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Show WASHINGTON NE4WS rzn FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER Long Session Due to the wond situation it is believed that the present pres-ent session of Congress will not adjourn ad-journ before it expires next January Janu-ary 3rd. Since the outbreak of war in Europe, Congress has been in session ses-sion 617 of the 675 days. There was a time when Congress used to recess re-cess from March 4th to Decembei 6th almost every year. How Men Are Released from Military Mili-tary Sprvice for Defense Work The War Department advises that manufacturers who wish to have former employees released from military service and returned to factory operations should send theu' requests t o Robert P. Patterson, Undersecretary of War, the War Department, Washington, D. C. The following precedure must be followed : The company must make me request ana agree to re-empioy the workers immediately. The request, re-quest, in affidavit form, and in triplicate, tri-plicate, should be addressed to Robert Rob-ert P. Patterson, Undersecretary of War, Washington, D. C. The employer em-ployer must state whether the soldier sol-dier is related to the signer of the request for release or to any member mem-ber of the firm. The employer must also prove that the soldier is a key man and that there is a shortage of technicians in his category. When released, enlisted men and trainees are transferred to the enlisted en-listed reserve corps. They may be recalled if they leave their defense petitions. Upon obtaining a release the company must notify the Adjutant Ad-jutant General of the Army in Washington, by letter, of the date of re-employment. If the man leaves the f:rm thereafter the Adjutant General must be notified of the date and the reason. Each application must cover fully personal data on the soldier. In telling why he is needed the employer em-ployer must also give information on his former duties. Selectees Wanted for Three-Year Specialized Jobs The chief of the recruiting service wants volunteers for three-year specialized army Jobs not greatly different from technical occupations in civilian life. There is no compulsion in this. New selectees, selec-tees, like those before them, may await their local draft board call, make the usual claims for deferment, defer-ment, and finally take whatever one-year service assignment the induction in-duction center orders. The recruiting officers have three arguments for the prospective volunteer: 1. All inductees in all arms start at $21 a month. But tech-nicial tech-nicial experts in 89 occupations may average $84 to $105 in the regular army, whereas a first-class first-class private rating (the best that most selectees can hope for In one year's time) pays only $36. 2. Younger selectees, unfitted by training or opportunity for Jobs in private life, may receive free instruction in trades as regular army volunteers. Men who have no Jobs waiting for them when their tour of military duty ends may find opportunity in fields for which specialized army training has fitted them, especially espe-cially in commercial aviation as pilots, navigators, radiomen, aerial photographers, dispatchers. 3. Selectees ultimately may have to serve three years, more or less, If the world situation becomes be-comes worse and Congress decides de-cides to keep selectees In the service serv-ice more than one year and perhaps per-haps for the duration of the national na-tional emergency. So, If draftees are to be retained they may favor a three-year voluntary enlistment with opportunity for specialized training. Ickes Practices What He Preaches Defense Oil Co-ordlnator Harold L. Ickes said today that his family had abandoned pleasure driving to practice his "preaching" for a reduction re-duction in nondefense uses of petroleum. pe-troleum. "I may be preaching, but I am also practicing," he said. "My family does not use any automobile for pleasure driving. I have already put into effect a practice that will r- suit In a saving of fully 50 per cent of the gasoline that I have been using personally." An Evenlnf at the Water Gate Washingtonlans have the privilege of both fine and comfortable entertainment enter-tainment at a very minimum cost. During the summer months outdoor concerts are held at the Water Gate at the foot of the inspiring Lincoln Memorial. A pavilion Is anchored in the water near the shore and patrons of the concerts sit on steps leading down to the water's edge, in seats, or throng the surrounding walks and parks. Many fine symphonies, sym-phonies, dancers and singers have helped people of the District to "beat the heat" on hot summer evenings, A comunlty sing concert Is planned for early August, with proceeds to go for United Service Organizations. Visitors to Washington The following fol-lowing is a list of visitors from Utah during the past week: Mr. C. M. Croft, Salt Lake City; Miss Minnie Garff, Salt Lake City; Miss Marva Banks, Salt Lake City; Miss Marlon Bond, Salt Lake City; Miss Marlon Taylor, Salt Lake City. |
