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Show WASHINGTON w- K. GRANGER Long Session is'Ti l wor,d situation it l-s behoved Haat t:ao present ses 0 oie it expu-es next January - d JMnce the outbreak of war .. tunjiw Conin-ess has heon, in esion 017 of the 675 d;. There v.i a time when Congress .used to teeess from March 4th to December De-cember 6th almost every year How Men Are Released From ?im larX,.Service for Defense work the War Department advises that manufacturers who 'wish to nave lormor employees released trom military service and returned return-ed to factory operations should send their requests to Robert P. 1 attorson, Undersecretary of War the JVar Department, Washington; The rollo-vling procedure must be lollowed: The Company must make the request and agree to re-employ the workers immediately. immed-iately. The request, in affidavit lorm, and in triplicate, should be addressed to Robert P. Patterson Undersecretary of War, Washington, Washing-ton, D. C. The e.mployer must state whether the soldier is related re-lated to the sigr.er of the request for release or to any member of the firm. The employer must alio al-io prove that the soldier is a key man and that there is a shortage or technicians in his category. When released, enlisted man and trainees are transferred to the enlisted reserve corps. They may be recalled if they leave their defense positions. Upon obtaining ob-taining a release the com'pany must notify the Adjutant General of the army in Washington, by letter, of the date of re-employ- ,ment it tne man leaves the arm 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 must also give information infor-mation 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 tech-nical occupations in civilian life. There is no compulsion in this. New selectees, like those before them, may await their local draft board call, make the usual claims for deferment, and finally take ..vhatever one year service assignment assign-ment the induction center orders. The recruiting officers have three arguments for the prospective volunteer: 1. All inductees in all arms start at S21 a month. But tech- "l experts ,n 8 occupations nuy iveraKe $84 to $105 L the UMiUi an.ny, whereas a first- Pn,V;'!L ratin 'best that niott M-leelces can hope .for in one years time) pays only $3G. - lounger selectees, unfitted ty training or opportunity for J"bs m pnvate li.e, may receive nee instruction in trades as rcg-'Ular rcg-'Ular army volunteers. Men w.Xo lave no jobs awaiting them when their lour of military duty ends may find opportunity in fields lor much specialized army training train-ing has lilted them, especially in commercial aviation as pilots navigators, raidomen, aerial photographers, pho-tographers, dispatchers. 3. Selectees -ultimately may 'have to serve three years, more or less, if tne world situation becomes be-comes worse and Congress decides de-cides to keep selectees in the service more than one year and peraaps tor the duration of the national emergency. So, if draftees draf-tees are to be retained they may favor a three year voluntary enlistment en-listment with opportunity for specialized training. Ickes Practices What He Preaches Defense Oil Co-ordinator Harold Har-old L. Ickes said today toat his family had abandoned! pleasure driving to practice his "preaching" "preach-ing" lor a reduction in nonde-lense nonde-lense uses of petroleum. "1 may be preaching, ibut I am also practicing," he said. "My family does not use any automobile automo-bile for pleasure driving. I have already put into effect a practice that will result in a saving sav-ing o fully 50 per cent of the gasoline that I have heen using personally." An Evening at the Water Gate Washimglonians have the privilege priv-ilege of both fine and comfortable comfort-able entertainment at a very minimum min-imum 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 wa-ter near the shore and patrons of tae concerts sit on steps lead-ingg lead-ingg da,vn to the water's edge, in seats, or throng the surrounding surround-ing walks and parks. Many fine symphonies, dancers and singers have helped people of the District Dis-trict to "beat the heat" on hot summpr pvpninps ;A rnmimnnitv sing concert is planned for early August, with proceeds to go for United Service Organizations. Visitors To Washington: The folloiwng is a list of visitors visi-tors 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 Marion Bond, Salt Lake City. -Miss Marion Taylor, Salt Lake City. |