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Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Extending the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940

May 9, 1945

I AM reluctantly giving my approval to this legislation. I do not wish this approval to be
interpreted as expressing my concurrence in Section 2 of the Bill, which places added
restrictions on the War and Navy Departments in their management of the fighting forces. I sign
the legislation only because the immediate extension of the Selective Service Act is of compelling
necessity in the continuance of military operations against Japan.

NOTE: As enacted, the bill extending the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 is Public
Law 54, 79th Congress (59 Stat. 166).