| LC control no. | n 79059877 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | United States. Selective Service System |
| Variant(s) | United States. Director of Selective Service Selective Service System (U.S.) |
| See also | Predecessor: United States. Bureau of Selective Service Absorbing corporate body: United States. Office of Selective Service Records United States. National Selective Service Appeal Board |
| Beginning date | 1943-12-05 |
| Found in | LC man. auth. cd. (hdg.: United States. Selective Service System; est. under provisions of act approved Sept. 16, 1940 (Public 783, 76th Congress); director is directly responsible to President; separate civilian component; transferred to War Manpower Commission by exec. order no. 9279 (F.R. 10177, 1942) dated Dec. 5, 1942, with name changed to Bureau of Selective Service; est. as an independent agency in exec. branch of govt. by Selective Service act of 1948) U.S. govt. man., 1944 (Selective Service System; orig. a separate component of the Govt. responsible directly to the Pres., Selective Service was placed under the jurisdiction of the War Manpower Commission by Exec. Order 9279, of Dec. 5, 1942, and became known as Bureau of Selective Service; by virtue of Exec. Order 9140 of Dec. 23, 1943, effective Dec. 5, 1943, the Selective Service System was made a separate agency directly responsible to the Pres. under the name of the Selective Service System) LC man. auth. cd. (hdg.: United States. Office of Selective Service Records; est. by Public law 26, 80th Congress, approved Mar. 31, 1947 to preserve and service the selective service records; ceased to exist by Selective Service Act of 1948 (Public law 759, 80th Congress, approved June 24, 1948) and all powers and duties where transferred to the Selective Service System) LC man. auth. cd. (hdg.: United States. National Selective Service Appeal Board; est. by Exec. Order 9989 of Aug. 20, 1948; located at National Headquarters of Selective Service, consists of 3 civilian members appointed by the Pres., has final determination all claims or questions with respect to the inclusion of registrants for, or their exemption or deferment from training and service under the Universal Military Training and Service Act; Board is independent of the Selective Service System) World War I military draft records for Division 58, Local Board of Brooklyn, New York, 1917-1919 (United States. Selective Service Board 58 (Brooklyn, N.Y.); The Selective Service Act of May 18, 1917, established local civilian boards, members of which were nominated by the governor and appointed by the president, to organize a draft of male citizens, and all males not alien enemies who had declared their intention to become citizens, between the ages of 21 and 30 (expanded in 1918 to males between 18 and 45)) |
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