissman
Walter W. Donley
John F. Dougherty
E. E. Downing
William W. Dunn
Theodore B. Durfee
William L. Eagleton
John M. Elliott
J. C. Firth
L. G. Fishel
C. W. Frazier
Otto Frederick
Roscoe C. Frederick
W. McD. Frederick
Samuel M. Friedlandcr
Edward E. Gale
Willard B. Gaskins
Raymond Gerdes
Orville L. Glasford
Alex L. Goodman
Irving L. Gottlieb
Berthold Graham
Jacob W. Gross
Elmer F. Gury
Walter Hagemeyer
Frank A. Hall

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E. Bentley Hamilton
Willard M. Harlan
Leslie Harrison
H. C. Heintzman
Roscoe Herget
Thomas Hession, Jr.
Harrv B. Hoffman
Roy P. Hull
Robert E. Hunt
Russell F. Hunter
N. D. Israelson
Kinsey T. James
Russell L. James
Joseph R. Jefford
Arber Johnson
Velde Johnson
Robert E. Kavanaugh
Fred C. Kelly
Thomas B. Kennedy
Clyde King
Claude D. Kitchell
Henry Kneller
Louis F. Knoblock
Theodore Korb
Adolph E. Lauterbach
Fredric J. Lee
Eugene Leiter
Ernest R. Lightbody
Max J. Lipkin
David C. McCarthy
Robert H. McCarthy
Lowell R. McConnell
Robert N. McCormick
Roscoe W. McCullough
Charles T. McElwee
James R. McEntee
Shelton F. McGrath
J. R. McLaren
Wayne H. Mathis
Victor P. Michel
London Middleton
R. W. Miller
Wayne B. Miller
Robert F. Moreland
Donald Morgan
Robert D. Morgan
Clarence D. Murphv
T. E. Murphy
John C. Newell, Jr.

William C. Nicol
David A. Nicoll
Charles V. O'Hern, Jr.
0. E. Overen
Leland F. Pacey
W. 0. Pendarvis
Fred W. Potter, Jr.
Eugene M. Pratt
Richard H. Radley, Jr.
John Radley
John H. Rovster
William L. Rutherford
Verle W. Safford
Merle E. Schaad
J. Chase Scully. Jr.
L. E. Selzer
Michael A. Shore
Alex L. Sloan
John F. Sloan. Jr.
Willis D. Speight
Fred Stamerjohn
William Stedman
Harold Sternfeld
Fred V. Stiers
Duane G. Stone
Ralph W. Stone
L. E. Sutherland
James E. Sutherland
Alexander A. Sutter
Timothy W. Swain
Gerald L. Sweat
John D. Thomason
Clyde C. Trager
George Traicoff
Charles B. Ullrich
Lewis L. Van Dyke
Francis C. Vonachen
Jesse D. Weast
John H. Welch
Charles A. Wesner
Clyde M. West
Howard White
Howard S. White
L. Richard Whitnev
Robert A. Wilhelm
Hudi Wilson
Walter W. Winget
Margaret Wipperman
Herbis: Younne

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PERRY COUNTY

PERRY COUNTY No. 1

Location: City Hall, Pinckneyville

Registration : 5705

Men furnished to armed forces: 1748

Personnel:

Fred L. Forester M
Lester B. Howell M
William F. McNulty M
Allen G. Rountree M
Emory C. Struck M
John H. Stumpe M
Marion C. Cook GA
Michael K. Grabowski GA
Dr. T. W. Brown XP
Dr. G. H. Edwards XP
Dr. G. H. Gutridge XP
Dr. Frank B. Hiller XP
Dr. Clarence F. Kelly XP
Dr. Thomas B. Kelly XP
Dr. J. A. Mathis XP
Dr. H. I. Stevens XP

Dr. J. S. Templeton XP
Dr. J. W. Croessmann XD
Dr. Ralph L. Kane XD
J. Howard Bagwill AB
Harold 0. Farmer AB
Max E. Hanson AB
L. P. Harris AB
C. E. Kimmel AB
Charles N. Miller AB
J. G. Van Keuren AB
L.W.Wiley AB
Lorraine Bommerscheim (
Walter J. Forester C
Betty Ross Harriss C
Josephine Miller C

PIATT COUNTY

PIATT COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Monticello

Registration: 3418

Men furnished to armed forces : 935

Personnel:

Homer C. Dick M
Perry Herman M
Russell Pheanis M
W. B. Porterfield M
David Ephram Sisk M
Bela M. Stoddard M
Noble E. Hutson GA
Dr.J. W. Blan XP
Dr. C. M. Bumstead XP
Dr. A. D. Furrv XP
Dr.F. W. Keele XD

Ona L. "Dempsey" Cline RC
John Hardimon RC
Frank R. McLaudilin RC
Cary B. Kirk RC
C. E. Corbett AB
Burl A. Edie AB
C. I. Glasgow AB
Robert P. Shonkwiler AB
Dean J. Berry C
Mary C. Bradley C

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PIKE COUNTY

PIKE COUNTY No. 1

Location : Legion Hall, Pitts field

Registration: 5803

Men furnished to armed forces : 1579

Personnel :

W. W. Buchanan M

Glenn Crump M

Ray A. Kelly M

Otto H. Reinhardt M

Jess M. Thompson M

Sam G. Jenkins GA

George C. Weaver GA

Dr. J. M. Bailis XP

Dr. P. V. Dilts XP

Dr. P. T. Dolan XP

Dr. W. K. Jennings XP

Dr. Earl B. Sanborn XP

Dr. M. Shulman XP

Dr. Edward C. Thurman XD

Harold C. Ewing RC

Winthrop B. Anderson AB

Lee Capps AB

J. Robert Courtney AB
L. T. Graham AB
Reginald 0. Graham AB
W. Donald Hassett AB
Elizabeth Mayo Hoover AB
Edwin Johnston AB
Merrill H. Johnston AB
Paul F. Grote AB
Barry Mumford AB
Albert W. Schimmel AB
Rolle Six AB
A. Clay Williams AB
David C. Williams AB
Wayne P. Williams AB
Leota A. Reathaford C
Eva Ann Rowe C
Ada Rukgaber C

POPE COUNTY

POPE COUNTY No. 1

Location: First National Bank Building, Golconda

Registration: 1917

Men furnished to armed forces: 517

Personnel:

Carl D. Bradford M
Lewis Buchanan M
Joel E. Futrell M
Harry G. Gebauer M
0. R. Kerley M
Harry G. Kluge M
George R.Wallace M
J.P.Willis M
B. F. Anderson GA
Charles Durfee GA

W. Loren Reid GA
Dr. L. S. Barger XP
Dr. S.P.Ward XP
Dr. J. B.Crist XD
Dr. Kessner Barger XD
Lewis Buchanan RC
R. Gerald Trampe AB
.1. Ado Whiteside AB
Lorenzo L. Hamilton C
Anna Bess Rottman C

PULASKI COUNTY

PULASKI COUNTY No. 1

Location : City Hall,, Pulaski

Registration : 3749

Men furnished to armed forces:

Personnel :

Leonard J. Beisswingert M
Roscoe Herren M
Elbert C. Holcomb M
Carl McCormick M

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Hiram C. Moore M
Henry E. Wilson M
Henry P. Wiesenbom M

Loren H. Boyd < . \

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Joseph 0 'Sullivan GA

Dr. H. J. Elkins XP

Dr. 0. T. Hudson XP

Dr. Alphonso L. Robinson XP

Dr. W. R. Wesenbert XP

J.B.Jones RG

William Arthur Reeves RC

Charles E. Adams AB

C. F. Bode AB

George Crain AB

Joseph Crain AB

George A. Cross AB
N.J.Harris AB
Fred Koch AB
Malcolm Lentz AB
Dewey Mahoney AB
Rev. Alonzo Parker AB
O.E. Pawlisch AB
Vivian Ruth Gunn C
Wanda Manwaring C
Frank Scanlin, Sr. G
Harry Tolar C

PUTNAM COUNTY

PUTNAM COUNTY No. 1

Location: Post Office Building, Granville

Registration: 1279

Men furnished to armed forces : 265

Personnel:

Harold C. Griffith M

Arvid 0. Magnuson M

George N. Mathis M

C. W. Matson M

Paul Rehn M

Wilbor M. Sutherland GA

J.E.Taylor GA

Dr. A. 0. Birgerson XP
Dr. R. M. Germano XD
Edward Edwards RC
Walter D. Boyle AB
Albert Pucci AB
Norma Koehler C
Vera M. Sickinger C

RANDOLPH COUNTY

RANDOLPH COUNTY No. 1

Location: 1027 State Street, Chester

Registration: 6912

Men furnished to armed forces: 1898

Personnel:

Royce D. Allison M

Ray A. Divers M

Shirly J. Dunhouse M

Algeron C. Guker M

Leonard B. Schoenberger M

Robert G. Ottesen GA

William H. Schuwerk GA

Dr.J.W. Beare XP

Dr. J. Omer Hoffman XP

Dr. E. Ralph May XP

Dr. J. M.Glenn XD

Dr. E. G. Hoffman XD

Roland C. Bloome RC

Edwin Frederick Fiene RC
Edward Clendenin AB
Wilbert F. Ebers AB
Leigh V. Finley AB
William G. Juergens AB
Everett L. Seymour AB
John Tweed AB
Arthur W. Brinkman C
E. Bernelle Cox C
Jane Douglas C
Dorothy Michelsen C
Ernestine Richter C

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RICHLAND COUNTY

RICHLAND COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Olney

Registration: 4251

Men furnished to armed forces: 1132

Personnel:

Clifford C. Cammon M

H. E.Coen M

Dewey A. Craig M

Frank B. Godeke M

Harvey D. Hayes M

Oscar Kaufman M

Joe Fite M

Thomas E. Warren M

James P. Wilson M

Theodore Zwermann

Howard L. Brockman

Averill E. Butterfield

A. J. McMahan GA

Dr. Ira Johnson XP

Dr. Ralph King XP

Dr. Alexis T. Telford

Dr. Paul C. Weber XP

Dr. Joe G. Ronalds XD

Dr. James Weber, Jr., XD

M.D.Borah RC

George A. Shipley RC

Lydia R. Boley AB

GA
GA

Roy E. Boley AB
Florence Cazel AB
Leona Lawson Clark AB
Vivian Clark AB
Mrs. C. T. Cramer AB
Evelyn E. Elder AB
Arlye Goss AB
Florence A. Harrolle AB
Helen Jenkins AB
Rosa King AB
Bessie Kowa AB
D. D. McCarty AB
NolaMcFarlin AB
Thelma Martin AB
Lillian Roberts AB
Mabel Shaw AB
Leona Street AB
Alta M. Sutton AB
Samuel B. Unger AB
Mildred M. Clifford C
Charles Coan C
Gwendolyn L. McKinley C

ROCK ISLAND COUNTY

ROCK ISLAND COUNTY No. 1

Location: 503 Fifth Avenue Building, Moline

Registration: 8976

Men furnished to armed forces: 2215

Personnel:

Marc F. Koenig M
Joseph J. Grymonprez M
William H. Parker M
Carl C. Phillipsen M
Harry Witherell M
Albert Huber GA
Andrew Kopp GA
Dr. Edwin F. Condon XP
Dr. L. A. Dondanville XP
Dr. L. H. Eisendorf XP

Dr. J. G. Gustafson XP
Dr. R. W. Hardinger XP
Dr. Louis Ostrom XP
Dr. A. E.Baker XD
Rene V. Speybroeck RC
Norma Eileen Ashdown C
Margaret DeWulf C
Dorothy B. Myers C
Robert Neville C

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MOLINE CITY No. 1

Location: 1630 Fifth Avenue, Moline

Registration: 4776

Men furnished to armed forces : 1269

Personnel:

Herman Cline M
Rene Coelus M
C. Mauritz Johnson M
Odell M. Lannog M
William J. Wilkings M
Fred H. Railsback GA
Dr. A. Henry Arp XP
Dr. James H. Britton XP
Dr. C. S. Costigan XP
Dr. Fredriek L. Eihl XP
Dr. Silvio Errico XP
Dr. K. P. Froehlich XP
Dr. Leo Gamberg XP
Dr. Milton Hansen XP
Dr. Joseph K. Hanson XP
Dr. 0. Wilhart Koivun XP

Dr. J. J. O'Halloran XP
Dr. Harold H. Parsons XP
Dr. Robert D. Perkins
Dr. Russel Smith XP
Dr. George A. Webster
Dr. James A. S. Nelson
Dr. Charles Ortman XD
Dr. Milford J. Nelson XD
Evald F. Ardahl RC
James F. Lardner, Jr.
Tom B. Mirfield RC
Sarah J. Brown C
Lois Dudley C
Clara Nelson C
Robert L. Rezner C

XP
XP

MOLINE CITY No. 2

Location: 1630 Fifth Avenue, Moline

Registration : 4798

Men furnished to armed forces: 1249

Personnel:

Ludwig E. Anderson M

Socrates M. Ellison M

Pierre J. Flemming M

Howard V. Johnson M

Frank A. Salogga M

William M. Samuelson M

Donald S. Stophlet M

Glenn A. Trevor M

Wilmot Warner M

Abe W. Waxenberg M

Peter R. Ingelson GA

Dr. Louis C. Arp XP

Dr. Samuel Brown XP

Dr. D. B. Freeman XP

Dr. Elliott F. Parker XP

Dr. H. A. Zeigler XD

Clvde Parker RC

B. A. Sheaver RC

John S. Swennumson RC

Harry A. VanderVennot RC

J.F. Welsch RC

Harry R. Youngberg RC

Dorothy Bodeen C

Jean English C

Gertrude Oakley C

ROCK ISLAND CITY No. 1

Location: Cleveland Building, Rock Island

Registration: 7343

Men furnished to armed forces : 2006

Personnel:

Edward H. Dunavin M
William L. Layden M
Robert F. McConochie M
Gabe Mosenf elder M
Harmon L .Ruff M
E. Lee Siemon M

Benjamin D. Farrar GA
C. Dudley Marshall GA
Dr. Arthur E. Glawe XD
Dr. Ernest A. Anderson XP
Dr. Reginald J. Belyea XP
Dr. Raymond T. Boysen XP

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Dr. F. H. First XP
Dr. S. C. Kaim XP
Dr. Eugene Moses XP
Dr. Clement P. O'Neill
Dr. Daniel F. Paul XP
Dr. William F. Schroeder
Dr. W. D. Snively XP
Dr. John C. Souders XP
Dr. A. Walter Wise XP
Dr. Ben H. Sherrard XD

David B. Bergquist RC
Frank J. Budelier RC
Karl C. Dean RC
Ray E. Summers RC
Raymond R. Walker RC
Loretta Detlefs C
Gladvs Layden C
Mar> Palike C
Berea D. Wheelan C

ROCK ISLAND CITY No. 2

Location : Post Office Building, Rock Island

Registration: 4721

Men furnished to armed forces: 991

Personnel:

James E. Condon M

Charles C. Rosenfield M

Albert F. Schersten M

Harry P. Simpson M

Warren C. Yerger M

Allan A. Klove GA

Elmore H. Stafford GA

Dr. Joseph De Silva XP

Dr. S. P. Durr XP

Dr. Albert N. Mueller XP
Dr. Marcus Archer XD
William J. Layden RC
Ira J. Roberts RC
Harry P. Simpson RC
Jennie Lee Beechler C
Annetta F. Muench C
Charles T. Rimmerman C

Advisory Board Members for Rock Island County

Theodore E. Anderson
Sam M. Arndt
Neil Ausmus
Robert M. Bell
Robert W. Boeye
Junius P. Califf
Cyrus Churchill
Sherwood L. Costigan
Sidney S. Deutsch
Bert R. Durkee
Edward L. Eagle, Jr.
H. Hunter Gehlbach
James R. Hansgen
Isidor I. Katz
Myron Murphy

Henry Parsons
Paul E. Rink
Joseph R. Rosborough
Edward Schoede, Jr.
Clarence J. Schroeder
Lloyd A. Schwiebert
John W. Seids, Jr.
Allen Seiffert
Victor E. Walker
Franklin F. Wingard
Stewart R. Winstein
W. E. Ackermaun
Harold Baltz
Edward Bareis
Oscar Becherer

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ST. CLAIR COUNTY

ST. CLAIR COUNTY No. 1

Location: Commercial Building, Belleville

Registration: 9134

Men furnished to armed forces: 2759

Personnel:

Clyde Allen M
Xavier F. Bertelsman M
William 0. Loer M
Fred 0. Reh M
Erwin W. Seibert M
Adolph Waigand M
A. B. Davis GA
Anthony J. Stoeckel GA
Joseph A. Troy, Jr. GA
Dr. August F. Bechtold XP
Dr. W. C. Runyon XP
Dr. R. F. Sondag XP
Dr. E. P. Stiehl XP
Dr. Edward Trippel XP
Dr. Standlee Twitchell XP

Dr. Earle Williams XP
Dr. C. R. Hough XD
Dr. Cornelius Wilbret XD
Dr. T. J. Winkler XD
Oscar L. Diefenbach RC
Bayard E. Falconer RC
Henry Knoebel RC
Calvin J. Rasp RC
George Darmstatter C
Doroth Marie Fietsam C
Beulah Lickenbrock C
Verena Reuter C
Bernice Schanuel C
Edith M. Schmitt C
Ruth Young Stowe C

ST. CLAIR COUNTY No. 2

Location: Commercial Building, Belleville

Registration: 7690

Men furnished to armed forces: 1976

Personnel:

Elmer D. Bertelsmann M

James Hart M

Joseph A. Prediger M

Isfried I. Probst M

Charles J. Schmulbach M

Josiah Whitnel M

Charles W. Young M

Chester H. Farthing GA

Dr. Edward Dewein XP

Dr. R.B.Ellis XP

Dr. I. L. Foulon XP

Dr. S. W. McKelvey XP

Dr. 0. G. Schneidewind XP
Dr. L. E. Tegtmeier XP
Dr. J. S. Waldman XP
Dr. S.S.Wood XP
Dr. E. L. Rauth XD
Sherman C. Stookey RC
Jacab J. Wittman RC
Fred C. Daab RC
Delores Frances Etling C
Marguerite Laura Groh C
Grace T. Hammel C
Elizabeth A. Kranz C

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I5ELLEVILLE CITY No. 1

Location: Commercial Building, Belleville
Registration : 7035

Men furnished to armed forces: 2030
Personnel :

Albert B. Bald u* M
Joseph B. Herman M
Robert L. Kern M
Wilbur E. Krebs M
Dr. G. C. Otrich M
P. K. Johnson GA
Dr. Edmond Bechtold XP
Dr. Irvin Davis XP
Dr. R. J. Joseph XP
Dr. G.E.Meyer XP
Dr. L. W. Roth XP

Dr. W. H. Walton XP
Dr. J. E. Wheeler XP
Dr. C. R. Conroy XD
Dr. F. A. Neuhoff XD
Irvin L. Klamm RC
Herbert Schwind RC
Ruth Jane Hesse C
Harriet M. Lippert C
Hilda E. Moehrl C
Frank C. Wuller C

EAST ST. LOUIS CITY No. 1

Location : 436 Murphy Building, East St. Louis

Registration : 7560

Men furnished to armed forces: 2212

Personnel :

Orville R. Batman M

A. R. Beam M

Harry L. Bise M

John E. Eubanks, Jr. M

James A. Gladden M

Henry Mattern M

G. V. Quinn M

Norman Gundlach GA

Josiah Whitnel GA

Roland H. Wiechert GA

Dr. William T. Gueno XP

Dr. A. H.Smith XD

Dr. William A. Griffith XP

Dr. Edgar F. Woodson XP

Dr. Nathaniel G. Hagler XP

Dr. Max M. Goldenberg XP
Dr. A. J. DeHaan XP
Dr. W. J. Crotty XP
Dr. John F. Brennan XP
Dr. W. S. Baldwin XP
Dr. Miles S. Davis XD
Dr. V. W. Flannery XD
Dr. J. R. Mulconnery XD
Mike Hannigan RC
Andrew Mulconnery RC
Albert Thompson RC
Arralean L. Brown C
Betty J. Ferguson C
Myrick C. Harris C
Fayel. Witte C

EAST ST. LOUIS CITY No. 2

Location: 503 Missouri Avenue, East St. Louis
Registration: 7139
Men furnished to armed forces: 2165
Personnel :

Harold Allison M
Alfred L. J. Friederich M
John B. Kusewitt M
John J. Murphy M
John J. Rogers M
Charles Maine Salmons M
Casper Siekmann M
Adolph B. Tonohette M
Thomas L. Fekete, Jr. GA
Philip G. Listeman GA
Dr. J. T. Murphy XD

