Over the Wire

WASHINGTON -- President Roosevelt today proclaimed July 1 as draft registration day for young men who have become 21 years old since the first "R-Day"--Oct. 16, 1940.

The new nationwide registration will bring to selective service lists the names of an estimated 1,250,000 to 1,300,000 men who had not attained their majority on Oct. 16 but who have done so since or will have done so by July 1. It also applies to men who, for any reason, did not register in October but subsequently became eligible.