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£nd Jhs A chanfe from the current Selective Service quota system is being •advocated in a number leading newspapers and other influential periodicals to overcome the present inequality caused by the system. In an editorial on the subject, the Philadelphia Inquirer recently pointed out that drafting men by local board quotas rather than by classes is unjust and inequitable. It is causing confusion, uncertainty and worry to draftees and their families. Said the Inquirer. “The board quota system is absurd on its face. A board gets an order to supply so many men by a certain date. Theoretically this is related to be number of 1-A men on its list reported thirty to sixty days before. It is admitted that this is ‘roughly’ approximated. “ ‘Roughly’ is right. If the board runs out of 1-A men it doesn’t toss the requisition back and report a deficit. It has to fill that quota, whether or no. And it proceeds to reclassify enough men to do so. “As a result men with a certain degree of dependency are being taken by some draft boards. More soon will be taken in spite of ‘directives’ and ‘clarifications’—which don’t clarify—issued by Washington. “And all the time other draft boards have more 1-A men than they need.” That situation is brought clearly into focus in southern Cape May County, where,' because of a comparatively small population, the number of 1-A eligibles is considerably smaller than in other larger sections. As a result, the number of mpn available for immediate induction into the army in'this area is growing very low, and re-classifications will be necessary to meet future quotas, while in some other sections, the first group of 1-A registrants has not nearly been exhausted. Such a situation is distinctly unfair. It is a penalty imposed, upon, men for living in smaller communities. Senator Robert A. Taft, of Ohio, several weeks ago urged a system of state quotas. Under it all 1-A men woulld be called up from draft boards which had them before any others would be drafted. That seems to be a logical solution to the problem. It would certainly place all residents of every state on an equal basis and would not penalize residents of smaller communities. Certainly the army doesn't care whether a soldier comes from Jersey or South Cape May. With the same training and the same opportunities, he can do as much to win the war regardless of his home town’s size. With increasingly heavy demands for selectees and with the list of 1-A men rapidly dwindling in many small areas, it is time for Congress to amend the Selective Service act to Overcome this glaring inequality. The result would be soldiers in better physical condition than those who have been re-classified after having been deferred because of some minor ailment. Fewer families would be broken up if boards were not forced to re-classify men with dependents to fill quotas \frhich otherwise could be filled. There would be a greater degree of certainty for registrants, and they would be able to make plans which now cannot be made because of the ever-present fear of being re-classified and inducted despite Washington’s directives and assurances to the contrary. It is a serious problem upon which Congress should act . . . NOW.

(bis you ?{£lpmc^? Cape May made an excellent record in the purchase of war bonds during the one-month period from June 23 to July 23, according to a committee report made public last week. Total bond purchases for the period amounted to nearly $62,000, an amount in. excess of the total sales for the entire period from January 1 to June 23. One of the principal reasons for such an outstanding record of bond purchases is the fa# that all bonds bought by Navy and Army personnel stationed in this area are credited to Cape May. That plus the fact that many of the contractors and men employed on the various war projects in this immediate locality make sizeable bond purchases regularly brings Cape May's total far in excess of what it would normally be. Highly gratified by the eusrent bond sale figures, obtained from the Merchants National Bank and the Cape May postoffice, the committee and city officials last Week issued a statement urging local citizens to increase their purchases of war bonds and stamps to the maximum of their ability. As America enters its ninth month of war, it is increasingly important, increasingly necessary for the all-out purchase of war bonds and stamps, not jqst occasionally, but regularly, systematically. This war in which we are engaged is a deadly serious business, a fact which many refuse to realize until they are directly affected. It is not a war whose purpose can be forgotten even before it has ended. It is a battle to the death for self-preservation. Today our boys on the far-flung battlefields are not fighting for an ideal. They arc fighting and dying to save us . . . all of us . . . from death or a fate worse than death at the hands of the ruthless dictators. The boys on the front lines are not holding back . . . They are giving their all for us. It is up to us ...- every one of us ... to do our share by lending the government sufficient money to finance our fighting men. We can ur that by purchasing war bonds and at the same time realize sufficient interest on our loans to make them attractive investments. True, Cape May's bond drive is over the top, over the quota assigned by state headquarters. But it will not reach its maximum until every one of us has invested as much as we possibly can afford in war bonds to back up our soldiers and sailors. Are YOU buying bonds regularly ?

(jcUiskAAWAA Qouma LOuldsi Cape May County's 1942 automobile accident fatalities have more than doubled those of the first half of 1941;'according to a report made last week by Motor Vehicle Commissioner Arthur W. Magee. This serious situation has occurred despite the fact that automobile traffic has been sharply curtailed, particularly during recent months. With peak automobile traffic gone for the duration, traffic congestion, formerly one of the roost prolific causes of accidents, is rapidly dwindling. Eight lives were taken by automobile accidents in Cape May County during the first six months of this year. Their loss is irreplacable. Untold injury and suffering have been caused by automobile accidents in this county in that comparatively short peroid. 'Thousands of dollars worth of damage has been d^pe-fi^proferty as a result of these accidents. The total loss is appalling. It is emphasized by the fact that America today is considering seriously the importance of conservation of all its resources. To think of the waste of life, health and property thousands of times greater than that in Cape May County, gives an estimate of the national accident toll which staggers the imagination. Every automobile driver and every pedestrian should pledge himself anew to exercise the greatest caution to prevent accidents which are robbing America of valuable resources at a time when it needs all

Rationing Appeal Procedure Given NEWARK — Appeal procedure for the guidance of persons whose gasoline applications receive adverse decisions from War Price and Rationing Boards was outlined this week by OPA headquar-

Adverse decisions, OPA advised, may be appealed to the state director of the Office of Price Administration within 30 days. The appeal in writing setting forth the applicant’s objections to the decision and the grounds for the appeal must not be sent directly to the state director, it was

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AT YOUR JERSEY CENTRAL OFFICE For years we have tried to build*up one of the best sales organizations going, in order to bring people the advantages of “Better Living” through modern gas and electric appliances. While we still have enthusiasm and belief in appliances which we are now serving, and in the future will serve, to make living easier and more convenient, we know with deep conviction that today there is only one thing which will insure our way of life, and that is winning this war. So we would like to join our efforts with others in doing one of the most important selling jobs in the world today,—selling BONDS FOR VICTORY. We are glad to an □ounce that you can now buy BONDS at any of our offices through the saleslady on the show room floor. We urge you to buy War Bonds today, and plan for that completely modern, up to-the minute home / when the war is over. JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY + THERE IS ONE STAR FOR EACH If * w *OP OUR MEN IN THE SERVICES *

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