Evening star., 1942-10-20
Hershey's Office LIST,
" Communications
Groups for DeferraI
Local Draft Boards Get
Approved TobuIotions
For Their Guidance
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Ninety-two occupations in COM
munication services are regarded by
national selective service officials as
essential to the war effort.
The list was issued last night as a
guide to local boards in classifying
reglstrants for deferment and is
connned to occupations requiring six
months or more of training. The
services include telephone, tele-
graph, newspaper, radio broadcast
ing, newsreel and television and re-
pair Of facilities.
Last July the War Manpower
Commission referred to selective
service headquarters "a "essential"
activities, including communica-
tlons. Since then, selective service
explained, the commission has been
breaking these activities down into
critical occupations, the lists being
transmitted in turn to local draft
boards.
Selective service pointed out the
list issued yesterday was merely for
guidance of boards, as selective
service could not direct the defer
ment of any special groups of men.
Must Satisfy Board.
To obtain deferment the regis
trant would have to prove to the
local board his activity was essen
tial to support of the war efforts,
that his job was essential to the
functioning of the activity and that
he was not replaceable at the time.
The deferment then might be
granted so the employer could train
another employe, but the deferment
would not exceed six months at one
time. The deferment might be re-
newed If necessary.
The list of critical" occupations
In the communications services fol-
lows:
Cost accountant, bank man, cable
engineer, cable layout man, cable
splicer, cable tester, newsreel cam
eraman, maintenance carpenter,
central Office installer, combination
man telephone and telegraph
composer operator, compositor, con-
troll room man, control supervisor
(junior), control supervisor (senior)
newsreel cutter, cylinder pressman,
director of international broadcast
ing, managing editor, electrician
(all around, electroplater, electro
typer, professional and technical
engineer, photographic engraver
newsreel film editor, foreign Ian
guage announcer translator, foreign
language news or script writer ano
composing room foreman.
Others are electrical work fore
man, pressroom foreman, welder
foreman, imposer, instrument maker
blackboard operator, telephone and
telegraph lineman, linotype opera
tor, local-test desk man, machinist
Gall around), printing makeup man
employment and personnel manager
production manager, electrical
maintenance mechanic, mainte-
nance mechanic, mechanical tabu
lating equipment mechanic, radio
communication Office mechanic
monotype keyboard operator, offset
pressman, overlay cutter. photo
composing machine operator and
photoengraver.
Other Classifications.
Also photo to-lithographer, photo.
radio operator, platen press oper.
ator, powerhouse engineer, cylinder
press operator, press-plate maker
printer call aroun0, private branch
exchange installer, private branch
exchange repairman. bilingual pro.
duction man, program transmission
supervisor. radio operator broad
casting radio repairman, recording
engineer, radio rigger, newsree
sound engineer, station installer
station repairman, Photographic
stencil operator, stereotyper cal
around, telegraph operator. teleg
rapher-r repeater installer, telephone
inspector. telephone plant powel
man, telephone station installation
supervisor. telephone switchboard
repairman, teletype installer, tele
type repairman, transmitter tester
testing and regulating man, tol
lines repairman, toll office repair
man, toolmaker, radio communica
tions traffic chief, hand transferrel
transformer repairman, translator
transmission engineer, war CORE
spondent, web pressman, all-aroun
welder and wire chief.