Evening star., 1943-12-13
SeIective Service
Expected 10 Clarity
Fathers Status Soon
OccupotionoI Deferment
And Boord Inventory
Advice Due This Week
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG.

Two announcements by selectivs
service this week are expected to
give fathers a better idea of their
chances of being deferred because
of their jobs or how soon they can
expect to be called.
One is the rewritten order on
occupational deferments now being
drafted by selective service officials.
Second is the long awaited an
nouncement of the results of the
inventory of draft boards made by
selective service at the end of Sep
tember but brought up to date by
subsequent reports.
The new occupational bulletin IS
expected to complete the divorce
of Selective service from the War
ManpoWer Commission as directed
by Congress. In the year selective
service was under VINO, draft
boards were continually reminded to
work closely with the United States
Employment Service, particularly on
cases of men with critical skills.'
Directions Promised.
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draft boards will be told to Co
operate" with VINO in the same
way as they now cooperate with
county war boards on deferments
of farmers.
Draft boards have been informed
by telegram that directions will be
forthcoming within a few DAYS to
put the new draft legislation into
effect Among them will be the
occupational bulletin which is ex-
pected to emphasize a liberal atti-
tude toward granting occupational
deferments to fathers and more
stringent rules about deferring
childless men.
There was also a possibility that
the new order on job deferments
would ban deferments to men under
%. either fathers or nonfathers,
as indicated Saturday BY Maj, Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey, but this has not
yet been decided.
Inventory Results Expected.
/ Announcement of the results OF
! the inventory will disclose how many
fathers selectIve service expects TO
take each month and how evenly
divided the calls will be over the
States. since selective service is now
committed by law to allocate its
calls on the basis OF Nation wide
pool of nonfatherS levying the
heaviest calls each month on the
States which report available non-
fathers.
According to latest reports, virtu-
ally all States have been drafting
fathers since October. although
some have taken only "nondefer-
rable" fathers. Men whose Jobs
made them nondeferrable regardless
of dependents will now be called
with the other fathers by order
number.
Since nondeferrable fathers were
in the class Immediately before the
other fathers. however. most States
merely will switch the call TO fathers
with lower order numbers than the
nondeferrables.
4 Short Delays Anticipated.
Adjustment of the calls alone. tax
ing some States heavier than others.
is not expected to halt the draft of
fathers in any State for more than
month. according to seleCtiVe serv-
ice since even the largest States
haven't enough childless men TO alb
sorb a large call for more than a
month.
Meanwhile. the fate Of the 4-Fs
depends on the recommendation of
the five-man medical commission,
still TO be appointed by the Presi-
dent. Selectlve service officials have
told Congress a substantial sal
wage from this group is the most
important method of cutting down
on the expected call of a million
/ fathers nv Illly