The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, also known as the Burke–Wadsworth Act, Pub. L. 76–783, 54 Stat. 885, enacted September 16, 1940,[1] was the first peacetime conscription in United States history. This Selective Service Act required that men who had reached their 21st birthday but had not yet reached their 36th birthday register with local draft boards. Later, when the U.S. entered World War II, all men from their 18th birthday until the day before their 45th birthday were made subject to military service, and all men from their 18th birthday until the day before their 65th birthday were required to register.[2]
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940
Other short titles
Burke-Wadsworth Selective Training and Service Act
Selective Service Act of 1940
Long title
An Act to provide for the common defense by increasing the personnel of the armed forces of the United States and providing for its training.
Passed the House on September 7, 1940 (263–149, in lieu of H.R. 10132)
Reported by the joint conference committee on September 14, 1940; agreed to by the House on September 14, 1940 (233–124) and by the Senate on September 14, 1940 (47–25)
The first peacetime conscription in the United States, the act required all American men between the ages of 21 and 36 to register for the draft. Draftees were selected by national lottery. If drafted, a man served on active duty for 12 months, and then in a reserve component for 10 years or until he reached the age of 45, whichever came first. Inductees had to remain in the Western Hemisphere or in United States possessions or territories located in other parts of the world. The act provided that not more than 900,000 men were to be in training at any one time.
Nothing contained in this Act shall be constructed to require any person to be subject to combatant training and service in the land and naval forces of the United States who, by reason of religious training and belief, is conscientiously opposed to participation in war in any form.
Any such person claiming such exemption from combatant training and service because of such conscientious objections whose claim is sustained by the local draft board shall, if he is inducted into the land or naval forces under this Act, be assigned to noncombatant service as defined by the President, or shall if he is found to be conscientiously opposed to participation in such noncombatant service, in lieu of such induction, be assigned to work of national importance under civilian direction.
World War II draft
The draft began in October 1940, with the first men entering military service on November 18. By the early summer of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked the U.S. Congress to extend the term of duty for the draftees beyond twelve months to a total of thirty months, plus any additional time that he might deem necessary for national security. On August 12, the United States House of Representatives approved the extension by a single vote;[4] Roosevelt's former Secretary of WarHarry Woodring was among those opposed, writing to Senator Arthur Vandenberg that voluntary enlistment had not been fully tried.[5] As Under Secretary of the ArmyKarl R. Bendetsen said in an oral history interview, "Mr. Rayburn banged the gavel at a critical moment and declared the Bill had passed."[6] The Senate approved it by a wider margin, and Roosevelt signed the Service Extension Act of 1941 into law on August 18.
Many of the soldiers drafted in October 1940 threatened to leave the service once the original twelve-month obligation ended. Many of these men painted the letters "O H I O" on the walls of their barracks in protest.[7] These letters were an acronym for "Over the hill in October", which meant that the men intended to leave upon the end of their twelve months of duty. Desertions did occur, but they were not widespread. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, millions of American men entered the United States military's ranks both by volunteering and by conscription.
After the United States entered World War II, amendments to the Selective Training and Service Act on December 20, 1941, made all men between the ages of 20 and 44 liable for military service, and required all men between the ages of 18 and 64 to register. The terminal point of service was extended to the duration of the conflict plus six months. Another amendment, signed on November 13, 1942, made the registered 18- and 19-year-olds liable for military service. From October 1940 until March 1947, when the wartime Selective Training and Service Act expired after extensions by Congress, over 10,000,000 men were inducted.
Draft classifications
Class I: Available for military service
Class
Description
Date established
Date abolished
I-A
Nominally available for military service.
10-4-40
3-31-47
I-A (B)
Nominally available for limited military service, but below standards for general military service.
5-26-45
11-27-46
I-A (H)
Nominally available for military service, age 38 to 44 inclusive.
3-6-43
10-5-44
I-A (L)
Nominally available for limited military service.
7-15-43
10-5-44
I-A, Remediable
Nominally available for military service after correction of defects.
Nominally available for limited military service, but below standards for general military service (conscientious objector and applicable to ages 18 to 25 only).
5-26-45
11-27-46
I-A-O (H)
Nominally available for noncombatant military service, age 38 to 44 inclusive.
3-6-43
10-5-44
I-A-O (L)
Nominally available for noncombatant limited military service (conscientious objector).
7-15-43
10-5-44
I-A-O, Remediable
Nominally available for noncombatant military service after correction of defects (conscientious objector).
