The Jewish Welfare Board received today an official communication from Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of the Selective Service System, announcing that all local draft boards have been requested to give “favorable consideration, wherever possible,” to requests of registrants of the Jewish faith not to be forwarded for physical examination or induction into the Armed Forces during Passover.
The communication was received by Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein, chairman of the JWB Commission on Jewish Chaplaincy. It gives Jewish registrants scheduled for physical examination or induction between March 27th through April 3rd, the right to request deferment until after Passover. Requests for such deferments should be made directly to local draft boards.
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