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youth. The military effort, today more than ever dependent upon invention,
science, and technology, without-highly trained personnel would shortly
collapse.
In considering the place of trained manpower in the total defense
effort, we must remember that there is not the slightest chance of
matching our adversaries in numbers. Our strength, therefore, must grow
from a more highly trained and adaptable fighting force and from the
superiority of our equipment, both af which result from higher education.
The present critical situation and our future needs as well require the
most economical and discriminating use of men in the total national
interest. I believe that those young men who have remained in school to
prepare themselves better for service to the Nation, either civilian or
military, can feel that they have made a sound and proper decision. It
is also my belief that young people who are about to complete their secon-
dary schooling ought to continue their education until called into service,
since the country so urgently needs highly educated personnel.
General Hershey, Director of Selective Service, has recently said
that "it will be to the best interest of the Nation as a whole for à great
many students to complete their education Preservation of our democracy
demands a steady flow of trained men into our national life Each time
the student is deferred, he is not deferred because we like the way he
cuts his hair, or because he has a sunny disposition, or because he is
a good footbal prospect. He is deferred because his record seems to
justify the Nation making a wager on him--a wager that he will prove more
valuable to his country after he completes his education than were he not
to complete it. "
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