Ralph Walker GA
Dr. Leo J. Conaty XD
Dr. W. Gordon Letterman
William J. Egan RC
Thomas P. A. O'Donnell
Wallace H. Wright RC
Louis P. Adelman C
Mary J. Bacon C
Hazel Boismenue C.
Virginia Clark C
Vrrnice Scott C

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ST. CLAIR COUNTY— Continued

EAST ST. LOUIS CITY No. 3

Location: 413-15 Missouri Avenues East St. Louis

Registration: 7009

Men furnished to armed forces: 1998

Personnel:

Thomas Coonan M
Ernest B. Hoehn M
Kenneth Eugene Ferguson
Perry F. Modrow M
James Sho waiter M
Everett C. Smart M
Dr. George H. VanDusen
Erwin R. Zuber M
John E. Hamlin GA
Charles W. Hatch GA
Dr. Owen J. Eisele XP
Dr. 0. W. Knewitz XP
Dr. C. F. Alderson XP
Dr. A. M. Aszmann XP
Dr. Roy Barker XP
Dr. W. H. Barrett XP
Dr. R. L. Campbell XP
Dr. J. J. Donahue XP
Dr. C. E. Eisele XP
Dr. R. C. Farrier XP
Dr. J. C.Henry XP
Dr. MaxHirz XP
Dr. C.C.Kane XP
Dr. H. F. Killene XP
Dr. Homer Little XP
Dr. Rolla Little XP
Dr. 0. M. McCann XP
Dr. A. B. McQuillan XP
Dr. Leo Madden XP
Dr. Leon Magarian XP
Dr. W. L. Nolden XP

Dr. W. C. Scrivner XP

Dr. Henry D. Smith XP

Dr. John C. Soucy XP

Dr. C. B. Vonnahme XP

Dr.W. H. West XP

Dr. C. C. Winning XP

Dr. W. J. Bloemer XD

Dr. E. R. Brandt XD

Dr. W. L. Buck XD

Dr. W. E. Crystal XD

Dr. G. O. Creath XD

Dr. R. A. Hagarty XD

Dr. G.J. Hobbs XD

Dr. Kenneth Hood XD

Dr. R. A. Hundley XD

Dr. J. A. Kuebel XD

Dr. H. W. Litsey XD

Dr. E.Millard XD

Dr. R. I. Moreland XD

Dr. J. Clyde Reader XD

Dr. K. M. Rinnert XD

Dr. Frank G. Smith XD

Dr. W.C.Smith XD

Dr. J. C. Waddell XD

Dr. G. W. Waters XD

George William England RC

William Benjamin England RC

Muriel Hilderbrand C

Thelma R. Hunter C

Frank L. Mahoney C

Ruth Mites C

Advisory Board Members for Saint Clair County

William F. Borders
Robert L. Broderick
Russell H. Classen
Ralph Cook
Frank Crowe
C. C. Dreman
James A. Farmer
Carl W. Feichert
John T. Fiedler
Joseph E. Fleming
Joseph H. Goldenhersh
James W. Gray
Louis J. Grossmann
Walter G. Grossmann
Charles P. Hamill
Robert J. Harding

James Hickey
Rogers D. Jones
Walter Kassly
August Keller
George F. Kelling
Herbert F. Lill
F. E. Merrills
James 0. Miller
T. S. Morgan
L. N. Nick Perrin, Jr
Frank Plattner
John R. Sprague
John T. Thomas
Wilmer Vogt
W. R. Weber
James F. Wheatley

467

SALINE COUNTY

SALINE COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Harrisburg

Registration : 4755

Men furnished to armed forces: 1583

Personnel :

Fred G. Burnett M

Corliss Carrier M

Amos J. Doom M

John R. Harris M

H. C. Lewis M

Cecil Pullman M

Everett N. Sneed M

Charles E. Combe GA

Dr. W. J. Blackard, Jr. XP

Dr. R.G.Bond XP

Dr. E. W. Cummins XP

Dr. N. A. Herrmann XP
Dr. B. E. Montgomery XP
Dr. B. G. Funkhouser XP
Dr. E. M. Travelstead XD
Frank P. Parker RC
Inglis M. Taylor RC
C. Aud Turner RC
Fred H. Wasson RC
Ora Beatrice Fife C
Anna Poulos C
Everett Stricklin C

SALINE COUNTY No. 2

Location : Post Office Building, Eldorado

Registration: 4183

Men furnished to armed forces: 1232

Personnel:

Seigel B. Hardy M

Allen Murphy M

W. Oma Reynolds M

Willie H. Robinson M

Arthur W. Summers M

Philip 0. Upchurch M

Harry J. Flanders GA

Charles H. Thompson GA

Walter W. Wheatley GA

Dr. John V. Ferrell XP

Dr. Frank Johnson XP
Dr. Lee J. Pearce
Dr. H. C. Holdoway XD
Dr. W. F. Johnson XD
Glenn A. Pfeifer RC
Ross G. Putnam RC
Nadyne Finley C
Lorene Gates C
Opal Lea Hausser C
Marguerite C. Watson C

Advisory Board Members for Saline County

Luke Barnhill
Leslie G. Beers
Riley Belt
S. Cleve Bond
Lewis Cain
Hugh Cozart
Guy A. DeNeal
Trafton Dennis
Arthur Donaldson
Byford Dunn
Taylor Ferguson
H. N. Finney
John A. Gill
Alpheus Gustin

Sebe J. Kelly
Fred Lassetir
R. S. Martin
Ralph Mathias
John B. Owen

E. M. Ozmenl
J. L. Pittman
James E. Raibourn
K. C. Ronalds
Don Scott

F. M. Sewell
Scerial Thompson
\li- M. E. Thornton

468

SANGAMON COUNTY

SANGAMON COUNTY No. 1

Location: U.M.W. Building, Springfield

Registration : 5206

Men furnished to armed forces: 1492

Personnel:

Thomas Cody M

James N. Farley M

Pearl Moore M

Ole J. Nelson M

Charles W. Frame M

Scott B. Irwin M

Elmer Nafziger GA

Dr. Henry F. Berchtold XP

Dr. Rex Campbell XP

Dr. Herman H. Cole XP

Dr. Charles F. Harmon XP

Dr. M. E. Rolens XP
Dr. C. B. Stuart XP
Dr. John A. Wyness XP
Dr. G. H. Traylor XD
A. D. Campbell RC
G. Wayne Churchill RC
Fred E. Duncan RC
Samuel I. Gresham RC
Helen A. Chepulis C
Helen J. Rupslaukis C
Mary Staley C

SANGAMON COUNTY No. 2

Location: 410 United Mine Workers Building, Springfield

Registration: 4820

Men furnished to armed forces : 1236

Personnel :

J. Earl Bell M

Archie E. Dickerson M

Frank H. Grant M

Fleetwood H. Lindley M

Judge DeWitt S. Crow GA

Dr. William R. Bernard XP

Dr. Robert Flentje XP

Dr. J. C. Jackman XP

Dr. Albert T. Kwedar XP

Dr. Robert J. Patton XP

Dr. John L. Schilsky XP
Dr. Thomas Noxon Toomey
Dr. Roger House XD
Dr. E. L. Huff XD
Edwin Bay RC
Jacob Lewis Garver RC
DeWitt H. Montgomery RC
Mary E. Jordon C
William J. Nattermann C
Kathryn E. Perkins C

SPRINGFIELD CITY No. 1

Location: 408 Mine Workers Building, Springfield

Registration: 6422

Men furnished to armed forces: 1971

Personnel :

William H. Bowe M
Jess Bowman M
James W. Dunigan M
Leonard W. Esper M
James L. Glaven M
Albert C. Larson M
S. Phil Hutchison GA
Homer D. McLaren GA
Dr. Emil L. Bernard XP
Dr. Ralph T. Clark XP
Dr. R. E. Cutts XP
Dr. Frank M. Davis XP
Dr. Clarence A. Fleischli
Dr. George Fleischli XP

Dr. Richard F. Herndon XP
Dr. Walter C. Martini XP
Dr. George J. Mautz XP
Dr. Harry Otten XP
Dr. Harry H. Southwick XP
Dr. G. W. Staben XP
Dr. A. E. Waters XP
Dr. J. W.Green XD
C. Archie Schryver RC
John L. Taylor RC
Rita Devlin C
Homer V. Haynes C
Melissa Smith C

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SANGAMON COUNTY— Continued

SPRINGFIELD CITY No. 2

Location: 408 Mine Workers Building, Springfield

Registration: 5637

Men furnished to armed forces: 1439

Personnel:

A. R. Booth M

Dr. C. W. Milligan M

Leslie G. Pefferle M

Albert J. Triebel M

J. A. Weis M

Michael Eckstein GA

Dr. Nelson H. Chestnut XP

Dr. Elmo Todd McClay XP

Dr. E. F. Pearson XP

Dr. Oscar L. Zelle XP
Dr. B. B. Beatty XD
Dr. J. J. Donelan, Sr. XD
Dr. H. P. Robinson XD
Robert W. Troxell RC
Charlotte Kennedy C
John H. Murphy C
Cecilia Quinn C

SPRINGFIELD CITY No. 3

Location: 408 Mine Workers Building, Springfield

Registration: 6203

Men furnished to armed forces: 1913

Personnel:

Clarence B. Davis M
H. Ernest Fullenwider M
Luther 0. German M
James J. Gillig M
A. E. Rouland M
Paul W. Gordon GA
Robert A. Stephens, Jr. GA
Dr. A. M. Livingston XP
Dr. Albert Mueller XP
Dr. Harvey W. Sears XP
Dr. George H. Vernon XP
Dr. H. L. Hester XD

Dr. A. W. Koratsky XD
Dr. J. L. Lambert XD
Dr. H. S. Lavman XD
Dr. G. W. Mills XD
Dr. E. B. Ratliff XD
Dr. H. E.Weir XD
Ward McKinley Johnson
Dorothy Crookston C
E. Josephine Goyke C
Betty Lou Metz C
Helen S. Sweet C

Advisory Board Members for Sangamon County

Charles F. Barber
John W. Barber
Francis Blair
Clifford Blunk
Roscoe Bonjean
Charles G. Briggle, Jr.
Lacey Catron
George P. Coutrakon
Eugene L. Davison
Benjamin S. DeBoice
George E. Drach
Keith Dressendorfer
Lee Ensel
John P. Fizmer
James J. Graham
Miles Gray

Lawrence HofT
W. Knowles Laird
Walter Lindgren
C. Terry Lindner
James E. Londrigan
Robert Myers
Roy Rhodes
Sidney B. Smith
Charles Stephens
Frank Sullivan
Loren E. Sullivan
Herbert Tragethon
Paul Wanless
George H. Webb
Harlington Wood

470

SCHUYLER COUNTY

SCHUYLER COUNTY No. 1

Location : 202-204 North Congress Street, Rushville

Registration: 2666

Men furnished to armed forces: 733

Personnel:

Horner Dean M
Ralph Davis M
Franklin D. Garrison M
Ward Horney M
Henry S. Houston M
Ralph K. Knowles M
Clarence S. Loring M
Lloyd J. McCormick M
Ralph McCormick M
Don Ward M
Paul B. Willard M

E. E. Yarbrough M
Dr. George C. Bates XP
Dr. F. D. Culbertson XP
Dr. C. M. Fleming XP
Dr. H.O. Munson XP
Dr. Charles L. Eales XD
Paul R. Stephens RC
John P. Crandall AB
Ernest G. Utter AB
Marguerite Feglay C
G. C. Sutherland C

SCOTT COUNTY

SCOTT COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Winchester

Registration: 1937

Men furnished to armed forces : 500

Personnel:

Glenn C. Funk M

David L. Leonhard M

Dr. William O'Reilly M

Carl M. Ritter M

William Strickland M

Edward T. Wild M

R. R. Funk GA

Norbert L. Hutchens GA

Dr. Manuel Alverez XP

Dr. Ross E. Hermann XP

Dr. R.R.Jones XP

Dr. James Lynch XP

Dr. J. Walton Dace XD

Dr. W. E. Harper XD
Roy S. Coon RC
George H. Reid RC
John E. Korty AB
Bernard Meehan AB
N. J. Moore AB
T.J. Priest AB
R. M. Riggs AB
L. Allan Watt AB
Charles R. Wills AB
Joseph E. Winterbotham
Alice I. Mudd C
Patricia Smith C

471

SHELBY COUNTY

SHELBY COUNTY No. 1

Location: 2008 North Broadway, Shelbyville

Registration : 5738

Men furnished to armed forces: 1635

Personnel :

W. F. Aichele M

Haldon B. Avars M

C. T. DeMonbrun M

PaulH. Kull M

John F. Ruff M

Homer Turney M

J. J. Baker GA

Dr. Duncan Biddlecombe XP

Dr. Louis Chabner XP

Dr. John T. France XP

Dr. C. H. Hulick XP

Dr. K. L. Pistorius XP

Dr. Henry Turney XP

Dr. N. D. Boys XD

Carl F. Morehead RC

Arch Tallman RC

Katheryn Brown AB

Edna E. Conn AB

Robert Bruce Crane AB

R. I. Dove AB
Edward FitzGerald AB
Kenneth F. Kelly AB
Ravmond F. Mose AB
L. C. Peek AB
Mabel A. Piety AB
Robert J. Sanders AB
Karl H. Sommermever AB
Agnes I. Steidley AB
Arthur Steidley AB
J. Maurice Stice AB
Philip L. Turner AB
Dorothea D. Willard AB
J. C.Willard AB
A. L. Yantis AB
Helen Louise Atkinson C
Gertrude Frazier C
Foy I. Morse C

STARK COUNTY

STARK COUNTY No. 1

Location: 108 North Seventh Street, Wyoming

Registration: 2070

Men furnished to armed forces: 539

Personnel:

Dr. C. A. Forbes M
Marion G. Humphrey M
Carl L. Lehman M
Samuel Carl McMackin
John E. O'Neill M
G. W. Pendarvis M
Floid B. Brian GA
Raymond A. Liggett G \
Dr. J. E. Scholes XP
Dr. John T. Wead XP
Dr. C. N. Heinzman \l»
Dr. J. T. Real XD
O. M. Colwell RC
David P. Real RC
David Brown AB
L. M. Burkrv AB
J. R. Curran AB

R. C. Edmundson AB
Leo A. Finnegan AB
John W. Fling, Jr. \P>
Clvde Friend AB
Marshall U. Fa w \B
H. C. Kibhee AB
Bert McClenahan AB
Noble Malone AB
L. J. Mawbev AB
Cliff R. Mokler AB
Jack W. Osborn AB
W. S. Perrin AB
J. E. Richards AB
Charles M. Wilson \R
Ellen Blakev C
Betty Cox C
Beatrice Snare C

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STEPHENSON COUNTY

STEPHENSON COUNTY No. 1

Location: Room 202 Federal Building, Free port
Registration : 4355
Men furnished to armed forces: 813
Personnel :

Wayne E. Beddow M
Carl John Block M
Eric A. Carlson M
E. A. Clock M
Russell J. Conn M
Arnold Karsk M
Fred L. Kempel M
Fred S. Schoeffler M
Rollen R. Thompson M
Robert A. Hunter GA
Dr. Carl M. Becker XP
Dr. E. M. Burns XP
Dr. E. A. Diestelmeier XP

Dr. C.J. Leavy XP
Dr. J. A. Poling XP
Dr. Henry C. Rosenstiel
Dr. E. E. Shelly XP
Dr. Louis G. Voigt XP
Dr. E. L. Griffith XD
Dr. Lou H. Matter XD
V. J. Banter RC
David H. Hardie RC
F. H. Altemeier C
Helen Brokhausen C
Fairie E. Maxwell C

FREEPORT CITY No. 1

Location: 302 Federal Building, Freeport

Registration: 5218

Men furnished to armed forces: 1394

Personnel:

Martin James Dorst M
Wilbur Goddard M
Joseph A. Gund M
Fred V. Hayner M
Ray T. Luney M
Thomas Marshall M
M.V. Peasley M
George F. Korf GA
Dr. Howard J. Stickle
Dr. F. X. Graff XP
Dr. A. M. McCallen

Dr. N. C. Phillips XP

Dr. K. B. Rieger XP

Dr. L. F. Rockey XP

Dr. William D. Van Lone XD

Dr. Ned A. Arganbright XD

John W. Briggs RC

Frank H. Haupert RC

Edward G. Luebbing RC

Daniel W. Habecker C

Claire Lavelle C

Garnett McMurry C

Advisory Board Members for Stephenson County

John S. Ascher
Louis J. Balles
L. Edward Beckmire
David M. Burrell
Marvin F. Burt
William Roscoe Carnahan
James K. Cavanaugh
Wesley A. Eberle
Robert P. Eckert, Jr.
Robert J. Ellis
Oscar E. Heard, Jr.
Gordon R. Hunter

Robert C. Hunter
Nicholas J. Keifer. Jr.
Philip L. Keister
Everett E. Laughlin
Harold R. Nettles
Louis F. Reinhold
George H. Schirmer, Jr.
Robert J. Schmelzle
Ralph P. Sheridan
Bert Snow
Edward J. Sullivan
John G. Whiton

473

TAZEWELL COUNTY

TAZEWELL COUNTY No. 1

Location: County Court House, Pekin
Registration: 7418
Men furnished to armed forces: 1937
Personnel :

George H. Ehrilicher M
Jonas W. Larson M
Rudolph J. Mattheessen M
Ray J. Meyers M
Robert F. Whitfield M
Ralph Dempsey GA
Dr. A. E.Allen XP
Dr. Louis A. Balcke XP
Dr. W. A. Balcke XP
Dr. Harlan W. Brink XP
Dr. Neal D. Crawford XP
Dr. Harold Feldman XP
Dr. S. T. Glasford XP
Dr. R. V. Grimmer XP
Dr. R. F. K. Jordon XP
Dr. Charles A. Nelson XP

Dr. Richard A. Seibel XP
Dr. L. F.Teter XP
Dr. H. W. Walker XP
Dr. Wayne R. Walker XP
Dr. J. I. Weimer XP
Dr. Nelson A. Wright XP
Dr. R. M. Breedlove XD
Dr. J. L. Corbett XD
Dr. E. B. Gurney XD
Clyde P. Cowser RC
Lawrence H. Edelmann RC
Mabel Hill < C
Florence Leitner C
B. Eileen Montgomery C
Ruth Mary Onken C

TAZEWELL COUNTY No. 2

Location: Room 201, Morton Street Bank Building, Morton

Registration: 8371

Men furnished to armed forces : 1967

Personnel :

Major Darst M
A. B. (Gus) Fluegel M
Chester C. Hamilton M
John W. Meyer M
Charles R. Thornton M
George C. Willhardt M
George Brecher GA
Roth S. Smith GA
Paul D. Reese GA
Dr. Joseph Aronoff XP
Dr. 0. P. Bennett XP
Dr. George Cohen XP
Dr. Cody A. Cox XP
Dr. H.D.Fast XP
Dr. F. C. Gale XP

Dr. W. S. Needham XP
Dr. Oliver Rian XP
Dr.J.W. Rost XP
Dr. John A. Rusk XP
Dr. B. A. Shepherd XD
Dr. A. J.Welty XD
Henry A. Gunlher RC
John W. Meyer RC
Charles C. Mooberry RC
Gaylord C. Shannabarger
Louise Crocker C
Walter H. Gillan C
Florence M. Picerno C
Betty Jane Rapp C
Alma A. Wittmer C

Advisory Board Members for Tazewell County

Ralph Allen
Robert H. Allison
L. E. Bennett
Frank P. Burkey
C. L. Conder
Irving John Cooper
Robert M. Culbertson
W. G. Cunningham
P. A. D'Arcy
George Donaldson

N. Y. Dowell
John T. KllifT
G. A. Field
C. V. Fririffs
C. N. Fritch
Ward Grundy
Henry A. Gunthrr
James G. Hatcher
Louis H. Hackler
A. J. Harman

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474

TAZEWELL COUNTY [Advisory Board]— Continued

T. L. Haensel
Rae C. Heiple

D. C. Heiser
H. Paul Jones

E. G. Kilby
Roy C. Kilby
Eugene R. Mabee
T. J. Markland
William J. Mauschbaugh
R. C. Morris

P. R. Murphy
Porter Orr
J. M. Powers
William S. Prettyman
W. J. Reardon
Charles Rickett
Rayburn L. Russell
Harold J. Rust

Bert L. Urish
Franklin L. Velde
Thomas A. Verry
Frank J. Wilkins
Lucien Wise
James P. St. Cerny
Charles Schaefer
Charles E. Schmidt
G. C. Shannabarger
Omar P. Smelz
Ben L. Smith
T. N. Smith
Ben W. Sparks
Lyman C. Stevens
John W. Stovall
B. F. Strunk
John Stubbs

UNION COUNTY

UNION COUNTY No. 1

Location: Anna National Bank Building, Anna

Registration: 4789

Men furnished to armed forces: 1519

Personnel:

