Coral Gables Riviera

PAGE 8 THE CORAL GABLES RIVIERA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1942

New Procedure For Draftees Allows Send-Offs

Parades and other patriotic "send-off" demonstrations by the neighbors of men inducted into the Army through selective service now can be planned with certainty because of a new induction procedure arranged by the War Department and the Selective Service System, it was announced today by Brigadier-General Vilian Collins, State Director of Selective Service. The new procedure, which becomes operative June 15, assures a two-week furlough, at Government expense, for every selectee who is accepted by the Army, the General pointed out, and sets a date for each group to report back to its selective service local board headquarters for transportation to an Army reception center. This date, the General emphasized, is the one for which local demonstrations should be planned. He said: "Since all of the men assembling at the local board office after a furlough period have been accepted for military service and ordered to active duty, none will be faced with the embarrassment of returning home as rejected following such ceremonies. The local communities also can make their plans for these 'going away' demonstrations with definite knowledge that the men are going into active service, which was not possible under the former procedure when group departures of selectees were for the purpose of induction depending upon passing the Army physical examination." Replaces Present System The new arrangement replaces the present system of granting inductees ten-day furloughs upon request and is expected to eliminate any injustices which might occur to men inducted immediately following physical examination by the Army, the General said, although every attempt has been made to grant ten-day furloughs upon request, he declared, there have been some instances when such requests were denied and in other cases inductees were unable to pay their transportation to return home. As the new system calls for the immediate release of all men who wish to go home and payment of the costs of their travel by the Army, the General asserted there would be no discrimination against any inductee. He said: Army to Pay "The Army will furnish transportation, meals and lodging of such reservist enroute to the city in which the local board is located and from that point to the reception center. "There will be no change in the present procedure for delivery of registrants to the induction station by the local board or for the return of the rejected men to the local board area from the induction station. Inducted men who do not desire to return to their homes will be forwarded direct from the induction station to the reception center. "In case of inducted men who do desire to return to their homes, the following procedure will be followed at the induction station: "(a) The inducted man will be transferred immediately to the enlisted Reserve Corps and will be given an order to proceed to proceed on that date from the city in which the local is located. "(b) At the same time an order will be issued recalling him to active service on a certain date and ordering him to proceed on that date from the city in which the local board is located to a designated reception center for duty. The normal period between transfer to the enlisted Reserve Corps and recall to active service will be fourteen days. This period may be extended or shortened by not to exceed two days in order to meet processing schedules at reception centers, or to prevent Sunday travel." Injustice Eliminated Discussing the elimination of injustices, General Collins said: "Many of the disadvantages of the present system will be eliminated in the new procedure. Every man who wishes to return to his home will be given the opportunity to do so without being required to establish his reasons for returning. Investigation and recommendation by the local board is no longer necessary. Reservists are required to report for service at the induction station instead of the reception center. They travel at Government expense to their home groups under an appointed leader." No More Delay Another feature of the present system which will be eliminated by the new procedure, the General said, will be possible delay between the time a man is inducted and the time he is granted a furlough. Under the new procedure, the transfer to the enlisted Reserve Corps will occur on the same day that the man is inducted and there is no likelihood that he will have to wait two to five days before he can return to home as sometimes happens under the present system. Local boards will co-operate with the armed forces in every possible way by providing a place of assembly for the departing reservists by arranging transportation facilities and by taking care of other necessary details such as advising the commanding officer of the reception center of the route and time of departure of groups of reservists and the number of men in contingents, the General said.

Chamber of Commerce Urges Increased Bus Facilities

(Continued from Page 1) thing can be worked out. Persian Limes Recently Harold Kendal of Goulds advised the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce that seedless Persian lime growers in South Dade County would harvest a 300,000 bushel crop this year, which would be about 50,000 bushels more than last year, and asked that the chamber encourage the use of limes locally instead of California lemons. This increase of lime consumption locally would release railroad cars carrying California lemons for war purposes and money made by local growers would be spent here at home. Following out the suggestion, the chamber secured a broadcast over both WQAM and WIOD, resulting in much favorable publicity for the area, which is born out by the following letter received from Irvin C. Kroner of Howard, Florida: "I want to thank you for the nice talk given by Ellis Hollums over WQAM Friday evening on Persian limes. I purchased one year ago a 40-acre grove after being retired for five years, to go back to work and give other people work here. "It is very gratifying to receive such a nice boost on a Dade County product and know it will help all of us in Dade County. "I am passing this good news along to our broker and all of his customers and know they feel the same as I do. "Again I wish to thank you for this co-operation." Signed Irvin C. Kroner, Howard, Florida. Mr. Kroner further added a postscript, saying, "Most of my shopping is done in Coral Gables, which is a modern, up-to-date city." British Chambers The question has been asked, "What effect will the war have on chambers of commerce?" and this has been answered by a letter from the British Empire Chamber of Commerce, which says in part: "Memberships in the principal chambers, such as London, Manchester, Glasgow, Nottingham, etc., have not fallen off, but in all cases have increased. In one particular chamber, the membership dues were increased, with no decrease showing in the number of members. "We find that in general chambers of commerce in Great Britain have become the centers of commercial life in the cities and districts; also that the government has looked to chambers of commerce as clearing houses to disseminate information and advice upon the issues which arise effecting trades and industries. "Circumstances have forced chambers of commerce to meet the needs of the times, and we find them also considering the many problems which will have to be faced in the post-war world, for example, post-war planning, rehabilitation and reconstruction."

Mark Sullivan's Column

Continued from Page Six those pipe lines is the same raw material we need desperately for ships. When we get about producing synthetic rubber in quantity, we make a draft on the same manpower that we need for ships. Beneath everything are two conditions. One is the magnitude of the war—by any tenable view we will need every possible exertion of manpower and resources. The other is the duration of war—there is now not in sight any evidence from which we can assume anything other than a prolonged war. If we saw our condition clearly we would realize we are in the position in which, in the gambling phrase, the only way is to "throw everything on the red." (Copyright, 1942, New York Tribune, Inc.)