Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21
OrdWay Tead.
Eric A. Johnston.


made its report to President
draft deferment Of Federal VOL
IN transporting or shipping war
materials, commodities or personnel.
3. The employe is engaged in pro-
fe7slonal. semi professional or
otherwise highly specialized work
requiring extended training in &C.
equations where known scarcities Of
manpoWer exist. and is utilizing di-
recuy and completely the specialized
skill Of which he is possessed.
On Specialized Skills.
4. The employe is engaged in
necessary work usually requiring
male employees because of special
combinations Of mental and physical
abilities. Examples Of such en-
pigments are seamen, forest rang
ers, border patrolmen. prison guards,
etc, where replacement may prove
difficult unless consideration is given
to raising the age limit for eligi-
bility.
B-3. We recommend that for
those types Of necessary employment
in the Federal service irrespective
of the department or agency in
which they occur for which spe-
! cialized manual skills are required,
the War ManpoWer Commission
shall require the department or
agency to prepare and use manning
tables and replacement schedules
Tor determining the need for de-
ferment of such intensively trained
or highly skilled workers. Pursuant
to this recommendation, the chair
man of the War Manpower Com
mission shall decide in which Fed
eral departments or agencies there
are sufficient numbers of employees
with these types of specialized
manual skills to make the use OF
this procedure preferable to the
method of establishing a list OF
key positions.
Procedure on Schedules.
The procedures governing the use
Of manning tables and replacement
schedules have already been sub
stantially indicated in a local board
release of the Selective Service
System.
B4. We recommend that where
deferments or renewals of defer
ments are sought for employees
working outside the area of con-
tinental United States. the Com
al If
several departments or agencies af-
fected shall be instructed by the
chairman of the War ManpoWer
Commission to honor such requests.
unless it is established that in the
particular case the individual could
in fact be replaced readily because
Of some special circumstances.
BIS. We recommend that all re-
quests from individual male civilian
employees in any Federal depart
ment or agency for release for VOL
untary enlistment in the armed
forces, or to accept the offer or
award Of a commission in the armed
forces, shall be presented to and de-
cided by the Committee on Selective
Service Of that department or
agency, due consideration to be
given to the policies and provisions
regarding voluntary enlistment
which are promulgated from time
to time by the several branches or
the armed forces.
On Approving Commissions.
Be-. We recommend that such
requests be, denied if it is the con-
Clusion Of the committee that it
would have adjudGed it necessary to
recommend a draft deferment had
| the case of the individual in ques-
ton come before it for such deter
mination on grounds of occupational
need within the particular agency.
B-7 We recommend further.
! however. that in the case of the offer
/ or award of a commission, where
/ it is established that the individual
is to be assigned to active combat
! service, or service which would make
equal or grea ter use of his skills in
the military branches, such request
may be granted.
In the event Of denial Of re-
quest for enlistment or for aCCcp-
lance of commission. the head Of
the department or agency shall at
the same time notify the employe' S
local draft board that he has refused
to issue a release in respect to an
enlistment or the granting Of a
commission
Right to Appeal.
Any employe whose request for
release to enter the military service
has been denied shall have the right
TO appeal to the War ManpoWer
Review Committee on Selective
Service.
B-8 We recommend that the
heads Of all Federal Departments
and agencies be requested by the
Chairman Of the War ManpoWer
Commission to assemble at once and
have available for their own guild
ance in matters Of deferment. re-
placement, and training, complete
information as to which of it's en-
ployes are now IN each Of the sew
eral draft classified tons.
B-9. We recommend that as sool
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