Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21
Paul BelldDly.

as the above information is avail
able, each agency should request
from the appropriate local draft
boards re-classifcation to lib
for all Of its employees now in lila
who are engaged in essential work.
Bio. We recommend that indi-
vidual employees shall not be allowed
to initiate with their own local draft
boards requests for occupational
deferments.
Must Inform EMPLOYEES.
Bill. We recommend that the
heads of all Federal departments
and agencies be requested by the
Chairman of the War Manpower
Commission again to inform all en-
ployeS of draft age of the urgent
necessity Of notifying the appro-
pirate agency official at once when
such employees have received mott
fication Of their draft status. change
OF draft status, or a request to
present themselves for induction
before their local draft boards.
BIZ. We recommend that the
deferment problems of all depart
ments in the government of the
District of Columbia, which is in
the aggregate one agency of the
Federal service, be handled by the
Commissioners of the District on
the assumption that all of its en-
ployes constitute one agency; and
that the Commissioners of the Dis
trlct shall be authorized to give
effect to the policies and procedures
governing draft deferments as here
recommended for other Federal
agencies.
c. Relations with local draft
boards.
Gil We recommend that the
Chairman of the War Manpower
Commission establish a procedure
Tor the issuance of certificate
which might be known as a Ger
tlflcate of Government request"
which shall be attached to each
deferment request as it goes from
the employing agency to the local
draft board.
CO. We recommend that the di-
rector Of the Selective Service Sys-
tenn shall issue local board memo
randum to local draft boards which
shall set forth that the Federal
agencies have now instituted a pre-
scribed procedure for careful review
OF draft deferment requests and that
IN cases where this has been done
and a request is being forwarded
to the local draft board with a GER
tlflcate Of Government request at
tached thereto, the local draft board
shall construe this as prima facie
evidence as to the critical need for
the requested deferment. Such re-
lease shall further set forth that,
IN the absence of convincing rea-
sons to the contrary, the local board
Is urged to honor this request for
SIX months from date of its issuance
or for such shorter period as the
agency may have requested, and set
forth further that the several en-
ploylng agencies have been requested
by the chairman of the War Man
power Commission at once to insti-
tute appeals in cases where defer
ments thus sought are denied by
the local draft board.
C-3. We recommend that where a
local draft board denies a request
for occupational deferment which is
accompanied by certificate of Gov
eminent request, the head OF the
employing agency shall at once file
an appeal to the appropriate local
appeal body and pending disposition
OF such appeal no order for the reg
lstrant to report for induction shall
be issued or be effective.
ID. Collateral Facts and Factors.
D-l. We recommend that each
Federal department or agency shall
employ a ranking personnel officer,
reporting to the head of the agency,
who shall be responsible for super
vlslng the activities incident to draft
deferment as part of his regular adj
ministrative duties.
d.. We recommend that each
Federal department or agency un-
dertake at once a systematic pro-
gram Of substituting in all posi-
bic cases for employees OF draft age
In all the draft classifcations, en-
ployeS Of nondraft age, women or
handicapped persans. and undertake
as part Of this program intensive
training methods to facilitate then
effective induction.
D-3. We recommend that every
Federal agency review at once the
causes within the agency's contro
leading to high labor turnover ano
take necessary steps to reduce it.
D-4. We recommend that each
( Federal agency institute at once .