Evening star., 1943-09-08
Blooms Plea for Deferment
Of House Messenger Rejected
District Appeal Board Turns Down 78
Of 81 Requests Presented

The appeal of Chairman
Bloom of the House Foreign At
fairs Committee for the defer
ment OF Clarence E. Fuller,
23-year-old colored messenger
for the committee, on occupa-
tional grounds has been denied
by the Appeal Board, District
draft headquarters announced
today.
Mr.. Fuller, it was understood, is
also the chairman's chauffeur.
According to Draft Board No. 10,
where Mr.. Fuller is registered, tile
request for deferment did not come
through the Legislative Reviewing
Committee set up by Congress to
pass on deferment requests made
for Capitol Hill employees.
Mr.. Bloom said it had not oc-
CURED to him to go through the
reviewing group. He said he had
merely believed that if the man
could be deferred the committee
could use him.
Il don't think he's physically able
to go into the service" Mr.. Bloom
said. Hes very sickly boy"
Although listed by the Appeal
Board as a clerk, Mr. Bloom said
Mr.. Fuller was "just a messenger" !"
He pointed out, however, that he
takes care of the confidential files.
I'm not trying to keep anyone
out of the service" he said. "If he
was an important person it would
be different. He's been with me so
long that I'd like to keep him"
In all, the Appeal Board denied
78 out of the 90 requests for de-
ferment. Occupational deferments
were granted to IL men and 80
men were denied deferment on
those grounds. The sole request
for classification in &c as a farm
er was denied as was the one request
for ga classification as father.
OF As men who asked deferment
on grounds of hardship, only one
appealed successfully. The appeal
board also denied the request of a
man who wanted deferment on oc-
cupational grounds instead of re-
naming in 4-E as conscientious
objector.
Occupational Deferments.
The following men were granted
occupational deferments:
Theodore G. Belote, 81. radio
technician, American Broadcasting
Co.; John G. Hillman, %, repair
man, Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co.; Herman M. Southworth,
"a, principal economist, Agriculture
Department; John Maloney, 80, CEN
trail office installer, Western Electric
Co.; George B. Roscoe, 36, assistant
to Washington director, National
Association of Manufacturers; John
E. Edmundson. 26, auto mechanic
Flood Motor Co.; Samuel H. Eng
| lander, 81, senior engineer, Civil
Aeronautics Administration; Howard
j. Smith, 80, fireman, Washington
Gas Light Co.; Thomas E. Ullman
"a, brakeman, Washington Terminal
Co.; Joseph S. Noble, %, engineering
aide, National Bureau of Standards;
Alvin j. Gheen, 33, chief litho-
graphic preSSman, Coast and Geo.
detic Survey; Edwin C. Kelch, o.
assistant engineer, Bureau of Ships,
Navy Department.
| OF the As men who sought defer
ment as hardship cases, the only
man who appealed successfully was
Leopold w. Hahn, 26, technician,
Signal Corps, War Department.
The board denied the appeal of
Roger w. Craven, 35, of the Amer
lean Friends Service Committee, who
asked that he be deferred on occu-
pational grounds rather than as a
conscientious objector. He was
continued in 4-E.
Appeals Also Denied.
Appeals of the following men for
ocupational deferment were also
denied:
Ralph E. Cauffman, 21, radio tech
nician, Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton; Harold w. Moseley, 36, Exports
| and Requirements Division, State
Department. James w. Tanney, 80,
accountant, William Clabaugh Co.;
Elmer D. Frank, 25, electrician, w.
B. Harrison Contracting Co.; Mervin
Hirsch, %, cutter, District Awning
and Shade Co.; Lester Bell, 36, car
penter, Engineering and Research
Corp. Clarence E. Fuller, %, clerk.
House Foreign Affairs Committee;
Robert M. McCraith, "a, director of
personnel relations, Air Transport
Association of America; Claude w.
Kniseley, "a, assistant manager,
Farmers and Mechanics Branch,
Riggs National Bank; Harvey F.
Reske, "a, auditor, Chrysler Corp,
Detroit, Mich; Elwood T. WEIGH,
33, store manager, Safeway Stores,
Inc; Edward K. Ettwein, "a. WASH
ington superintendent, William
Bernstein and Sons; Howard r.
Brown, 81, craftsman, Kaiser Cargo,
Inc; John L. Lane, jr, 18, pre-medi-
cal student, University of Pennsyl-
vania; George w. Bowman, 26,
policeman, Pennsylvania Railroad !;
William C. Gass, "a. parts depart
ment manager, Stohlman Chevrolet
Co.; Arthur j, Robinson, 80, owner
Of dry cleaning agency; James M
Smith, 20 student, Ben ian1in Frank