Evening star., 1942-07-14
Boards Instructed
To Put Married Men
Last on Draft List.
Single War Workers
Will Be Called Before
Husbands and Futhers
Ry the Associated Press.

2. the Associated Press.
Draft headquarters specifically
directed local boards today to call
up married men last taking single
war workers before husbands and
fathers.
The local boards were instructed
by orders sent out last night to f1ll
their quotas in this order.
i. Single men with no dependents
2. Single men who do not contrib
ute to the war effort but who have
dependents.
3. Single men with dependents
and who contribute to the war effort
4. Married men without children
who are not engaged in the war ef-
fort.
5. Married men without children
who are engaged in the war effort.
6. Married men living with wife
and children or children only and
who are not engaged in the war effort.
T. Married men living with wife
and children or children only who
are engaged in the war effort.
Marriage Provisions.
To oe classed as a married man
a reglstrant must have been married
before December 8. 1941, and must
be living with his wife or children.
To guide local boards on whether
or not a man is engaged in the war
effort, GRAFT headquarters issued
list of "a essential activities.
In granting deferment for occupa-
tional reasons the board must first
decide whether man is engaged in
one of those activities and then
determine that his particular job
makes him necessary man"
Also. the firm In which he is en-
ployed must be fulfilling a war con-
tract, performing Government
service or service necessary to
civilian life in support OF the war
effort, or he must be supplying
material for such firms.
Essential Activities.
The essential activities were:
Production of aircraft and parts;
ships, boats and parts; ordnance
and accessories; ammunition; agri-
culture, food processing, forestry,
logging and numbering; construc-
ton, coal mining, metal mining,
non-metallic mining and process
ing and quarrying; smelling, refin-
ing and rolling metals; production
of metal shapes and forgings; fin
ishing Of metal products; produc-
tion OF industrial and agricultural
equipment; machinery; chemicals
and allied products; rubber prod
ucts, leather products, textiles, ap-
parel. stone. clay and glass products,
petroleum, natural-gas and petro- |
leum and coal products. transporta-
ton equipment. transportation serv-
ices, materials for packing and
shipping products, communications
equipment, communications serv-
ices. heating, power and illuminat-
ing services, repair and handtrade
services (blacksmithing, armature
rewinding, electrical and bicycle re-
pair, automobile repair, harness and
leather repair, clock repair, tool re-
pair and sharpening); health and
welfare services, educational serv-
ices, governmental services.
Specified Tests.
The selective service said "the
list of civilian activities necessary to
war production and essential to the
war effort. which may be used to
guide local boards IN considering |
occupational classification OF regis
trants, specifies that such activities
must meet one or more of the fol-
lowing tests
"(a) That the business is fulfill
ing contract of the Army, Navy,
Maritime Commission. or other gov
ernmental agencies engaged directly
in war production; tb) that the
business is performing a govern
mental service directly concerned
with promoting or facilitating war
production. (c) that the business is
performing a service, governmental
or private, directly concerned with
providing food. clothing, shelter,
health, safety, or other requisites OF
the civilian daily life in support OF
the war effort; I'D that the business
is supplying materials " for con-
tracts included in - = above; or (e)
that the business is producing raw
materials, manufacturing materials,
supplies or equipment or perform
ing services necessary for the full
fillment of contracts in above"
Major Categories.
The different major categories OF
essential activities were listed like
this
Production Of aircraft and parts:
The production, maintenance and
repair Of aircraft gliders, parachutes,
dirigibles, balloons, aircraft engines,
perts, pontoons, propellors and SIM
liar products.
Production of apparel: Apparel
for the armed forces, and work
clothing,
Communications services: Tele-
phone, telegraph, newspapers, radio
broadcasting and television services
and the repair Of facilities.
Educational services: Public and
private vocational training; elemen-
tary secondary and preparatory
schools; junior colleges, colleges,
universities and professional schools;
educational and scientific research
agencies"
The selective service said news
papers" was intended to include "all
the business of getting out a news
paper" and that such activities came
under other requisites of the civilian
daily life" under &C" in the tests 10
be applied by local draft boards.
Army Urged to Take
Boys Leaving High School
BALTIMORE, July ID (P,.-Maj,
Louis E. Lamborn, principal of Nc