Harry Truman actually said...

In time of war it is the paramount obligation of every citizen to serve his country to the best of his ability.

All Federal agencies, including but not limited to, the War Manpower Commission, the National Selective Service System, and the Department o...

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to take possession of any and all such mines

It is the essence of that act, the Selective Service and Training Act of 1940, that no one shall be placed in a favored position.