Russell Corlis M
Dan R. Davie M
Cecil F. Norris M
Robert L. Shannon M
Percy M. West M
Russell E. Townsend GA
Dr. A. L. Ashworth XP
Dr. E.V.Hale XP
Dr. Roy Keith XP
Dr. L. J. May XP
Dr. Berry V. Rife XP
Dr. Claude A. Stearns XP
Dr. Don B. Stewart XP
Dr. H. 0. Taylor XP
Dr. J. R. Tweedy XP
Dr. O. E. Johnson XD
Dr. Earl C. Kimbro XD
Glenn C. Eddleman RC
Robert M. Hagler RC
Harley Queen RC
Robert L. Rich RC
James H. Allen AB
Robert J. Basler AB
Robert W. Brown AB
Dellis Buzbee AB
John Carter AB

C.O.Clark AB
John Paul Davis AB
Langan J. Dodd AB
Elmer J. Ford AB
R. C. Gurley AB
Lynn L. Karraker AB
Louis C. Kelley AB
Louie A. Lamer AB
Melvin C. Lockard AB
T. E. Meisenheimer AB
George E. Parks AB
E. W. Pirtle AB
Harley Queen AB
Ford L. Rendleman AB
Fred Rixleben AB
Fred Roberts AB
Lynn D. Sifford AB
Virgil Smith AB
Curtis L. Trainer AB
W. B. Valentine AB
James F.Wahl AB
Phil H.Walter AB
Roy Wilkins AB
Jean V. Brown C
Roy H. Rudolph C
Sybl A. Thompson C

475

VERMILION COUNTY

VERMILION COUNTY No. 1

Location: 204 East Main Street, Hoopeston

Registration: 5381

Men furnished to armed forces: 1423

Personnel :

Sidney B. Cutright M

Charles F. Dyer M

Franklyn R. Johnson M

Verne R. Shepard M

Dale H. Willard M

Guilford Henry Couchman GA

Louis A. Lowenstein GA

Dr. A. R. Brandenberger XP

Dr. J. C. Moore XP

Dr. William T. Snider XP

Dr. J. M. Hannell XD
Dr. J. A. Heaton XD
Dr. Bruce Martin XD
Dr. G. A. Wiseheart XD
Blaine Heaton RC
Fred M. Hess RC
Helen Cromer C
Constance B. Southwick C

VERMILION COUNTY No. 2

Location : 202 V2 South State Street, Westville
Registration : 5388
Men furnished to armed forces: 1577
Personnel :

Frank 0. Bushong M
Fred E. Collins M
Howard 0. Fletcher M
Don H. Palmer M
Mark Ord M
Harris C. Parrish M
B. F. Richardson M
Roy F. Stark M
Horace E. Gunn GA
H. Ernest Hutton GA
John F. Twomev GA

Dr. Dudley T. Dawson XP

Dr. C. C. Dillon XP
Dr. J. Gilbert Ellis XP
Dr. S. M. Hubbard XP
Dr. James McKibben XP
Dr. 0. J. Michael XP
Dr. J. H. Myers XD
Dr. B. C. Ross XD
Felix Polakes RC
John F. Shimkus RC
Lucian J. Courtney C
Lorraine Olson C
Lucille P. Valantes C

DANVILLE CITY No. 1

Location: 613 North Vermilion Street, Danville

Registration: 5013

Men furnished to armed forces: 1493

Personnel:

T. William Conron M
Ferd G. Greiser M
Carey B. Hall M
Harold T. Leverenz M
Dan (TConnell M
Ernest T. Strawbridge M
W. M. Acton GA
T. Rav Carter GA
Dr. P. K. Andrews XP
Dr. C. L. Bennett XP
Dr. T. J. Carmodv XP
Dr. Floyd M. Clark XP
Dr. Robert Clements XP
Dr. \. F. Dalr XP
Dr. J. G. Fisher XP
Or. A. J. Fletcher XP

Dr. I). C. Good XP
Dr. Paul E. Hepner XP
Dr. Mel yin L. Hole XP
Dr. H. F. Hooker XP
Dr. R. E. Johnson XP
Dr. W. P. Maddux XP
Dr. Arthur J. Peters XP
Dr. Warren B. Smith XP
Dr. C. F. Wilkinson XP
Dr. Carl S. Williamson XP
Dr. G. H. Guerke XD
W. H. Debenham RC
Homer B. Robertson RC
■\nna Boink C
Raymond J. Kieran C
Phoebe Williams C

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476

VERMILION COUNTY— Continued

DANVILLE CITY No. 2

Location: 613 North Vermilion Street, Danville

Registration: 4043

Men furnished to armed forces: 1174

Personnel :

Frank Prouty Abbott M

W. R. Houpt M

Clifford R. Kesler M

Paul S. Millikin M

Albert Overstreet M

Harry Payne M

Leo W. Burk GA

Virion W. Mclntire GA

Dr. Ray E. Bucher XP
Dr. Harlan English XP
Dr. L. G. McMillan XD
Dr. J. C. Higgason XD
Llovd Knowles RC
R. j. Fitzgerald RC
Irma Hayes C
Marion King C

Advisory Board Members for Vermilion County

R. D. Acton
M. E. Alexander
Thomas Elwin Andrews
Algy P. Appanaitis
George C. Arnold
W. I. Baird
Donald S. Baldwin
0. E. Bantz
Joseph H. Barnhart
Arthur Beck
Fred G. Bennett
Paul Bird

John M. Bookwalter
George D. Borror

D. W. Brewer
Gordon Bridgmen
S. E. Brittingham
Charles Brooks
Lester M. Burd
G. W. Burroughs
Gene M. Campbell
John Raymond Canright
Frank Carsman

John E. Cast
Cramer L. Cawthon
J. A. Chisler
George W. Clements
Roy Clark
George L. Clinebell
Harold A. Craig
Arnold Cromwell

E. L. Dalbey
Mrs. Ray Davis
Robert M. Davis
P. L. Davison

R. R. Day
Glenn A. DeLand
George R. Dinsmore
J. E. Downey
Frank E. Dugas
Arlie I. Duke

Wilson Tate Duley
Latney N. Field
John W. Foster
Mont Fox
Al Galan
Jack Goodwine
U. S. Goodwine
WUford J. Goreham
V. W. Gorman
Roy E. Green
Men Gritten
Vinson Earl Gritten
Arthur R. Hall

E. J. Hathaway

John Franklin Haworth, Jr.

Harold Heitsman

Calvin G. Hubbell

C. F. Huddleson

Harold Preston Izard

Alfred A. Johnson

H. E. Jones

Herman F. Keeney

Martin J. Kovanic

H. S. Littlepage

0. W. Longenecker

0. E. Longstreth

R. H. McAlister

Frank D. McCormirk

Fred McDavid

Frank J. Meyer

Van B. Michael

Ralph Miller

John P. Morrison

Lee Musser

Charles C. Newman

H. L. Newt son

F. M. Nieman
Ravmond H. Poland
S. H. Porterfield
Claude W. Pyle
Francis G. Rearick

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477

VERMILION COUNTY [Advisory Board]— Continued

Albert Rice
Harrison M. Rogers
Albert Saikley
John E. Sebat
Ernest Seymour
J. R. Smoot
Fred T. Sneyd
Carroll E. Snyder
Thomas C. Stifler
Charles F. Thomas

P. \\ . Thomas
John W. Unger
Cyril M. Urbas
Ore Henry V acketta
Alwin F. Von Behren
Malcolm F. Waring
Clayton Bymaster Wilcox
J. C. Woodbury
Lucille Woodin

WABASH COUNTY

WABASH COUNTY No. 1

Location: Post Office Building, Mt. Carmel

Registration: 3499

Men furnished to armed forces: 1003

Personnel :

Freeman Annis M

Ralph W. Ewald M

Nestor Mains M

James B. Payne M

Fred P. Raber M

A. W. Stoltz GA

Ben H. Townsend GA

Dr. H. A. Elkins XP

Dr. C. E. Gilliatt XP

Dr. John J. Mcintosh XP

Dr. Ludson D. Morris XP

Dr. S. W. Schneck XP

Dr. T. H. Daly XD
Dr. C. K. Shannon XD
Kenneth W. Wood RC
Charles F. Ruth RC
Frank Fornoff AB
Walter Kolb AB
C. E. Partee AB
W. S. Willhite AB
Margaret Rue Barnds (
Kathryn B. Dunkel C
Aileen Seitz C

WARREN COUNTY

WARREN COUNTY No. 1

Location: Hancock Building, Monmouth

Registration : 4698

Men furnished to armed forces: 1169

Personnel :

Earl B. Pape M

Emory B. Davis M
Orville F. Davis M
Reid L. Everett M
Owen E. Frantz M
Andrew Frymire M
George Graham M
Hiram A. Martin M
Ivory Quinby M
Walter Rusk Smith M
Henry Tubbs M
William M. Fulton GA
Henry D. Lewis GA
Melville G. Soule GA
Dr. C. 0. Burgess XP
Dr. W. M. Crosier XP
Dr. H. G. Ebersole XP
Dr. E. A. Fetherston XP
Dr. James W. Firoved XP

Dr. W. A. Frymire XP
Dr.L.T. Hoyt XP
Dr. H. L. Kampen XP
Dr. Henry C. Scholer XP
Dr. D. A. Simmons XP
Dr. J. D. Worrell XP
Dr. Richard E. Barnard XD
Dr. Ross B. Vaughn XD
Clarence F. Buck RC
John Hillen RC
Joseph H. Burkhard AB
E. P. Field \ B
Robert H. Howard AB
C. E. Lauder AB
Fred 0. Parrish AB
Durbin Rannev AB
John J. Ryan AB
Mildred B. Jackman C
Catherine R. Wilson C

178

WASHINGTON COUNTY

WASHINGTON COUNTY No. 1

Location : County Court House, Nashville

Registration: 3808

Men furnished to armed forces: 975

Personnel:

Oran K. Allen M
John L. Clarkson M
Harry W. Klauke M
0. J. Foeller M
Stanley G. Berry M
John L. Muenter M
Henry W. Niermann M
Robert E. Schleifer M
L. H. Carson GA
Byron 0. House GA
Dr. G. A. Green XP
Dr. P. B. Rabbenneck XP
Dr. R. C. Vernor XP

Dr. Allen R. Shirley XD
Dr. F. W. Schroeder XD
Homer F. Hasemeier RC
Joseph D. Maxwell RC
Chester A. Bailey AB
P. Eugene Green AB
William P. Green AB
Wilbert Hohlt AB
Ralph L. Maxwell AB
Virginia Hassler C
Dorothy L. Maxwell C
Clarence A. Reeder C

WAYNE COUNTY

WAYNE COUNTY No. 1

Location: 120 East Main Street, Fairfield

Registration : 5286

Men furnished to armed forces: 1499

Personnel:

Benjamin K. Felix M
James A. Hilliard M
Edmond A. Mietzner M
Guy Nicholson M
Greenleaf A. Norris M
Peter G. Rapp M
George E. Simpson M
Alvin I. Steiner M
Henry C. Sutherland M
Luther Guy Yates M
C. W. Creighton GA
H.T.Kerr GA
Dr. J. T. Blakely XP
Dr. John D. Boggs XP
Dr. Donald B. Frankel XP

Dr. W. A. Hancock XP
Dr. T. J. Hilliard XP
Dr. L. W.Young XP
Dr. F. C. Bailey XD
Dr. Lloyd Hallam XD
Harry L. Pitner RC
Jerd V.Smith RC
O. D. Standerfer RC
John E. Burgess AB
Arthur W. Elliott AB
Virgil W. Mills AB
Josephine N. Gualdoni
Josephine Higgins C
Beulah M. Jones C
Doris Loy C

479

WHITE COUNTY

WHITE COUNTY No. 1

Location: 324 South First Street, Carmi

Registration : 5444

Men furnished to armed forces: 1541

Personnel:

Victor E. Belva M

Julius P. Botsch M

Berry S. Crebs M

Cyril Endicott M

Albert V. Finch M

Felix R. Finch M

J. H. Harmon M

George T. Proctor M

William F. Sanders M

Dr. J. Z. Stanley M

Julius C. Kern GA

Kenneth E. Pearce GA

Dr. R.C.Brown XP

Dr. J. G. Harrell XP

Dr. Charles C. Kissinger XP

Dr. John A. Legier XP

Dr. Lawrence R. Medoff XP
Dr. C. J. Rosenberg XP
Dr. J. Z. Stanley XP
Dr. R. A. McCallister XD
Dr. A. E. Stocke XD
Voyle C. Bennett RC
A. V. Finch RC
William L. Miller RC
C. S. Conger AB
A. M. Kershaw AB
Stewart A. Pearce AB
Charles T. Randolph AB
Kenneth Frank Boeger C
Mary Ann Erkman C
Violet K. Neeley C
Mary E. Tedner C

WHITESIDE COUNTY

WHITESIDE COUNTY No. 1
Location: 1113 Fourth Street, Fulton
Registration: 4246
Men furnished to armed forces : 945
Personnel :

Bert Butzer M

William J. Considine M

David W. Head M

Henry E. Jacobsen M

G. W. Nelson M

Earl W. Olds M

Mason Bull M

Charles C. McMahon G \

Dr. W. H. Durkee XP

Dr. R. E. LaRue XP

Dr. R. H. Lester XP

Dr. J. W. Medley XP
Dr. H. L. Pettitt XP
Dr. Isaac Vandermyde XP
Dr. G. F. VanDeSand XP
Dr. C. P. Hendricks XD
Carl W. Nice RC
Harold Sikkema RC
\lar> F. Burden C
Johanna Kuizenga C
Verna C. Ward C

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480

WHITESIDE COUNTY— Continued

WHITESIDE COUNTY No. 2

Location: Coliseum Building, Sterling

Registration : 6642

Men furnished to armed forces: 1766

Personnel:

William I. Anderson M

Loren Elias Birdsall M

Henry J. Dietz M

William Henry Jacobsen M

HenryJ.Kolb M

J. W. McDonald M

Sim T. Mee M

Francis Tehan M

John M. Stager GA

Dr. Frank W. Brodrick XP

Dr. William H. McCandless XP

Dr. Neal J. Marquis XP

Dr. W.H.Perry XP

Dr. G. J. Pohly XP
Dr. Lester S. Reavley XP
Dr. John L. Snavelv XP
Dr. Dane B. Bogaard XD
Dr. W. J. Palmer XD
Dr. William P. Rock XD
FredG. Allai RC
Roy Gleason RC
John F.Phelps RC
William Cunniff C
Lois Leona Holschuh C
Jacqueline Vertrees C

Advisory Board Members for Whiteside County

Kennard J. Besse
Robert W. Besse
Lloyd Brown
J. A. Fletcher
Alexander L. Haglund
Harry J. Ludens
L. A. Ludens
Edward Mee

K. W. Miller
John L. Poole
J. A. Riordon
M. G Rogers
Earl L. Scott
Karl Yost
G. Walter Zerr

WILL COUNTY

WILL COUNTY No. 1

Location: 126 North Scott Street, Joliet
Registration : 5354
Men furnished to armed forces: 1507
Personnel :

Gilbert C. Bengtson M
Arthur C. Geuther M
Richard I. Jones M
Paul Leach M
Stephen F. Sergeant M
Milton Sonntag M
Carlton F. Steigle M
John Woock M
James W. Faulkner GA
Dr. Robert R. Bates XP

Dr. J. W. Muncy XP
Dr. E. J. Viskocil XP
Dr. J. J. Devine XD
Dr. Raymond H. Powell
Dr. R.J. Rock XD
Arthur E. Kelly RC
N.L. White RC
Bette Carey C
Evelyn Dauwalder C
Edna Larsh C

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481

WILL COUNTY— Continued

WILL COUNTY No. 2

Location: 126 North Scott Street, Joliet

Men furnished to armed forces: 2348

Personnel:

Joseph A. Birsa M

John A. Legan M

Mathias Pisut M

Walter J. Ruddy M

John Sicinski M

Joseph Spelich M

Albert H, Krusemark, Sr. GA

Dr. Romus Arnold XP

Dr. Harrison L. Harris XP

Dr. Martin J. Ivec XP

Dr. Donald W. Killinger
Dr. Earl R. Steen XP
Dr. J. F. Williams XP
Dr. J. C.Brady XD
Frank J. Gospodaric RC
Alfred J. Martin RC
Laura I. Daley C
Verna C. Ondreja C
Mary C. Morgan C

\1»

WILL COUNTY No. 3

Location: 126 North Scott Street, Joliet

Registration : 5283

Men furnished to armed forces: 1316

Personnel :

Norman F. Butterfield M
Carl Ehrhardt M
D. J. Feely M
Anthony J. Garrity M
Alphonsus J. Kelly M
Dan V. Knowlton M
C. A. Steevens M
Oscar R. Laraway GA
Dr. R. G. Barrick XP
Dr. Gregory M. Carey XP

Dr. Paul E. Landmann XP
Dr. Lars S. Pederson XP
Dr. C. R. Willson XP
Dr. H. F.Lotz XD
J.G.Campbell RC
C. H. Martin RC
Lena Klopfenstein C
Elva T. Landendorf C
Mary Meyers C

JOLIET CITY No. 1

Location: 126 North Scott Street, Joliet
Registration: 6802
Men furnished to armed forces : 2394
Personnel :

Edward M. Brennan M
Peter W. Dittmyer M
Henry 0. Grassle M
Carl Guard ia M
Louis Leimbacher M
John P. Haley GA
Dr. Samuel Bergen XP
Dr. Mat Bloomfield XP

Dr. Philip McGinnis, Jr. XP
Dr. Elmer J. Stephen XD
Joseph Zalar RC
Rosemary Garavalia C
Helen Hausser C
Betty Horwath C
Frank Tushek C

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482

WILL COUNTY— Continued

JOLIET CITY No. 2

Location: 126 North Scott Street, Joliet
Registration : 5358
Men furnished to armed forces: 1727
Personnel :

Ferdinand L. Formento M

Perley E. Green M

James G. Kinsley M

C. A. McCay M

James F. McGuire M

Martin Schuster M

Frank J. Wise GA

Dr. Harold M. Hoover XP

Dr. Bernard Klein XP

Dr. Alfred Chione XP

Dr. H. N. Flexer XP

Dr. Frank H. Hedges, Jr. XP

Dr. Kurt Hohman XP

Dr. Robert W. Lennon XP
Dr. Earl S. Leimbacher XP
Dr. Leonard F. Roblee XP
Dr. A. G. Sellards XP
Dr. Anthony V. Stassi XP
Dr. Joseph L. Trizna XP
Dr. Paul A. Green XD
Dr. E. A. Dainko XD
Owen P. Horrigan RC
Israel N. Lewis RC
Ray E. Bassett C
Leila A. Baldwin C
Anita C. Ugoletti C

Advisory Board Members for Will County

Fred R. Adams
George A. Barr
Sidney E. Baskin
Gordon W. Bedford
George N. Blatt, Jr.
Joseph E. Boles
James E. Burke
Alfred J. Cassiday
Mrs. Angie B. Clarke
Glen L. Cowing
Emil Di Lorenzo
J. Harold Downey
Francis A. Dunn
William Martin Garvey
Raymond J. Harvey
Stewart Curtiss Hutchison
Frank J. Jones

Francis P. Kelly
Joseph V. Kirincich
Stuart C. Kroesch
Albert H. Krusemark, Jr.
Ludwig V. Kuhar
John C Lang
William Edwin Long
William P. Lowrey, Jr.
J. Hinton Massey
Martin K. Miller
Ralph C. Murphy
Warren H. North
Willard S. Olson
Joseph E. Rymsza
Harry Leon Schenk
Matthew William Stefanich
Thomas W. Vinson

483

WILLIAMSON COUNTY

WILLIAMSON COUNTY No. 1
Location: City Hall, Herrin
Registration : 6305

Men furnished to armed forces: 2162
Personnel :

J. H. Clayton M

Clyde S.Coyle M

LorenC. Hall M

Paul Harris M

Ernest S. Kratsch M

Thomac J. Shannon M

Frank Spezia M

A. D. Morgan GA

Charles C. Murrah GA

Dr. Norman Albert XP

Dr. V. H. Burkhart XP

Dr. W. R. Gardiner XP
Dr. Frank V. Bonham XD
Dr. O. E. Spiller XD
Joe Dell'Era RC
Fred A. Henderson RC
Dr. A. H. Whittington RC
Louise J. Hamilton C
C. Bernell Oliver C
Lou Ellen Peak C

WILLIAMSON COUNTY No. 2
Location: lOl^A West Main Street, Marion
Registration : 5986
Men furnished to armed forces: 1859

nnel:

