University Won't Assist Draftees

Dean Monro warned yesterday that students who are drafted while they are on leaves of absence can expect no help from the University.

According to Selective Service officials, such students are likely to be called up if they are over their local draft board's induction age. One student has already been drafted, and others have been forced to return to school ahead of schedule.

"Your relationship to your draft board is something between you and Uncle Sam," Monro observed. He said that the University has a strict policy of never requesting exemptions for students on leave.

Will Write Letters

But Monro said that the University does write letters to draft boards if students request them. The letters explain the leave of absence and say that students are generally readmitted after a leave.

Although the letters can conceivably influence draft boards, draft officials say that someone on a non-academic leave is likely to be classified 1-A. The law says that a student is eligible for the 2-S deferment only "If his activity in studies is considered to be in the national health, safety or interest."

About 25 per cent of each class takes a leave at one time or another. Because the Presidential order exempting married men drained the manpower pool by 50 per cent, 20-year-olds are being inducted in some areas.