2-26-42
8-18-42
I-B
Nominally available for limited military service.
10-4-40
8-18-42
I-B, Remediable
Nominally available for limited military service after correction of defects.
10-4-40
8-18-42
I-B-O
Conscientious objector nominally available for limited noncombatant military service.
10-4-40
8-18-42
I-B-O, Remediable
Nominally available for limited noncombatant military service after correction of defects.
10-4-40
8-18-42
I-C, Inducted
Inducted member of armed forces.
10-4-40
3-31-47
I-C, Enlisted
Enlisted member of armed forces.
10-4-40
3-31-47
I-C, Discharged
Discharged (honorably) from the armed forces.
10-5-44
3-31-47
I-C Deceased
Deceased while in Class I-C.
4-21-44
3-31-47
I-C (H)
Enlisted or inducted member of armed forces, age 38 to 44 inclusive.
3-6-44
3-31-47
I-D
Deferred student, nominally available for general military service and available not later than July 1, 1941.
10-4-40
8-31-41
I-D-O
Deferred student, nominally available for general noncombatant military service.
10-4-40
8-31-41
I-E
Deferred student, nominally available for limited military service and available not later than July 1, 1941.
10-4-40
8-31-41
I-E-O
Deferred student, nominally available for limited noncombatant military service.
10-4-40
8-31-41
I-G
Member of or honorably separated from armed forces of cobelligerent nation, later extended to include registrants separated from American Field Service or Merchant Marine and persons interned by an enemy nation.
5-23-45
3-31-47
I-H
Deferred, aged 28 and over (men who had attained the 28th anniversary of the date of their birth on or before July 1, 1941, or on the 1st day of July of any subsequent year, and were therefore, not acceptable to the armed forces).
8-31-41
11-18-42
Class II: Deferred because of occupation
Class
Description
Date established
Date abolished
II-A
Deferred in support of national health, safety, or interest (merged into Class II-B effective 8-31-45).
10-4-40
8-31-45
II-A (F)
II-A previously rejected for military service.
4-21-44
11-27-46
II-A (H)
Deferred in support of national health, safety, or interest, age 38 to 44 inclusive.
3-6-43
10-5-44
II-A (L)
II-A previously found qualified for limited military service
4-21-44
2-15-46
II-B
Deferred in war production.
10-4-40
3-31-47
II-B (F)
II-B previously rejected for military service.
4-21-44
8-31-45
II-B (H)
Deferred in war production, age 38 to 44 inclusive.
3-6-43
10-5-44
II-B (L)
II-B previously found qualified for limited military service.
4-21-44
8-31-45
II-C
Deferred in agriculture.
11-18-42
3-31-47
II-C (F)
II-C previously rejected for military service.
4-21-44
11-27-46
II-C (H)
Deferred in agriculture, age 38 to 44 inclusive.
3-6-43
10-5-44
II-C (L)
II-C previously found qualified for limited military service.
4-21-44
2-15-46
Class III: Deferred because of dependency
Class
Description
Date established
Date abolished
III-A
Deferred for dependency reasons (re-established 11-15-45).
10-4-40
12-11-43
III-A (H)
Deferred for dependency reasons. age 38 to 44 inclusive.
3-6-43
12-11-43
III-B
Deferred both by reason of dependency and occupation essential to the war effort.
4-23-42
4-12-43
III-B (H)
Deferred both by reason of dependency and occupation essential to the war effort, age 38 to 44 inclusive.
3-6-43
4-12-43
III-C
Deferred both by reason of dependency and by agricultural occupation.
11-18-42
2-17-44
III-C (H)
Deferred both by reason of dependency and by agricultural occupation, age 38 to 44 inclusive.
3-6-43
10-5-44
III-D
Deferred by reason of extreme hardship and privation to wife, child, or parent.
4-12-43
3-31-47
III-D (H)
Deferred by reason of extreme hardship and privation to wife, child, or parent, age 38 to 44 inclusive.
4-12-43
10-5-44
Class IV: Unacceptable for military service
Class
Description
Date established
Date abolished
IV-A
Man who had completed service. This classification was applicable in time of peace only, and on 12-11-41, local boards were ordered to reclassify all men in this class.