H. E. Colp M

Hoyt Allen Cosby

Maurice Hayton

Earl B. Jackson

L. C. Raybourn

George R. Stone

H. L. Zimmerman

Dr. A. J. Aird XP
Dr. H. A. Felts XP
Dr. J. G. Parmley XP
Dr. H. L. Summers XP

Dr. E. E. Woodsides XP
Dr. Ralph Burkhart XD
Dr. William Cain XD
William S. Giles RC
A. B. McLaren RC
Oscar Schafale RC
Sam L. Dunaway C
Mildred L. Peterson C
Dorothy Betty Stocks C
Betty Jean Tidwell C

Advisory Board Members for Williamson County

Dr. G. R. Brewer
Charles W. Campbell
George T. Carter
Eaban Carter
George K. Crichton
Hosea V. Ferrell
A. L. Fowler
Gordon Franklin
J. O. Gallimore
H. L. Garrison
E. E. Green

R. W. Harris
Snyder Herrin
Melvin Parks
John M. Reid
Carl D. Sneed
Herbert L. Tygett
George G. \ auglian
D. A. Warford
Charles D. Winters
Frederick B. Baker
Arthur C. Fort

484

WINNEBAGO COUNTY

WINNEBAGO COUNTY No. 1

Location : 417 Empire Building, Rock ford

Registration : 6057

Men furnished to armed forces: 1633

Personnel:

John R. Condon M
Paul J. Fisher M
Edwin Hogan M
Robert Leach M
William H. McDermaid M
A. C. Thompson M
Carlton K. Welsh GA
Dr. Carl Bartling XP
Dr. T. A. Baumann XP
Dr. W. J. Bryan XP
Dr. Louis P. Dame XP
Dr. A. Howard Erickson XP
Dr. Carter Goodpasture XP
Dr. Carl H. Hamann XP
Dr. Courtney Hamlin XP
Dr. John 0. Heald XP
Dr. Martin C. Lindman XP

Dr. H. P. Mosby XP

Dr. W. H. Palmer XP
Dr. Edmund B. Sutton XP
Dr. A. M. Swanson XP
Dr. Grover Tracv XP
Dr. Vernon C. Voltz XP
Dr. King G. Woodward XP
Dr. Donald H. Wrork XP
Dr. Arthur A. Hoffman XD
Dr. E. A. Spafford XD
Hilmer A. Johnson RC
Lowell Spurgeon RC
Rose Hyland C
Eunice C. Fitzpatrick C
Bernice Marie Kortendick (
Bess L. Powers C

WINNEBAGO COUNTY No. 2
Location: 417 Empire Building, Rock ford
Registration: 4416

Men furnished to armed forces: 1144
Personnel :

FredC. Drager M

Byron W. Easton M

Ross W. Fleming M

William F. Guetschow M

Henry W. Larson M

Arthur C. Woodruff M

Dr. Thomas H. Young M

Karl C. Williams GA

Dr. Robert Bruce Armstrong XP

Dr. Samuel H. Bess XP

Dr. Earl C. Bucher XP

Dr. Clifford Fredberg XP

Dr. Charles E. Klontz XP
Dr. Warren M. Miller XP
Dr. C. A. Roberts XP
Dr. W. G. VandeSteeg XP
Dr. E.H.Weld XP
Dr. Cyril Sharp XD
Dr. E. J. Witherstine XD
Hubert M. Bancroft RC
Victor C. Frame RC
Phoebe Gustafson C
William B. Kortendick C
Lucille E. Welch C

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485

WINNEBAGO COUNTY— Continued

ROCKFORD CITY No. 1

Location: 309-311 Rockford Trust, Rockford

Registration: 6901

Men furnished to armed forces: 1720

Personnel:

Andrew J. Doyle M
Tuve J. Floden M
Frank C. Franzen M
William W. Joslyn M
James E. Murray M
Norman P. Peterson M
Charles A. Thomas M
William R. Dusher GA
John H.Page GA
Dr. R. E. Anthony XP
Dr. Robert C. Bourland
Dr. H.W.Edson XP
Dr. H. W. Harrison XP
Dr. Arvid Johnson XP
Dr. Joseph S. Lundholm
Dr. J. H. Maloney XP

Dr. R. Randle Osborne XP
Dr. A. C. Pearman XP
Dr. C. M. Ranseen XP
Dr. Francis E. Sauer XP
Dr. B. C. Schnell, Jr. XP
Dr. R. E. Tenney XP
Dr. C. A. Walker XP
Dr. M. L. Johnson XD
Dr. C. 0. Olson XD
Dr. C. E. Werner XD
Arvid C. Paulson RC
G. Amos Stockhus RC
Alice M. Bakeman C
Grace Ford C
Bertha Munz C

ROCKFORD CITY No. 2

Location: 607 Forest City National Bank Building, Rockford

Registration: 8400

Men furnished to armed forces: 2050

Personnel:

Fred C. Olson M
Fritz Carlson M
Judson H. Mansfield M
Tirrie O. Prather M
Charles L. St. Clair M
F.Hugh Ward M
Arthur V. Essington GA
Dr. Sam Behr XP
Dr. J. Hairy Bendes XP
Dr. Anfin Egdahl XP
Dr. Charles L. Leonard XP
Dr. Charles Leppert XP
Dr. Al L. Magnelia XP

Dr. Elmer L. Mertz XP
Dr. Homer Moore XP
Dr. J. Tyler Rankin XP
Dr. Harry Warner XP
Dr. C. H. Grandstaff XD
Dr. E. F. Sullivan XD
Dr. H. L. Willcox XD
Jarl H. Ederstrom RC
J. Eugene Welch RC
Helen P. Baumgarten C
Erma E. Gallagher C
Mary L. Jordan C
Erma S. Markham C

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486

WINNEBAGO COUNTY— Continued

ROCKFORD CITY No. 3

Location: 609 Forest City National Bank Building, Rock ford

Registration: 7779

Men furnished to armed forces: 2348

Personnel :

Harold R. Clifford M
Walter M. Fairbairn M
Maurice L. Froelich M
Carl A. Lagerstrom M
Charles Stewart M
Joseph Zammuto M
Guy B. Reno GA
Dr. Stanley Anderson XP
Dr. Bernard E. Bolotoff XP
Dr. L. L. Bowers XP
Dr. W. P. Burdick XP
Dr. Burt J. Canfield XP
Dr. T. Harry Culhane XP
Dr. W. H. Cunningham XP
Dr. Anthony J. Daly XP
Dr. William B. Fonvielle XP
Dr. R.S.Grant XP
Dr. J. E. Jackson XP
Dr. Paul Johnson XP

Dr. Joseph H. Kaplan XP
Dr. Eugene T. Leonard XP
Dr. N. A. Lindstedt XP
Dr. W. J. O'Donnell XP
Dr. Alfred B. Owen XP
Dr. Gerald A. Rau XP
Dr. (Col.) Ebden G. Roberts
Dr. John T. Small XP
Dr. Justin Steurer XP
Dr. W. S. Timblin XP
Dr. H. E. Rust XD
Dr. James L. Shipley XD
W. Harold Bailey RC
Paul N.Wilson RC
Ethelle I. Galbo C
Agnes C. Nelson C
Wilbur E. Shedd C
Violet M. Soderquist C
Bernice H. Stacy C

Advisory Board Members for Winnebago County

Alf 0. Ahlstrand
Charles F. Andrews
Harry L. Arnold
William H. Barrick
William H. Barnes, Jr.
Roy H. Brown
Robert C. Bourland, Jr.
Robert R. Canfield
David Connolly
Charles H. Davis
Samuel J. Ditto
J. Phillip Dunn
Albert D. Early
B. B. Early
John Early
Edward J. Fahy
John J. Faissler
Edward S. Foltz, Jr.
William H. Gates
Robert M. Gibboney
Thomas W. Gill
Russell Goldman
Stanley H. Guyer
Frederick H. Haye
Morris J. Hinchcliff
Stanton E. Hyer
Anthony S. Ingrassia
Wilbur E. Johnson
Thomas A. Keegan
B. Jay Knight
William D. Knight
Fred J. Kullberg

Shelby L. Large
William Lathrop
R. P. Lichtenwalner
George Liddell
Leonard Lundin
John C. McCarthy
David F. Madden
L. W. Menzimer
Robert E. Nash
Carroll Nelson

C. Oliver Nelson
Carl 0. Nyman
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Clifford A. Pedderson
Paul S. Pierson

Guy B. Reno

D. C. Ruttenberg
Frank M. Ryan

Dr. Louis A. Shultz, Jr.
Fred H. Smith
Russell E. Smith
Truesdale Smith
John R. Snively
Roy E. Stone
Carl A. Swenson
Charles S. Thomas
Alex J. Victor
R. T. Welsh
0. M. Williams
Edgar H. Wilson
Raphael E. Yalden
Ralph S. Zahm

487

WOODFORD COUNTY

WOODFORD COUNTY No. 1
Location: County Court House, Eureka
Registration : 4768

Men furnished to armed forces: 1272
Personnel :

Clyde J. Davis M

J. H. Gleason M

Earl G. Irons M

Glenwood C. Tanton M

Floyd Lester Tarman M

F. S. Wylie M

Carl A. Yeck M

Horace Baker GA

Charles Williams GA

Dr. S. M. Burdon XP

Dr. A. E. McReynolds XP
Dr. W. S. Morrison XP
Dr. Frank W. Nickel XP
Dr. E. H. Wallace XD
Lawrence A. Cravens RC
Harold D. Willis RC
Ermine Kesler C
Roger Mitchell C
Marian E. Steninger C
Esther Wadsworth C

Advisory Board Members for Woodford County

W. H. Foster
Samuel G. Harrod, Jr.
Ben C. Leiken
Isadore L. Leiken
Don B. Pioletti

Edward F. Riely
George H. Riley
Ed E. Robeson
J. F. Sturgeon

SPECIAL PANEL BOARDS

SPECIAL PANEL BOARD No. 1

Location: Cook County Jail, Chicago

Andrew W. Brown, M.D.
Sup't Edward J. Denemark
Joseph Moudry

Milton A. Saffir, M.D.

Warden Frank Sain

SPECIAL PANEL BOARD No. 2

Location: Illinois Training School for Boys, St. Charles

Russell W. Ballard Robert F. Munn

J. Clifford Hodgin Theodore L Sharp

Harold Ebert Johnson

SPECIAL PANEL BOARD No. 3

Location: Illinois State Penitentiary. Menard

Warden C. F. Becker
R. C. Bloome

Walter Nierstheimer

SPECIAL PANEL BOARD No. 4

Location: Illinois State Penitentiary. Pontiac

Roy G. Hershey

Warden Arthur A. Bennetl

SPECIAL PANEL BOARD No. 5

Location: Illinois State Penitentiary, Stateville

ClarenceD. Uherton Walter Moody

Warden Frank Hill Ux Padley

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EXAMINING PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS-
MISCELLANEOUS ASSIGNMENTS, DOWNSTATE

Dr. Melvin Blaurock
Dr. N. Lionel Blitzsten
Dr. Louis D. Boshes
Dr. E. J. Buchan
Dr. Joseph Calvary
Dr. John Chornyak
Dr. Charles B. Congdon
Dr. Isidore Diamond
Dr. Jacob V. Edlin
Dr. E. R. Eisler
Dr. Eugene Falstein
Dr. M. G. Farinacci
Dr. Thomas Fentress
Dr. Isidore Finkelman
Dr. Malcolm H. Finley
Dr. Thomas French
Dr. Milton Goldberg
Dr. Harold A. Greenberg
Dr. Roy R. Grinker
Dr. Paul Haas
Dr. Ralph C. Hamill
Dr. Leo J. Jacobson
Dr. Maurice Kaplan
Dr. Ernest Klein
Dr. M. T. Koenig
Dr. Paul Kramer
Dr. Harry B. Levey
Dr. David Levitin
Dr. George Loewenstein
Dr. A. A. Low
Dr. Jerome J. Lubin
Dr. J. E. McCormick
Dr. William McKee
Dr. Henry Mead
Dr. John Mergener

Dr. Milton Miller

Dr. George J. Mohr

Dr. John Thomas Nerancy

Dr. Harry Paskind

Dr. G. L. Perkins

Dr. A. K. Peterson

Dr. Morris Peterson

Dr. Joseph P. Reich

Dr. Paul Rosenfels

Dr. D. B. Rotman

Dr. Manning I. Sankstone

Dr. Paul Schroeder

Dr. Helmut P. G. Seckel

Dr. H. M. Serota

Dr. Julius Steinfeld

Dr. Marvin Sukov

Dr. Stanislaus A. Szurek

Dr. Carel Van der Heide

Dr. A. H. Vander Veer

Dr. William Weisdorff

DENTISTS—

Dr. Irving Dome
Dr. John S. Fafinski
Dr. John J. Gapsis
Dr. M. A. Goldberg
Dr. J. B. Gomberg
Dr. Sidney A. Goodman
Dr. A. F. Mastrud
Dr. Albert Pearl
Dr. Arnold Raffel
Dr. Samuel Spira
Dr. A. D. Steynburg
Dr. C. F. Tomaszewski

489

ILLINOIS BOARDS OF APPEAL

Their Locations, Areas of Jurisdiction and Members

No. 1— GROUPS 1 to 12, INCLUSIVE1
Location: 105 West Monroe Street, Chicago
Jurisdiction: Cook County
Administrator : William H. King, Jr.
Group 1

Rev. William S. Braddan

Willard L. King

A. F. Lewis

Arthur J. Murphy

Samuel Smith

Rollin T. Woodyatt MD
Group 2

Britton I. Budd

Stanley P. Farwell

R.R.Ferguson MD

Paul V. Galvin

William A. Lewis

Charles P. Megan

Sterling Morton

Herman Smith MD

A. A. Zdrojewski
Group 3

John D. Black

Homer J. Buckley

Henry Crown

Chester C. Doherty

Robert H. Hayes MD

James H. Hutton MD

Joseph J. Kehoe

Edward J. Turek
Group 4

Thurlow G. Essington

Charles B. Goes, Jr.

Frank F. Maple MD

Burt J. Mason

Lewis J. Solomon

General Robert Wood
Group 5

David V. Colbert

Byron Dalton

John E. MacLeish

Nelson Morris

Charles H. Phifer MD

Marcus D. Richards
Sidney Rissman
Joseph J. Seppi

Group 6

Earl L. Blanchard
F. Ray Bryant
Whitney Campbell
William C. Keuch
Arthur F. Maue
Maurice F. McElligott
W. A. Michael
J. H. O'Neil MD
George W. Post MD
Robert H. Soelke

Group 7

Wilbur C. Bacon
Charles L. Dressel
Irwin T. Gilruth
A. Paul Holleb
IrvinS.Koll MD
Fred M.Miller MD
Fred Mulich
Calvin F. Selfridge
Colonel A. A. Sprague

Group 8

Richard Abram
F. 0. Fredrickson MD
Peter Medema
Henry A. Procsel
Louis E. Schmidt
Charles S. Traer
Ednyfed H. Williams

Group 9

Nicholas J. Conrad
Joseph E. Fitch
Nathaniel Leverone
Earl J. McMahon
F. Lee Stone MD

(Continued)

1 Board of Appeal No. 1 was originally composed of Illinois Hoards of Appeal Nos. ^ 1 to S.
inclusive, each Board having jurisdiction over appeals from specified Local Boards within Cook
County. These eight original Boards were reorganized into Illinois Board of Appeal No. 1, com-
posed of the eight original Boards, plus four additional Boards, all being designated from Groups
1 to 12, inclusive. Any Group in Board of Appeal No. 1 could act on an appeal from any Local
Board in Cook County.

4<J0

ILLINOIS BOARDS OF APPEAL [No. 1]— Continued

Group 10 Anton Johannsen

Eugene J. Atkinson J??™1113" C,\Lil\gle , ,

Henry George Burger Elraer w- Mosely MD

Eugene C. Fauntleroy Oscar M. Wolff

JohnM. Fewkes Group 12

Charles Walton Fitch James G. Carr MD

Edwin G. Howell Nathan T. Felt

Leo M. Knox Sylvester Kloss

Harold W. Miller MD William A. McSwain

William T. Woodson Richard B. Vail
Group 11

Carroll C. Figge

No. 9— GROUP 132

Location: 805 Aurora National Bank Building, Aurora

Jurisdiction: Counties of DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy. Kane, Kendall, Lake,
Mc Henry and Will

Robert H. Graham MD Ralph C. Putnam, Sr.

J. Paul Kuhn Raymond E. Shea

Harry M. Park John H. Warne

No. 10— GROUP 14
Location: 109 Galena Avenue, Dixon

Jurisdiction: Counties of Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Henry, JoeDaviess, LaSalle,
Lee9 Ogle, Putnam, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago

William J. Finnan Ray Wantz

Silas Jones Robei t L. Warner

David L. Murphy MD

No. 11— GROUPS 15 AND 16
Location: 319 Federal Building, Peoria

Jurisdiction: Counties of Fulton, Henderson, Livingston, McDonough, Marshall,
Mercer, Peoria, Rock Island, Stark, Tazewell, Warren and Woodford

Edwin V. Champion James A. Edwards

Hugh E.Cooper MD Fred H. Hinrichs

Joseph B. Correll F. Alvin Park

Charles Lauritzen Paul D. Reinertsen MD

Samuel C. Maixner William C. White

Frederick V. Arber

No. 12— GROUP 17
Location: Federal Building, Springfield

Jurisdiction: Counties of Adams, Brown, Cass, Christian, DeWitt, Hancock,
Logan, McLean, Macon, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon and Schuyler

Sam Bonansinga Len E. Jones

Hugh J. Graham, Sr. Jesse T. McDavid MD

Reaugh Jennings

2 The downstate Boards of Appeal were reorganized into Illinois Board of Appeal No. 2, com-
posed of the eight original Boards, redesignated as Groups. Thus, any downstate appeal Group
could decide an appeal case that originated in any of the 101 downstate counties.

491

No. 13— GROUP 18

Location: State Armory, Champaign

Jurisdiction : Counties of Champaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland,

Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Iroquois, Jasper, Kankakee,

Lawrence, Moultrie, Piatt, Richland, Shelby and Vermilion

Grendel F. Benn.lt W. E. C. Clifford

\rihur E. Burwash Joseph J. Link MD

William Casper .John K. Rippon

No. 14 — GROUP 19

Location : 338 Missouri Avenue, East St. Louis

Jurisdiction : Counties of Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin,
Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, St. Clair, Scott and Washington

James E. Bellinger MD George G. Otto

Joe R. Fulkerson Fern Robert Raueh

Joseph B. McGlynn John J. Sullivan

No. 15— GROUP 20

Location : 203 City Hall Building, Mount Vernon

Jurisdiction : Counties of Alexander, Clay, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamil-
ton, Hardin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Marion, Massac, Perry. Pope,
Pulaski, Randolph, Saline, Union, Wabash, Wayne, White and JVilliamson

Joe Frank Allen Frank C. Murrah MD

Thomas B. Kelly MD Joe Shannon

Benjamin A. Martin John C. Small

Earl W. Merritt Hugh White

Clerks of the Illinois Boards of Appeal

No. 1, Chicago (12 groups) — Esther Anderson, Edith Arshak. Belle E. Auerbach,
Edna S. Barber, Ella M. Bock, Josephine Bondi, Ann Carlson, Nancy Connor. Mar-
jorie A. Donohue, Joan Fitze, Mabel E. Flynn, Virginia B. Furst. Harriet J. Gurski,
Mildred R. Havel, Marguerite Horton, Joan F. Madden, Marcella B. Maier, Edith
M. Mayger, Muriel A. McBride, Carol L. Miller, Cosette I. Nelson. Alma J. Paulin.
Sara Pollock, Ruth Pons, Jane M. Shinkle, Esther A. Sonneman, Hulda A. Vinje.
Bonita J. Weber.

ISo. 9, Aurora — Margaret F. Daugherty, Laura M. Kennedy, Doris M. Kroll. Rachael
R. McLennan, Lena J. Miller.

No. 10, Rock ford — Madolin M. Hackett.

No. 11, Peoria (2 groups) — Helen L. Agre. Mary C. Blessing, Ada Dutton, Mar-
guerite J. Goodman, Elizabeth S. Kemper.

/Vo. 12, Springfield — Julianna Halberg. Mae Steinbeck.

No. 13, Champaign — Alice A. Moos.

No. 14, East St. Louis — Dulcie B. Dwyer, Ruth Mites.

No. 7>, Mt. lemon — Blanche M. Dethrow, Thelma L Fenton. J. Nadine Pierce.

