1953_Procedure Of JWs Under Selective Service.pdf

PROCEDURE OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES

'UNDER SELECTIVE SfcRVICE

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such as some company servants and company publishers. But

Senate Re ort No. l268, dated May 12, 1948, states that the ex-

emption o! ministers of religion "is a narrow one" as defined

in Section 16 (g). A narrow interpretation may be placed upon

the exemption by the draft boards and the courts so as to deny

the exemption to one who is a company publisher or who has a

secular job during the week while preaching part time. The

exemption certainly would seem to be available even under a

narrow interpretation to all registrants who are pioneers.

The regtilar preaching, to entitle one to claim exemption,

must be done aa the "regular and customary vocation" of the reg-

istrant claimin exemption as a minister. The word '%cationn

means a stad or regular occupation, a calling. It has also

been defined as "a call to, or fitness for, a certain career, espe-

cially a religious osition". (New College Standard Dicti

Funk and ~ajpabs, 1947) The words of the act that

ministers '%rho irregularly or incidentally" preach and who do

not "as a vocation" preach may be construed so as to exclude

from the exemption company publishers.

Ia view of the fact, however, that the courts may interpret

the adotherwise, and since kome company ublishers preach

regularly as a vocation and do not "irregular$ or incidentally"

preach, some company publishers may be justified in niaking a

claim, supported by proof submitted to the draft board, for ex-

e~ptionundei. %he act as regular or duly ordained ministers of

religion.

PRECAUTIONS IN DEALING WITH DRAFT BOARDS

It is always best to communicate with the local board irt

whting. Where the regulations require something to be submitted

to 'the bbhrd,,it must be done in writing. Do not rely on a

statement from a member or clerk of the local board that an oral

request for something required by the law to be done in writing

is suillcient. No draft board official has the authority to au-

thorize a registrant to make anoral request when the regulations

require such to be written.-See Sections 1624.1, 1626.2, 1626.2,

1626.11, 1627.4, printed in the booklet entitled Excerpts.

If a registrant is away from his home or permanent address

for more than a few days he ought to leave instructions to have

his mail from the draft board opened and the message relayed to

him by telephone or telegram. This must be done so that the

ten-day p&od for complying with notices will not expire. By the

time, he receives the notice through regular mail it would be too

late to take action within the ten-day limit.

He must carry his last classification card at a11 times.

Failure to carry either the registration card or classifiecltion

card is an offense punishable by imprisonment.

KEEP COPIES OF EVERYTHING . ,

Copies of all papers and letters submitted to tfi''lwa1 board

should be kept by the registrant. Answers to questidns and

information put in his classification questionnaire 'sad con-

scientious objector form, or any other form, ought to be copied

and kept in his personal me. One who fails to keep a complete file

of everything makes a mistake. Great diftlculty will be experi-

enced later because of not knowing what information has been

filed. A registrant ought to inspect his file and make copies of any

material that he does not have. However, if his case is on appeal,

he will have to wait until the file is returned and he is notified

thereof by receipt of notice of the appeal board classification.

All forms, statements, affidavits, letters and other material

submitted by the registrant to the boards should be neat9 writ-

ten (with tvuewriter if nossible) and in orderlv and lo~icalar-

rangbment.-All communi&tions written to the local boad should

contain the registrant's full name and address and selective serv-

ice number. - c I

All communications received from the Selective Service Sys-

tem, including all classification cards, should be carefully pre-

served.

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tained in chapters XIX and o! 'Zet God Be Tnre" (S~cqnd

ages 21-29 of Defendzng and Legally Estpblzshzng

iYEknPstus, pages 3-5 oi hnselon Theocratic Organization,

pages 3-15 of Memo~andumin Reference to the Clasgific,atwn of

Jehovah's Witnesses, and other available material. : . ,

OBTAIN MEMORANDUM FROM COMPANY SERVANT

A Memorandum in Reference to the Classification of Jehovah's

Witnesses was submitted to the National Selective Service Ap-

peal Board and to the Director of Selective Service in November

1950. This memorandum should also be studied in advance by

every person who files a questionnaire claiming Class IV-D and

also by Jehovah's witnesses who claim classification as conscien-

tious objechrs. Ask your company servant or a male pioneer

for his copy. Each company servant should make it available on

loan to any one of Jehovah's witnesses in the congregation re-

quired to file the classification questionnaire and the special

form for conscientious objector. A close and careful study of

such memorandum, together with this pamphlet, will assist the

minister in properly submitting his proof as a minister-or-as

ADVANCE STUDY AND PREPARATION NE-~ARY

The minister desiring to claim exemption needs much advmce

preparation and study along with his ministry in the .field:This

should be started when he is approaching the age of registration

and should be continued until the time arrives when it is re-

quired. He should be thorough1 familiai. #i+%thvthe

one conscientiously opposed to participation in combatant and

noncombatant service.

The registrant should refer to and study the parts of the

booklet Defending and Legally Establishing the Good News deal-

ing with information concerning children as ministers, door-to-

door distribution of literature as preaching, accepting contri-

butions not selling, preaching not peddling, and part-time sec-

ular work proper. These points also are more extensively dis-

cussed in the above-mentioned memorandum.

QUESTIONNAIRE

Following registration the local board will mail to the regis-

trant a classification questionnaire (SSS Form No. 100). This

is an eight-page printed document with blanks that must be

filled out by the registrant. Regardless of whether a registrant

is entitled to exemption he is required to fill out and file the

questionnaire .with the local board.

The questions ask information on identification, education,

prior military service, family status, dependents, present occu-

pation, agricultural occupation, status as a student, citizenship,

court record, physical condition, conscientious objection to war,

and ministerial training and status.

One who claims to be a minister of religion as defined in the

act should carefully and neatly fill out the form concerning proof

of ministry. Also he should submit an abundance of supporting

evidence to prove his ministry. This would include affidavits

from other brothers and people of good will, a certificate from

the' Society (if he is a pioneer or servant in a congregation) and

other data showing in detail his ministerial activity and standing.

,One of Jehovah's witnesses who regularly preaches and who

has been baptized may properly answer in Series VI on page4

of the questionnaire that he is a minister of religion and has been

"formally ordained". He can show as the date of ordination the

date he was baptized and that the one in charge of the baptismal

services was the ordaining official. Separate papers and letters

should be submitted to support these statements.

Series XIV, page 7, contains the statement in reference to

conscientious objection. A man having conscientious objections

to his participation in war or service in the armed forces in any

capacity should sign his name on the signature line, requesting

the mailing of the special form for conscientious objector.

Also on page 7 of the questionnaire is registrant's statement

regarding classification, which has a space for the classification

the registrant believes he should be given. If he is a minister

within the meaning of the act he may properly state "Class

IV-D", which is the classification for a minister of religion. In

the space following that the registrant may refer to his attached

statement for further information concerning his claim for

classification.

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