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 PROCLAMATIONS-SEPT. 16, 1940 1. The first registration under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 shall take place on Wednesday, the sixteenth day of October, 1940, between the hours of 7 A. M. and 9 P. M. 2. Every male person (other than persons excepted by Section 5 (a) of the aforesaid Act) who is a citizen of the United States or an alien residing in the United States and who, on the registration date fixed herein, has attained the twenty-first anniversary of the day of his birth and has not attained the thirty-sixth anniversary of the day of his birth, is required to present himself for and submit to registration. Every such person who is within the continental United States on the registration date fixed herein shall on that date present himself for and submit to registration at the duly designated place of registration within the precinct, district, or registration area in which he has his permanent home or in which he may happen to be on that date. Every such person who is not within the continental United States on the registration date fixed herein shall within five days after his return to the continental United States present himself for and submit to registration. Regulations will be prescribed hereafter providing for special registration of those who on account of sickness or other causes beyond their control are unable to present themselves for registration at the designated places of registration on the registra- tion date fixed herein. 3. Every person subject to registration is required to familiarize himself with the rules and regulations governing registration and to comply therewith. 4. The times and places for registration in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico will be fixed in subsequent proclamations. 5. I call upon the Governors of the several States and the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia to provide suitable and sufficient places of registration within their respective jurisdic- tions and to provide suitable and necessary registration boards to effect such registration. 6. I further call upon all officers and agents of the United States and all officers and agents of the several States and the District of Columbia and subdivisions thereof to do and perform all acts and services necessary to accomplish effective and complete registration; amd I especially call upon all local election officials and other patriotic citizens to offer their services as members of the boards of registration. 7. In order that there may be full cooperation in carrying into effect the purposes of said Act, I urge all employers, and government agencies of all kinds-Federal, State and Local-to give those under their charge sufficient time off in which to fulfill the obligation of registration incumbent on them under the said Act. America stands at the crossroads of its destiny. Time and dis- tance have been shortened. A few weeks have seen great nations fall. We cannot remain indifferent to the philosophy of force now rampant in the world. The terrible fate of nations whose weakness invited attack is too well known to us all. We must and will marshal our great potential strength to fend off war from our shores. We must and will prevent our land from becom- ing a victim of aggression. Our decision has been made. It is in that spirit that the people of our country are assuming the burdens that now become necessary. Offers of service have flooded in from patriotic citizens in every part of the nation, who ask only what they can do to help. Now there is both the opportunity and the need for many thousands to assist in listing the names and addresses of the millions who will enroll on registration day at school houses, polling places, and town halls. Time for first regis. tration. Persons required to register. Ante, p. 887. Regulations for spe- cial registration. Observance of rules, etc. Registration in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. Pbst, pp. 2760, 2745, 2747. State, etc., facilities. Services of ofeials, etc. Coopeation of all employees, etc. 2741 54 STAT.]

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