Evening star., 1942-06-25
Family Men and Key
War Workers Placed
Last on Draft Rolls
Four Coteeories Set Up
After President Signs
Dependency Bill
Py the Associated Press.

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to the colors by local draft boards
under new orders sent out today.
Draft headquarters announced
four categories to govern the order
under which men will be called up
on the basis of dependency, leaving
married men with children as the
last to be inducted, but emphasizing
that they could count on no perma-
nent deferment.
Meanwhile, Paul " McNutt, war
man power commissioner, changed
his previous work-or- fight orders
to give men with essential skills a
chance to find jobs in vital war in
dustries before being taken into the
Army. Previously Selective service
boards had been asked only to defer
essential workers who actually had
key jobs.
The draft headquarters ruling
was in line with the bill President
Roosevelt signed yesterday granting
allowances for soldiers dependents.
Categories Set Up.
The ruling established general
groups to be inducted in the follow
Ing order:
Category l. Registrants other
wise qualified for military service
who have no bona fide financial de-
pendents.
Category 2. Registrants other
wise qualified for military service
who have financial dependents
other than wives or children men,
toned in categorieS 3 or 4.
Category 3. Registrants other
wise qualified for military service
who have wives with whom they are
maintaining a bona flde family re-
lationShip in their homes and who
were married prior to December 8,
1941, and at time when induction
was not imminent
Category 4. Registrants otherwise
qualified for military service who
have wives and children or children
alone, with whom they maintain a
bona fide family relationship in
their homes who were married prior
to December 8, 1941, at time when
induction was not imminent"
Other Aspects Explained.
Other aspects of the draft head
quarters orders are explained in the
following questions and answers:
@. Will it be compulsory for local
draft boards to classify their regis
trants into the four categories and
call up men for service in this order?
A. Selective service headquarters
said it was the expressed intent of
Congress" under the new law and
insofar as practical should be fol-
lowed.
@. Will married man who is now
subject to induction be reclassified
according to the new categories?
A. The directive is not retroactive,
but local boards were advised that
lin order to give immediate effect
to the general intent of Congress,
registrants should be selected for
induction according to the four
categories it outlines"
Wife's Status Important.
@. Is it possible for married man
to be placed in the first category?
A. Yes, If the wife is not depend
ent on him. She might work and
have a salary large enough to sup
port herself or she might have suf-
f1cient independent income.
@. Will some married men be
called ahead of others?
A. Yes. Local draft boards must
fill their calls for men on time and
it may be necessary for some of
them to dip into the lower categories
before others
@. When may married men and
married men with children expect to
be called?
A. That depends on the reserves of
men their local boards may have in
the first two categories and the ulti-
mate manpower requirement for the
war effort.
@. What about provisions for
financial assistance to dependents
in the new law?
A. This depends on the status of
dependency. The law provides for
assistance to dependents of enlisted
men below the grade of line sergeant.
A soldiers wife would receive $50 a
month, $22 of which would come
from her husbands pay. The amount
for a wife and one child would be
s62 with $40 additional for each ad-
ditional child.
Telegram to Directors.
There also is a scale for payments
to parents and other dependents on
a voluntary basis with Government
aid.
In addition to issuing its state
ment on married men the draft
headquarters dispatched a telegram
to State directors saying:
1T is the expressed intent of Con-
gresS that registrantS who are
otherwise qualified for military
service be divided into categories on
the basis of family relations and
dependents. and that the regis
trants in the several categories be
arranged in the order in which it
Is advisable to select them for in
duction, and that all the registrants
in each category be selected for in
duction before any registrant in the
succeeding category is selected for
induction
Mr.. McNutt's directive to Selec-'
tive Service on the manpower situa-
ton said:
To the extent required for the
maintenance of essential activities,
individuals who are not engaged in
essential occupations in essential
activities but who are qualified in
essential occupations are Ito be- af-
forded reasonable opportunity, prior
to induction under the Selective
Training and Service Act of 1910, to
become so engaged"
What would happen to worker if
he refused to take an essential" lob
without good reason was not stated
T" "TallAches.