492

ILLINOIS MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARDS

Their Locations, Areas of Jurisdiction and Members

No. 1— RAVENSWOOD HOSPITAL
Location: 1931 Wilson Avenue, Chicago
Jurisdiction: Chicago Boards 71, 72, 73,
151

Clark A. Buswell MD
Ralph Davis MD
J. Bailey Carter MD
George D. DeTarnowsky MD
Robert E. Dyer MD
F. 0. Frederickson MD
Edward F. Garraghan MD
R. F. Greening MD
William H. Haines MD
Robert H. Hayes MD
Norris J. Heckel MD
Alexander Hershfield MD

74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 148, 149, 150,

D. L. Jenkinson MD
J. J. Moore MD
William J. Noonan MD
Darwin B. Pond MD
Francis E. Senear MD
Harold Sofield MD
Albert Vanderkloot MD
John C. Vermeren MD
Joseph A. Wloczewski MD
Michael Zeller MD
Edward H. Ashley DDS
Harper J. Hibbe DDS

No. 2— NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN HOSPITAL
Location: 1044 North Francisco Avenue, Chicago

Jurisdiction: Chicago Boards 40, 46, 47, 117, 118, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130,
131, 132, 141, 142

James J. Callahan MD Manuel Lichtenstein MD

T. T. Crooks MD David Markson MD

Morris Glatt MD John M. Radzinski MD

C. F. Goetzinger MD Ralph Warden MD

Cyril Hale MD Cleveland J. White MD

JohnW. Harned MD Col. William H. G. Logan DDS

M. J. Kostrewski MD John A. McCallum DDS

John E. Koons MD

No. 3— MERCY HOSPITAL

Location: 2537 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago
Jurisdiction: Chicago Boards 1, 6, 19, 20, 21,
82, 86, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102

Robert S. Berghoff MD
Fred M. Drennan MD
W. W. Furey MD
Emory Grimm MD
William Kirby MD
Norman A. Levy MD
Milton Mandell MD
Clement L. Martin MD
Michael F. McGuire MD
John V. McMahon MD

22, 23
103, 104

G. Henry Mundt MD
Herbert T. Nash MD
W.J.Pickett MD
Charles F. Sawyer MD
Abraham W. Schram MD
Meyer Solomon MD
F. M. Whitesell MD
Frank Wojniak MD
Kenneth Penhale DDS

24, 25, 26, 27, 80,

403

No. 4 — PROVIDENT HOSPITAL

Location: 426 East 51st Street, Chicago

Jurisiliction: Chicago Boards 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 81, 83, 84, 85, west half of 87

Walter Adams MD Julian Lewis MD

H. Hugh Beguesse Ml) John W. Lawlah MD

Audley F. Connor Ml) H. Reginald Smith MD

Ulysses Grant Dailey Ml) C. J. Teffner MD

Spencer C. Dickerson MD H. V. Wilburn MD

R. C. Giles MD William D. Giles DDS

Walter S. Grant MI) Silas P. Jones DDS
Theodore K. Lawless MD

No. 5— ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL

Location: 355 Ridge Avenue, Evanston

Jurisdiction: Cook County Boards 1,2,3, 4, Evanston Boards 1,2, 3

T. E. Conley MD H. A. Richter MD

Charles L. Conroy MD O. T. Schultz MD

John J. Fahey MD Gail R. Soper MD

Robert Moore Jones MD E. A. Wegner MD

Alfred C. Ledoux MD Sidney B. Freud DDS

W.J.Nolan MD W. E. Redlich DDS

Jerome T. Paul MD L. V. Stephenson DDS

No. 6 — WEST SUBURBAN HOSPITAL

Location: 518 North Austin Boulevard, Oak Park

Jurisdiction: Cook County Boards 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15; Berwyn Boards 1, 2; Cicero
Boards 1, 2, 3; Oak Park Boards 1, 2, 3; Maywood Board

Guy P. Conger MD James H. Skiles MD

O. Hawkinson MD Irwin G. Spiesman MD

Robert T. McElvenny MD John J. Theobald MD

Mahlon P. Palmer MD Ralph W. Trimmer MD

Eugene C. Piette MD W. R. Williams MD

Gilbert P. Pond MD Albert W. Campbell DDS

Willis Potts MD W. K. Frakes DDS

Carl D. Render MD Louis W. Schultz DDS

Frank J. Ronayne MD Paul Swanson DDS
Howard M. Sheaff MD

No. 7— INGALLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Location: 155th Street and Page Avenue, Harvey

Jurisdiction: Cook County Boards 10, 11, 12, 13, 14; Calumet City Board;
Chicago Heights Board

Alfred Biggs MD B. M. Johnson MD

P. R. Blodgett MD Frank G. Murphy MD

E. E. Dillon MD George W. Scupham MD

William C. Doepp MD Kenneth Smith MD

Eugene Grosz MD Leroy Rowland DDS

404

No. 8— ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL

Location: Freeport

Jurisdiction: JoDaviess, Stephenson, Carroll Counties

H. W. Ackemann MD N. C. Phillips MD

J. A. Ascher MD W. E. Rideout MD

Charles L. Best MD Karl Benedict Rieger MD

Benjamin Braun MD Florance L. Sullivan MD

John S. Clark MD Louis G. Voigt MD

John J. Grant MD Charles Zipf MD

Robert J. Hyslop MD N. A. Arganbright DDS

William L. Karcher MD P. M. Breyer DDS

Cuthbert J. Leavy MD J. A. Donahue DDS

Donal 0. Manshardt MD William D. Van Lone DDS

No. 9— ST. ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL

Location: Rock ford

Jurisdiction: Winnebago, Boone Counties, western half of McHenry County

C. H. BosweU MD Rudolph J. Mroz MD

William H. Elmer MD H. D. Palmer MD

Egbert W. Fell MD Arthur Pearman MD

William K. Ford MD J. J. Potter MD

R. C. Fringer MD Justin Steurer MD

John A. Green MD William M. Magnelia MD
David Holman MD

No. 10— ST. THERESA'S HOSPITAL

Location: Waukegan

Jurisdiction: Lake County, eastern half of McHenry County

Douglas Boyd MD
Hugo Branyon MD
George B. Callahan MD
G. P. Cassidy MD
James P. Fitzgerald MD
Everett M. Laury MD
George L. Mosby MD
Edward P. Norcross MD

Luther J. Osgood MD
Edgar W. Spackman MD
Peter J. Stanul MD
Louis F. Waldmann MD
G. J. Balbach DDS
E. H. Bixler DDS
J. Mackey DDS

No. 11— DIXON PURLIC HOSPITAL

Location: Dixon

Jurisdiction: Lee, Ogle, Whiteside Counties

Robert L. Baird MD
Frank W. Brodrick MD
Howard Edwards MD
Charles H. LeSage MD
Henry J. McCoy MD
William A. McNichols MD
Edward S. Murphy MD

David L. Murphy MD
J. L. Tavenner MD
W. A. Thompson MD
H. A. Lazier DDS
C. E. Smith DDS
W. J. Worsley DDS

495

No. 12— ST. JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL

Location : Aurora

Jurisdiction: Kane, DuPage, DeKalb, Kendall Counties

R. T. Bothe MD
Richard K. Collins MD
David J. Evans MD
Vernon L. Evans MD
C. L. Gardner MD
Edward C. Holmblad MD
Karl J. Kaiser MD

Emmett L. Lee MD
Earl E. Meister MD
Charles G. Weller MD
E. V. Young MD
James B. Gorman DDS
R. G. Nicholson DDS
A. L. Roberts DDS

No. 12-A— JOLIET HOSPITAL

Ijocation : Joliet

Jurisdiction: Will County-
Arthur Fahrner MD
George E. Roomey MD
Arthur L. Shreffler MD

George Woodruff MD
David Bradley DDS
George W. Young DDS

No. 13— ST. ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL
Location : Rock Island

Jurisdiction : Rock Island, Mercer,

Norbert C. Barwasser MD
H. A. Beam MD
Francis Blonek MD
Florens E. Bollaert MD
Frank N. Davenport MD
Clifford C. Ellis MD
George D. Hauberg MD
H.P.Miller MD
E. B. Neff MD
Meredith L. Ostrom MD

Henry Counties

Frank J. Otis MD
S. H. Richman MD
C. E. Robb MD
H. W. Shuman MD
Maud J. Vollmer Ml)
A. Walter Wiss MD
Harry A. Albright DDS
G. Arthur Nelson DDS
C. M. Rile DDS

No. 14— ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL

Location : LaSalle

Jurisdiction: LaSalle, Bureau, Putnam Counties

J. H. Edgcomb MD
William P. Fread MD
George Klumpner MD
John F. Lewis MD
Felix J. Maciejewski MD
J. R. Norcross MD

John L. Rock MD
M.H. Sawyer MD
Clifford J. Strieker MD

Ralph H. Woods MD
S. C. Wood DDS

496

No. 15— ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL

Location : Kankakee

Jurisdiction: Kankakee, Iroquois Counties

George F. Asselin MD
Gilbert Ayling MD
Edson W. Carr MD
Charles W. Geiger MD
Edwin S. Hamilton MD
George E. Irwin MD

Delbert K. Judd MD
Anson L. Nickerson MD
D. J. O'Loughlin MD
C. H. Condit DDS
R. F. Schroeder DDS
A. C. Willman DDS

No. 16— MONMOUTH HOSPITAL

Location: Monmouth

Jurisdiction: Warren, Henderson, Knox, McDonough Counties

Charles P. Blair MD C. B. Ripley MD

Herbert C. Eastman MD J. L. Sherrick MD

Ralph Graham MD
William M. Hartman MD
Grover C. Klein MD
A. R. Mailer MD
Benjamin V. McClanahan MD
James C. Redington MD

V. D. Thomas MD
Frank C. Winter MD
C. E.Lauder DDS
W.S.Phelps DDS
L. H.Shaffer DDS

No. 17— ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL
Location : Peoria

Jurisdiction: Peoria, Tazewell, Stark,
half of Fulton County

E. C. Burhans MD
Paul Dirkse MD
Harry A. Durkin MD
Walter King MD
James Thomas Jenkins MD
Emil Z. Levitin MD
Harry Magee MD
D. F. Loewen MD
George W. Parker MD
Charles Sneller MD

Woodford, Marshall Counties, northern

Arthur Sprenger MD
R. M. Sutton MD
Clifton S. Turner MD
Wright C. Williams MD
L. F. Carlin DDS
Clarke E. Chamberlain DDS
John C. Murdock DDS
Earle V.Ryan DDS
L. E. Steward DDS

No. 18— ST. JAMES HOSPITAL

Location: Pontiac

Jurisdiction: Livingston, Grundy, McLean Counties, upper half of Ford County

E. G. Beatty MD A. B. Middleton MD

Reed Hanley MD Carl Riess MD

Harry C.Hill MD L. W. Yolton MD

William A. Marshall MD C. A. Alcorn DDS

Clark C. Meeks MD J. T. Mohan DDS

497

No. 19— ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL

Location : Quincy

Jurisdiction: Adams, Brown, Hancock Counties, western half of Pike County

Arthur H. Bitter MD Warren F. Pearce MD

Norbert Blickhan MD John Roy Pollock MD

Frank T. Brenner, Sr. MD J. C. Steiner MD

Earl L. Caddick MD Walter Stevenson MD

Frank Cohen MD Harold Swanberg MD

Carson Gabriel MD Walter M. Whitaker MD

Ralph Hinton MD Albert H. Sohm DDS

S. R. Hoover MD Hugh Tarpley DDS

Ralph McReynolds MD LeRoy H. Wolfe, Sr. DDS
F. Garm Norbury MD

No. 20— SCHMITT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Location: Beardstown

Jurisdiction: Cass, Schuyler, Scott, Morgan, Greene, Jersey, Calhoun Counties,
eastern half of Pike County, southern half of Fulton County

Albyn L. Adams MD Henry 0. Munson MD

Ivan E. Brouse MD Alfred G. Schultz MD

Thomas G. Charles MD C. E. Soule MD

V. M. Gorman MD Robert A. Spencer MD

Walter L. Frank MD Thomas A. Starkey MD

Dale E. Haworth MD R. F. Black DDS

C. L. Morris MD H.O.Ellis DDS

No. 21— ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL

Location : Springfield

Jurisdiction: Sangamon, Mason, Logan, Christian, Menard Counties

A. G. Aschauer MD D. M. Sirca MD

John F. Deal MD George Staben MD

William DeHollander MD Harry M. Steen MD

Herbert B. Henkel MD George B. Stericker MD

Thomas D. Masters MD Alajos Vass MD

Joseph P. McGoey MD A. E. Walters MD

Samuel E. Munson MD Albert E. Converse DDS

Harry Otten MD H. D. Fullenwider DDS

No. 22— DECATUR AND MACON COUNTY HOSPITAL

Location: Decatur

Jurisdiction: Macon, Piatt, DeWitl Counties

S. Elliott Bell MD R. Zink Sanders MD

Hymen J. Burstein MD Dean Stanley MD

Fauntleroy Flinn MD F. E. Strickling MD

Forrest R. Martin MD Stuart Wood MD

Clarence E. McClelland MD William H. Hacker DDS

Irving H. Neece MD Wray S. Monroe DDS

T. S. Raiford MD Austin C. Stiles DDS
Ciney Rich MD

498

No. 23— BURNHAM CITY HOSPITAL

Location : Champaign

Jurisdiction: Champaign, Douglas Counties, southern half of Ford County

E. C. Albers MD Benjamin Markowitz MD

Max Appel MD Cyrus F. Newcomb MD

Arthur J. Dalton MD John A. Siegling MD

E. L. Draper MD S. N. Tager MD

Gerald D. Gernon MD Warren B. West MD

Lewis T. Gregory MD Earl D. Wise MD

Marcus W. Hedgcock MD H. W. Boone DDS

Darwin Kirby MD F. E. Ebert DDS

William F. Lamkin MD W. H. Karcher DDS

No. 24— LAKE VIEW HOSPITAL

Location : Danville

Jurisdiction: Vermilion, Edgar Counties

P.K.Andrews MD
H. E. Baldwin MD
F. W. Barton MD
T. J. Carmody MD
Robert Clements MD
Henry F. Hooker MD

B. M. Jewell MD
Warren B. Smith MD
M. R. Warden MD
Edwin G. C. Williams MD
H. S. Foster DDS
H. L. Minnis DDS

No. 25— MEMORIAL METHODIST HOSPITAL

Location : Mattoon

Jurisdiction: Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Clark, Shelby, Effingham Counties

T. A. Bryan MD Albert T. Summers MD

Charles E. Greer MD Edmund Summers MD

F.B.Jones MD C. D. Swickard MD

H.W.Long MD Charles B. Voigt MD

Charles E. Morgan MD R. R. Burke DDS

James A. Oliver MD R. G. Jones DDS

Andrew P. Rauwolf MD B. C. Trexler DDS

W.F.Stafford MD W. L. White DDS

No. 26— ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL

Location: Litchfield

Jurisdiction: Montgomery, Macoupin Counties

L. G. Allen MD
H.F.Bennett MD
Charles Ford MD
R. W. Griswold MD
ZebV. Kimball MD
F. Y. Kuhlman MD
P. B. O'Connell MD

Charles H. Sihler MD
G. A. Sihler, Sr. MD
George A. Sihler, Jr. MD
C. H. Zoller MD
C. W. Grafton DDS
Arthur E. Sihler DDS

No. 27— KIRKWOOD CLINIC HOSPITAL

Location: Latvrenceville

Jurisdiction: Richland, Lawrence, Crawford, Jasper, Edwards, Wabash Counties

Ralph B. Armitage MD L. E. McGahey MD

Victor M. Brian MD Randolph F. Snider MD

Alan G. Brooks, MD B. C. Teasley MD

Wendell I. Green MD C. E. Duff DDS

H. W. Kinney MD D. Z. Wylde DDS

Tom Kirkwood MD G. A. Ritter DDS

499

No. 28— ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL

Location : East St. Louis

Jurisdiction: St. CUiir, Madison, Monroe, Bond, Fayette Counties

Charles Bell MD C. J. Nolan MD

O. B. Boyd MD Guy Pfeiffer MD

H. A. Cables MD Vivien P. Siegel MD

Edward W. Cannady MD Groves B. Smith MD

Justin Cordonnier MD Edward C. Spitze MD

Killian Fritsch MD Walter C. Wilhelmj MD

William L. Hanson MD N. H. Feder DDS

J. J. Kane MD J. M. Hogan DDS

H. C. Knapp MD J. E. Mahoney DDS

Everett L. Lanman MD F. A. Neuhoff DDS
Eugene McQuillan MD

No. 29— MT. VERNON HOSPITAL
Location: Mt. Vernon

Jurisdiction: Jefferson, Clinton, Franklin, Washington, Perry, Clay, Marion,
Wayne Counties

James T. Blakely MD Walter F. Plassman MI)

Andy Hall MD Paul B. Rabenneck MD

Augustus P. Heller MD Robert R. Smith MD

J. A. Johnson MD Harry 0. Williams MD

Charles 0. Lane MD J. J. Corlew DDS

Alson W. Modert MD M. M. Lumbattis DDS

John Beverly Moore MD Evan W. Petty DDS
William G. Parker MD

No. 30— HOLDEN HOSPITAL

Location : Carbondale

Jurisdiction: Jackson, Williamson, Union, Johnson, Randolph Counties

Lon Baker MD John H. Hrabik MD

J.W.Barrow MD Willis I. Lewis MD

W. A. Brandon MD E. R. May MD

C. M. Brooks MD F. M. Sylvester MD

Edmund R. Carman MD E. E. Mathes DDS

G. G. Fischer MD H. W. Willis DDS

No. 31— LIGHTNER HOSPITAL

Location : Harrisburg

Jurisdiction: Saline, Hamilton, Gallatin, White, Pope, Hardin Counties

R. C. Brown MD Douglas A. Lehman Ml)

John V. Ferrell MD Joseph C. Lightner MD

Ernest L. Hennig MD Robert B. Nyberg MD

Byrt B. Hutton MD H. C. Holdoway DDS

Charles Kissinger MD E. M. Travelstead DDS

No. 32— ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL

Location : Cairo

Jurisdiction : Alexander, Pulaski, Massac Counties

Flint Bondurant MD Edward E. Miller Ml)

James W.Dunn MD Harrv Phillips Ml)

Homer J. Elkins MD Berry Rife Ml)

D.B.Grossman MD Charles L. Welxr MD

Bellenden S. Hutcheson MD Van Andrews DDS

J. S. Johnson MD H. A. Mort land DDS

500

No. 33— DANISH AMERICAN HOSPITAL
Location: 1615 North Kostner Avenue, Chicago

Jurisdiction: Chicago Boards 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63,
133, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140

Lewis Kent Eastman MD J. W. Klapman MD

Peter Gaberman MD James M. McDonnough MD

Marion Lee Gordon MD Max L. Bramer DDS

W.Lloyd Kenny MD Alfred B. Wolter DDS

No. 34 — WASHINGTON BOULEVARD HOSPITAL
Location: 2449 Washington Boulevard, Chicago
Jurisdiction: Chicago Boards 41, 113, 114, 115, 116, 121, 122

James F. Cox MD Linn F. McBride MD

James F. DePree MD Arthur R. Metz MD

J. N. Warren DePree MD
Raymond Householder MD
Robert L. Ladd MD
Roland P. Mackay MD
George R. McAuliff MD

H. Ivan Sippy MD
J. Kenneth Sokol MD
Henry O. Wernicke MD
Virgil Wescott MD

No. 35— ST. ELIZABETH HOSPITAL

Location: 1433 North Claremont
Jurisdiction: Chicago Boards 51,

Raymond Leo Abraham MD
John J. Belinsky MD
William P. Bell MD
Julius Brams MD
Wilbert 0. Brown MD
John F. Chase MD
Oscar Cleff MD
Francis A. Dulak MD
W. Francis Jacobs MD
Jerry J. Kearns MD
S. H. Kraines MD
George F. Kristan MD
Frank M. Laurenzana MD

Avenue, Chicago

64, 65, 66, 143, 144, 146

Martin G. Luken MD
Sol Nigro MD
Henry C. Olechowski MD
N. M. Pellettieri MD
Harold A. Ramser MD
Lawrence A. Russell MD
Clifford J. Steinle MD
Joseph A. Tobin MD
Samuel L. Turek MD
John P. Wojtalewicz MD
A. S. Macaluso MD
W. L. Westling MD

No. 36— COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL
Location: 519 South Wolcott Avenue, Chicago

Jurisdiction: Chicago Boards 34, 35, 36, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 119,
120, 124

M. L. Afrenow MD A. W. Hall MD

James Paul Bennett MD George B. Hassin MD

Maurice L. Blatt MD Harry J. Isaacs MD

George C. Coe MD Max Kaplan MD

Louis T. Curry MD Sigmund Krumholz MD

Jack Fields MD Nathan K. Lazar MD

J. R. Fitzgerald MD Jacob Lifschutz MD

Nicholas I. Fox MD Joseph A. Luhan MD

Ellis B. Freilich MD Clayton J. Lundy MD

Harry H. Freilich MD S. J. Pearlman MD

E. A. Friedman MD Richard A. Perritt MD

T. C. Galloway MD Edward A. Roling MD

Sanford R. Gifford MD Albert F. Rosenblum MD

Victor E. Gonda MD Leon J. Saul MD

(Continued)

