Evening star., 1944-03-09
Review Board
'Upho|ds All but.
10Deferments
66 Droft Delays
Continued in Check
Of Outside Rulings

Continued IN Iheck
Of Outside Rulings
Only 10 men of the first rs to have
their deferments reviewed by the
District Board Of Appeal lost theil
deferments and will 60 into la as q
result of the boards decisions, Dis
trict selective service headquarters
has announced.
In most of the cases where loca,
boards were reversed, District
draft spokesman said, the record
showed no request for deferment
had been filed by the employer.
The rs cases reviewed were among
206 acted on by the appeal board
during the two weeks ended January
%. These are the first of thousands
OF cases which must be reviewed by
the District appeal board because
the men work in Washington, but
were deferred by draft boards out
side Washington.
All but IA of the cases involved
Government employees, who had
been given deferments before the
Puryear Committee of the War
Manpower Commission began tc
function February /.
In acting on appeals from IA
classif1cations, its regular task, the
appeal board granted 81 appeals for
occupational deferment, 16 appeals
for deferment as hardship cases and
2 appeals of conscientious objeotors
The appeal board denied A appeals
for occupational deferment, IL ap-
peals Of registrants seeking defer
ment either because of their jobs
or hardship to dependents and Is
appeals on hardship grounds only.
Five From Arlington.
OF the 10 men who lost their de.
ferments on review, five were reg.
istered with Arlington Draft Boaro
No. l. A spokesman for the board
said that in some cases it had giver
occupational deferments to fathers
without q request from their en-
ployers, but in one case where thu
appeal board had reversed its de.
cision because there was no request
from the employer, the local boarc
insisted that a request was on file.
The registrant in that case was
Raymond George Fisher, 80, a pre-
Pearl Harbor father, who had been
deferred until April 80 as $1,000 6
year statistical analyst for the Mu.
nitions Assignment Board. In de.
nying his continued deferment. the
board recommended a 30-day stay
of induction.
The others who lost their defer
ments were:
Louis Root Eastman, jr., 30, a
father employed at the ONCE OF
Strategic Services, who, according te
the appeal board, had started work
December IA, 1913, and had been
given deferment until June, 1874
without a Government request fol
AiIS uc1StueQL. -
Murphy L. Barnes, So, an Arling-
ton registrant, employed as senior
agricultural economist at the Agri-
culture Department. He also is 8
father, deferred until April 80 with.
out a Government request. In his
case the appeal board also recon.
mended 30-day stay OF induction
Frank Vincent Black, %, also ar
Arlington registrant, employed a.
an auditor for the Maritime Com.
mission. He is a father, deferred
until April 80 without a Govern.
ment request. The appeal board
recommended 30-day stay.
Government Request Claimed.
Douglas Ensminger, "a, of Airing.
ton, a father employed as senio,
social scientist at the Agriculture
Department, deferred until April 30
His draft board said a Government,
deferment request had been flee
1or him. The appeal board LISTED
no reason for reversing the draft
board In his case, but recommended
a 30-day stay of induction.
William Grover Cook, SO. a ia.
ther registered with an Ellicott Cit,
(Mdo board, a machine operator
at the National Republic Publish.
Ing Co. He had been deferred unit
June l3. 1914. The board gave nc
reason for the reversal.
William Emerson Edwards. as 8
father registered with a Cleveland
board. The appeal board said nc
request had been filed for his de.
Ierment as counsel of the Defense
Plant Corp. He had been deferred
until June 2, 1914.
Parker Vesie Lawrence II. 20
registered in Easton, Md. He was
ilSted as chief priorities and ex.
port license officer for Australia
HIS deferment would have expired
however, on February 6, a few davs
after the appeal board acted.
Samuel Edward Scott, 20, waiter
on the Seaboard Railway, registered
with Charlottesville (VaD board
The appeal board said Mr.. Scott
was listed on replacement schedule
to be released after six months,
from July 81, 1943, but he had beer
deferred until April %, 1914.
3o-Day Stay Granted.
James Henry McGlue, 37-year-olo
father, buyer for the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Co., deferered by the Ar.
lington Board until April 80 with.
out a request from his EMPLOYER
In Mr.. McGlue's case, the appea,
beard recommended a 3O-day STAY
OF induction.
In another case, that of One,
Henry Otis, registered with a Gin.
clnnati board, a father who hae
been deferred as operator of freezer,
for the Southern Diaries, the appea
board noted that no request for hi.
deferment had been filed by hi,
employer, but did not reverse tn,
local board because Mr.. Otis wa,
to reach his 38th birthday withir
month after the appeal boare
acted.
In its appeals from Ia tn,
appeal board granted five State De.
partment requests for occupations
deferment. Four of the five mer
are single.