Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-08
President Defers
Washington Man
From Draft Call
District Appeals Bourd
Announces Decisions in
20 Coses of Lost Week

The first White House decision in
a ,selectiye service appeal case in
volving WaShingtonian was hand
ed down yesterday, simultaneously
with the announcement OF District
Board of Appeals decisions in 20
cases heard last week.
President Roosevelt has granted
Glass 3 dependency deferment
to Harold Norman Tinker, "a, Of
65O5 Chestnut street, Chevy Chase,
Md, whose case was taken to the
White House after Local Board No. 2
and the Board of Appeals had de-
clared him available for lmmedl-
ate military service.
The case of Mr.. Tinker, an en-
ploye of the Burroughs Adding Ma
chine Co., was taken to the Presi-
dent by P. J. Nicolaides, Govern
ment appeal agent for the local
board. The registrant was prevent
ed from appealing the case person.
ally because the Board of Appeals
had voted unanimously against his
deferment.
Two Placed in Class 3.
OF the regiStrantS involved in the
90 decisions announced by the APP
peals Board yesterday, 2 were grant
ed Glass 3 defermentS, 10 who re-
quested such ratings were kept in
Glass IA, were deferred to Glass
2, 2 were denied defermentS to Class
I'D as students, l was refused
| Glass 2 deferment: l, a conscien-
tious objector, had his case referred
to the Government. and |, who had
been placed in Class 3, was re-
classified in Glass 2.
RegiStrants who received Glass III
deferments after they had been de-
clared available for immediate mill
tary duty by their local boards were
William Paul, 26, a food store pro-
prietor. and Benjamin Emanuel
De Rosa. "a, a linotype operator at
the Government Printing Office.
Ten others whose requests for de-
tendency deferments were denied
| included Francis Joseph Rosenbaum,
25, a grocery clerk; Joseph Robert
WEIGH, %, pump operator at the
Washington National Airport; JOS
eph HerShkOWitz, 81, clerk at the
Census Bureau; Robert Edward
Lee, 27, clerk at the Washington
Post; Vincent James Battiato, 81,
clerk at the G.. P. O.; Morris Ber-
man, "a, employee of the Capital
| Traction Co.; Frederick Anison Te-
haan, 81, playground director; Mar
shall Wrenn, jr.. 81, plant clerk of
the Standard Oil Co; Joseph Elijah
Hill, restaurant cook, and Harold
Leroy Carlson, 90, Interior Depart
ment clerk.
Occupati0nal Deferments.
Registrars who were granted de-
ferments to Glass II because of the
necessary nature of their occupa-
lions were Bernard Stanley Brown
81, a dentist; Franklin Herman
Biermann, "a, fingerprint claSsifier
with the Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation, and Edward Tomlin Crow
der. 81, assistant economist at the
Budget Bureau, who also appealed
| to Glass III.
William Earle Wynne. 26. medi-
cal student, who had been deferred
to Glass III by his local board, was
placed in Glass II by the appellate
group after the boards Government
appeal agent, former Corporation
Counsel Elwood Seal, had sought
to have the registrant reclassified
in IA.
The case of James Woodrow .Wes-
nor, "a. Agriculture Department
clerk, who noted his conscientious
objection to military service, was
turned over to the United States
attorneys Office in accordance with
the regulations.
Two registrants sought student
deferments (Class Id, but theil
appeals were denied. They are
James Enid Bowers. %. an auditor
at the General Accounting Office
| and Gerald Kenneth Sharkey, "A