The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-30
REG|STRANT5
OF FEB. Is TO
BE ASSISTED
U. 5. Employment Service
Equipped 10 Aid with
Questionndires

With a specialist in this particu-
lar work as part of the personnel,
the United States Employment Of
flee here is thoroughly equipped to
assist all men who registered under
the Selective Service System on
February l6, fill out the four page
missionaries that are being mail
ed out this week. r. E. Barnes, Act
ing Director said today.
All men who registered on Feb
ruary l6 are required to. fill out
the missionaries which must be
returned to their local Draft Board
within ten days after receipt and
execution, Mr.. Barnes said.
The questionnaires from all over
the Territory will be sent in to the
administrative office of the United
States Employment Service for
sorting into the three occupational
groups. These are, critical occupa-
tons, essential occupations and
non-esential occupations.
After being sorted, the question
naires are then to be returned to
the local office OF the United States
Employment Service in the place
in which the registrant lives.
1t is then the responsibility of
the heads of the local offices of
the United States Employment Ser
vice to call in for interview the
various registrants to see where
they can best fit into the victory
program.
Very Important
1T is extremely important to our
whole victory program that all the
information called for in this &C.
cupational census, which is being
conducted jointly by the Selective
Service and the United States En-
ployment Service, be furnished ac-
curately and promptly. This in
formation will make it possible for
the Government to determine the
work every man is best qualified to
do, whether in the army or in the
plants producing war materials"
Mr. Barnes said.
Mr.. Barnes made it clear, how
ever, that the u S. Employment
Service does not determine whether
or not any man is to be deferred
from military service on occupa-
tional grounds The authority for
such action rests solely with the
Service System, he pointed
out Our employment offices, how
ever, will inform local draft Boards
as to which jobs are ESSENTIAL to
war production and which jobs 1t
will be difficult or impossible to fill
if the present workers are with
drawn" he said.
Inventory Valuable
When the United States Employ
ment Service, through this inven-
tory of manpower, finds man with
skills needed in war production who
is not engaged in work essential tol
the conduct of the war or to meet
vital civilian needs, that man will
be asked to come to the nearest
U. S. Employment office for an in
terview to check his job qualifica-
lions. In that interview, he may
be offered the opportunity of trans
ferring to an essential job. Mr..
Barnes explained.
THE $500 local offices of the
United States Employment Services
throughout the country already
have lists of occupations vital to
war production. These lists are re-
vised and kept up to date as the
labor needs of war industries
change. After the information
called for on the occupational
QUESTIONABLE Is examined, there
can be more effective balancing of
the available or potential supply
of skilled workers with the needs of
war industries. The Employment
Service will also be in a position to
determine more accurately the type
of vocational training which should
be given and which will make pos
sible a quick replacement of men
called for military service" he said.