The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-04-16
Offices To Assist
Registrdnts With
Questionndires
Will Determine The Work
Every Man Is Best
Qualified For

Cleveland, O.-planS to assist Selec-
tive Service registrants in filling out
occupatOnal queStiOnnaires were an
noulnced today by Robert G. Goodwin,
regional director of the Social Secur-
ity Board.
"All of the 135 field offices of the
United States Employment Service in
Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky will give
all possible help in filling out the
questionnaires to men who registered
for Sclective Service on February 16, ,"
Mr.. Goodwin said. assistance also
be obtained from employers, labor
unions and members of the local Sc
lcctve Service Board Advisory COun-
ellis. There is no charge.
The purpose of the queStiOnnaire is
to provide the government with Il com
plate occupational inventory of the
country'S manpower in order to:
"One: Avoid the induction into the
armed forces of men who are more
urgently needed in war production.
"TwO: Replace workers now de-
ferrcd from military service whenever
possible, with vocational trainees or
other qualified persons who, because
of age, sex, or other reasons, are not
suitable for military service and
Three: Speed up war production by
promoting the transfer of workers
from non-essential to essential work.
Many local draft boards now are
mailing these questionnaires to regis
trantS. Boards in other cities of this
region will put the questiomaircs in
the mail shortly
1T is extremely important to our
whole victory program that all the
information called for i'm this occupa-
tional census, which is being conducted
Jointly by the Selective Service and the
United States Employment Service, be
furnished accurately and promptly
This information will make il poSsib,
for the governmentment to determine
the work every man is best qualified
TO do, whether in the army or in th'
plants producing war Materials
Mr.. Goodwin made it clear, however
that the L. s. Employment Service
does not determine whether or not any
man Is to be deferred from military
service on occupational grounds. The
authority for such action, he pointed
out, rests solely with the Selcctiyt
Service System.
Our employment offices, however
he added will inform local draft
boards as to which jobs are cSScntia
To war production and which jobs il
will be difficult or impossible to fill
If the present workers are withdrawn
When the United States Employment
| Service, through this inventory of man
power, finds Il man with SliillS needed
in war production who Is not engaged
in work essential To the conduct of tn,
war or TO meet vital civilian needs
Mr.. Goodwin explained, that man will
he asked to go to the nearest L. =
employment office for an interview tU
check his job qualifications. In that
interview, lie may be offered the op-
portunity of transferring to an essen
lial job
The l.JOO local offices of the Unit
ed States Employment Service through
out the country already have lists of
| occupations vital 10 war production.
| These lists are revised and kept up TO
! date as the labor needs Of war indus
| tries change. After the information
called for on the occupational QueS-
| tonnairc Is studied, there Will be more
effective balancing of the available
| supply of skilled workers with the
needs of war industries. The Employ
mcnt Service Will also be able to de
termine more accurately the type of
! vocational training which should be
| given and which will make possible ii
| quick replacement of men called for
military service" Mr.. Goodwin said
"In Michigan the work of assisting
| those who registered for Selective Ser
vice will be under the direction of
George Cross, who is head of tn" United
States Employment Service system in
that state. In ohio the director Will
be Wade Hammond, and in Kentucky
William t'raysure.'