6. The fact that this Headquarters did not transmit infor-
mation to local representatives concerning similar national shortages
in certain other fields of endeavor should not be construed as pro-
hibiting the deferment of students who qualify for deferment under
the provisions of paragraphs 350-353. See Headquarters Memorandum
I-135. ,

7. It is essential that the distinction between deferment
and postponement of induction be clearly understood. A deferment is
granted to a student because it will be in the national interest for
him to engage in a certain occupation upon completing his training
and preparation, whereas a student's induction is postponed solely
to prevent undue hardship to the individual.

8. National Headquarters has stated that under the pro-
visions of paragraph 418 b of the Regulations as amended, a local
board may reasonably grant a temporary postponement of induction to
prevent unusual hardship and permit a particular registrant to have
additional time to complete or arrange for the completion of a pend-
ing activity. For example, a lawyer might be granted a short exten-
sion of time in order to try a pending case or in order to arrange
for an associate to carry on for him; or an architect might be granted
such an extension to complete plans on which he is working, or to
arrange for an associate to complete such plans; or a contractor might
be granted such an extension in order to complete a structure he has
started, or to arrange for another contractor to complete such struc-
ture; or a farmer might be granted such an extension in order to com-
plete a harvest or arrange for another to harvest the crops; or a
student might be granted such an extension in order to prepare for
and take an examination, or to complete a college term which he
started in good faith after ascertaining that his induction would
not normally oceur until a reasonable portion of such term had expired.

9. With respect to the questions of granting temporary post-
ponements of induction to students who are not deferred by their local
boards as being in training and preparation to become necessary men, it
is only reasonable that information should be given to both students
and their colleges as to whether or not a particular student by reason
of his normal probable time of induction will be granted a temporary
extension of time in order to complete the college term in which he is
enrolled at the time he is ordered to report for induction.

10. If a particuler student registrant is ordered to report
for induction efter the expiration of one college term and before the
start of another college term, there appears to be no question but
that the student should be inducted as ordered. Likewise, it appears
that if a particular student registrant's induction is to occur shortly