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y ( a . pete Is g“2ssor Is Right: —+ y ou’re Not in Army Till You Take Oath, High Court Rules The Sfipreme Court yesterday ‘ly he never would serve in the ruled that a man actually does not becom a member of the armed ‘forces until be takes the induction | ¢ tribunal acted unanimously im rejecting the .Army'’s view- ‘point’ —as- presented by the Gov- ermment—that a Man becomes a| soldier when he passes his final) physical examination. This case invalyed a plea by Arthur Goode paailines, former University of xas economics pibtessar, for a writ of haheas us to release him from Army de’ ntion. Billings, who had stated public. on a A f _ ; Soyo i 7 woh o ra doe st EXTEN gy Si APR 9 oe ) $,) se WASHINGTON 1 Army, passed @ final physical ex-: amination but refused to stand’ when the induction oath was read to him at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., and refused to subscribe to it, For thus refusing to obey an’ order of a “superior” officer, he was placed in a post guardhouse. He contended he was not subject to Army discipline because he had not taken a valid oath and th actually was not in the Army. Supreme Court upheld his conte tlon, thus paving the way for release from the guardhouse. BULLDOG EDI"