10-4-40
11-18-42
IV-A
A reappearance of the old IV-A, this time for men deferred by reason of age. From 11-18-42 to 10-5-44, men 45 and older were classified in Class IV-A. From 1-1-43, men 38 to 44 years old were classified in Class IV-H. The latter class was eliminated on 3-6-43 with the introduction of the "(H)" identifier. On 10-5-44, the "(H)" identifier was eliminated, except for men already in the armed forces, and those men so classified were ordered reclassified into Class IV-A. On 7-6-45, the regulations governing Class IV-A were simplified to include all men 38 and older.
11-18-42
3-31-47
IV-B
Public official deferred by law.
10-4-40
3-31-47
IV-B (H)
Public official deferred by law, age 38 to 44 inclusive,
3-6-43
10-5-44
IV-C
Any alien.
10-4-40
12-24-41
IV-C
Reconstructed for enemy alien not acceptable to armed forces and certain neutral aliens.
12-4-41
3-31-47
IV-C
Any registrant, whether a national of the United States or an alien who because of his nationality or ancestry was within a class of persons not acceptable to armed forces or to Director of Selective Service for work of national importance.
10-4-40
3-31-47
IV-C (H)
Any registrant, whether a national of the United States or an alien who because of his nationality or ancestry was within a class of persons not acceptable to armed forces or to Director of Selective Service for work of national importance, age 38 to 44 inclusive.
3-6-43
10-5-44
IV-D
Minister of religion or divinity student.
10-4-40
3-31-47
IV-D (H)
Minister of religion or divinity student, age 38 to 44 inclusive.
3-6-43
10-5-44
IV-E
Conscientious objector, available for or assigned to civilian work of national importance.
10-4-40
3-31-47
IV-E (B)
Conscientious objector, under 26 years of age, acceptable under lowered physical standards for work of national importance.
5-26-45
11-27-46
IV-E, Deceased
Deceased while in Class IV-E.
4-21-44
3-31-47
IV-E, Discharged
Conscientious objector separated from work of national importance by issuance of a Certificate of Release.
11-4-44
3-31-47
IV-E-H
Conscientious objector, deferred by reason of being 28 and over.
8-31-41
11-19-42
IV-E (H)
Conscientious objector, available for or assigned to civilian work of national importance, age 38 to 44 inclusive.
3-6-43
10-5-44
IV-E (L)
Conscientious objector qualified for limited service.
7-6-44
10-5-44
IV-E-LS
Conscientious objector available for limited service in civilian work of national importance.
8-31-41
8-18-42
IV-E-S
Conscientious objector who would otherwise be in Class I-D or I-E.
10-4-40
8-31-41
IV-E, Separated
Conscientious objector separated from work of national importance other than by issuance of a Certificate of Release.
4-21-44
3-31-47
IV-F
Rejected for military service, physical, mental, or moral reasons.
10-4-40
3-31-47
IV-F (H)
Rejected for military service, physical, mental, or moral reasons, and age 38 to 44 inclusive.
3-6-43
10-5-44
IV-H
Deferred, age 38 to 44 inclusive.
1-1-43
3-6-43
Pardons
In 1947, President Harry S. Truman gave a full pardon to 1,523 people convicted of violating the Act.[8]
^232–124 in the House, with 186 Democrats and 46 Republicans in favor, 32 Democrats, 88 Republicans, and 4 others against. 47–25 in the Senate, with 40 Democrats and 7 Republicans in favor, 13 Democrats, 10 Republicans, and 2 others against. "Final Roll-Calls on Draft Bill", The New York Times, September 15, 1940
^United States v. Groupp, 459 F.2d 178, at para 4 (1st Cir. 26 April 1972).
^Keim, Albert N. (1990). The CPS Story. Good Books. p. 24. ISBN1-56148-002-9.
