Evening star., 1944-01-11
D. {. Board Gets
$500 Outside
Draft Cases
New Set of Orders
Issued to Employers
On Replocements
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG,

The cases OF more than $500 mer
working in the District, but granted
deferments by draft boards in othe,
areas, have been sent to the District
appeal board for review, it was
learned today.
These are expected to be the van
guard of much larger number OF
cases. Draft boards throughout the
country were instructed to forward
the cases by January 10, but since
the cases are channeled through
State headquarters, it may be a
week or more, it was said, before all
the cases arrive here.
The Appeal Board, enlarged by
two more panels, will have to decide
whether the local boards were justi-
fed In granting the deferments
The names of members to staff the
two additional panels have been
recommended by District Selective
Service Director Leahy and now
await approval from national head
quarters and the District Commits
sionerS.
Instructions Issued.
Meanwhile, the attitude of Dis
trlct headquarters toward occupa-
tlonal deferments was indicated in
the new instructions issued by Mr.
Leahy to plants seeking to renew
their replacement schedules by
Which men are deferred for a speci-
ned period until they can be re-
placed and are then withdrawn for
service in the armed forces.
Here are some of the main fea-
lures of those Instructions:
l. Older men will be retained in
industry longer than those in the
younger age brackets and non
fathers must be scheduled for release
ahead of fathers if other factors
are reasonably comparable.
2. Nonfathers employed since the
current replacement schedules went
into effect cannot be considered for
deferment and must be scheduled
for release in the first month of the
renewed schedules unless they are
skilled in critical work.
Can Consider Fathers.
3. Newly-hired fathers, however,
can be considered for deferment if
they are over Is years of age, were
employed before receiving their IA
notice and are engaged in shortage
occupation of the type not ordinar-
lily performed by women or men over
80 years of age.
4. All employees scheduled for re-
lease during the current six-month
schedule who have not yet been in
Quoted must be scheduled for i'm
mediate release in the first month
of the renewed schedule and at least
a portion of those who were granted
a replacement period of more than
six months" must be scheduled for
release during the run of the new
schedule.
Employers were reminded that in
estimating their ability to release
men. they should remember that
one-third of all registrants are re-
jected when they come up for in
duction, so that some of the men
they release may come back to them.
SS ScneduieS operative.
1t was indicated, however, that
men who are not scheduled for re-
lease during the next six-month
period probably will hold their Jobs
for the duration because by that
time employers will be down to
'rock-bottom" and won't be able to
release any more skilled men.
Fifty-three replacement sched-
ules, affecting total of 48,510 en-
ployes, are in effect in the District.
OF the total workers, 14,126 are
draft eligibles, of which 6,7OO are
fathers and 1900 are nonfathers.
Among the schedules are six in
the Washington Navy Yard, seven
in the Navy Department itself, one
each in the Navy Research Labora-
tory and Naval Observatory and
the remainder in private industry
here