Evening star., 1943-02-14
Text Of Hershey and McNutt Speeches
Dro Chief Says 1900 Must Be nducted Doy


from these industries will hurt the
war effort the least.
On this list of non -deferrable ac-
tivities were 36 industries or serv-
ices. and all of the personnel en-
gagged in these activities were de
clared to be non -deferrable. This
order does not take effect until April
/, Even then 30-day period of
delay is provided for those who reg
lister for war jobs. Or, to put it in
another way, every one in these
businesses of military aee-whether
he be the head of the business OF
the Office boy-can no longer con-
tinue to enjoy deferment solely be-
cause OF his dependents.
% Occupations Listed.
There we're also named on this
list % specific occupations-jobs
such as hairdressers, gardeners,
greens keepers night club employees,
etc. These jobs were also declared
non- -deferrable. wherever they may
be found. In other words, 30-year-
old private chauffeur will be non-
deferrable, whether his employer is
the head of an ammunition plant
or the owner of an antique store.
Now I would like to make this
next point very clear. The only
businesses, and the only jobs, yet
affected by this -deferrable list
were those definitely named by that
list.
For anyone not on the list to
assume that the finger has pointed
at him is jumping at conslusionc-
conclusions that may be entirely
wrong
There is surely no reason for
key workers in power plants, or food
processing companies, or oil COM
panies to decide in their own minds
that they should be making NUM-
tions or turning out tanks. All
these things are essential to the
war effort.
There is no reason in shifting
Jobs just for the sake of shifting.
or because someone has passed on
a rumor that your particular Job
is non-deferrable. Such rumors
merely aid the enemy. Unless your
job was definitely named on the
published list-which you can see at
any United States Employment
Service or at any draft board-then
this order has not changed your
draft status.
Defines War Jobs.
If your business. or your j =. was
on the list and if you are of
military age and have dependents,
you still have chance to retain
your present deferment status. The
first step in doing this is to indi-
cate your willingness to switch 10
a war job.
Just what is war job? 1t is
simply job making planes, or ships,
or ammunition. or bomb sights? OF
course not. 1t is ayy job which is
usefui to the war.
No nation at war, particularly a
democracy. can suspend everything
on the home front while it fights on
the battle front We must grow
food. We must process that food.
put it into containers. transport it
to the point of consumption We
must keep communications going.
supply light. heat. water and power.
and do the thousand and one things
needed TO keep our home economy
functioning. We could not possibly
do away with all civilian activity,
even If any one were foolish enoueh
to wish it.
That is why a war job can be
many things. 1t can mean running
a locomotive as we'll as running
jeep. 1t can mean turning out coal
as well as turning out shells. An oil
we'll driller has war job. and so
has lumberjack Or copper worker
or sawmill operator.
Less Essential Tasks.
If you have a necessary lob. the
greatest favor you could do Adolph
Hitler would be to leave it and
rush off in search of something else.
The whole objective of the man
power program is to have the right
workers in the right war jobs at the
right time. 1t is not helping your
Government reach that objective II
you leave job which is useful to
the war to find a place doing some
thing for which you have no skill.
The -deferrable list simply de-
fined the jobs and activities least
necessary TO our war ef-
fort. Obviously, every man at work
makes some sort of a contribution.
This list simply detailed those we
could best do without in an all-out
war.
We have. as many of YOU know,
previously defined the jobs and ac-
tivities making the most direct con-
Already published. and
available at any employment service
office, this list is in effect the oppo-
site OF the -deferrable list. It
defines the jobs in civilian life
which the Nation can least readily
spare.
Don't Jump TO Conclusions.
mus, we have a group of jobs
which make direct contribution
to the war effort. We have another
group which are not at all related
TO the war effort
In between these two are millions
ana millions of useful civilian Jobs
which do not merit occupa tional
ceferment, but are hardly likely ever