29 January,1945

Dear Docs
| Milton's apolication is slated to-be forwarded to the Bureau

of Personnel in Washington todays The investigation made of all applicants has been
completed and Mit came through in good shape. As te the chances of the comniission
being granted Lt. Comdr. Carey is rather pessimistic, Lt. Carroll more optimistic,
Commander Varey's pessimissim is not based on any doubt as ‘to Mit's officer like
qQualities.He thinks he would make a fine officer, What worries him is that Mit does
not quite fit exdetly the rather arbitrary standards set pp for both the venereal
» disease control and the supply ‘billetss As far as this office is concerned forwarding
of the application with a recommendation for the 'V.D. control billet is breaking new
ground because it is the first one of that typé to be forwarded. For that reason no
one -knows how strictly the bureau is going ‘to insist-on the applicant meeting the

exact standards set up in the officer qualification mamial, If some leeway is allowed

then Mit's chances are excellent. If they take a narrow point of view, then his chances

are not so good . In any event a*decision should be made within the next month,
In other words Mit should hear one way or another approximately between February 20
and March 1, although it might be a few days longer. The probability is that if he
does receive the commission he will be ordered to duty within a very few days, al-
though again we can't be sure because we have not, yet been informed of what system
of iraining is being set up for the VeD. officers. If a special school is being
established it might be that Mit would be held on inactive duty until enough officers
were obtained to fill a class. At any rate it does not look as if he would be called
away before the close of the Haskell season.

The fact that Mit's application is being forwarded from here is
of course a step in the right direction. When this office forwards it means that this

office recommends the granting of the commissions Many applications never leave here

because the men are rejected at this early stage.
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