Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09

actual production, transportation,
or handling of war materials, equip
ment, or commodities. or Of the
maintenance or operation Of war
equipment, or Of the transportation
OF war personnel; or
c. The work is of professional,
semi-professional or highly special
lied character. requiring extended
training, in An occupation where a
known scarcity of manpoWer eX
lists, or
d. The work usually requires
male employees because of peculiar
circumstances or requisite physical
abilities, including the occupations
Of seamen, inVestlgatory agents.
forest rangers. border patrolmen,
prison guards and other comparable
occupations wherein replacement
within necessary age limits is diff
flcult.
". Requests for Deferment.
!. In accordance with the pro-
visions Of this order, and subject
to the limitation set forth in
part I hereof, an Agency Commit
tee may, in cases not covered by the
replacement schedule procedure
set forth in paragraph 3 of this
part, prepare and submit to the
appropriate local seleCtive service
board a request for the occupational
deferment of
a Any employe of the agency
who occupies key position and
whose civilian services are essen
tial within the meaning of para
graph Of part I hereof.
b. Any employee Of the agency not
occupying key position whose
civilian services are essential with
in the meaning Of paragraph of
Part l hereof, if unusual and special
circumstances, such as the employees
unique fitness for the work or unique
familiarity with a specific project
in the course of completion make
such deferment request necessary.
No request for deferment shall be
made under this subparagraph ex-
cept with the prior specific approval
Of the Review Committee.
2. Subject to the conditions set
forth in this order, the Agency
Committees shall make all requests
for Selective service occupational de-
ferment of employees of their re-
spective agencies and shall prepare
and submit such requests to local
selective service boards in accord
ance with selective service regula-
tons.
3. In preparing the prescribed
selective service form for submit
ting a request for occupational de-
ferment to the local selective service
board, the Agency Committee shall
enter on such form the words Gov
eminent Request" and shall also
indicate thereon the name of the
agency and the subordinate part
thereof in which the registrant Is
4, In any case in which a Gov
eminent request for deferment is
denied by a local selective service
board. the Agency Committee con-
cerned shall at once file an appeal
from such action. The appeal shall
stay the induction of the employe
affected until final decision in the
case.
5. The chairman. upon his own
motion or upon recommendation
made by an Agency Committee and
approved by the head of the agency,
shall determine, after consultation
with the Review Committee, those
manufacturing, servicing, operating
and transporting activities of an
agency or part thereof with respect
to which deferment problems can
be best met through use of manning
tables and replacement schedules.
He shall thereupon direct the head
Of the agency concerned to prepare
and use, with respect to those activ-
tiles or organizations, manning
tables and replacement schedules, in
accordance with the regulations pre-
scrlbed by the chairman. Such
agency or part thereof shall there
after be exempt from the provisions
of Part III of this order providing
for the designation of key POSITIONS
and the provisions of this order gov
erning the making of requests for
deferment Of employees to the extent
and in the respects provided in the
of the chairman.
V. Voluntary Entrance Into
Armed Forces.
/. Unless an Agency Committee
has requested or would request de-
ferment Of an employe under this
order, the agency, upon his request,
shall grant him a release to enter
the armed forces voluntarily in a
commissioned or enlisted status.
2. If an Agency Committee has re-
quested or would request deferment
of an employe under this order, the
agency shall deny him such a re-
lease unless it is determined that:
a. The employe is likely to be as
signed to active combat service; or
b. The employees skills and ability
probably will be utilized equally or
more effectively in the armed forces.
3 In the case of an employee who
is in a deferred classification, or
who is not subject to induction, for
reasons unrelated to his occupation,
such a release shall be granted or
denied without regard to such rea-
sons, in accordance with the provl-