^203–202, with 182 Democrats and 21 Republicans in favor, 65 Democrats, 133 Republicans, and four others against. "House Vote on Draft Bill", The New York Times, August 13, 1941
^"F.D.R. Favors Conscription But Woodring Is Opposed". St. Petersburg Times. 1940-08-03. p. 1. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
^Truman Library – Karl R. Bendetsen Oral History, October 24, 1972
^Holbrook, Heber A. "The Crisis Years: 1940 and 1941", The Pacific Ship and Shore Historical Review, 4 July 2001. p. 2. February 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^"Proclamation 2762--Granting pardon to certain persons convicted of violating the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 as amended". National Archives. Office of the Federal Register (OFR). 15 August 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
External links
Integration Fact Sheet
Selective Service System
Selective Service System Classifications for WWI, WWII, and Post-WWII through 1976
March 13, 2023
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The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 also known as the Burke Wadsworth Act Pub L 76 783 54 Stat 885 enacted September 16 1940 1 was the first peacetime conscription in United States history This Selective Service Act required that men who had reached their 21st birthday but had not yet reached their 36th birthday register with local draft boards Later when the U S entered World War II all men from their 18th birthday until the day before their 45th birthday were made subject to military service and all men from their 18th birthday until the day before their 65th birthday were required to register 2 Selective Training and Service Act of 1940Other short titlesBurke Wadsworth Selective Training and Service ActSelective Service Act of 1940Long titleAn Act to provide for the common defense by increasing the personnel of the armed forces of the United States and providing for its training NicknamesBurke Wadsworth ActEnacted bythe 76th United States CongressEffectiveSeptember 16 1940CitationsPublic law76 783Statutes at Large54 Stat 885 Chapter 720CodificationTitles amended50 U S C War and National DefenseU S C sections created50 U S C Appendix 301 et seq Legislative historyIntroduced in the Senate as S 4164 by Edward R Burke D NE James W Wadsworth Jr R NY Passed the Senate on August 28 1940 58 31 Passed the House on September 7 1940 263 149 in lieu of H R 10132 Reported by the joint conference committee on September 14 1940 agreed to by the House on September 14 1940 233 124 and by the Senate on September 14 1940 47 25 Signed into law by President Franklin D Roosevelt on September 16 1940President Franklin D Roosevelt signs the Selective Training and Service Act Contents 1 Effects of the Act 2 World War II draft 3 Draft classifications 3 1 Class I Available for military service 3 2 Class II Deferred because of occupation 3 3 Class III Deferred because of dependency 3 4 Class IV Unacceptable for military service 4 Pardons 5 See also 6 Note 7 External linksEffects of the Act EditThe first peacetime conscription in the United States the act required all American men between the ages of 21 and 36 to register for the draft Draftees were selected by national lottery If drafted a man served on active duty for 12 months and then in a reserve component for 10 years or until he reached the age of 45 whichever came first Inductees had to remain in the Western Hemisphere or in United States possessions or territories located in other parts of the world The act provided that not more than 900 000 men were to be in training at any one time Section 5 g of the Act contained a provision for conscientious objection 3 Nothing contained in this Act shall be constructed to require any person to be subject to combatant training and service in the land and naval forces of the United States who by reason of religious training and belief is conscientiously opposed to participation in war in any form Any such person claiming such exemption from combatant training and service because of such conscientious objections whose claim is sustained by the local draft board shall if he is inducted into the land or naval forces under this Act be assigned to noncombatant service as defined by the President or shall if he is found to be conscientiously opposed to participation in such noncombatant service in lieu of such induction be assigned to work of national importance under civilian direction World War II draft EditThe draft began in October 1940 with the first men entering military service on November 18 By the early summer of 1941 President Franklin D Roosevelt asked the U S Congress to extend the term of duty for the draftees beyond twelve months to a total of thirty months plus any additional time that he might deem necessary for national security On August 12 the United States House of Representatives approved the extension by a single vote 4 Roosevelt s former Secretary of War Harry Woodring was among those opposed writing to Senator Arthur Vandenberg that voluntary enlistment had not been fully tried 5 As Under Secretary of the Army Karl R Bendetsen said in an oral history interview Mr Rayburn banged the gavel at a critical moment and declared the Bill had passed 6 The Senate approved it by a wider margin and Roosevelt signed the Service