Evening star., 1943-09-22
10 Of 40 Win
Draft Delay on
Occupation Plea
D. c. Chiefs Report
No Orders Given on
Local Critical Jobs

tons to refer the cases of men or
the local list of critical occupations
to the United States Employment
Service for recommendations on oc.
cupational deferments.
The statement was an answer tc
questions about the latest actions o.
the District appeal board which
made public its decisions today or
Is cases considered during the week
ending September 4.
The appeal board denied occupa
tional deferment to a chef, baker
shoe repair store manager, ar
auto mechanic and laundry work.
er. These occupations are on the
list put out by the area War Man
power Commission as locally criti-
cal" VINO said grave considera
ton" would be given to the occupa
tional deferment of men in these
occupations.
Instructions to District.
National headquarters of selec-
tive service has instructed the Dis
trict TO submit all cases of mer
whose jobs appear on the nationa.
critical list to USES for its recon-
mendations, but few of the jobs on
that list are found here. Area VINO
Director Fred z. Hetzel has an
nounced he would ask District draf;
headquarters to make similar ar
rangements for the cases of men
on the local list.
District draft headquarters made
it clear it was taking its orders
from national headquarters, from
which it has received no instruc-
tions about men whose jobs are
critical locally because of a man.
power shortage.
A local draft spokesman said the
cases would be considered by the
board on the basis of the mans ex-
perience, essentially. the length OF
time he has been on the job and
his replaceability.
is Out of 40 Deferred.
The appeal board granted occu-
pational deferment to 16 men out
of the 40 who asked for it. In the
cases of two Federal Bureau of In
vestigation fingerprint technicians,
the appeal board specified the de-
ferment was to be for only three
months.
The appeal board also granted the
request of farmer for classification
in &c and classified two men in
3D. as hardship cases. In all, the
appeal board granted 10 requests for
deferment and continued Sc regis
trants in la.
The following men were given oc-
cupational deferments:
David r. Henry. 35, bacteriologist
and assistant superintendent. EN-
bassy, Dairy, Inc; Clyde H. Sorrell
%. policeman, Metropolitan Police
Department; Marvin B. Foley, 25
maehinist helper apprentice, Wash
ington Terminal Co.; Walter E
Skinner, 80. electrician, Washington
Terminal Co.: Roy Moore Steele, 80
special agent, Federal Bureau of In
vestigation; Thomas E. Spencer. %
foreman checker of freight ship
ments, Panama Canal Edward T
Steiner, 35 assistant chemist, De.
partment of Agriculture; Charles E
Frazier, 30, f1ngerprint technician
Federal Burau of Investigation, de-
ferment for three months; George
Henry Armstrong, 26, fingerprint
technician, Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, deferment for three months
John Joseph Dials, 25, member
Metropolitan Police Department
Samuel A. Corson, 33. instructor il
pharmacology, Georgetown Univer-
sity school of medicine; Fred G.
Berghoefer, %, Chicago, Ill, junior
radio engineer, United States Nava
Research Laboratory; Donald Smith
Wilson, %, assistant engineer, Bu.
reau of Ships, Navy Department
Edward W. Deeters, jr. "a, junior
radio engineer, United States Nava
Research Laboratory; Sherman w
Rabideau, %, assistant chemist
United States Naval Research Labo
ratory: Edwin Speakman, 33, senior
physicist, United States Naval Re.
search Laboratory.
The farmer placed in &c wa!
Charles w. Paxton, 27 Defermen'
because of hardship to dependent:
was granted to Louis Rudin, 26
junior officer at the National Train.
ing School for Boys. and Charles
Robert Baker, 81, mechanic, Parsons
Auto Glass Co.
Denied Deferment.
The following men were denied
deferment on occupational grounds
George Joshua Beach, a. Boare
"a, surveyor. Capital Transit Co
appealing from IA to IA. Con.
tinued IA.
Robert l.. Schiefelbein, 25, Boart
%, messenger and personnel dis.
patcher, Western Union. appealing
from la to IA Continued IA.
John James Morgan, "a, locomo,
tive fireman, Washington Termina
Co., Frank Romeo, 81, locomotive
fireman, Baltimore & Ohio Rail.
road; Clinton L. Hawkins, 35. de.
livery man, Wilkins-R Milling
Co.; Ernest E. Rice, 27, teacher
Indian Community School, Indiar
Bureau Field Service, Office of In.
dian Affairs; Louis Nathanson, 33
general manager, Galveston Realty
Corp, Charles H. Hansen, 81, motor
analyst and repair inspector, TreV
Motor Co; William T. Scott, %
chef, Neptune Restaurant: John K
Mcseley, 20, apprentice machinist
Naval Gun Factory, Navy Yard
Thomas Joseph McCue, jr., 20, stu.
dent, department of aeronautica
Engineering. Catholic University
Harold Robert Bachman 30, bake,
and baker instructor. Sholl's Cafe
telia David w. Fitzgibbons, 33, sec
retary- treasurer, w. G. Cornell Co.
Emanuel C. Fisher, l8. pre-medica
student, Howard University; Han
w. Werkmeister 81, auditor ant
| controller, watson .Automotiv,
Equipment Co; Alton r. Sprague
q, carpenter; Joseph w. Sian, "a
manager, Golden Star Valet Shop
Myer Epstein. 30, auto mechanic
United States Engineers Garage
Fort Myer, Va. Henry G. Bauer, sc
stock room manager, Arcade Pom
| tiac Co.; William M RemSbure, IS