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Considering The Sign-Up For Uncle Sam Uncle Sam wants YOU! If you're a young man whose birth year is 1960 or 1961 — starting next week you must register for Selective Service. How docs that make you feel: Angry l>ecause your government is infringing upon vour freedom and liberty? Humbled because Uncle Sam is calling upon you? Ambivalent because you don't know what it all means? IF TIIK LAXTER IS YOUR EMOTION, read today's paper (both the front page story and the more detailed question and answer article on this page). What it means is that your country is asking you (requiring is more correct) to report to the nearest post office to let Uncle Sam know you are out there. You are not being drafted. The registration process is merely a counting of heads. The end result will be a list of young male citizens — most able bodied, some physically unfit, others unwilling YOUR GOVERNMENT — OUR GOVERNMENT - isn’t asking you to serve at this point That's a different question; hopefully one that won't have to be asked during your prime. Either way, however,. it’s an uncertain future you're being asked to participate in. That's life That's a truism. And all you should do is: One, sign up if you apply; and, two try to change things for the belter — especially if you apply, but even if you don't. His Passing Leaves a Void Those who watch the TV show M’A'S'H might be familiar with the term “triage," meaning to separate the seriously wounded into three groups: Those who are beyond the pale; those whose injuries aren’t that severe; and those — the remainder — Who require immediate medical attention. Today, it seems, most family physicians treat under a process that might best be called “diage." It’s the belief on the part of the physician that his or her patients fall into two groups: Those who aren't so sick as to preclude their coming to the doctor's office; and those, the rest, who are ill enough to require hospitalization. DR. HAROLD F. HUGHES, 67, Of Cape May, died Saturday. Almost until his death, he practiced a brand of family medicine that wasn't so rationalized as to preclude house calls. He knew there were times and circumstances when it would be more prudent for the doctor to come to the patient than vice versa. That's not to say it wouldn't have been more profitable for him to demand OVs instead of bouse calls of his patients. But Dr. Hughes wasn't oi the school of medicine that tosses economics and health into the cost effectiveness funnel in order to come up with a most economically feasible solution. DR. HUGHES PRACTICED THE ART of medicine; not the science of health care. There was a healing power in his bedside manner that is absent in the assemblyline process of so-called modern medicine. Dr. Hughes was an artist who will be sorely missed.

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The HeraM and The Lantern the SOVEREIGN STATE of AFFAIRS

Wednesday, July 16, I960 DAVID BOYD

It’s Not the Draft

Selective Service Registration Q & A

Editor's Note — On July 2. President Carter signed a p/oclamation requiring the Selective Service registration of men born in the years IHO and 1HI. The proclamation followed Congressional approval of a request for funds to revitalize the Selective Service

System.

In the President's 1980 State of the Union Address, he expressed the hope that it wouldn't become necessary to impose a military draft, but that the United States must “begin registration and then meet future mobilization needs rapidly if they arise." Registration it merely the collection of names and addresses of people who might be called to serve in the event of an emergency. No physical examinations, no classifications, and no inductions are involved in the simple registration process No one is being drafted for military service at the present time. Q. When will registration begin? A. This year's registration profp-am will take place during the two-week period beginning on Monday, July 21. and concluding on Saturday, August 2. Q. Who must register in IWO? A. All men bom in the years 1960 and 1961 must

register.

Q. Where will the registration take place? A. At each of the 34,000 post offices in the country duringlheir normal business hours. Q. Are there special times during the two-week period when individuals must register? A. Yes. Men bom in 1960 should register during the first week. Those bom in 1961 should register during the second week. In addition, specific days of each week, have been assigned for registering individuals depending upon the month in which they were bom, in order to avoid long lines at post offices. Men bom in January, February or March should register on Monday. Men with birthdays in April, May or June should register on Tuesday. Those with July, August or September birthdays should register on Wednesday. And men bom during October, November or December should register on Thursday. Friday (all day) and Saturday morning are make-up times for those who cannot register on the day indicated by their birth dates. Q. Give me an example. When would I be required to register if my birthday happened to be Aug. 22, INI? A. Your registration day would be Wednesday, July 30. If for some reason you were unable to register on that day, then Friday, Aug 1 or Saturday morning, Aug. 2 would be your make-up day. You will not be turned away if you appear on another day, however. Q. What if I am IS years old now but will turn 19 years old in the fall? Should I wait until my birthday to

register?

A. You should register this summer along with everyone else who was bom in 1960 and 1961. Your year of birth is the determining factor, not your age when registration takes place. Q. When will other young men be registering? A. Beginning in January, 1961 men bom in 1962 will register. Thereafter, men will register when they 18 years of age. Q. What is involved in registration? A. The registrant simple reports to any postal clerk and requests the brief registration form. He then cofnpletes the form with the required information at the post office and returns the form to any postal clerk. the clerk checks the form to ensure that it has been filled out legibly and completely and returns it to the registrant to be signed and dated. The postal clerk then checks some standard form of identification such as a driver's license, validates the form with the cancellation stamp of the post office, and the registration process is complete. Q. What information is required on the form? A. The form requires only: the registrant's name, permanent and current address, telephone number, social security number, and date of birth, Q. What happens next? A. The information is forwarded to the Selective Service System and placed in computers. Approximately 90 days after registering each registrant is mailed an acknowledgment letter which includes the information entered into the computer. If the information is inaccurate, the correct information should be recorded on an enclosed change of information form and mailed to the Selective Service System. Q. Will draft cards be issued?

document a registrant will receive indicating that he is

registered.

Q. What are the penalties for not registering? A. A non-registrant could face a fine of up to $10,000, imprisonment of up to five years, or both. Q. Can an Individual who te required to register send someone else to register for him? A. No. Each individual must register in person. Q. Can registration forms be picked up at the post office and mailed back later? A. No. Registration must take place at the post office. Q. What about men living abroad or traveling overseas? A. They are required to register at the nearest U.S. Consulate or Embassy. Q. Are any men born in 19M or INI not required to

register?

A. The only persons not required to register are members of the active armed forces, cadets or midshipmen at the service academies, and nonimmigrant aliens (for example, members of diplomatic or trade missions and those on student or visitor visas). Q. Are military reservists or members of the National Guard required to register? • -' V. : A. Yes, if they were bom in 1960 or 1961 and are not on active duty. Q. It is unlikely that disabled or handicapped individuals would be drafted into military service. Are they required to register? A. Yes. An individual's physical condition has no bearing on the requirement to register. Those confined to institutions are required to register upon release from confinement. Q. Must members of a religious order register? What about ministers? A. Yes. All must register if they were bom in 1960 or 1961. Q. Undoubtedly, some individuals — because of Illness or hardship — will be unable to register on their appointed day. What will happen to them? A. Nothing, if they fulfill their responsibility t» register os soon as they are able. Registration materihls will be available at the post offices continuously. Q. What provisions are being made for those who wish to register as conscientious objectors? A. The determination of a registrant's classification is made by members of his local draft boar 1 Because the local boards are not in an active status at this time, no classifications of any type are being issued to registrants. Therefore, those who consider themselves conscientious objectors are required to register. If' they so wish, they may write “CO” on their registration forms. Such action will not invalidate the registrations nor will it confer conscientious objector status on the individuals. Q. If the draft boards are not operating at this time, will other classifications such as physical or* hardship deferments be offered? (Pagi 39 Please)

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