Extension Act of 1941 into law on August 18 Many of the soldiers drafted in October 1940 threatened to leave the service once the original twelve month obligation ended Many of these men painted the letters O H I O on the walls of their barracks in protest 7 These letters were an acronym for Over the hill in October which meant that the men intended to leave upon the end of their twelve months of duty Desertions did occur but they were not widespread Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii on December 7 1941 millions of American men entered the United States military s ranks both by volunteering and by conscription After the United States entered World War II amendments to the Selective Training and Service Act on December 20 1941 made all men between the ages of 20 and 44 liable for military service and required all men between the ages of 18 and 64 to register The terminal point of service was extended to the duration of the conflict plus six months Another amendment signed on November 13 1942 made the registered 18 and 19 year olds liable for military service From October 1940 until March 1947 when the wartime Selective Training and Service Act expired after extensions by Congress over 10 000 000 men were inducted Draft classifications EditClass I Available for military service Edit Class Description Date established Date abolishedI A Nominally available for military service 10 4 40 3 31 47I A B Nominally available for limited military service but below standards for general military service 5 26 45 11 27 46I A H Nominally available for military service age 38 to 44 inclusive 3 6 43 10 5 44I A L Nominally available for limited military service 7 15 43 10 5 44I A Remediable Nominally available for military service after correction of defects 2 26 42 8 18 42I A O Nominally available for noncombatant military service conscientious objector 10 4 40 3 31 47I A O B Nominally available for limited military service but below standards for general military service conscientious objector and applicable to ages 18 to 25 only 5 26 45 11 27 46I A O H Nominally available for noncombatant military service age 38 to 44 inclusive 3 6 43 10 5 44I A O L Nominally available for noncombatant limited military service conscientious objector 7 15 43 10 5 44I A O Remediable Nominally available for noncombatant military service after correction of defects conscientious objector 2 26 42 8 18 42I B Nominally available for limited military service 10 4 40 8 18 42I B Remediable Nominally available for limited military service after correction of defects 10 4 40 8 18 42I B O Conscientious objector nominally available for limited noncombatant military service 10 4 40 8 18 42I B O Remediable Nominally available for limited noncombatant military service after correction of defects 10 4 40 8 18 42I C Inducted Inducted member of armed forces 10 4 40 3 31 47I C Enlisted Enlisted member of armed forces 10 4 40 3 31 47I C Discharged Discharged honorably from the armed forces 10 5 44 3 31 47I C Deceased Deceased while in Class I C 4 21 44 3 31 47I C H Enlisted or inducted member of armed forces age 38 to 44 inclusive 3 6 44 3 31 47I D Deferred student nominally available for general military service and available not later than July 1 1941 10 4 40 8 31 41I D O Deferred student nominally available for general noncombatant military service 10 4 40 8 31 41I E Deferred student nominally available for limited military service and available not later than July 1 1941 10 4 40 8 31 41I E O Deferred student nominally available for limited noncombatant military service 10 4 40 8 31 41I G Member of or honorably separated from armed forces of cobelligerent nation later extended to include registrants separated from American Field Service or Merchant Marine and persons interned by an enemy nation 5 23 45 3 31 47I H Deferred aged 28 and over men who had attained the 28th anniversary of the date of their birth on or before July 1 1941 or on the 1st day of July of any subsequent year and were therefore not acceptable to the armed forces 8 31 41 11 18 42Class II Deferred because of occupation Edit Class Description Date established Date abolishedII A Deferred in support of national health safety or interest merged into Class II B effective 8 31 45 10 4 40 8 31 45II A F II A previously rejected for military service 4 21 44 11 27 46II A H Deferred in support of national health safety or interest age 38 to 44 inclusive 3 6 43 10 5 44II A L II A previously found qualified for limited military service 4 21 44 2 15 46II B Deferred in war production 10 4 40 3 31 47II B F II B previously rejected for military service 4 21 44 8 31 45II B H Deferred in war production age 38 to 44 inclusive 3 6 43 10 5 44II B L II B previously found qualified for limited military service 4 21 44 8 31 45II C Deferred in agriculture 11 18 42 3 31 47II C F II C previously rejected for military service 4 21 44 11 27 46II C H Deferred in agriculture age 38 to 44 inclusive 3 6 43 10 5 44II C L II C previously found qualified for limited military service 4 21 44 2 15 46Class III Deferred because of dependency Edit Class Description Date established Date abolishedIII A Deferred for dependency reasons re established 11 15 45 10 4 40 12 11 43III A H Deferred for dependency reasons age 38 to 44 inclusive 3 6 43 12 11 43III B Deferred both