Evening star., 1943-04-10
Seven D. T.. Industries
Set VINO Priority
As Needed Activik'
(. Will Receive Preference
In Obtaining Workers
| If They Follow Rules
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG.

ny NAN1AM O11ENbEHG.
Seven District industries were
Included today on the Washing.
ION area War Manpower Com.
missions first list of locally
feeded activities" to be giver
3pecial hiring consideration II
they agree to eliminate luxury
services" not used by wal
workers.
1.-The list covers hotels. restaurants
kafeterias and other eating units
Apartment and office building main
tenance and operation, laundries
fry. cleaners and linen supply
houses.
Area Director RAINY B. Deschner
Emphasized, however. that the list
foes not carry with it eligibility for
bccupational deferment under the
draft for men engaged in locally
needed" activities and must not
conflict with the status of occupa-
tions defined as non-deferrable."
Critical occupations" in the "lo-
caly needed" activities, however
will be defined by the employment
stabilization program here and tenn
borary draft deferments may be
recommended for men holding these
critical jobs.
Essential Activities.
! When the employment stabiliza-
ton program goes into effect here,
these industries will be given the
same status as the essential activi-
ties previously announced by the
War Manpower Commission ma
tionally.
Under the stabilization plan which
Is yet to be announced, these activi-
ties would probably get first call for
workers and special efforts would be
made to cut down labor turnover.
In announcing the list, Area Di-
rector RAINY B. Deschner made it
clear that the individual establish
ments included in this list must have
agreed that they are:
4. l. Making maximum utilization of
their manpower as evidenced by the
adoption of 48-hour week and
appropriate hiring specificat tions and
2. Suspending all special luxury
services" of the type not commonly
utilized by war workers:
First Step Locally.
Announcement of the locally
needed" activities list is the Wash
lngton areas first step toward fit
ting the national VINO program
into the local picture. The local
acknowledgement Committee, an
nounced several weeks ago, has been
struggling with the problem of de-
veIop1ng a manpower program that
would fit Washington's character
as service city. It was explained
Yesterday that the main difficulty
mas been that the national pro-
gram applies mainly in industrial
cities and Washington, outside the
Government, Is largely a service
city.
Local manpower officials had ex-
pressed hope when they first mem
Sloned the possibility of locally
needed activities that some ar
rangements could be made to pre-
vent the flow of draft eligibles
out Of the service activities because
they were in non -deferrable Jobs.
, Mr.. Deschner's statement, how
ever, makes 1t clear that national
VINO would not acceed to an ar
rangement making the non-defer-
rable list imperative here.
A situation is therefore created
where the local WING is making
special hiring arrangements to get
employees in activities necessary
here while nationally, the non
deferrable list is pushing them out.
Employees in the activities listed as
locally needed" who now have to
be registered with the local United
States Employment Service for
transfer to other jobs before May l
or face immediate draft induction,
include bartenders, bellboys, bus
boys, charmen and cleaners, dish
washers, elevator operators, doormen
and starters, lavatory attendants,
porters and walters.
In personal message to workers
In the locally needed activities, Mr..
Deschner stated that the establish
ments they represent, as we'll as the
public which they have served so
splendidly, can well be proud of
their performance" He added that
their service is a highly important
one to the community and through
the continuance of their fine per-
formance thev will be making a real