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+ THE CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER June 8, 1943 i Csrmis Chet at 5 Front Page — ~ up : High Court Supp In Draft ‘Evasion Case, * tribunal Also Clears . . Up Law Protecting Soldiers, Sailors WASHINGTON, June 7. (- The Supreme Court ruled today | that' a draft registrant satisfies the requirement of keeping his draft board informed of his where- abouts when he provides a chain of forwarding addresses through which he can reasonably expect to receive an inductioy notice time to report for service, The 7-2 decision, delivered by Justice Reed, et the conviction | of Homer Lestcfeartehy Houston, ' Texas, on a thatee that he kneyw Bie Be Uidl Me ADGW- ingiy tailed to keep his draft ooard vised of the address where mai Tout reach him. Bartchy, who jqined the M chant Marine while his inducti: had told his draft board that an pa nF I ee was imminent, contended that he; induction notice sent to the Na-? he ot $e Net ee BS I OR +. re ad at gy OO Se ag a A were Tews a ae ports Texan na o been postponed because his duties prevented him from appearing in: per 2 TAPELL Beg Observing that Boone apparent- . ly had not applied for a leave, the high tribunal said that “in some’ few cases absence (from court) may be a policy, instead of the result of military service and dis- cretion is vested in the courts to see that the immunities of the act are not put to such unworthy use.” Justice Black, dissenting, said feared that the’ decision * terioushy ; | ro f limits” the benefits that Congr , f f intended to provide under the eff. “) - i i i i ™o tional Maritime Union in Houston : would reach him. He later went ; - to Néw York, and, he said, told ™ ‘ the union office there that he was | expecting a leiter from the board. Then he went aboard ship; re- maining there for two weeks while the vessel was J ing repaired. The board, meantime, sent zn in- duction order to Bartchy’s former being Houston address and it was sub-§ sequently forvarded to the Mari- time Union there and then to New | York The sm York oltige, pe; aiojeaq pareadde sajjoo jo sdno aa1yq} ATUappns pue wane | | | yes aay, ayy, “UOSTITY Joy 3TeL ooquieg B yoeq MaIp pue paouno -us OPTEUaY ,ja7e am azayzz,, t at «= Buote Saige}, peteaoa-eT13 +*UIN UazZOp B UTM Zurptmaq Jayse aM TTeuUs B JO JUOIZ UL paddo opTeusy ptte ySoyq Fey yous ‘aar|s 9} WOIZ 3801 IsNp ayy jo syynd apiiT] pur sesse[oul Wapt om uaop durited sea uns aul. | + a) U)- Ls _ ‘ whe nt ™s -aee