(Ciry TO}
be given to this campaign:

le The 1943 National war Fund campaign will be concucted through=
out America in October. The Fund will mobilize agencies aiding the
war effort, with local war and community chests, into one great
national campaign. The President has requested "ebundant and prompt
_ support" for this Fund as one of the “essential parts of our war
effort," and wishes thatall persons be given the privilege of
contributinge

2. IL am confident that many of your employees will want to
contribute to the National war Funde Any way in which you can
assist the Fund in déveloping plans for solicitation of your
employees and in providing for the collecting of their gifts through
the point of enployment will be greatly appreciatede

3. It is suggested that you make arrangements with the represen-
tatives of the National War Fynd in your community to pore your
employees to contribute to = nae

(SPX 123 (30 Aug 43 )OB-C=SPEX-MB~A)

Vie=Physical training periods at Army Specialized Training units.-«
le Reference is made to paragranh TID), Memorandum No WS50=47=43,
The Adjutant General's Office, 1 March 1948, subject, "Army Specialized
Training Program, Organization and Operation," and to paragraph 2b, Army
Specialized Training Division Program of Physical Training, revised,
le March 1943.6

2e It has been reported that the requirement that physical training
be conducted in three 2-hour periods per week has caused difficulty in
making up class s¢hedules at some mits, Yhere this is the case the
commancing generals of the several service commands are authorized, upon
application from the commandants of units and under conditions set forth
below, to make exceptions to this requirement and allow the substitution of
six l-hour periods for the presoribed three ¢-hour periodse

Se Such applications will he approved only after it is established
that the locations of the physical trainirg facilities at the institutions
in question are such as to be readily accessible to the trainees and
that other conditions make possible a satisfactory program within the
l-hour periods. Assurances will be obtained that not less than 35 minutes
of each l*hour physical training period will be available for instruction,
and exercise. Otherwise units will adhere to the prescribed @shour
periods for physical trainings

(SPX 353 (28 Aug 43 )OB~DeSPASO-MBA )

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