Draft, Veteran
Changes Explained
Territorial Headquarters of
Selective Servcie announced to
day that honorably discharged
veterans separated from service
prior to December 8, 1944, but
not more than 90 days before,
are entitled to take advantage of
the time extension provided by
the recent amendment to the
Selective Training and Service
Act for reinstatement in their
former positions.
The measure, which became
effective December 8 when it
was signed by the President, ex
tends from 40 to 90 days the
period in which veterans may
make application for reinstate
ment in their former positions.
The 90-day period is measured
from the date of the veteran’s
disoharge or release from a ser
vice hospital. Veterans discharg
ed before the amendment be
came effective are entitled to the
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extenti >ti, provided the DO-day
period his not expi-ed as of De
cember 8.
Declaring that a critical sit
uation demands that civilians
remain in war supporting in
dustries or obtain war support
ing employment if they are not
already so engaged, Territorial
Headquarters of Selective Ser
vice today sent a memorandum
and revised regulations instruct
ing local boards as to the pro
cedure to be followed in meeting
the request of Director of War
Mobilization and Reconversion
James F. Byrnes that men eligi
ble for induction but not in thei
armed services meet their war
responsibilities.
The memorandum made it
plain that the situation calls for
an ever increasing war effort
particularly on the part of men
in the 26 through 37 age group,.
and stressed that there will be a
much larger proportion of induc
tions from this age group after
February 1.
To meet. the vital need for'
men for war production and for
the armed forces, the local.
boards were instructed to give
greater deferment consideration
to registrants 26 through 37 who
are engaged in war production,
or in support of the war effort,
than to those in activities not
supporting immediate prosecu
tion of the war. Registrants who
are now in war supporting in
dustries must stay or run the
risk of losing their occupational
deferment classifications, the re
vised regulations provide, and
the rules for occupational de
ferment are to be applied with
much stricter interpretation than
in the past. The local boards
were also reminded that regis
trants of lesser skill in activities
directly supporting the war ef
fort may be "found more import
ant to the war effort than those
of greater skills in other activi
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ties not in direct support of the
war effort.
Effective December 12, 1944,
a registrant with a ll-A or II-B
occupational deferment who
leaves the employment for which
he was deferred is to be classified
as available for filling calls un
less:
(1) He requests a determina
tion and a determination is
made that it is in the best inter
est of the war effort for him to
leave such employment for other
work; or
(2) The local board finds that
there were adquate reasons in
volving the registrant or his im
mediate family which justified
the registrant in leaving such
employment.
In general, requests for deter
mination that it is m the best
interest of the war effoit for a
registrant to leave his employ
ment for an employment in
which the registrant can make a
greater contribution to the war
effort will be promptly granted.
Presentation by the registrant
of a referral card from the Unit
ed States Employment Service
signifying that his proposed
change in employment is in the
best interest of the war will be
given full consideration by the
local boards.
Brother Promoted
Peter Gilmore, Ketchikan,
former assistant attorney gen
eral of the Territory, and broth
er of Tim Gilmore of this eity,
recently returned to San Diego
from action in the South Pacific
and was jumped from the rank
of ensign to full naval lieuten
ant. He is in command of a
naval vessel.
Father Edgar Gallant left
Wednesday for Juneau where he
was called for a conference con
cerning operation of a hospital
at Skagway. There will be no
Catholic services this Sunday.
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