501

[No. 36 — Cook County Hospital] — Continued
Elias Selinger MD L. J. Wallner AID

Fred Shapiro MD J. Lester Wilkey MD

Sidney Sideman MD Stanley E. Telser MD

Frederick Steigmann MD Anthony Roucek DDS

Theodore T. Stone MD

No. 37— GARFIELD PARK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Location: 3621 West Washington Boulevard, Chicago

Jurisdiction: Chicago Boards 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 54, 55, 123, 125, 136

Frank L. Brown MD Samuel G. Plice MD

Frank Chauvet MD Clarence C. Saelhof MD

Paul F. Doescher MD Paul G. F. Schmitt MD

Edmund F. Foley MD Albert J. Stokes MD

Palmer Good MD Harold N. Wait MD

Otto C. Huber MD Claude Weldy MD

Hubert F. Meacham MD Carl S. Geffert MD

Vincent J. O'Connor MD

No. 38— ALBERT MERRITT BILLINGS HOSPITAL
Location: 950 East 59th Street, Chicago
Jurisdiction: Chicago Boards 9, 10, 11,
31,32, 33, east half of 87, 88, 89, 90,

William E. Adams MD
Wright Adams MD
Hugh T. Carmichael MD
Arthur G Bachmeyer MD
Sam W. Banks MD
Emmett B. Bay MD
Samuel W. Becker MD
Robert Gustav Bloch MD
Louis Bothman MD
Alexander Brunschwig MD
George F. Dick MD
Justin M. Donegan MD
C. Wesley Eisele MD
Omar John Fareed MD
Gustave Freeman MD
Jerome A. Gans MD
Vincent P. Graham MD
C. Howard Hatcher MD
Paul C.Hodges MD

12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 28, 29, 30,
91, 92, 93, 94, 105, 106

Walter E. Hook MD
Hilger P. Jenkins MD
Delbert K. Judd MD
Joseph B. Kirsner MD
Alfred J. Klein MD
Arlington C. Krause MD
John R. Lindsay MD
Clayton G. Loosli MD
Jules H. Masserman MD
George A. Nicoll MD
Bruce Proctor MD
Henry B. Perlman MD
Richard B. Richter MD
Donald Ross MD
Frederic E. Templeton MD
William B. Tucker MD
Cornelius W. Vermeulen MD
J. R. Blayney DDS
Sigmund F. Bradcl DDS

No. 39— COOK COUNTY
Jurisdiction: Cook County

A. L. Aaronson MD
Franz Alexander MD
Harvey Allen MD
Stephen P. Anthony MD
Alex J. Arieff MD
Leon Aries MD
Arthur J. Atkinson MD
Scammon Barry MD
Peter Bassoe MD

Samuel A. Battaglia MD
T. J. Bauer MD
Hallard Beard MD
James M. Beazell MD
William L. Beccher MD
Albert C. Bellini MD
Joseph R. Bennett MD
Myron Clyde Benford MD
L. H. Berard MD

(Continued)

502

[No. 39 — Gook County Jurisdiction]
Robert S. Berghoff MD
Arthur Bernstein MD
T. B. Bernstein MD
G. A. Bica MD
I.E. Bishkow MD
John W. Blair MD
Frank W. Blatchford MD
James H. Bloomfield MD
Morris Braude MD
Herbert C. Breuhaus MD
S. B. Broder MD
Roosevelt Brooks MD
Edmund G. Brust MD
Arthur D. Bussey MD
Herman N. Bundesen MD
Emil Bunta MD
Stuyvesant Butler MD
Joseph A. Capps MD
Frederick Christopher MD
Warren H. Cole MD
George H. Coleman MD
Thomas J. Coogan MD
Nathan Crohn MD
Irving S. Cutter MD
William C. Danforth MD
Duane Darling MD
Loyal Davis MD

F. Benson Deardorff MD
Edward V. Del Beccaro MD
Geza deTakats MD
James B. Eyerly Md
Samuel M. Feinberg MD
Louis Feldman MD

W. Z. Felsher MD

G. K. Fenn MD
Homer B. Field MD
J. W. Fischer MD
Frederick William Fitz MD
Samuel J. Fogelson MD
Francis L. Foran MD
John W. Foster MD

J. T. Gault MD
Angelo S. Geraci MD
Francis J. Gerty MD
Max P. Gethner MD
Staley Gibson MD
Maxell Gitelson MD
N. C. Gilbert MD
Samuel Goldberg MD
Jacob Golden MD
A. A. Goldsmith MD
Harry S. Gradle MD
Earle Gray MD
Robert M. Grier MD
John B.Hall MD
Emil D. W. Hauser MD
Jerome Reed Head MD
Morris R. Hecht MD

— Continued

Harry M. Hedge MD
Richard E. Heller MD
James B. Herrick MD
Russell Dorr Herrold MD
M. C. Higgins MD
Paul H. Holinger MD
Donald K. Hibbs MD
Aaron Hilkevitch MD
Laurence E. Hines MD
Donald A. Hirsch MD
Paul H. Holinger MD

A. R. Hollender MD
Hubert Houston MD
John M.Howell MD

J. Harvey Johnston MD
Harold E. Jones MD
Leo A. Kaplan MD
Morris A. Kaplan MD
Robert W. Keeton MD
Frank B.Kelly MD
David Kleiman MD
Alva A. Knight MD
Joel W. Knudson MD
Grant H. Laing MD
Victor LaMarre MD
Earl Latimer MD
Leonard 0. Leader MD
Francis L. Lederer MD
George V. LeRoy MD
Victor D. Lespinasse MD
Howard Levine MD
Meyer R. Lichtenstein MD
Robert C. Lonergan MD
Hugo Long MD

B. F. Lounsbury MD
Albert A. Loverde MD
William Mackenzie MD
John J. Madden MD
Arthur E. Mahle MD
William A. Mann MD
Jacob Marks MD
John Martin MD
Ernest G. McEwen MD
Michael J. McGowan MD
Newton G. Mead MD
Jacob J. Mendelsohn MD
T. J. Merar MD
Harold I. Meyer MD
Hershel Meyer MD

J. Roscoe Miller MD
Harry Mock MD
J. M. Mora MD
Milton M. Mosko MD
Kathleen B. Muir MD
J. Peerman Nesselrod MD
Raymong Norfray MD
Julius B. Novak MD
Rudolph G. Novick MD

(Continued)

503

[No. 39 — Cook County Jurisdiction] — Continued

Eric Oldbert MD

Benjamin Pearlman MD

S. L. Pearlman MD

Samuel Perlstein MD

E.A. Piszczek MD

Lewis J. Pollock MD

George E. Poucher MD

Irving Puntenney MD

Jack I. Rabens MD

I. A. Rabens MD

Ben Z. Rappaport MD

Stephen W. Ranson, Jr. MD

David Rest MD

Carl 0. Rinder MD

Roy 0. Riser MD

Theodore Roberg, Jr. MD

David H. Rosenberg MD

S. H. Rosenblum MD

Morris William Rubinstein MD

Edwin W. Ryerson MD

Allan Sachs MD

Alexander Sanders MD

Carl F. Schaub MD

Maurice A. Schiller MD

James K. Shafer MD

Paul L. Shallenberger MD

Philip Shambaugh MD

Philip Shapiro MD

Noel G.Shaw MD

Irving C. Sherman MD

Mandel Sherman MD

George C. Shockey MD

Allan S. Shohet MD

James P. Simonds MD

Harold L. Sippy MD

David Slight MD

Alexander Slive MD

Harry J. Smejkal MD
Hiram J. Smith MD
George O. Solem MD
LV.Sollins MD
Conrad Sommer MD
Dean Spear MD
Charles G. Spirrison MD
Sidney Strauss MD
Michael H. Streicher MD
H. B. Thomas MD
Frederick Tice MD
Eli Tigay MD
William S. Timblin MD
Edward P. Trov MD
Winston H. Tucker MD
Edgard C. Turner MD
JohnE. Tysell MD
Magnus Peter Urnes MD
Boris Ury MD
Frank C. VelDez MD
Howard Wakefield MD
Leonard F. Waldman MD
W. M. Winston MD
Walter H. Young MD
William Zelik MD
Eugene Bodimer DDS
Charles W. Freeman DDS
Irvin T. Harris DDS
Charles E. Hatch DDS
John S. Kellogg DDS
Robert G. Kesel DDS
Edward J. Krejci DDS
Max Kuharich DDS
Howard M. Marjerison DDS
James H. Pearce DDS
Warren R. Schram DDS
Stanley D. Tylman DDS

No. 39— DOWNSTATE

Jurisdiction : All counties other than Cook

Julius S. Alexander MD
R. A. Ahlvin MD
Arlington Ailes MD
Erwin Angres MD
A. H. Argent MD
W. H. Atkinson MD
Walter H. Baer MD
Frank M. Baker MD
A. L. Barbakoff MD
R. A. Barker MD
R. E. Barnes MD
A. C. Baxter MD
Alfred Paul Bay MD
Kenneth Beck MD
Norbert Brim MD
Max Beisenthal MD

Louis Belinson MD

R.G.Bell MD

R. C. Benkendorf MD

Otto L. Bettag MD

J. B. Birch MD

Carl E. Black MD

Edward Bollinger MD

Frederick P. Bornstein MD

Robinson Bosworth MD

W. J. Broad MD

W. S. Broker MD

G. C. Brown MD

J. L. Bryan MD

W. J. Bfvan MD

H. M. Biiley MD

K. G. Bulley MD

(Continued)

504

[No. 39— Downstate Jurisdiction]

A. W.Burke MD
John P. Burke MD

E. W. Burroughs MD
Paul G. Buss MD

J. A. Campbell MD
Robert K. Campbell MD
Paul S. Carley MD

F. A. Causey MD
Frank Christensen MD
A.T.Cole MD

B. Raymond Cole MD
H.O.Collins MD

L. L. Collins MD
Frank H. Comstock MD
M. E. Cosand MD
J. A. Cravens MD
Martin S. Croft MD

-Continued

F. Ci

J. C. Dallenbach MD

C. M. Dargan MD

L. D. Darner MD

W. E. Davis MD

Richard Davison MD

Percival Dawson MD

Robert Dessent MD

Donald B. Douglas MD

R. W. Dunham MD

W. C. Earle MD

H. A. Elkins MD

Harry D. Ellis MD

J. H. Ellingsworth MD

L. S. Ent MD

Henry Falk MD

R. C. Farrier MD

Harry D. Fast MD

Paul E. Feldman MD

H. A. Felts MD

J.A.Fisher MD

H. B. Fitzjerrell MD

L. W. Frame MD

Sidney Franklin MD

Leon P. Gardner MD

Cesare Gianturco MD

H. M. Gibson MD

Zoltan Glatter MD

Carl Heinz Goldschmidt MD

Arthur Gollmar MD

R.J.Graff MD

N. O. Gunderson MD

E. V. Hale MD

Earl D. Hamilton MD

S. M. Hanauer MD

Milton Hansen MD

Rov W. Harrell MD

B. D. Hart MD

Harry Hart MD

Gert Heilbrunn MD

Norman Heysett MD

E. L. Hill MD
Paul Hletko MD
Sandor Horwitz MD
Hubert Houston MD
G. C. Hunt MD
James R. Hunter MD
Cecil M.Jack MD
Nelson B. Jack MD
R. L. Kane MD
James A. Kirby MD
Bernard Klein MD
R. L. Kleinhoffer MD

C. E. Kine MD
Sidney D. Klow MD
Leslie Knott MD
Harry Leavitt MD
I. A. Leef MD
Eric Lehr MD
A.J.Levy MD

Alan A. Lieberman MD
Erich Liebert MD
Samuel J. Lipnitzky MD

D. F. Loewen MD
George A. Lofdahl MD
R. E. Logan MD

Edward William Logman MD
Otto Lohman MD
M. Lorber MD
Joseph T. Maher MD
S.N. Mallison MD
D. A. Manelli MD
A. C. Margliano MD
Harold Marks MD
V. B. Marquis MD
Charles E. Mayos MD

F. D. McCord MD
Jesse H. Mcintosh MD
Herbert G. McMahan MD
C. P. McRaven MD
W.J. Menke MD
Solomon Meyerson MD
Clare Miller MD

Earl B.Miller MD
S.M.Miller MD
George W. Morrow MD
Frank C. Murrah MD
David L. Murphy MD
Warren G. Murrav MD
Mark S. Nelson MD
Melvin M. Newman MD
Charles D. Nobles MD
J. J. O'Halloran MD
Erich Otten MD
George Thomas Palmer MD
Elliott Parker MD
Leonard Peal MD
Chalres K. Petter MD
Maxim Pollak MD

(Continued)

505

[No. 39 — Downstate Jurisdiction]- Continued
John R.Porter MD
C.F.Powell MD
Francis R. Prock MD
J. L. Ranes MD
H. F. Rawlings MD
Albertine L. Rea MD
Charles F. Read MD
P.E.Reid MD
R. F. Reider MD
Walter C. Reineking MD
Samuel S. Reinglass MD
Boyd C. Rembe MD
George F. Ritchey MD
Charles F. Ritchie MD
Ralph R. Ritzman MD
Norman J. Rose MD
Edward Ross MD
E. J. Rossman MD
R. H. Runde MD
Jacob Schermer MD
L. M. Schuman MD
Leonard V. Sellett MD
W. P. Shahan MD
J. H. Shamel MD
Cecil A. Z. Sharp MD
Jerome J. Sievers MD
Abraham Simon MD
Bernard Skorodin MD
L. P. Sloan MD
James L. Smith MD
Herman M. Soloway MD
A. L. Spiller MD
James J. Srail MD
Wilbur F. Stanelle MD
Claude A. Stearns MD
P.A.Steele MD
A. E. Steer MD
Curt Steffen MD
D. Louis Steinberg MD

E. K. Steinkopff MD

Thomas Sternberg MD
Don Stewart MD
Ester Stone MD
C. B. Stuart MD
V. J. Sutch MD
Julius B. Stokes MD
V.V. Suntzeff MD
Walton Tackett MD
W. M. Talbert MD
Alexander Tarnawski MD
Hyman Tavris MD
George G. Taylor MD

E. V. Thiehoff MD
Williem A. Thomas MD

F. O. Tonney MD
A. A. Topcik MD
F. A. Tornabene MD
Joseph Louis Trizna MD
Khacher H. Tutunjian MD
J. R. Tweedy MD
Stanley C. Usalis MD
C. L. Vanatta MD
John B. Vander MD
George H. Vernon MD
John P. Walsh MD
Carlton H. Waters MD
Philip S. Waters MD
A.S.Webb MD
C. L. Weber MD
Charles G. Weissman MD
J. E. Wheeler MD
Walter Wilhelmj MD
A. M. Winklepleck MD
H. S. Witten MD
Aaron P. Wolever MD
ArminH. Wolff MD
Louis Woodruff MD
Armen N. Yazarian MD
Worling R. Young MD
Joseph Zalar MD

No. 40— AUGUSTANA HOSPITAL

Location : 409 West Dickens Avenue, Chicago
Jurisdiction: Chicago Boards 67, 68, 69, 70, 145, 147

Loren W. Avery MD Albert T. Lundgren MD

David S. Bellin MD George Milles MD

John A. Christenson MD Oscar E. Nadeau MD

Hugo 0. Deuss MD
Earl Garside MD
Carl A. Hedbert MD
Chester C. Lockwood
Chester H. Lockwood

MD
MD

John W. Nuzum MD
Rudolph Oden MD
Nelson M. Percy MD
Paul Lane DDS

506

ADDENDA

Through oversight, certain important subjects were overlooked in the
text and cannot now be added in their proper places. So that the reader will
have a full understanding of our operations, these subjects are therefore in-
cluded here as addenda.

MASTER FILE DIVISION

Page 30—

In addition to his other assignments, Maj. Charles J. Magnesen was
charged with the responsibility of supervision over the Master File Division
at State Headquarters in Springfield.

Page 53 —

The Master File Division was a separate entity in the State Headquarters
organization, Maj. Charles J. Magnesen having been the Chief of the Divi-
sion. The duties of the division were to maintain complete files of all cor-
respondence and special subject matter.

JOB JUMPERS

Bottom of page 140 —

On December 22, 1944, a regulation was established which provided
that any registrant classified in Class II-A or II-B (including those with
"(F)" or "(L)" designations) who left his industrial job without first re-
questing and receiving permission from his Local Board was subject to
immediate reclassification and induction into the armed forces. Registrants
who had been honorably discharged from the armed forces on or after Sep-
tember 16, 1940 were exempt from this regulation.

If any such registrant changed his job without consulting his Local Board,
it was up to the Board to decide whether or not the change had been made
in the best interests of the war effort. While most Local Boards were strict
in their application of this regulation, they were nevertheless willing to give
every possible consideration to comparative importance of the two jobs in-
volved. In the event a Local Board denied a registrant permission to change
his job, the registrant had the right to appeal the decision.

The "job jumper" regulation was terminated on January 17, 1946.

Page 156 (immediately ahead of "The War Unit Plan")

In the fall of 1942, the problem of farm workers deserting agriculture
to take higher paying jobs in industry became so serious that the 77th Con-
gress included in the "Tydings amendment" (quoted in full on pages 155

507

and 156 of the text of this volume) a provision for immediately reclassify-
ing as available for military service any registrant who, having been de-
ferred in an agricultural occupation or endeavor essential to the war effort,
left such occupation or endeavor without first having obtained the consent
of his Local Board.

Illinois Local Boards were extremely strict in their interpretation and
application of this "job jumper" provision of the law. Invariably, an agri-
cultural registrant who left his farm job for other work (non-agricultural I
quickly found himself reclassified and made available for induction. An
appeal in such case was ordinarily futile, and only physical or mental unfit-
ness for military service prevented a "job jumper's" induction.

The "job jumper" reclassification procedure was discontinued on Jan-
uary 17, 1946.

Page 231 — jolloiving first paragraph under heading, "Miscellaneous Phases
of Induction Procedure99- —

This lawr also provided for the reclassification and induction of an agri-
cultural registrant who left his farm job for other work (non-agricultural)
without first having obtained the consent of his Local Board. On December
22, 1944, another regulation provided for similar reclassification and induc-
tion of any Class II-A or II-B registrant who left or changed his industrial
job (for which he had received occupational deferment) without consent
of his Local Board.

In order to give effect to this regulation, the War Department reduced
the Army physical standards and authorized the acceptance of "job jumpers"
who, under ordinary induction examination procedure, might have been
rejected because of physical or mental unfitness. The first call for "job
jumpers" was in February, 1945 and amounted to 15 ( c of the regular call.

Page 232 — added to third paragraph —

The reclassification and special induction procedure pertaining to all
"job jumpers" was discontinued on January 17, 1946.

TRANSFERS FOR CLASSIFICATION

Page 112 — jolloiving Item

4-A. If the classification of a particular registrant was prevented by rela-
tionship to a Member or Members of the Local Board, or for other
reasons, such classification was to be transferred to another Local
Board, the second Board thereafter retaining complete classification
jurisdiction (at the Local Board level) over such registrant.

508

Page 114 — following the second complete paragraph —

The Selective Service regulations specifically provided that:

"No member shall act on a case of a registrant who is his first cousin or
closer relation ... or who is an employee or employer ... or stands in
relation of superior or subordinate in connection with any employment, or
is a partner or close business associate of the member . . . The local board
shall be disqualified to consider the classification of any registrant who is
a member, examining physician, examining dentist, government appeal agent,
associate government appeal agent, member of an advisory board for regis-
trants, associate member of an advisory board for registrants, reemployment
committeeman or employee of such board . . ."

In case of relationship of a registrant to a Member of the Local Board,
the Member concerned withdrew from the classification action or the Local
Board transferred the classification to another Board. Transfer of classifi-
cation was mandatory in case of a registrant directly connected with the Board.

Once a Local Board classified a registrant — either its own registrant or one
transferred from another Board for classification — that Board retained per-
manent classification jurisdiction over the registrant. This rule was varied
only in the "deadlock" cases referred to in a paragraph above.

