Show selective service announces change 0 every week seems to bring changes in the regulations which govern the sending of dr draftees afteel into army service and thereby works hardship on local draft boards Alth although cugh ano has been made that quotas will be filled from first and second registration lists until the supply of available men is is exhausted now comes word that each call from now on must include men from the third group as well other information which concerns registrants who have been deferred follows many selective service registrants who have been deferred from military service solely because C they have dependents will eventually be inducted unless they become engaged in activities essential to the nations war effort lt colonel H A rich state director of selective service declared today we are rapidly approaching the stage where everyone must be ba working or fighting to win the war director rich asserted war requirements the demand for manpower by essential industries as well as the armed forces will compel many local boards within the next several months to find tees for their quotas among registrants who have dependents right now local boards are reconsidering all registrants with dependency deferments for two major purposes the first finst is to eliminate from this class all men who cannot prove that their dependents pen dents need their earned income for support in a reasonable manner and all who cannot prove brov that they did not acquire dependents to avoid military service the th second purpose is to distinguish between men who have dependents but are not engaged in activities aiding the nations war effort and those who are contributing for victory by their work as civilians by making this distinction between those engaged in essential activities and ahse thase whose civilian occupations are not contributing to the war effort I 1 it is desired to induce a voluntary movement of the latter into essential activities and thus to release for military service men without dependents who must be deferred as necessary men until they can be replaced at their work persons engaged in nonessential non essential activities however should not cease their present employment until their services are needed in s some ome essential activity the director warned he said this voluntary movement from nonessential non essential to essential activities should be a gradual orderly and economically sound transfer of manpower the federal government will make known from time to time the opportunities for training and employment in activities essential to the war effort so that this shift of employment may be made without unnecessary disturbance tur bance to the welfare of the community the family and the individual each individual regi registrant however knows or should continued on page 8 SELECTIVE SERVICE U continued from page I 1 inquire into his own capabilities and the opportunities for employment in war industry and should seek such employment without wal waiting for specific instructions from the government when men with dependents are considered for military service the director emphasized local boards will have regard for occupation together with the degree of dependency registrants who have the greatest degree of dependency such as a dependent wife and children will be the last group sought for military service he said provided that they have become necessary men in war production or supporting activities |