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RY file No. 25-40294 Letter dated January 5, 1944 from the Local Board to the Chairman of Appeal ~— Board 11, sets forth in detail pertinent portions of subject's Selactive Service . Biatory and is reported herewith: ee . 4n sppeal having been file Pirector o : elective Service, un © provisions of Paragrmmh £ , . _— ; ective Service Megulations fron the determina of the Loca) Board a: p me rermit of Local Board for Hae! at to Dene om the United States (DSS Form 351) you will find enclosed herewith registrant's Somplete file for your consideration, , el In order, however, that you may be in a positien to properly evaluate the decision of this Locel Board im refusing to grant such ~ permit ve deem it advisable to sutmit the following facts for your - attention: 3 Several of the selectees of this Board who accompanied the registrant during bie processing at the Induction Station on Octebder 30, 1943 reported back to the Local Board that the registrant created a disturbance at thelnduction Station, picked an argument with some ef the . Goctors there, and generally by his own conduct impressed upon others t he vas reluctan Arned Forces. bd These reports have been consistent with the impression of the Local Board Members, based upon his record, his personal contact with them and all the other facts and circumstances in the case, that the registrant was very reluctant to serve his country in the same way as every other American zea who is subject to Selective Service. « 7 About the middle « ber 1943 the registrant sought | and obtained a private audience with Dr, an, 6 local Board, on the groun @ was c @ physical ailment which he 414 not want anyone to know about, and which he claimed would disqualify hin at the Induction Station and will shorten his life materially. He requested a Pre-Induction Physical Examination which was arranged for him. At this Pre-Induction Rramination given hin at the Induction Station on September 27, 1943, he presented his evidence ef this condition consisting of doctor's certificates and x-rays, but the ete Local Board was advised that he was found acceptable and had he been ~ { . ordered for induction on that day, he would have been swera inte the service, Then, a Notice of Induction fer October 20, 1943, was duly ~ mailed him on October 18, 1943, The induction was on a Saturday and the ; Local Board did not get the results until the following Thursday. But wang in the meantine, the presse and radic were full ef reports that he was nee rejected for a back condition and had been kept as a Medical Holdover at Governor's Island for three days to check on that cendition. ‘The “10- Jara