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mittee added. that a rigorous ap-
plication of the procedures We shall
recommend will result in the re-
leaes OF additional thousands OF
able-bodied men from the civil
establishments to the armed forces
If this is further accompanied by q
resolute effort by the agencies
themselves to prevent overlapping
OF functions and to suspend those
activities unnecessary to the war eff
tort. additions to the uniformed
services will be created STILL
Interpretations Vary.
Pointing out that although vari-
Gus policies and procedures have
been in effect to govern Federal
draft deferments, the committee
charged they were not being car
ried out with uniformity or con-
slstency and that interpretatio tons of
the policies ranged from the ex-
IRENE Of requesting no deferments
to the other extreme of great lib
erality.'
The actual deferment requests I'M
der the recommendations would be
made by selective service commit
tees in the agencies, monitored by
review committee of the War
Manpower Commission with power
to withdraw an agency's deferment
request privileges and sonsider all
requests for deferment directly.
Federal workers would not be al
lowed to make requests for occu-
pational deferment to draft boards
themselves.
Deferment problems of all District
departments would be handled by
the District Commissioners on the
assumption that all of its employees
constitute one agency. The Com
missioners would be authorized to
put into effect the same policies and
procedures governing the occupa-
tional deferments of Federal agen-
cies.
The Presidents committee ex-
planned that the deferment request
ing job had been given back to the
agencies in its proposals because
Ito do otherwise would be to imply
that the responsible heads of the
major Government departments and
agencies do not have the wisdom,
the integrity or the courage to de-
termine the relative importance of
the essential war character of the
individual employees work
Would Handle Service Pleas.
The agency committees also would
have TO pass on all employe requests
for release either to volunteer or to
accept commissions in the armed
forces. 1t was recommended that
such requests be denied if the COM
mittee would have recommended
draft deferment had the question
come up. In the cases of commits
sions, however the Agency Commit
tee, according to the report, should
grant a mans request for release
from the Government If it is estab-
lished"that he is to be assigned to
active combat service or service
which would make equal or greater
use of his skills in the military
branches.
Where requests for release were
denied, the agency head would have
to notify the petitioners draft board
that he had been refused a release
and he would have the right to ap-
peal to the Review Committee of the
War ManpoWer Commission.
The criteria proposed by the COM
mlttee as guide to deferments
would include administrative Jobs
directly related to the war effort or
to the essential maintenance of
orderly government, actual produc-
ton Of war materials. professional
or other highly specialized work re-
curing extended training in occu-
pations where known scarcities exist,
and jobs requiring male employees
such as forest rangers. seamen,
prison guards and border patrol
men.
Need Of Specialists Needed.
For agencies requiring specialized
skills, manning tables and replace
ment schedules for the orderly with