To the Editor of the Crimson:

In view of the Crimson's oft-repeated statements that it will be impossible for drafted men to obtain commissions, may I point out that the Army has already approved plans to train selected draftees for reserve commissions? I quote from the Army and Navy Journal, a usually authoritative periodical, for Oct. 5, 1940: "General Marshall (Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army) said this week that during the last three or four months of the draftees' twelve months' training, the Army will select promising officer material from among the trainees and put them in special candidates' schools where they will be given specialized schooling as officers of the combat arms. Successful graduates of these school will be given commissions in the Officers' Reserve Corps."

I have brought this matter to your attention because I feel that it will be of interest to all prospective draftees, especially college men, since these will undoubtedly form the bulk of the "promising officer material" mentioned above. R.W. Komer '42.

From present indications, these special schools will probably not be large enough or numerous enough to make this training more than a "token payment."......Rd.