509

INDEX

Acceptance number, State Director's, 136
Activities, List of Essential, 131
Act, Selective Service

Enforcement of, 263-266, 288

Extension of, 146, 232

Service period under, 229

Text of, 297,307

Violations and penalties, 263
Addenda, 507-509

Adjutant General, 10-11, 19, 25, 29, 97
Advisor

Agricultural, 27-28, 37, 49, 161-163

Medical Survey, 210, 220

Occupational, 29, 31, 32, 36, 49, 160
Advisory Boards for Registrants, 8, 18, 52,
68, 111

Coordinator for, 28

Cook County, 68

Duties, 68

Members (See under Local Board of serv-
ice in Appendix)

Selection of members, 68
Advisory Board, Social Services, 176
Advisory Boards, Medical, 18, 81, 207, 212

Members, 493-506
Agriculture, Special problems in, 157
Agricultural

Advisor, 27-28, 37, 49, 161-163

Appeals, 200

Deferments, 49, 130, 146-164, 284-285,
508-509
Data on, 164
Reviews of, 164

Division, 50, 160-164

Extension Service, 162

Questionnaire, 148-153, 157

Production in Illinois, 147

Registrants, Reclassification of, 163-164,
508-509

Situation before Pearl Harbor, 147-148

War unit plan, 152-153, 156
Allen, Capt. Kenneth L., 13, 31, 34, 290
Aliens

Classification of, 120, 180-181

Non-resident, 181

Reciprocal induction agreements on, 181
Alexian Brothers Hospital, 188
American

Friends Service Committee, 186

Legion, 60-61, 261

Public Welfare Association, 176

Red Cross, 176, 178, 250
Anonymous communications, 124
Appeal

Agents (See Government Appeal Agents)

Agricultural, 200

By law, 200

Boards (See Boards of Appeal)

Cases, Volume and appraisal of, 202

Data, 203-206

From classification, 199-201

On physical grounds, 200

Process, 199-206

To the President, 205

Who entitled to, 8, 77, 199-202
Appeals, Special, 201
Appearance before Local Board, 123, 196
Appendix, 291

Selective Service Maps, 292-296

Text of Selective Training and Service
Act of 1940, 297-307

Selective Service Questionnaire, 308-315

Affidavit — Occupational Classification
[DSS Form 42- A (Special-Revised) ],
316-317

Illinois Monthly Calls and Inductions, 318

Local Boards in Illinois, 319-489
(Special Panel Boards, 488)

Illinois Boards of Appeal, 490-492

Illinois Medical Advisory Boards, 493-506

Addenda, 507-509
Appreciation of service, 271-279
Areas of jurisdiction

Boards of Appeal, 78, 490-492

Local Boards
Chicago, 296
Cook County, 295
State, 292-294

Medical Advisory Boards, 493-506
Armstrong, Don, 133
Armstrong, Patricia, 133
Armstrong. Paul G., x, xi, 13, 21, 29, 35, 45,
96, 132, 149, 246, 247, 255-259, 274, 277,
281-290

Background of, 19-20

Statements, x, 289
Armstrong, Mrs. Paul G., 133
Army, 29, 119, 121, 140, 178, 210, 217, 232,

234, 250
Assistant State Directors, 47
Atherton, Clarence D., 193
Atom bomb project, 134

511

INDEX

Atwood, A. H. R., 149

Auditing coordinators (field auditors) , 89-90

Bailey, Sgt. Jay W., 13, 45

Barber, Maj. John W., 17

Bartlett, Capt. Roy W., 149

Bay, Edwin, 149

Beck, C. Gordon, 246, 247

Bell, Maj. Charles, 239

Bennett, Arthur, 194

Biggerstaff, Maj. George W., 13, 32, 57, 290

Birsa, Joseph S., 193

Bishop, Lt. Comdr. William S., 13, 31, 34,

52, 55-56, 244, 257, 290
Bittinger, Lt., Col. Leigh N., 14, 26, 30, 34,

47, 51, 256
Black, Adj. Gen. Carlos A., 10
Black, Julian, 108
Blair, Capt. Earl H., 13, 32, 51, 290
Bloome, R. C, 194
Boards
Advisory for Registrants, 8, 18, 52, 68, 111
Local (See Local Boards)
Medical Advisory (See Medical Advisory

Boards)
of Appeal, 77, 79

Areas of jurisdiction, 78, 292-294
Attitudes, 200-202
Composition, 77
In Cook County, 28, 79
In Illinois, Number, 78-79
List of Illinois, 490-492
Members
List of, 490-492
Selection of, 77
Offices, 78-79
Personnel, 79, 490-492
Procedure, 185, 199-200
Reorganization of, 79
Responsibilities of, 78
Vote, 200, 205
Boening, Col. Louis A., 13, 14, 26, 30, 34,

47, 53, 96, 255, 257
Bona fide relationship, 233
Bott, Ur. Anthony, 143
Brethren Service Committee, 186
Brooks, Alonzo, 108

Brooks, U. S. Senator C. Wayland, 133
Brooks, Mrs. C. Wayland, 133
Brothers, Lay, 182
Buck, Lt. Col. Marshall G., 13, 26, 30, 34,

50, 52, 244, 246, 256, 274, 290
Budget, 48, 269
Bullard, Lt. Col. Peter C, 11
Bulletins, Instructional. 86
Bundesen, Dr. Herman N., 208, 209
Bush, Capt. C. L., 239

Cadets, 120
Calls

Army and Navy, 232, 234, 508

Monthly, and Inductions, 318

Quotas and, 234
Camp, Dr. Harold M., 143
Camp Operations Division, 186
Capps, Dr. Joseph A., 83
Cardiovascular Reexamination Board, 82
Casey, Charles P., 160, 246, 247
Catholic Charity Bureau, 176, 178
Certificate of Appreciation

Congressional, 273

Presidential, 272
Certificate of

Commendation, Presidential, 110, 274

Distinguished Service, State, 252

Fitness, 211
Certification plan, 141-142
Changes

In induction procedure, 236

Major, in Selective Service System, 122

Of Address, 263
Chastek, Comdr. Chester J., 17, 133
CHATS, State Headquarters house or

gan, 258
Chicago

Association of Commerce, 137, 248, 258

Bar Association, 66

Board of Education, 99, 217, 227, 228

Board of Health, 208, 209

City Council, 99

Commissioner of Police, 100

Council of Social Agencies, 178

Group examination stations, 209-210

Herald-American, 254

House of Correction, 194

Map, Selective Service, 246

Newspaper Publishers Association, 258

Office of State Headquarters, 11, 25, 53, 87

Regional field office, 17

Social Service Exchange, 227

Tribune, 254, 296

United Charities of, 178

University of, 134, 176, 188. 216. 220

Welfare Administration. 175. 178. 224
Child, Definition of, 165, 223
Chinese notice to registrants. 70
Choice of service, 231
Church of the Brethren, 183
Cicero Board of Education. 99
Civilian Conservation Corps, 186
Civil Service Commission. U. S.. 29. 49, 69
Classes, The various, 115

I, 115-116, 124

I-A, 116, 123. 125-126, 169. 201. 208, 233

I-A(L), 116, 126

I-A-0 and I-A-O(L), 116. 126. 169. 184.
201, 233

512

INDEX

Classes — Continued

IB and I-B-O, 116, 126-127
I-C, 116, 119, 127, 179
ID and I-D-O, 117, 127
I-E and I-E-O, 117, 127
I-G, 117, 119, 128, 129
I-H, 117

II, 115, 118, 128

II-A, 118, 129-133, 145, 163, 507-508

II-B, 119, 129-130, 133

II-C, 49, 119, 130, 146-164, 508-509

III, 116, 119, 165-178
III-A, 119, 169, 173
III-B, 119, 163, 170, 173
III-D, 119, 139, 169, 173

IV, 116, 119, 178
IV-A, 119, 178-179
IV-B, 119, 120, 179-180
IV-C, 120, 180-181

IV-D, 119-120, 145, 182-183

IV-E, 50, 119, 121, 169, 179, 183-188, 201

IV-F (Physical or Mental), 121, 185, 189-
190, 261

IV-F (Moral), 121, 190

IV-H, 121, 195
Classification, 111-196

Agricultural, 119, 130, 146-164, 284-285,
508-509

Alien, 120, 180-181

Appeal from, 199-201

By age, 119, 145, 179, 229

Conscientious objector, 50, 116, 119, 121,
126-127, 169, 179, 183-188

Data, Illinois, 198

Deferments by law, 120, 179

Dependency, 165-178

Evidence, 114, 123

General principles of, 8, 111

In operation, 123

In service, 116, 119, 127, 179

Mental, 121, 185, 189-190, 261

Moral, 121, 190

Notice, 112, 115, 123-124

Occupational (industrial), 118-119, 128-
146, 285-286, 507-508

Occupational, Affidavit for, 134, 316-317

Physical, 121, 185, 189-190, 261

Problems, 124

Record, 113

Reviews, 124, 139, 163

Sequence, 114, 123

Student, 120, 128, 145, 182, 231

Transfer for, 52, 114, 508-509

Vote, 114
Clerical personnel (See Boards of Appeal,
Local Boards and State Headquarters)
Coady, Lt. Col. Edmund P., 13, 26, 30, 34,

50, 290
Coan, Charles, 13
Coast and Goedetic Survey, 120
Coast Guard, 29, 119, 120, 121, 178, 229, 234

Coleman. Dr. George H., 83
Combrick, Harry M., 149
Communications, Anonymous, 124
Community honors to Local Boards, 279
Complaints, Handling of, 94, 124
Confidential Information, 222, 260
Congressional recognition, 273, 275
Conley, Capt. Frank J., 11
Connery, James, 99
Conscientious objectors, 119, 121, 169, 179,

183-188, 201
Consultation and Information Service, 177
Contents, Table of, xv-xvi
Cook, Virgil, 18
Cook County

Board of Commissioners, 177

Clerk, 101

Educational rehabilitation program, 217

Jail, 194

Map of Selective Service areas, 295

Rendezvous plan (induction), 238

Schools, Superintendent of, 228

Special reemployment program, 244
Cooke, Rev. Vincent W., 176
Cooperative school reports, 228
Cost

Induction, per capita, 269

of Selective Service in Illinois, 267-270
Data on Illinois costs, 270
County Veterans Service Committees, 247
Crane Technical High School, 218
Crawford, Brigadier, 176
Credits, Service, 234
Criminals, Habitual, 121, 190
Critical Occupations, Bulletins on, 131
Cross, Dr. Roland R., 208
Cuneo Press, 101
Cuno, Lt. Col. John B., 17
Custody, Registrants in civil, 121, 191

Davison, Dr. Marshall, 176
Defects

Correction of, 215-216

Data on physical and mental, 213-214

Mental, 212, 215, 223

Physical, 211, 212, 215
Deferment (Also see Classification)

Claims, 111, 134, 136, 141, 147, 150-153,
158

Periods, 116
Delinquency cases, Data on, 266
Delinquents, 263-264

Dentists, Local Board (See Examining Den-
tists)
Dentists, Deferment of, 142
Dependency Classification Division, 49
Dependency deferment, 165-178

Local Board attitude on, 170-174

513

INDEX

Dependency deferment — Continued
Financial, 172
Status

Change of, 165
Induction by, 233-234
Dependent, Definition of, 116, 165, 168-169,

233
Deputy State Directors, 47
Discharge requests, 249

Data on, 251
Discharges, Dishonorable, 121
Discrimination, Prohibition against, 112
Distinguished Service Certificate, State's,

252
Divers, R. A., 194
Divinity students, 120, 182
Donnelly, Sgt. George W., 45
Donner, Col. Clay M., 25, 29, 34, 47, 50, 51,

56, 256
Douglass, Dr. Robert D., 209
Doyle, U. S. Attorney Howard L., 26
"Draft Quiz," 254

Dugan, Capt. Joseph U., 26, 30, 34, 53, 290
Dykstra, Dr. Clarence A., 15, 104

Eckert, E. A., 149

Eden, Lt. Comdr. Walter J., 13, 25, 31, 34,

55-56, 246, 256, 290
Educational deferments, 144
Educational rehabilitation program, 217,

288
Edwards, Lt. Col. E. I., Jr., 13, 32, 51, 290
Edwards, Louis, 93
Egan, S/Sgt. John R., 45
Egan, T/Sgt. Vincent H., 45
Egdorf, Capt. John E., 13, 32, 220, 290
Eggleston, William, 11
Election Commissioners, Chicago, 100
Election officials' assistance, 27
Eligibility, Determining, for classification,

123
Elks Club, Evanston, 237
Emergency Fleet Corporation, 8
Emergency fund, 269
Emotional instability, 219
Employers

Claims, 111, 134, 136, 141, 147, 150-153,
158

Reemployment obligations, 242
Employment

Service, U. S., 245

Status, Change of, 507-508
Enlisted

Detachment, 45

Reserve Corps, 210
Enlistment notices, 234
Equipment, 48, 65, 270
Essential Activities, List of, 131
Evidence, Classification, 114, 123

Examinees, Checking of, 70
Examinations, Physical

Data on Chicago group, 210

Data on Illinois, 213-214

of Prison inmates, 192

Procedure in, 207-211, 287

Rejection rates, 190

Transfers for, 50, 235, 268
Examination stations, Chicago group, 209-

210
Examining Dentists, 68, 208

Duties of, 68

Selection of, 68
Examining Physicians, 67-68, 207

Duties of, 67, 207

Selection of, 68
Executive Order 9309, 143
Exemptions, 112, 507
Extension of Selective Service law, 232
Extension Service, Agricultural, 162
Extreme hardship and privation, 173, 174

"(F)" designation, 121

Factors in successful administration, 85

Farm advisors, County, 162

Farm labor release to industry, 159-160

Farmers, Classification of, 49, 130, 146-164,

284-285, 508-509
Farwell, Stanley P., 176
Fathers, Induction of, 170, 173, 232-233
Federal

Government employe deferments, 143-144

Relationships, State Headquarters, 28
Feeney, Eleanor S., 176
Felker, Emmet, 251
Fellowship of Reconciliation, 186
Felt, Edwin H., 13, 25, 26, 30, 34, 54, 256
Felt, Nate, 13
Fenn, Dr. G. K., 83

Field Agents, Medical, 220, 222, 224-226
Field Auditors

Direction of, 52

Selection of, 89
Field Division, 51, 89
Field Officers

National, 16

State, 89
Files, Registrants', 114, 123
Finance a vital factor, 268
Finance, Procurement and Supplv Division,

48, 87, 267
Financial dependency, 172
Fitzpatrick, Col. Edward A., 25. 36
Flynn, Hon. Michael J., 101
Ford, Harry, 75
Fordney, Col. Chester L., 133
Forwarding of selectees, 236
Forms, Reproduction of DSS

1, 97

514

INDEX

Forms — Continued

2, 102

40, 308-315

42A (Special Revised), 316-317

100, 113

150, 270

210, and 212, 223

218, 252
Foster, Maj. James C, 13, 31, 34, 37, 55,

57, 274, 290
Frank, Virginia C, 176
Freeman, Dr. Charles W., 176
Functions, Organization of staff, 47-53
Funds, Obligation of, 48
Funk, George, 274, 275
Furniture, 48, 65, 270

Gaffney, James T., 219

General Accounting Office, 269

General military service, 212

German, Maj. Walter A., 30, 34

Gethner, Dr. Max, 83

G. I. Bill of Rights, 245

Gibson, Dr. Stanley, 83

Gilbert, Dr. N. C., 83

Goering, Capt. Thornton C. G., 240

Goldberger, Dr. Sol. M., 209

Government Appeal Agents, 8, 65, 112, 199

Coordinator of, 28, 36, 65-66, 256

Duties of, 65, 112, 119

List of (See under Local Board of Service
in Appendix)

Selection of, 66
Government employes, Deferment of, 143
Governor's responsibilities, 20-22
Governor's rehabilitation program, 215-216,

288
Green, Gov. Dwight H., v, 21-22, 132, 133,
154, 248, 256, 274, 276, 277

Statement of, iv
Gregory, Hon. Tappan, 28, 36, 66, 256
Gross, Lawrence M., 75
Group deferment, 8
Group examination stations, Chicago, Data

on, 209
"Groups," Induction, 233

"(H)" designation, 121

Haberle, 1st Lt., J., 240

Hammond, Brig. Gen. Thomas A., 133

Hanford, Jeanette, 176

Hardship, Extreme, and privation, 173-174

Harkless brothers, 44

Hartlett, Lt. Col. E. Mann, 31, 34, 51, 208,

255, 257
Hatch, Lt. Comdr. W. S., 240
Hayes, Edward A., 133

Hayes, Mrs. Edward A., 133

Hayward, Lt. Comdr. Donald C, 17

Hearing before Local Board, 114, 123

Helfrich, Maj. Baird V., 26, 34, 52, 66, 75,
149, 160, 256, 257, 290

Herald-American, Chicago, 254

Herrick, Dr. James B., 83

Hershey, Maj. Gen. Lewis B., xiii, 13, 15,
57-58, 132, 275
Statement of, xii

Hershey, Roy G., 194

High school students, 231

Hill, Frank, 193

Hilliard, Raymond, 176, 224

Holzman, Maj. Sidney T., 13, 31, 34, 57, 290

Horner, Gov. Henry, ix, 19, 60

Hospitals in Governor's rehabilitation pro-
gram, 216

Hunt, Capt. John H., 240

Hunter, Joel D., 176

Hurley, Hon. Stephen E., 28, 37, 69, 255

Ignatchuk, Sgt. Walter, 45
Illinois

Agricultural production, 147

Certificate of Distinguished Service, 252

Classification data, 198

Manpower contributions, 239 (Also see
data under Local Boards in Ap-
pendix)

Manufacturers Association, 136, 248, 258

Map, Selective Service, 292-294

Medical Society, 68

National Guard, 98

Organizes, 19

Pharmaceutical Association, 143

Prepared, 10

Research Hospital, 176

Selective Service System (See applicable
subject)

Society for Mental Hygiene, 220

State Selective Service plan, 10

State Headquarters (See State Headquar-
ters)

State of (See State of Illinois)

Terminal Railroad Company, 236

University of, 161, 188, 216
Illiteracy, 216
Illiterates, School for, 217
Imminence of selection, 166
Impact of war and industry on farm labor,

148
Inductees

Adjustment period for, 237

Checking of, 70

Selection of, 235
Induction, 229-240, 286

Ages, 228, 231-233

By dependency status, 233-234

515

INDEX

Induction — Continued

Changes, 232-233

Cost per capita, 269

Failure to report for, 264

Forwarding of selectees for, 236

"Groups," 233

Of agricultural registrants, 164

Of fathers, 170, 173, 232-233

Of "job jumpers," 232, 233, 507-509

Order, Reproduction of, 270

Procedure

Changes in, 236

Miscellaneous phases of, 231-232

Selection sequence for, 168-169

Stations, Locations of, 239-240

Transfers for, 235

Volunteers for, 112
Inductions, Monthly calls and, 318
Information, Confidential, 222, 260
Information centers, Veterans, 247
Inspection tours by Local Boards, 92
Institute for Juvenile Research, 227
Institute of Medicine, 176
Inventory, Local Board, 196
Investigative aid, 174
Irvin, Col. George A., 13, 17, 259

Jacobi, Maj. Fred W., 11, 13, 30, 34, 48, 54,

57, 290
James, Capt. W. Robert, 13, 32, 274, 290
Jarecki, Hon. Edmund K., 99, 101
Jewish Children's Bureau, 178
Jewish Social Service Bureau, 176, 178
"Job jumpers," 232, 233, 507-509
Johnson, Capt. Leigh W., 239
Johnson, Maj. Lester S., 25, 29, 34, 151
Johnson, Dr. William H., 217, 219
Johnston, Prof. Paul E., 27, 37, 149, 160
Joint Army and Navy Selective Service

Committee, 4, 10-11
Jones, W. C, 75

Keepin, Rev. George, 133

Kelly, Dr. Frank B., 83

King, Maj. William H., 13, 28, 66, 78, 255.

256
Klare, 1st Lt. William L., 17
Kleber, Col. Victor A., 11, 13, 14, 26, 30.

34, 47, 53, 54, 56, 96, 256, 290
Acknowledgments, xiv
Klore, Allen A., 277
Klupar, George J., 224

"(L)" designation, 121
Lau, Sgt. Donald F., 45

Law

Appeals by, 200

Enforcement of, 263-266, 288

Extension of, 146, 232

Penalties under, 263

Reemployment provisions of, 241, 301-303

(Appendix)
Service period under, 229
Text of Selective Service, 297-307
Layden, William H., 277
Leach, Sgt. Walton, 45
Leaf, Dr. Hugh, 209
Leasing of property, 48, 268
Lees, Mrs. Ethel, 224
Legal Division, 52, 160
Legislature, Illinois State, 252, 278
L'Envoi, 289
Leonard, Howard, 149
Lewis, Maj. Homer R., 13, 32, 290
Liaison (See State Headquarters)
Limited military service, 125, 212
List of Essential Activities, 131
Literacy school, Cook County, 217
Little, Jack, 255
Local Board

Consent to change jobs, 507-509
Meeting, 113
Offices, 63-64
Vote, 114, 123, 509
Local Boards, 59-75, 91-96
Appeal procedure at, 199
Areas (Maps)
Chicago, 296
Cook County, 295
Illinois, 292-294
Attitudes on deferments
Agricultural, 158-159
Conscientious objectors, 184
Dependency, 170, 174
Occupational (industrial), 129, 131,

134-135, 138
Physical unfitness, 189
Classification procedure of, 113-115, 123.

