Evening star., 1944-05-11
Draft Appeals BOARD
Shows Tendency TO
Defer Men Near 38
Notutions in Four Cases
Reed In View of Ace;
78 Young Men Token

The tendency of the District
Board of Appeal, even month ago
to grant occupational deferments tc
men principally because they are
nearing their 38th birthday was
demonstrated in four cases an
nounced by District Selective Serv-
ice today.
In the four cases, acted on by the
board during the week ending April
8, notation was made that the
deferment was granted "in view OF
the mans age"
The board split three to two In
the case of one of the men, street.
car operator He was divorced and
childless. 1t has been the appeal
boards policy on Capital Transit
Co. cases to give preference for de-
ferment to employees with children
The other three men, none OF
whom probably would have been
granted deferments if they were
younger, were the auditor of a
motor company, the assistant sec.
retary-treasurer of a bank and q
store merchandising executive.
78 Younger Men Hit.
In both review cases from other
Jurisdictions and appeals from local
boards, the appeal board continued
its attack on men under 26. A tota:
OF 78 younger men either lost theil
occupational deferment on review
or were denied job deferment OF
appeal. Six others in the under-2l
group were denied deferment a.
hardship cases.
Some Of these men, it was ex.
planned, will go back into the de.
ferred classification on the recon-.
mendation of State directors be-
cause of their jobs, but most ot
them will go into the armed forces
Hardest hit by the under-26 reg.
ulation during the week reported
on today were the Capital Transit
Co., with Is men either held in Ia
or put there on review, and the
Navy Yard, with 10 men who lost
their deferments or were denied
appeals to the deferred class. Lesser
losses were suffered by the Burear
of Standards, the Federal Bureau
of Investigation and the Washing
ton Terminal Co.
Five students lost their defer
ments. In one case, that of a pre-
theological student, the board
commented that boy this young
doesn't know what he wants to do ;
Hardship Cases.
Among the older men granted de-
ferment for hardship to dependents
were 31-year-old father of six
children, 29-year- old father OF
five children, one with three chill
dren and sick wife and one with
four children an an eXpectant wife
On an appeal by District Selective
Service Director William E. Leahy
the appeal board reversed Draft
Board No. 23 Joseph V. Stanton,
36, auto mechanic and garage own
er, lost his occupational Geferment,
put The appear BOARD recommended
a 60-day stay of induction.
In all the appeal board acted on
las appeal cases and 83 review cases
Only 80 out of the 83 men whose
cases were reviewed were allowed
to retain their occupational defer
ments. Among those who lost their
defermentS on review were 33 men
in the under-26 age group.
On appeals from la the appeal
board granted % out of III requests
for occupational deferment About
half of those denied occupational
deferment were under IS. The ap-
peal board also granted eight out
OF 30 requests for deferment on
grounds of hardship and Cne man
who appealed from LAO (avail-
able for noncombatant service) to
3D. on hardship grounds was con-
tinued in lao.