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KANSAS STATE HEADQUARTERS
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700~000~10 .22.45-2

22 October 1945

Sibject: "Veterans Information Center" Zstablished by the Il tional
Director of Selective Service. :

To: Local Board Addressed.

1. This letter is in reply to an inquiry from one of the Local Boards
of this state.

2» Hach local board is a "Veterans Information Center" so designated
by the Director of Selective Service under the authority delegated to him by
Congress.

3. In each Army Separation Center the military authorities are placing
great emphasis upon tne desirability of the veteran reporting to his local
board shortly after his arrival at his home. Numerous "Movie Picture Theaters"
are running "shorts" showing to the public that the local board is a "Veterans”
Information Center’. _

4, We are glad to say that in many communities committees have been
formed for the purpose of expanding and further cooperating with the returning
veteran.

5. It is anticipated that Selective Service will need the help and as-
sistance of all cooperative agencies. Selective Service may make use of the
facilities of these agencies, but cannot shift the responsibility placed upon
it by law and regulations to any other agency or committee.

6. Selective Service personnel is subject only to the law, and to the
rules and regulations promulgated by the Director of Selective Service. It is
our desire that all Selective Service Local Boards cooperate in every way pos-
sible with State and local agencies, but at the same time carry out any dir-
ective received from State or National Headquarters.

7. The task before us is so great that there is work enough for all.
The interest of those who served in the armed forces is paramount. Most local
boards have accepted the facilities offered them by other agencies and espec-
ially committees which include various groups offering veterans assistance,

8. In these instances the local board may find it advisable to refer to
other Veterans Information Centers many of those desiring assistance. Great
care must be exercised to see that the possibility of a feeling of being
given a run-around will not exist.

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