185, 189
Clerks, 69-70, 113, 123
List of (See under Local Board of serv-
ice in Appendix)
Selection of 69-70
Community honors to, 279
Composition of. 59. 61-62
Cooperation with employers, 92
Data on. 64, 320-489
Inventorv. 196
List of Illinois, 320-489
Members
Increase of, 62
List of, 320-489
Selection of, 59-63. 125. 281
Offices, 63-64
Operation of, 91-96
Organization of. 56

516

INDEX

Local Boards — Continued

Personal appearances before, 112, 114,

123, 196
Personnel, 59-62, 65-70, 320-489
Personnel in U. S., 18
Policies, 171

Public confidence maintained by, 92-95
Redistricting of, 103
Relations with
Employers, 92
Public, 92, 279
Registrants, 91-95
State Headquarters, 95
Responsibilities of. 72-73
Logan County plan, 149
Lorman. Capt. Francis W., 13, 32, 45, 290
Louis, Joe, 108
Loyola University, 216
Lucas, S/Sgt. Charles A., 45
Lucas, U. S. Senator Scott W., 19
Lyons, Leo, M., 175

xMagnesen, Maj. Charles J., 11, 13, 26, 30.

34, 48, 49, 56, 57, 75, 256, 290, 507
Maintenance of property. 48
Manhattan Engineering Project, 134
Manning, 1st. Lt. James, 16
Manning, table, 136
Manpower calls, 50. 232. 234, 318. 508
Manpower contributions, Illinois, 239
Manpower Division, 50
Maps, Selective Service

Chicago, 296

Cook Countv. 295

Illinois, 292-294
Marine Corps, 29, 55, 119, 120. 121. 178.

229, 234
Marski, Henry, 99

Martin, Maj. Peter N.. 13, 31, 34, 51, 290
Master File Division, 507
Mayes, Maj. Corwin S., 30, 36. 51. 76
Maynard, Claron, 194
McCollum, W. G., 93
McCov, Waldo J., 13, 27, 30, 34. 48. 236
McKibbin, George, 228
McMillan, Wayne, 176
McNeil, Col. Stanlev R., 10, 11, 13, 25. 29.

34, 53, 54, 57, 256, 290
McNutt, Hon. Paul V., 16
Medal for Merit, 20, 132
Medal, Selective Service

Presentation meetings, 275-278

Reproduction of, 271
Medical Advisory Boards. 18. 81-83. 207,
212

Composition of, 81

Personnel, 81. 82, 83, 493-506

Purposes of, 81

Referrals to 207

Special, 81
Medical Aspects of Selective Service, 207-

228
Medical Corps, Army, 217
Medical Division, 51

Medical examinations (See Physical exami-
nations)
Medical Field Agents, 220, 224-226
Medical Schools, 215
Medical students. 128
Medical Survey Advisor, 37. 220
Medical Survey Officer, 220
Medical survey program. 219-228
Melcher, Capt. Harry D., 13, 31, 34. 290
Members, Board (See agencies concerned)
Memoranda, Instructional, 86
Mennonite

Central Peace Conference, 186

Organization, 183
Mental unfitness, 121, 185, 189-190. 211-212.
219-220. 261 (also see text of Medical
Survey Program)
Mental Hygiene, Illinois Society for, 220
Merchant Marine, 140, 144
Midshipmen, 120
Military adjutant, 56
Military officers, 88

Senior, 56
Military service

Classification while in, 116, 119, 127, 179

General, 212

Limited, 212
Miller. Dr. J. Roscoe, 83
Milota. W. C, 194
Ministers of religion. 120, 182
Moore. Harold T. 93
Moral standards. 190
Morgan. Maj. John B.. 13, 31, 34. 54, 259,

290
Moss. Joseph L.. 176, 225
Move. Gerald, 70
Moudry. Joseph. 194
Munn. Robert F., 194
Musialek. Sgt. Stanley, 45

National Guard, 119, 120, 178

National Headquarters, 15-18

National Lottery, 103, 107. 260

National Master List, 107, 109. 260

National Service Board for Religious Ob-
jectors, 186

Navy, 29, 55, 119, 120. 121. 140. 178, 229.
232, 234

Nepotism, 70

Nesbit, Bernie F., 93

Neuropsychiatric defects, 220

Neuropsychiatry reexamination board, 82

Newspapers, 248, 253-254

517

INDEX

Newspaper Publishers Association, Chicago,

258
Niblack, Dr. Henry C, 209
Nierstheimer, Walter, 194
Noesges, Sgt. Robert, 45
Non-combatant military service, 119, 121,

169, 179, 183-188, 201
Non-deferrable occupations, 169
Non-resident aliens, 181
Northwestern University, 188, 215, 257
Norton, Dr. Frank J., 209
Notice of Classification, 112, 123-124

Reproduction of, 115
Notices

Enlistment, 234

Separation, 249

Oakes, Brig. Gen. James, Report of, 3
Objectors, Conscientious, 50, 116, 119, 121,

126-127, 169, 179, 183-188, 201
Occupational
Activity, 130

Advisor, 29, 31, 32, 36, 49, 160
Classification affidavit, 316-317
Deferments, 118-119, 128-146, 285-286,
507-508
Certification plan for, 49, 141
Policies, 129, 145

Changes in, 139
Replacement schedule plan for, 49, 135-

136
Reviews of, 139
Division, 49
Questionnaire, 134
Occupations

Critical, Bulletins on, 131
Non-deferrable, 169
Ode to Selective Service (poem), 83
Offices

Boards of Appeal, 78-79
Local Boards, 63-64
Regional Field, 17
State Headquarters, 11, 25, 53, 87
Olivet Institute, 218
O'Neil, Dr. J. H. F., 209
O'Neill, Dr. C. P., 277
Operation of

Boards of Appeal, 199-205
Local Boards, 91-96
Medical Advisory Boards, 81-83. 207
State Headquarters, 85-90, 281-282
Order to Report for Induction (Reproduc-
tion). 230
Owen. Maj. Robert H., 217

Padlev, Alex, 193

Palatine re-registration, 260

Photograph, 96
Panel Boards, Special, 74, 191-195, 488
Parker, Frank, 76
Parole, Registrants on, 191
Parolees, Data on, 194
Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, 167
Pearl Harbor attack, 229
Penalties under Selective Service law, 263
Penitentiaries, Illinois State, 193-194
Permits to leave the U. S., 197
Personal appearance before Local Board,

112, 114, 123, 196
Personnel, Selective Service

Boards of Appeal, 79, 490-492

Data on Illinois, 71

Division, 48-49

Local Boards, 59-62, 65-70, 113, 123, 320-
489

Medical Advisory Boards, 81, 82, 83, 493-
506

Military, 71, 87-88

National, 18

Special Panel Boards, 488

State Headquarters, 6, 12, 14, 38-45, 47,
87-89

Volunteer (See agency concerned)

(For policies and procedure in selec-
tion of personnel, see text under
agency concerned)
Peters, Dr. John, 209
Petersen. Dr. William F., 176
Pfister, Mrs. Mildred, 251
Pharmacists, Deferment of, 143
Physical defects, 211
Physical examinations

Data on Chicago group. 210

Data on Illinois, 213-214

Of prison inmates. 192

Rejection rates, 190

Procedure in, 207-211, 287

Transfers for, 50, 235. 268
Physical unfitness, 121, 189-190
Physicians

Examining (See Examining Phvsicians)

Deferment of. 49. 142
Piszczek, Dr. Edward A., 224
Policies

Agricultural deferment. 125, 137. 160

Local Board, 171

National Headquarters. 16

Occupational deferment. 129. 139, 145

State Headquarters. 86-87. 125
President

\ppeal to. 205

Duties of, 15
Presidential certificate of

Appreciation. 272-273

Commendation, 110. 274
Presentation meetings. Medal. 275-278
Press, Attitude of. 261

518

INDEX

Pre-theological students, 145
Printing, Emergency, 98, 101
Privation, Extreme hardship and, 173-174
Procurement and Assignment Service, 51,

142-143
Procurement of furniture, equipment and

supplies, 48, 65, 270
Pronto, Sgt. William H., 45
Property, Maintenance of, 48
Prosser, Maj. John A., 10
Psychiatric defects, 219-220
Psychiatrists, 82, 220

Public Agencies, Investigative aid by, 174
Public employes, Deferment of, 143
Public evaluation of Selective Service, 73,

261
Public Health Service, 120
Publicity releases, 253
Public relations, 253-262

Appraisal of value, 262

Division, 53

"Draft Quiz," 255-257

Newspapers in, 253-254

Problems in dependency cases, 171

Radio in, 254-257

Reactions, 261
Puckorius, Paul, 93

Quakers (Society of Friends), 183
Questionnaire

Agricultural. 148-153, 157

Occupational, 133-134

Selective Service, 108, 111, 123, 308-315
Quotas and calls, 234

Radio, 248, 254-257
Radio stations,
WBBM, 255, 257
WGN, 257
WJJD, 254-257

WAAF, WCAZ, WCBS. WCFL, WD AM,
WDWS, WDZ, WEBQ, WEDC,
WENR, WGES. WGIL, WHBF,
WIBO, WIND, WJBC, WMAQ,
WMBD, WMBI, WROK, WSBC,
WSOY, WTAD, WTAX, WTMV,
257
Ragen, Joseph, 193

Ralston, Col. Harris P., 13. 14. 25. 29, 34.
47, 49, 56, 149, 160, 256. 257. 258, 259
"Reason for Patience" (poem) , 281
Reciprocal induction agreements, 181-182
Recommendations. State Director's
Administration, 281-283
Classification

Agricultural, 284-285

Conscientious objectors, 286
Dependency, 286
General, 284
Industrial, 285-286

Educational rehabilitation, 288

Enforcement of law, 288

Governor's rehabilitation program, 288

Induction, 286

Personnel, 284
Records disposal officers, 57
Recruiting, Voluntary plan for, 10
Re-districting of Local Boards, 103
Reemployment, 241-249

Committeemen, 67, 243, 247 (Names list-
ed under Local Board of service, 320-
489)

Cook County special plan, 244

Data on law violations, 249

Division, Functions of, 243

Downstate procedure, 245

Employers' obligations under law, 242

Implementation of employment plans, 247

Local Board assistance, 245

Penalties under law, 242

Public relations viewpoint, 241

Requirements of law, 241

Restoration to position, 242

Seniority rights, 242

State cooperation, 248

State Headquarters' role in, 243
Regan, Brig. Gen. Lawrence V., vii, 10, 11,

19, 25
Regional conference of state directors, 6
Regional field office, Chicago, 17
Registrant

Change of address or status, 112

Duties of, under law, 98-99, 112

On parole, 191

Replacement of 130. 147, 155

Tallest, 100
Registrants

Delinquent, 263

Files, 114, 123

Social Services for, 175

Transportation of, 48, 236, 238, 267-268
Registrants' Advisory Boards (See Advisory

Boards for Registrants)
Registrars, How obtained, 98
Registration, 97-106

Card, Reproduction of. 97

Cards. Clearance of, 49

Certificate, Reproduction of, 102

Chicago, 64, 99-104

Cook County, 64, 99-104

Division, 49

Downstate, 98

Methods of. 98

Records, Maintenance of. 49

Special situations in. 102

Supplies, 98

Stations, 99, 101

519

INDEX

Registrations, The

1st, 98, 269

2nd, 104

3rd, 104

4th, 105

5th, 105

6th, 105

Analyses and data, 104-106

Management of, 49, 97-101
Rehabilitation program

Educational, 217, 288

Governor's, 215-216, 288
Rejection rates, Physical examination, 190
Release of farm registrants to industry, 159-

160
Rendevous plan, Cook County, 238
Rents, 268

Reopening of classification, 95
Reorganization of State Headquarters, 47
Replacement

List, 137

Of registrant, 130, 147, 155

Schedules, 49, 135-138

Summary, 136-137
Requests for discharge, 249
Reserve officers training corps, 120, 179
Resignations of Local Board Members, 96
Responsibilities of

Boards of Appeal, 78

Governor, 20-22

Local Boards, 72-73

State Director, 23-24
Review of classifications, 124, 139, 163
Ricketts, John F., 280
Rigney, John, 255
Rinder, Dr. Carl O.. 83
Rodger, Lt. Col. William A., 13, 26, 34, 48,

268, 290
Rose, A. E., 176

Ross, Dr. Robert C, 13, 27, 31, 34, 161, 162
Rusk, Dean Howard P., 27, 149
Russell, Howard L., 176

Sain, Frank, 194

Saffir, Dr. Milton A., 194

Salvation Army, 176, 178

Savings bond officers, 57

Schommer, Prof. John, 28, 34

School, Literacy, 217

Scully. Francis D., 176

Secretary of War, 229

Sedgwick, Capt. Alexander T., 11

Selectees

Attitude of, 262

Forwarding of, 236

Transportation of 238. 267-268
Selection

Imminence of, 166

Of inductees, 235

Sequence for induction, 168

Selective Service

Cost in Illinois, 267-270
Law

Enactment of, 7
Enforcement of 263-266, 288
Extension of, 146, 232
In World War I, 4
Service period under, 229
Text of, 297-307
Violations and penalties of, 263
Medal (reproduction), 271
Medical aspects of, 207-228
Objectives of, 9
Operating personnel, 267
Origin and development of, 1
Planning prior to World War II, 4
Principles, 7

Problems of operation, 86
Questionnaire, 108, 111, 123, 308-315
System

Creation of, 15

Major changes in (diagram), 122
Send-off for selectees C photo), 84
Sequence of classification consideration,

114, 123
Separation notices, 249
Sergeant, Steve S., 193
Serial and order numbering, 107-110
Serological tests, 208
Service

Appreciation of, 271-279
Choice of. 231
Credits, 234
General military, 212
Limited military, 212
Period under law. 229
Servicemen's Dependents Allowance \et.

167. 172-173
Sharp. Theodore L., 194
Sherwood, Mai. Robert B.. 13
Simon. Capt. John O., 240
Sixth Service Command. 17. 192. 224
Slight, Dr. David, 37, 220
Smith, Earl C, 62, 149
Smith, T/Sgt. Harold R., 45
Smith. Capt. Norman W.. 31. 34. 51. 54, 256
Smith. William J.. Jr.. 75
Social agencies. Investigative aid by, 174,

225-227
Social Services Advisory Board. 176
Social Services for Registrants, 87. 175-178
Society of Friends (Quakers). 183
Soldiers' and Sailors' Council, 176
"Soldier's Friend." 254
Special assignments. 56
Special Panel Boards. 71. 191-195. 488
Staff

Assignments, 47-57

Meetings. 89

Photos, 6. 12, 14, 33-37. 290

520

INDEX

Standards
Mental, 216-217
Moral, 190
Physical, 212, 215
State Director

Background of, 19
Letter to selectees, 80
Personal appearances of, 258
Recommendations of, 281-288
Responsibilities of, 23-24
State Director's Social Services Advisory

Board, 176

State directors regional conference, 6

State Headquarters

Departments, 47

Dependency investigations, 49

Divisions, 48-53

Agricultural, 50, 160-164

Dependency Classification, 49

Field, 51, 89

Finance, Procurement and Supply, 48,
87, 267-270

Legal, 52, 160

Manpower, 50

Master File, 507

Medical, 51

Occupational, 49

Personnel, 48-49

Public Relations, 53

Registration, 49

Veterans Assistance, 52, 244-245
Enlisted detachment, 45, 47
Establishment of, 25
Field staff, 89
House organ, CHATS, 258
Liaison, 28-29, 49-53, 55-56
Local Board inspections, 52, 89
Military personnel data, 71, 87-88
Obligation of funds, 48
Offices, 11, 25, 53, 87
Operation of, 85-90
Organization of, 47
Personnel

Enlisted, 45, 47

Entering armed forces, 88-89

Executive staff, 6, 12-14

Non-executive civilian compensated, 38-
44, 87
Policies of operation, 86, 125
Problems on agricultural appeals, 200
Reemployment regional meetings, 52-53
Relations with

Local Boards, 95

Other agencies, 28
Role in reemployment, 243
Special assignments, 56
Staff

Functions organized, 47-53

Meetings, 89

Officers commended (photo), 290

State of Illinois

Acknowledgments, 278
Attorney General, 85
Auditor of Public Accounts, 85
Department of
Agriculture, 154
Child Welfare, 227
Finance, 154, 228
Public Health, 208
Public Instruction, 85, 227
Public Safety, 29, 74
Public Welfare, 29, 226
Registration and Education, 29
General Assembly, 252, 278
Governor, 20-22, 215-216, 288
Public Aid Commission, 29, 174, 178, 224,

225, 227
State penitentiaries, 193-194
Training School for Boys, 194, 227
Veterans Commission, 248
State Procurement Officer, 30, 268
State Veterans Service Committee, 243, 246,

247
Stege, Capt. Earl R., 13, 32, 52, 290
Stelle, Gov. John, vii, 21, 60-61

Statement of, vi
Stillwell, Curtis (photo), 37
Strauss, Dr. Sidney, 83
Student deferment policies, 49, 145
Students

Divinitv, 120, 182
High school, 231
Medical, 128, 145
Scientific, 128, 145
Theological, 120, 145, 182
Sullivan, T. P., 75, 191
Suman, Maj. H. A., 240
Supplies, 48, 65, 270
Swanson, Col. William E., 11
Sykes, Lt. Col. Robert H., 13, 31, 34, 51, 290

Talsey, Maj. William C, 32, 34, 290
Taylor, Lt. Col. Harry W., 13, 31, 34, 54,

259, 290
Tedford, Burnet Robert, 106
Ten Commandments — wartime style, 96
"Ten Little Registrants" (poem), 118
Tenczar, Dr. John F., 209
Theological students, 120, 145, 182
Thomas, Maj. Wilbur A., 31, 34, 290
Thomason, R. D., 93
Timken, E. O., 93
Transfers for

Classification, 52, 114, 508-509

Induction, 50, 235, 268

Physical examination, 50, 235, 268

521

INDEX

Transportation

Of registrants, 48, 236, 238, 267-268
Of Selective Service personnel, 48
Special problems in, 238

Tribune, Chicago, 254, 296

Tuesberg, L. W., 194

"Tunisian Sand" (poem), 24

Turnbull, Capt. Robert J., 13, 32, 274, 290

Tydings amendment, 130, 155-156, 158-159,
507

United Charities of Chicago, 176, 178
United States

Bureau of Naturalization and Immigra-
tion, 28
Civil Service Commission, 29, 49, 69
Coast Guard Academy, 120
Commission on Education, 217
Department of Agriculture war boards,

29, 62, 154-155, 162
Department of Justice, 28, 185
District Attorney, 28, 185, 244, 249, 263-

264, 266
Employment Service, 13, 133, 245, 247
Military Academy, 120
Naval Academy, 120
Office of Scientific Research and Devel-
opment, 188
Selective Service personnel in, 18
Veterans Administration, 247
War Manpower Commission, 16. 29, 133,

135, 142, 245
War Production Board, 17
War Shipping Administration, 144
Utilities, 268

Vermilion County plan, 159-160
Veterans information centers, 247
Veterans Service Committee

County, 243, 247

State, 243, 246, 247
Veterinarians, Deferment of, 49, 142
Volunteers for induction, 112

Volunteer personnel (See agency con-
cerned)
Vote

Board of Appeal, 200, 205

Local Board, 114, 123, 509

Wade, Maj. Howard G., 25, 29, 36, 54, 256

Wadlow, Robert, 100

Wakefield, Dr. Howard, 83

Walter, Maj. Henry C, 240

War between States, Draft law during, 2

War boards, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 29,

62, 154-155, 162
War Manpower Commission, 16, 29, 133,

135, 142, 245
War of Independence, Military operations

in, 1
War Shipping Administration, 144
War unit plan, Agricultural, 152-153, 156-

157
Warfel, Maj. Lloyd W., 31, 36, 54, 256, 259
Weinberg, Phillip, 279
Welfare Administration, Chicago, 175-176,

224
Wells, Dr. Robert J., 143
Wendel, William F., 279
Wetenhall, Capt. Benj. R., 32, 37, 290
Wetmore, Frances K., 219
Whipp, Col. Frank D., 75, 191
Wife, Definition of. 165
Willard, Paul, 252
Womanpower, Hiring of, 135
Women, Illinois, in service. 239
Woodward, Maj. Robert M., 10, 11
Work of national importance, 186-188
World War I, Selective Service in, 4

Young, Mary A., 176

Zoch, M/Sgt. James E. Zoeh, 45

522

NOTES

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