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Show Utah Wins Praise For Employment Of Ex-Service Men High praise for the efficiency and zeal of Utah local boards In finding find-ing jobs, through their re-employment committeemen, for the State's returning soldiers has been received receiv-ed from National Selective Service Headquarters, it was announced today to-day by Major H. A. Rich, Actln? State Director of Selective Service. Hundreds of returning selectees. National Quardsmen, and other Utah ex-service men have been restored re-stored to their former civilian Jobs or provided with new employment without a serious hitch In many cases, the Director said. Approximately 01,500 of the about 200,000 members of the Nation's armed forces whom the War Department De-partment is returning to civil life during the last quarter of this year had been relieved from active duty oetween September 1 and October 15, 1941, and virtually all of them julckly placed In civilian employment, employ-ment, National Selective Service Headquarters stated. In addition, tt was announced that Selective Service Ser-vice local boards were instrumental between July 1, 1940, and September Septem-ber 1, 1941, in obtaining civilian Jobs j for around 150,000 other members of the armed forces whose terms of enlistment expired In that period. Commenting on the handling of these re-employment cases by the State Headquarters and local ooards, Brig;. General Lewis B. Hershey, Director of Selective Service, Ser-vice, said: "Credit for this Important accomplishment ac-complishment for the national welfare wel-fare is due particularly to the lit Itlatlve of our State Directors and voluntary teamwork of the local boards and their re-employment committeemen. In this respect the work of the members of the Selective Select-ive Service System In the State of Utah has been typical of the entire en-tire country. Our local board mem-oers mem-oers are proving to be Just as zealous zeal-ous in finding Jobs for men returning return-ing from the Nation's armed forces as they are in recruiting for the Army. "The handling of these thousands of re-employment cases with virtually vir-tually no complainst Is a splendid commentary on the efficiency and zeal of the members of the Selective Service System, and an encouraging encourag-ing augury for the success of the entire re-employment program." The Selective Service System, Major Rich pointed out, has the task of obtaining civilian employment employ-ment for all men released by the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, including in-cluding enlisted men as well as selectees. sel-ectees. These men are Instructed to get In touch with the re-employment committeemen of their local boards as soon as they reach their homes. The re-employment committeemen com-mitteemen receive, well In advance of the return of each man, data from National Selective Service Headquarters Head-quarters giving his civilian occupation, occupa-tion, skill and experience and his military service record. If the ex-service man has a Job awaiting hlra, the re-employment committeeman of his local board takes up his case with his former employer to have him reinstated In accordance with the provisions of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. If the man was unemployed unem-ployed when he entered military service, or desires a new Job, the committeeman refers his case to his State Employment Office. This Is done to facilitate cooperation of employers who are urged to list their employment needs with their State Employment Office and to express ex-press preference for ex-service men. |
