Evening star., 1944-04-11
Vital Fields
Listed as Basis
For Defern1ent
Special Provision
Mode for Some
Miners, Students
LIST OF APPROVED critical actvi-
ties in which men under % may
be deferred. Page AS
By MIRIAM GUTENBERG.

bACo AL WihCu Hell uIlQcT 20 may
be deferred. Page AS
By MIRIAM GUTENBERG.
Selective Service Director
Hershey today issued a list Of
critical activities under IL war
lagencies in which men in the
l8-to-26 age group may be de-
ferred, and made special pro-
vision for some coal miners,
students and internes.
In two kilograms to State selectiys
service directors, Gen. Hershey listed
the activities by the war agencies
having jurisdiction over them and
gave State directors authority to
defer certain coal miners.
Neither the miners nor students
had been recommended for defer
ment by the Inter-Agency Commit
tee set up to select which activities
were so vital to the war program
that deferment of the young nsAA
in them was warranted.
War Manpower Chief McNutt
made public a letter to Gen. Hershey
in which he appealed for the inclu-
sion of coal production in eight
States on the list of critical activi-
ties and asked for more generous
treatment of students. Gen. Hershey
followed the Inter-Agency Commit
tees recommendations on all scores
except the students and coal miners.
Gen. Hershey authorized State
directors In certain producing
areas" to defer individual miners
whose induction would result in
serious curtailment in production"
Some Leeway Allowed.
| He also allowed State directors to
recommend the younger registrants
for deferment if they are engaged
in any of the listed war activities,
even though the special form sub
mitted for their deferment is not
indorsed by Government agency
or its representative.
He added, however, that an au-
thorized Endorsement SHOULD be
given weight as strong evidence Of
fSNSAP1eAOAAdl klCCCoolby.
Included on the list of critical
activities were:
| Synthetic and reclaimed rubber,
Iamphibicus ducks" rockets, radar,
trucks and tractors, certain aircraft
and shipbuilding, aviation gasoline,
Great Lakes transportation, COM
mercial airlines flight personnel and
ground personnel outside the United
States, offshore shipping, communi- =
cations, technical services in wet
corn milling and commercial fishing
vessel captains.
Gen. Hershey provided for the
continued deferment of students in
"a scientific courses who are grad
uating before July and for full
time students in recognized schools
in medicine, dentistry, veterinary
medicine and osteopathy until their
graduation.
He also permitted deferment Of
premedical, prudential, preveterinary
medical, pre-osteopathic and pre-
theological students who are gradu-
atlng before July !, and if they have
been accepted for admission in rec
ognized schools and will enter actual
classroom work by July /.
Internes Get Nine Months.
Doctors, dentists and osteopaths
were allowed deferment for an in
ternship not exceeding nine months.
These groups and 10000 other
students under a quota allotted by
the National Roster of Scientific
and Specialized Personnel faced the
loss OF their deferment because Of
orders sent out April 4. The new
order continues the deferment of
all but the 10000 undergraduate,
under the quota.
The IL Federal agencies which
were successful in winning defer
ments for young men were: The
once of the Rubber Director, Army
Service Forces, Army Air Forces,
Navy Department, War Production
Board, Maritime Commission, Pc
troleum Administration for War,
| Office of Defense Transportation,
War Shipping Administration,
Board OF War Communications,
War Food Administration and CO.
ordinator of Fisheries.
Gen. Hershey said a list of indi.
vidual plants within these war ac-
tivities will be sent to State direc-
tors later.
Rail Personnel Affected.
| On the score OF railroad personnel,
which at last reports was still under
discussions before the Inter-Agency
Committee, Gen. Hershey said defer
ment could be asked for personnel
engaged in railway and motor trans
port service directly related to the
movement of war freight necessary
to support the immediate war OBJ
| Jectlves, the withdrawal of which
would decrease the safety, speed and
volume of movement so as to ad-
versely affect such war detectives. :"
Specifically. he authorized defer
ment of railway personnel engaged
in assembly line, haul and breakup
OF railway freight trains and key
personnel of trucking companies
whose equipment consists of more
than $4,000 tons gross weight of ve-
hicles.
Exceptions Allowed.
Fishing personnel was limited to
captains operating commercial fish,
ing vessels of 20 gross tons or over.
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