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Center for Draft Information and Counseling

0969-04-03 ""You And The Draft"" Page 3

you support, and your schooling, or anything else that might affect your draft status.
Getting information to your board is your responsibility. You may want to ask your school or dependent or employer to write to your Local Board. If so, ask them to include your Selective Service Number.

Put It in Writing

Whatever you give to your Local Board, put it in writing. Don't wait. Kepe your board up to date. The Local Board is authorized to take quick action. Writing to other places such as Congress, State legislatures, and other Government officials means the Local Board may not get your letter or may get it too late. Your Local Board members have to depend first of all on you for information. They won't know such things as whether you are attending college, are employed in a critical skill, or have a dependent unless you tell them and have the school or others also tell them.
The law requires you to tel your Local Board of any change in your status within 10 days of that change.
Whenever you give your Local Board information you may request the board in writing to reopen your classification. It is not necessary that you do this, but it is your right to do so. They will determine whether the new information warrants reopening your classification. If the Local Board does not reopen your classification, you may ask your Government Appeal Agent or State Director to ask the Local Board to do so. 
No deferment is permanent. Your Local Board can change your classification any time it decides that changes in your status or the Nation's circumstances require it. No deferment will be continued without reasonably current information. For example, students whose information is no longer current may lose their student deferments. They should send in or see that their school sends in, current information. This is important so that Local Boards may properly classify the thousands of students who leave school each year, some by graduation, some by "dropout."
Whenever you give your Local Board any information orally, you should follow it up immediately by giving your board the same information in writing. You will then be sure it gets to your file. When the workload on Local Board employees gets heavy, they have little time to help registrants put their information on paper. There is always help available nearby, however. You can always get help from a Government Appeal Agent or an Advisor to Registrants and your Local Board employees will be happy to let you know who they are.
From time to time you will receive mail from your Local Board. Much of it will remind you of your duties, rights, opportunities, and responsibilities. You should keep this pamphlet for future reference. You may also obtain from your Local Board a brief listing of things to remember about registration, classification, procedures, the meaning of various classifications, and your appeal rights. It is called "Selective Service and You." Read it carefully. Keep it.

Where To Get Help

Anytime you want information about selective service which is not given to you in notices or other mail, ask any Executive Secretary or other employee to help you. If the employee at the Local Board is not able to assist you, ask your Government Appeal Agent, your Advisor to Registrations, or your State Director. All will be happy to help.

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you support, and your schooling, or anything else that might affect your draft status. Getting information to your board is your responsibility. You may want to ask your school or dependent or employer to write to your Local Board. If so, ask them to include your Selective Service Number. Put It in Writing Whatever you give to your Local Board, put it in writing. Don't wait. Kepe your board up to date. The Local Board is authorized to take quick action. Writing to other places such as Congress, State legislatures, and other Government officials means the Local Board may not get your letter or may get it too late. Your Local Board members have to depend first of all on you for information. They won't know such things as whether you are attending college, are employed in a critical skill, or have a dependent unless you tell them and have the school or others also tell them. The law requires you to tel your Local Board of any change in your status within 10 days of that change. Whenever you give your Local Board information you may request the board in writing to reopen your classification. It is not necessary that you do this, but it is your right to do so. They will determine whether the new information warrants reopening your classification. If the Local Board does not reopen your classification, you may ask your Government Appeal Agent or State Director to ask the Local Board to do so. No deferment is permanent. Your Local Board can change your classification any time it decides that changes in your status or the Nation's circumstances require it. No deferment will be continued without reasonably current information. For example, students whose information is no longer current may lose their student deferments. They should send in or see that their school sends in, current information. This is important so that Local Boards may properly classify the thousands of students who leave school each year, some by graduation, some by "dropout." Whenever you give your Local Board any information orally, you should follow it up immediately by giving your board the same information in writing. You will then be sure it gets to your file. When the workload on Local Board employees gets heavy, they have little time to help registrants put their information on paper. There is always help available nearby, however. You can always get help from a Government Appeal Agent or an Advisor to Registrants and your Local Board employees will be happy to let you know who they are. From time to time you will receive mail from your Local Board. Much of it will remind you of your duties, rights, opportunities, and responsibilities. You should keep this pamphlet for future reference. You may also obtain from your Local Board a brief listing of things to remember about registration, classification, procedures, the meaning of various classifications, and your appeal rights. It is called "Selective Service and You." Read it carefully. Keep it. Where To Get Help Anytime you want information about selective service which is not given to you in notices or other mail, ask any Executive Secretary or other employee to help you. If the employee at the Local Board is not able to assist you, ask your Government Appeal Agent, your Advisor to Registrations, or your State Director. All will be happy to help.