Draft May Hit Men Entering Grad Schools

The draft may now hit prospective graduate students at its highest rate since the Korean War as a result of President Eisenhower's recent executive order, a spokesman for the State Selective Service Headquarters said yesterday.

The President's order of last Thursday, intended to secure younger draftees, made men in the 19 to 26 age group more eligible for induction than fathers and men over 26.

"It is probable that the quota will have to be filled by college graduates before they enter graduate schools, although it is too early to tell," Colonel Paul Feeney, of the State Board, explained.

"I do not think that students in engineering, for instance, will have their training interrupted by the draft," Feeney maintained. Nor will the draft necessarily interfere with students in college, he added.

According to Feeney, a "negligible amount of men are now drafted out of college. The secretary at the University's transfer board, however, said that students must maintain proper standing to stay in college.

Colonel Feeney said he did not forsee a rise in the draft quota in the near future. The national quota is 6,000 for February, 16,000 for March, and 6,000 for April.