Evening star., 1945-08-08
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only four suits for reinstatement in
prewar jobs now are pending in Fed
eral courts and % cases are being
considered by United States attor-
neys, according to the Selective
Service System.
Selective service gave these fig.
ures In report submitted last night
to the Senate and House Military
Affairs Committees. Close cooper
alton between local draft boards and
we're cited in explana-
ton Of the successful transition Of
SO many service men and women
from uniform back into the civilian
economy.
The boards are charged with
carrying out Article of the Select
i've Service Act, which guarantees
veterans their prewar jobs.
Critics Are Aiiywered.
In the same report, Selective Serv-
ice answered critics. particularly on
the West Coast. of its recent policy
OF drafting an increasing number Of
men previously given occupational
deferments.,
1t explained that because of volun-
tary enlistments in the Navy by
youths OF the 18-year- group and
various other causes, the supply Of
these younger men>is far short Of
quota called for by the armed serv.
Ices and that the drafting of occu.
pationally deferred men is manda.
tory.
The report was submitted to Rep
resentative Sparkman, Democrat. Of
Alabama, ranking majority member
OF the House Military Affairs Com
mittee, last night by Col. Francis M.
Keesling, haison and legislative of
ficer Of the Selective Service Sys-
tenn.
Transition Is Discussed.
Discussing the smooth return Of
veterans to their prewar jobs, the
report said:
This record of adjusting REIN
statement cases is a tribute to the
ability of management, labor and
other community interests Coop
Grating with the local board to re-
solve their problem at the local level.
Unemployment problems are be-
ing met where they exist"
Wben dispute occurs between q
discharged veteran and his prewar
employer over restoration of a Job,
Selective Service said, every effort is
made to settle it by Cancellation. Lo-
cal boards are well equipped for this
service, it said, as they not only
have an intimate acquaintance with
facts about the veteran but also
usually know local employers well.
Every Means Explored.
mo action toward court procedure
is taken," the report said. until
every avenue of possible adjust
[ment Is exhausted"
If local efforts to adjust disputes
fail, 1t was stated, State. Selectiye
Service Headquarters then inter-
venes, but even at this stage, an
other attempt at conciiiation is
made before having recourse to the
courts.
OF the % cases now pending be.
fore the Justice Department, the
report said, four involve the issue
CT whether the veteran was an
actual employe within the meaning
Of the law, three involve a decision
as to whether the veteran was a
temporary employe and one involves
a dispute as to whether a veteran
should replace a nonveteran with
greater seniority.
'Manpower Dilemma Cited.
Discussing its present '.manpower
dilemma" selective service said
there "are insufficient numbers of
young men reaching 18 years of age
each month to fill the calls being
made upon selective service by the
Army and Navy.
THE number Of available young
men attaining the age of IS has been
reduced by sizable voluntary enlist
mentS Of 17-year-old men into the
Navy and is further limited by the
physical and other standards which
by law are fixed and applied by the
Army and Navy.
Under existing physical and other
standards fixed and applied under
law by the Army and Navy, men now
IN class la and those heretofore
deferred In classes u-A, lib and
nc are the main remaining source
from which to withdraw men to meet
the untitled balance of the calls made
upon the sclectiye service system by
the Army and Navy"
Statistics ON Deferments.
Selective service submitted statis-
tics showing there are now 3.476, sic
men In classes u-A and lib. and
l ,279. 100 in class nc, most Of whom
have not had physical examinations
and many of whom will be physically
incapable of meeting Army and Navy
standards.
Glasses liza and u-B include men
deferred because Of employment in
war production and other vital In
dustriai work, while class II-C In.
cludes agricultural workers.
Selective service held that lack of
legislation requiring workers to stay
IN war industries and transferring
nonessential workers to essential in
dustries was more to blame than
draft calls for nanpower shortages
In milftarily-essential work.
If appropriate action is taken, /.
the report said, ito induce such per-
sons to remain In their war Jobs,
then not only would many of the
existing manpower shortages be
taken care Of, but adequate replace
ments would be available to fill the
vacancies In war production caused
BY the selective service Withdrawals
OF cupationally deferred men from
classes I1-A, lib and no."
Inquest Set in Death
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
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