Milford chronicle., 1942-07-17
Plan To Call Married Men
Last For Duty In U. S. Army
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effort, or he must be- supplying
material for such firms!oi ~ fi
The essential activities were: M
q 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, ref1n-
ing and rolling metals; production
OF metal shapes and forgings; fin
ishing of metal products; produc-
ton of industrial and agricultural
equipment; machinery; chemicals
and allied products; rubber pro-
ducts; leather products; textiles;
apparel; stone, clay and glass pro-
ducts.
Petroleum, natural gas and pet
roleum and coal products; trans
portation equipment; transporta-
tion services; materials for packing
and shipping products; communica-
tions equipment; communications
services; heating. power and illu-
minating services; repair and
hand trade services blacksmith
ing, armature rewinding, electrical
and bicycle repair, automobile re-
pair, harness and leather repair,
clock repair, tool repair and sharp
ening); health and welfare SER
vices; educational services; gov
ernment services.
Y Civilian Activities Listed
Y 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 consider
Ing occupational classification of
Fegistrants, specifies that such ac-
tiyities must meet one or more Of
the following tests:
"(a) That the business is fulfill
Ing a contract of the Army, Navy,
Maritime Commission, or other gov
efnmental agencies engaged direct
1y in war production; (b) 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
Iof the civilian daily life in support
of the war effort; ID that the busi-
..ness is supplying materials for con-
tracts included in the above; or (e)
that the business is producing raw
materials, manufacturing materials,
supplies or equipment or perform
ing services necessary for the full
flllments of contracts In above"
- CategOries Broken Down
y The different major categories of
Essential activities, were, broken
down in the listing like this:
~ Production of aiferaft hnh parts;
the production, maintenance and
Repair of aircraft gliders, para
Ichutes, dirigibles, balloons, aircraft
engines, parts, pontoons, propellers
and similar products"
Production of apparel: Apparel
for the armed forces, and work
clothing"
r, Communications services: Tele-
phone, telegraph, newspapers, radio
broadcasting, and television SER
vices and the repair Of facilities"
Educational services: Public
and private vocational training; ell
.ementary, secondary and prepara-
tory schools; junior colleges, col
leges, 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 to be applied by local draft
boards.