Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21
Text of Report on u. S. Employees in Draft
Presidents Committee on Deferments Recommends All
Government Departments Name SeIectye Service Boards

dents Committee on Detern1ent
OF Federal Employees toLolCs.,
A. The Administrative Organ
tzation Governing the Considera-
ton Of Deferments.
Al. We recommend that the neac
OF each Government department OF
agency shall designate a committee
on selectlve service to be composed
of three and not more than five
members in which is vested the au-
thority for that agency to request
draft deferments This central
committee should be composed of
members who possess a comprehen-
sive view of the needs of the agency
Depending upon the size and geo.
graphical distribution of the
agency's activities. this authority to
request deferments Of local draft
boards may be delegated by the
agency head to subordinate regional
boards which shall operate under
the policies and procedures estab-
lished for handling deferment cases,
Such subordinate boards shall be
required to report weekly on the dis
position of all cases handled. to the
central committee on selective
service of their agency. Informa-
ton on all such delegated action
would then become part Of the
monthly report Of the agency as
proposed in Recommendation A-3.
Supporting Information.
This committee shall require that
the supporting information with a
request for draft deferment shall
include all the information about
the individual. necessary to enable
the committee and the local draft
board to make a competent decision
In addition to the usual obvious in
formation, it is essential that the
description of the individuals work
be presented in specific terms, giving
consideration to the detailed nature
of the duties as contributing to the
war effort.
1t shall be the responsibility Of
this committee to see that requests
for individual deferments which are
TO go to the local draft boards are
prepared in the proper form.
Az We recommend that the
chairman of the War Manpower
Commission designate a committee
Of three as War Manpower Com
mission Review Committee on Sc
lective Service. This committee
would be selected from the staff of
the War Manpower Commission and
to it the chairman Of the War Man.
power Commission would delegate
such administrative duties as are
proposed throughout this report. as
being those for which the chairman
of the War Manpower Commission
should be responsible in connection
with the draft deferment of Federal
employees.
Provision for Uniformity.
In addition to its other duties,
This committee should be author
lied to make use of an adequate
staff. whose duty it would be to
attend the meetings of the central
Committees on Selective Service of
the larger Federal agencies in
Washington to assure uniformity,
consistency. and thoroughness in
the handling of deferment cases by
such committees.
AS. We recommend that each
department or agency be required
to furnish to this Review Committee
each month report on the number
of deferments requested in that
month, together with such other
pertinent information as the Re-
view Committee may find neces-
sary for review Of the agency's
activities.
A. We recommend that. in the
event this Review Committee finds
that any agency is violating the
letter or spirit of the established
policy, the delegation of authority
to request defernents may be tenn
porarily withdrawn by the chair
man of the War Manpower Com
mission, who shall require that all
recommendations for occupational
deferments from that agency be
sent for action directly to the Re-
view Committee until correct inter-
probation Of executive policy is
again assured and the chairman of
the War ManpoWeT Commission re-
instates the established procedures
for that agency.
AS. We recommend that no de-
ferments be granted for more than
six months, and that in every pos
sible case a shorter period of defer
ment be requested
B. The executive policy and
criteria to be used in handling
deferment cases.
e. We recommend that as a gen.
eral preliminary guide, each agency
shall be required to supply a revised
list Of key positions, for review and
final acceptance by the War Man
power Commission; and that this
list shall supply the first general
indication Of the possibility of draft
deferment
Only individuals holding key posi-
tons shall be considered for occu-
pational deferment. except that UNI
der unusual and urgent circum-
stances. deferment requests for in
dividuals not so listed may be re-
ferred by the agency committee on
selective service to the War Man
power Review Committee on Selec-
tive Service for action. The chair
man Of the War Manpower Commits
sion is. however, authorized to eX-
empt any agency or part of any
agency for which it may be deemed
advisable to utilize the procedure
Of manning tables and replacement
schedules as set forth in reconmen-
dation B-3, below.
B-2. We recommend in order Il
determine specifically whether the
work OF the individual is concerned
with the war effort or with essen
'ial supporting activities" that the
following additional criteria be
adopted as supplying a more de-
tailed basis for the determination
Of individuals who may be rec.
commended for deferment. However
even if the employe satisfies one Oh
more Of these criteria. this is nc
reason for deferment unless it car
be clearly established that the loss