I recommend that no extension of Selective Service at this time be made, but with the understanding that the War and Navy Departments will request the re-enactment of a Selective Service Act at a later date if they are unable to maintain the Army at a strength of 1,070,000 men and the Navy at a strength of 571,000 through voluntary enlistments.
Special Message to the Congress on Discontinuing the Selective Service.
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