by reason of dependency and occupation essential to the war effort 4 23 42 4 12 43III B H Deferred both by reason of dependency and occupation essential to the war effort age 38 to 44 inclusive 3 6 43 4 12 43III C Deferred both by reason of dependency and by agricultural occupation 11 18 42 2 17 44III C H Deferred both by reason of dependency and by agricultural occupation age 38 to 44 inclusive 3 6 43 10 5 44III D Deferred by reason of extreme hardship and privation to wife child or parent 4 12 43 3 31 47III D H Deferred by reason of extreme hardship and privation to wife child or parent age 38 to 44 inclusive 4 12 43 10 5 44Class IV Unacceptable for military service Edit Class Description Date established Date abolishedIV A Man who had completed service This classification was applicable in time of peace only and on 12 11 41 local boards were ordered to reclassify all men in this class 10 4 40 11 18 42IV A A reappearance of the old IV A this time for men deferred by reason of age From 11 18 42 to 10 5 44 men 45 and older were classified in Class IV A From 1 1 43 men 38 to 44 years old were classified in Class IV H The latter class was eliminated on 3 6 43 with the introduction of the H identifier On 10 5 44 the H identifier was eliminated except for men already in the armed forces and those men so classified were ordered reclassified into Class IV A On 7 6 45 the regulations governing Class IV A were simplified to include all men 38 and older 11 18 42 3 31 47IV B Public official deferred by law 10 4 40 3 31 47IV B H Public official deferred by law age 38 to 44 inclusive 3 6 43 10 5 44IV C Any alien 10 4 40 12 24 41IV C Reconstructed for enemy alien not acceptable to armed forces and certain neutral aliens 12 4 41 3 31 47IV C Any registrant whether a national of the United States or an alien who because of his nationality or ancestry was within a class of persons not acceptable to armed forces or to Director of Selective Service for work of national importance 10 4 40 3 31 47IV C H Any registrant whether a national of the United States or an alien who because of his nationality or ancestry was within a class of persons not acceptable to armed forces or to Director of Selective Service for work of national importance age 38 to 44 inclusive 3 6 43 10 5 44IV D Minister of religion or divinity student 10 4 40 3 31 47IV D H Minister of religion or divinity student age 38 to 44 inclusive 3 6 43 10 5 44IV E Conscientious objector available for or assigned to civilian work of national importance 10 4 40 3 31 47IV E B Conscientious objector under 26 years of age acceptable under lowered physical standards for work of national importance 5 26 45 11 27 46IV E Deceased Deceased while in Class IV E 4 21 44 3 31 47IV E Discharged Conscientious objector separated from work of national importance by issuance of a Certificate of Release 11 4 44 3 31 47IV E H Conscientious objector deferred by reason of being 28 and over 8 31 41 11 19 42IV E H Conscientious objector available for or assigned to civilian work of national importance age 38 to 44 inclusive 3 6 43 10 5 44IV E L Conscientious objector qualified for limited service 7 6 44 10 5 44IV E LS Conscientious objector available for limited service in civilian work of national importance 8 31 41 8 18 42IV E S Conscientious objector who would otherwise be in Class I D or I E 10 4 40 8 31 41IV E Separated Conscientious objector separated from work of national importance other than by issuance of a Certificate of Release 4 21 44 3 31 47IV F Rejected for military service physical mental or moral reasons 10 4 40 3 31 47IV F H Rejected for military service physical mental or moral reasons and age 38 to 44 inclusive 3 6 43 10 5 44IV H Deferred age 38 to 44 inclusive 1 1 43 3 6 43Pardons EditIn 1947 President Harry S Truman gave a full pardon to 1 523 people convicted of violating the Act 8 See also EditMilitary Selective Service Act of 1948 Civilian Public ServiceNote Edit 232 124 in the House with 186 Democrats and 46 Republicans in favor 32 Democrats 88 Republicans and 4 others against 47 25 in the Senate with 40 Democrats and 7 Republicans in favor 13 Democrats 10 Republicans and 2 others against Final Roll Calls on Draft Bill The New York Times September 15 1940 United States v Groupp 459 F 2d 178 at para 4 1st Cir 26 April 1972 Keim Albert N 1990 The CPS Story Good Books p 24 ISBN 1 56148 002 9 203 202 with 182 Democrats and 21 Republicans in favor 65 Democrats 133 Republicans and four others against House Vote on Draft Bill The New York Times August 13 1941 F D R Favors Conscription But Woodring Is Opposed St Petersburg Times 1940 08 03 p 1 Retrieved 2018 12 09 Truman Library Karl R Bendetsen Oral History October 24 1972 Holbrook Heber A The Crisis Years 1940 and 1941 The Pacific Ship and Shore Historical Review 4 July 2001 p 2 Archived February 22 2007 at the Wayback Machine Proclamation 2762 Granting pardon to certain persons convicted of violating the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 as amended National Archives Office of the Federal Register OFR 15 August 2016 Retrieved 7 October 2022 External links EditIntegration Fact Sheet Selective Service System Selective Service System Classifications for WWI WWII and Post WWII through 1976 Retrieved from https en 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