Talk:Selective Training and Service Act of 1940

Plagiarism?

Either Ohio History Central copied from Wikipedia (which is OK--in fact, something of an honor), or someone copied and pasted their article into the Wikipedia article (plagiarism). See the following link: <http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1500>. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.140.182.95 (talk) 20:07, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

By one vote? In July, 1940, or Sept. 1940, or Aug. 1941?

This article says, "On August 12 [1941], the United States House of Representatives approved the extension by a single vote." It also dates the original bill's passage in Congress as September 14, 1940.

But this PBS page says it was a July 1, 1940 vote which passed by a margin of one. What was that? Did PBS just get it all wrong? NCdave 13:39, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Registration age conflict?

The article seems to be in conflict over the initial registration age requirements The introductory paragraph states:

This Selective Service Act required that men between the ages of 21 and 30 register with local draft boards.

The first numbered section, "1-Effects of the Act" states:

Under the Selective Training and Service Act, all American males between twenty-one and thirty-five years of age registered for the draft.

Both references relate to the original peacetime provisions of the act, not the extended age registration after 8 December 1941. What were the original registration age requirements?--TGC55 (talk) 16:58, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

WWII draft?

The final line states that the act expired in '47 after 10,000,000 men had been "inducted", but does this number reflect draftees, or draftees plus volunteers? I suspect it means the latter, but that should be made more clear - i. e., draftees vs. volunteers, here and in the sections above. "Induction", in this context, as I understand it, can refer to either the act of taking an individual under coercion of law or, simply, the process all individuals undergo on entering service regardless of whether voluntarily or under coercion of law. I'm not concerned with "implicit coercion" of the draft that may lead to volunteering before "the letter" arrives - and therefore, better assignment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.88.1.215 (talk) 16:06, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

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