Evening star., 1943-05-23

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This is the text Of the employ.
ment stabilization plan which be-
came effective yesterday in the
Washington area. Locally needed
activities referred to in the plar
include hotels, apartment and Office
building maintenance, operation
and service: food and fuel distribu-
tion, restaurants and cafeterias Gn-
cluding facilities maintained in es-
tablishments where the principal
activity Is other than the serving
OF food, but excluding taverns and
night clubs) laundries and linen
supply and cleaning establish
ments. The plan follows:
Section Purpose.
In order to promote the most ef-
f1cient mobilization, utilization and
stabilization Of manpower, and to
eliminate, so far as possible, the
waste Of manpower due to dis
ruptive recruitment and undue MI
grafton Of workers and by virtue
Of the authority vested in me and
with the concurrence Of the Area
War Manpower Committee and the
regional director. this sterilization
plan is announced for the period
stated in section XIII below.
Section II-Definitions.
A. Area Covered.-The Washing
ton, D. c., area is the area COM
prised Of the District Of Columbia,
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties in Maryland, Arlington
and Fairfax Counties and the City
of Alexandria in Virginia.
B. Essential Activities.-An es-
sential activity means any activity
which is essential to the conduct
Of the war, or necessary to the sup
port Of the war program or neces-
sary to the maintenance Of the
health, safety or security Of the
civilian population, and which Is in
cluded in the index to the War
Manpower Commissions list Of es-
sential activities or is approved as
locally needed activity by the Area
Director of the War Manpower
Commission with the approval Of the
Regional Director and the concur
renee of the area War Manpower
Committee.
c. Essential Worker. - Essential
Worker means any worker employed
in an essential activity as defined In
paragraph B above, excepting such
male workers, eligible for service
with the armed forces under the
Selective Training and Service Act
of 1910, as amended, engaged in
occupations which have been or
which may be declared nondeferable
by the appropriate authorities OF
the War Manpower Commission.
Also such worker remains an es-
sential worker for thirty days after
he ceases to be employed in an
essential activity.
D. Statement OF Availability
Statement of Availability means a
written statement which shall con-
tain only the workers name, his
social security account number, if
any, the name and address of the
issuing employer or War Manpower
Commission officer and office, the
date of issuance, and a statement to
the effect that the worker may be
hired elsewhere in an essential ac-
tivity.
E. Agriculture. For the purpose
Of this program agriculture means
those farm activities carried on by
farm owners or attendants on farms
in connection with the cultivation Of
soil. the harvesting of crops, or the
raising, feeding, or management of
livestock, bees and poultry, and shall
not include any packing. canning,
processing, transportation Or mar
keting Of articles produced on farms
unless performed or carried on in
cident to all farming operations as
distinguished from management or
commercial operations.
F. Immigrant Workers. - In-mi-
grant Worker means any worker who
has not worked or lived in this area
or within normal committing dist
ance thereof throughout the thirty
days preceding any solicitation or
hiring by an employer, or preceding
the workers application for work at
an Office Of the United States En-
ployment Service.
G. Employer. - Employer means
any person, firm, corporation, or the
Federal Government who employs
persons for consideration except as
indicated in Section x. Under this
definition the Civil Service Commits
sion represents the Federal Govern
ment as an employer insofar as posi-
tions subject to the Civil Service Act
and Rules are concerned. In the
District of Columbia government,
positions subject to the Civil Service
Act and Rules and positions subject
to the Joint Regulations are
governed by the provisions Of this
plan.
H. Referral.-Referral means a
statement issued by the United