Draft No Factor For G.E.'s Hiring

General Electric, in a letter to the nation's leading colleges and universities, has stated that it will continue to employ college graduates on their merit, regardless of their draft standing.

Donald S. Bradshaw '44, assistant director of the University Placement Office, has incorporated exerpts from the G.E. policy statement in over 600 letters to other leading firms throughout the nation urging them to use the facilities of the Placement Office for hiring men. The letter also hints that the University encourages others to follow the G.E. policy.

Bradshaw and others in the Placement Office have received many complaints from men in the draft age who claim that firms are reluctant or entirely unwilling to hire them because they may be called to duty at any time.