"Now Is the Time . . ."

Ever since last June, when the war headlines began getting more & more heartening, more & more balding heads have popped up before New York City draft boards, volunteering for military service.

Last week the City's Selective Service director, Colonel Arthur V. McDermott, inquired into this enlistment phenomenon. He found that before June scarcely an occupationally deferred man over 30 had volunteered. But beginning in June nearly 6% of all New Yorkers inducted were over 30; of these 87% were volunteers. Draft officials believe the main reason for this sudden scramble for uniforms is that the essential war worker, over 30, figures 1) the fighting is so nearly over that there is little chance of his being shipped out, and 2) even if he is, he will get good mustering-out pay and be eligible for any future soldier bonuses. Under the G.I. Bill of Rights law he will have a better chance for a good postwar job as a veteran than as a civilian war worker.

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