Don A. Brown v. United States

Convicted of the offense of refusal to submit to induction under the provisions of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 451 et seq., Brown appeals and includes in his list of assigned errors in the court below, the assertion that the refusal of the Selective Service Boards to grant him exemption as a minister of religion was without basis in fact and that such action on the part of the boards was arbitrary and capricious.

When Brown filed his questionnaire and later when he appeared before the local board in support of his claim for exemption, he fell short…