Evening star., 1943-03-08
Orders Issued
On Deferment
.0fU. 5. Workers
President Sets Up
Bourd to Consider
Status Of Key Men

JULIUS VI NSy NlSH
President Roosevelt today is
sued an executive order govern
ing the induction Of Federal en-
pleyeS into the armed services,
by which holders of key positions
in the Government are to be
given special consideration for
deferment.
The order was based on the re-
port prepared for Mr.. Roosevelt by
the special committee whose chair
man was Paul Bellamy, editor OF
the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
While the executive order adheres
closely to the recommendations
made in the Bellamy report as
far as the draft of Federal work.
ers is concerned, it does not touch
on IL additional recommendation
covering measures to avoid duplica-
ton OF Federal agencies and func-
tions which had been recommended
as means of releasing number OF
men to the armed forces.
increased efficiency in interagency
transfers, an intensive training pro-
gram to replace draft-age employees.
reduction of high labor turnover,
more control over authorizations to
enlarge staf1s and more rapid ef-
fort on the part of the Budget Bu-
reau to help eliminate unnecessary
work and duplication.
Orders Committees Set Up.
The President directed that the
chairman of the War Manpower
Commission, designate with his ap-
proval. chairman and two mem
bers of special committee of the
VINO to be known as the Review
Committee on Deferment of Gov
ernment Employees.
The President also ordered that
each Government agency including
the District government, which Is
considered Government agency,
designate an Agency Committee on
Deferment of Government. Employees.
These agency committees will de-
termine the key positions in each
agency and then submit their de-
cisions for approval to the VINO Re-
view Committee.
The Presidents order forbids Gov
ernment agencies to make requests
for employees deferment unless they
| are essential workers whose loss
would substantially impair activ-
tiles essential to the war effort Gn-
Guiding necessary supporting activ-
tiles and the maintenance of the
national health, safety and interest
May Request Redistribution.
The order provides that the
agency committees may request re-
classification of employees with de-
pendents from ga to 3-B, unless
they are engaged in occupations
designated as non-deferrable The
War Manpower chairman is to pre-
scribe standards for determining
the relationship of the employees
activities to the war effort which
standards shall conform, as nearly
as may be, to the standards ap-
plicable to such classification in
the case of persons not in the Fed
eral service"
. The order provides that a VOL
unteer for commission or enlist
ment in the armed services from a
Government agency must obtain a
release from his chief, but the re-
lease must be given to him unless
he is key employe.
The agency committees are au-
thorized to submit requests for occu-
pational deferments to local Selec-
tive Service boards for men con-
sidered essential. The agency COM
mittees are directed to appeal when
a Government request for deferment
is denied. The appeal is to stay
the induction of the employe af-
fected until final decision in the
case.
Employe May Not Start Action.
The order said:
mo agency shall request the
Selective Service deferment of any
employe on occupational grounds
except in accordance with the pro-
visions of this order. No employe
shall initiate request for his own
deferment on occupational grounds
or advocate the making of such a
request on his own behalf"
The Review Committee is author
lied to revise list of key positions
OF any agency as conditions war
rant. The order describes key posi-
tions.
cI, HN
positions involving serious difficulty
of replacement because a scarcity
of available qualified personnel ex-
lists and because any incumbent Of
the position must have had, in order
to perform the duties effectively, an
extended period of training or spe-
cialized experience. The designa-
tion of key positions shall be fur
ther governed by the following
criterion:
"a. The work is of responsible
administrative, executive or super
visory character in activities directly
related to the war effort or to the
essential maintenance of orderly
government including the mainte-
nance of the health. morale and the
security of the Nation; or
Must Keep Statistics.
"B. The work is part of the
actual production, transportation or
handling of war materials, equip
ment, or commodities, or of the
maintenance or operation of war
equipment, or of the transportation
of war personnel; or
&c. The work is of professional,
professional or highly spe-
,ialized character, requiring extenued
training, in an occupation where q
known scarcity of manpower exists;
or
ID. The work usually requires
male employees because of peculiar
circumstances or requisite physical
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