Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
Text of Presidents Order on Controlling
Requests for Deferment of u S. Workers

Following is the teri OF PreSi-
dent RooSeUeltS erecutipe order
on controlling Government re-
quests for the SeIectiue service
deternlent Of Federal 1UorkerS:
BY virtue Of the authority vested
IN me by the Constitution anc
statutes Cmcluding the Selective
Training and Service Act Of 1910. as
amended as President of the United
States, and in order to further the
prosecution Of the war by conserV-
ing and most effectively utilizing
manpOWer and by SyStematizing the
handling of necessary seleCtive serv-
Ice occupational deferment Of en-
ployes in the executive branch Of
the Federal Government, it is Or
dered as follows:
/. Limitations on Right to Request
OccupationaI Deferment,
/. No 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 a request for his own
deferment on ocCupational grounds
or advocate the making of such a
request on his own behalf.
2. No such request shall be made
unless it is determined. in the man
ner herein provided, that the en-
plove's civilian services are essential
:,
stantially impair activities essential
to the war effort tinCluding neCeS-
sarv supporting activities and the
maintenance of the national health,
safety and INTEREST,". In determln-
ing whether such an employees serv-
ices are thus essential, consideration
shall be given to all relevant factors,
including the actual effectiveness Of
the employe, the difficulty Of replaC-
ing him, his age, his quahfiC9JlO lions
his assignment to duties outside the
continental United States and the
length of his service in the position
he occupies or in positions with
comparable duties.
3. No such request shall be made
for period longer than is deemed
TO be absolutely necessary nor for
period of more than six months.
III. Establishment of Committees.
|. The chairman of the War Man
power Commission hereinafter re-
feTed to as the chairman shall
designate, with the approval Of the
President, chairman and two men,
bers of a War ManpoWer Commits
sion Committee to be known as the
Review Committee on Deferment of
Government Employees hereinafter
referred to as the Review Commit
tee. Such committee shall be sub
ject to the supervision and direction
Of the chairman
g. The head of each agency shall
designate a Committee on Defer
ment Of Government Employees
hereinafter referred to as an
Agency Committed of three to five
members possessing a comprehen-
siVe view Of the needs Of the agency.
For the purposes Of this order the
Government of the District of Co.
lumhia shall be deemed to be an
agency. Each Agency Committee
shall be subject to the supervision
and direction of the head of the
agency.
3, When authorized by the Re
view Committee, the head of any
agency may also designate regional
committees whenever the number
end geographical distribution of the
personnel Of the agency make such
action desirable. Within their re-
spectiye areas such regional COM
nlittees shall have the authority and
responsibility Of an Agency Com
nl1ttee; and as used in this order
the term Agency Committee" shall
include regional committee es-
tabl1shed under this section.
III. Designation of Key Positions
/. Each Agency Committee, with
the approval of the head of the
agency, shall submit TO the Review
Committee for its approval a list
OF those positions in the agency
deemed necessary to carry out &C
tlvities essential to the war effort
or TO necessary supporting activi-
ties. All such positions approved
by the Review Committee shall be
known as key positions" The Re-
view Committee. either on its own
motion or upon recommendation
made by the Agency Committee
and approved by the head of the
agency, may revise the list of kew
positions Of that agency as condi-
tons warrant.
2. Key positions shall be limited
10 positions involving serious diff
Guilty of replacement because
scarcity Of available qualified per-
sofrnel exists and because any
incumbent Of the position must have
had. in order to perform the duties
effectively, an extended period of
training or specialized experience.
The designation Of key positions
shall be further governed by the
following criteria.
a. The work is Of a responsible
administrative, executive, or super
vlsory character in activities directly
related TO the war effort, or to the
essential maintenance of orderly
Government INCLUDING the main
tenance Of the health, morale, and
security Of the Nation: or
b. The work is a part of the
sh<<4%$%$%@$@&%%%~>%>%>~>