The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-12

berS have expressed a variance OF
opinions. Some have stated that
they are inclined to favor a blan-
ket deferment until the recent di-
receive relative to occupational sta
tus has been clarified, while other
members are of the opinion that 1t
would be possible to determine in
most cases If an individual Is en-
ployed within an essential occu-
patton.
Boards l5-B and 16-B which met
last night were today forwarding
notification of the temporary de-
ferments to all men scheduled for
call this month and in the case of
the latter board to those being in
Quoted.
Volunteers
Men who have signified their de-
sire to leave this week despite the
cover 26" ruling will be classified
as volunteers and will be re-
quested to sign a voluntary induc-
ton waiver. This Is precaution-
airy measure intended to protect To-
Cd DOdL 10 AL C1OC a OAVAlVAOAA OAAObA0
arise whereby certain are groups
might be deferred for some time
and these indicted men might re-
greet their. actions. In the majority
of the cases of these volunteers"
it is reported that their actions
have been prompted by the uncer-
tainty of the draft situation and
the difficulties with which it has
confronted individuals.
All prospective inductees Of all
four local boards will have been
notified by the end of this week as
to their current status as nodded
by the recent selective service di-
receives.
Meanwhile local boards are
screening for immediate induction
all men 26 and over who are not
doing essential work within those
IA essential industries listed by man
power officials, yesterday. Only
those men who are employed with
in those industries, and are essen
tial to them, will be considered.
Others are to be indicted imme-
diately unless rejected for physical
reasons.
Just why the postponement Of
the induction of those 26 and over
has been directed it has not yet
been clarified. 1t is expected that
within few days somewhat dras-
tic ruling as to the general selective
service laws will be announced. The
armed forces are expected to have
attained their full quotas by July
at which time all inductions will be
halted except for tl.ose attaining
the age of ID from then on. 1t is
possible, some authorities stated.
that older men such as those over
30 may not be called, but will be
placed on an inactive status COM
parable to the present status of
those SO and over.
Washington, April 12-(UP)-The
nations local draft boards today
began the task of wedding out from
among the 100000 industrial defer
ments granted to men under &c
all those not covered by the gov
ernment's new and drastically re-
duced deferable job list.
The list, issued yesterday by Draft
Director Lewis B. Hershey, limited
to IA the general fields of critical
activities, other than agriculture, in
which men under 26 may be consid-
cred for deferments. Those whose
jobs do not fall within the list will
be reclassified for induction to meet
Army-Navy demands for younger
men.
The exact number of under-26
registrants who will continue to be
deferred in the listed activities will
be based on requests submitted by
affected industries to the inter-
agency committee under Manpower
Chief Paul v. McNutt.
Hershey indicated that lists SUBJ
mitted thus far requested more than
100000 deferments, but that more
than half were for the Merchant
Marine. He said the transporta-