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Show UNITED STATES SELECTIVE SERVICE SELECTIVE SERVICE EM-3 CPLOYEES TO BE CIVIL SERVICE SER-VICE All clerical and stenographic positions on Selective Service local lo-cal boards in Utah will be Blanketed Blank-eted under Civil Service on January Jan-uary 1, 1942, and all appointments made to such positions after July 1, 1941, must conform to Civil Service rules and regulations, Major H. A. Rich, Acting State Director of Selective Service said today. Heretofore, under the terms of the Selective Training and Service Ser-vice Act of 1910, authority was granted for the appointment of necessary clerical and stenographic stenog-raphic employees for local boards and the fixing of their compensation compen-sation "without regard to the classification act of 1923, as amended, and without regard to the provisions of the Civil Service laws." Enactment of the so-called 'Ramspeck Act" and issuance of an executive order by the President, Pres-ident, however, necessitates application ap-plication of the Civil Service laws in such appointments, Major Rich sair While specified positions will be blanketed under Civil Service Major Rich pointed out, the incumbent in-cumbent personnel must take ' qualifying examinations to remain re-main in their positions after the January deadline. The section of the Ramspeck Act dealing vith the retention of incumbent em ployees in positions blanneted5 under Civil Service according to Major Rich, provides: "The incumbrent of any office or position which is covered into the classified civil service ' under the provisions of section 1 of this Act shall not thereby acquire civ ii service status except (li upon recommendation of the head of the agency concerned within one year after such office or position has been covered into the classified classifi-ed civil service, and certification within such period by such head of the Civil Service Commission that such incumbrent has served with merit for not less than six months immediately prior to the date such office or porition was covered into the classified service; ser-vice; and (2) upon passing such suitable noncompetitive examination examina-tion as the Commission may pre-scribt: pre-scribt: Provided, That such incumbent in-cumbent shall be given only one such noncompetitive examination: Provided further, That any sL'.ch incumbent who fails to pass the noncompetitive examination oro-vided oro-vided in his case shall be separated separat-ed from the service not later than six months after the Commission advises the appointing ofl'Cer that such employee has failed." In the application of Civil Service Ser-vice rules and regulations, Major Rich emphasized that nothing would be done to take away the powers of local board chairman ' as appointing officers in the employment em-ployment of local board clerks )and stenographers. Such employ-; ees must be taken from the Civil Civ-il Service list of eligibles, however, how-ever, he added. Furthermore, temporary, part-time part-time or intermittent clerks or laborers receiving les3 than $540 per annum may be employed by local boards for suitable purposes purpos-es without prior application by the boards t0 the managers of their respective Civil Service districts, dis-tricts, although such appointments appoint-ments must be reported to the proper district manager. CHANGE IN DRAFT AGE: Deferment of all Selective Service Ser-vice registrants who are 28 years old on or after July 1, 1941, was directed by Brig. Cen. Lewis S. Horshey, Deputy Director of Selective Sel-ective Service, at the request of Congressional leaders. In a telegram to State Directors Direc-tors of Seletive Service, G?iierai Hershey said that he is advised by these Congressional leaders that when pending legislation (3. 1524) is enacted, that such age group will be deferred and v.ith provisions retroactive to July 1st calling for discharge for all inductees. in-ductees. For that reason, he said, further inductions in this group should be postponed for a period of thirty days, pending final action act-ion on the bill. His telegram to the Stat? Directors Dir-ectors reads: ''Congr .ssional leaders have now v fpublicly stated that there is no difference of opinion as to the merits of the new provisions of the bill to defer men who have attained the age of twenty-eight years on or before July 1, 1941. "Congressional leaders have requested re-quested the Deputy Director to take immediate action with respect re-spect to the deferment of such men. "As bill is now written, men who have attained age of twenty-eight twenty-eight on or before July 1st will be subject to discharge if inputted inputt-ed on or after July 1st. "Based upon such requests, and the statements made that the age provision of the bill will he passed in substantially their present pres-ent form and the retroactive provisions for discharge, you will inform Selective Service Agencies Agen-cies in your State that the induction induc-tion of such men shall be postponed post-poned for a period of thirty days pending final action on the bill "In the event thebill is not passed pas-sed such men will be subject to induction in the normal manner upon the expiration of the period per-iod of postponement." S. 1524, as passed by the Senate gave the President discretionary power to make deferments by age groups. It was amended by the House Military Affairs Commit-te Commit-te to defer registrants more than 27 years of age. The bill ;s on the House Calendar for discussion discuss-ion on July 8. |