Selective Service System Information
Chemical & Engineering News · 1942
The attention of local boards is again invited to the necessity of seriously considering for deferment students in certain specialized professional fields in which dangerously low levels of manpower are found to exist. This memorandum is in addition to and does not rescind those previously issued which apply to students in other critical fields. Subsequent to the declaration of war, local selective service agencies have in many instances proceeded to classify registrants without regard to the fact that they are in training or preparation for activities, the maintenance of which is essential to the national health, safety, or interest, and war production. This is particularly true in cases of engineering, chemical, physics, medical, and dental students. Admittedly there is an overlapping of the military andcivilian requirements of a nation at war; however, it must be borne in mind the one is dependent upon the other. It is estimated that the expanding Army will eventually ...