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for several weeks, after which there will be some further delay in getting the order 

 placed. Mills normally require a minimum of 45 days to make delivery after an order 

 is placed in their production schedule. 



Local ^]PA offices can supply copies of Form CI'IP-4C and instructions for comr- 

 pleting the Form. 



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FISHING IiroUSTRY BENEFITS BY REVISION OF DSPARTMENT OF LABOR LIST OF GRITICAL 

 OCCUPATIONS ; A revision early in July of the "List of Critical Occupations" by the 

 Department of Labor benefits the fishing industry. Formerly the following occupa- 

 tions when on fishing vessels were excluded from this list: 



ENGINEERS, MARINE, CHIEFS AND ASSISTANTS 

 SHIPMASTER, SHIP PILOT, AND MATES 



This recent action will result in these occupations when on fishing vessels 

 being given the same consideration as similar occupations in other marine industries 

 by the Department of Defense in considering requests for delay in call to active 

 duty of reservists and members of the National Cruard, and by local draft boards in 

 making determinations on requests for occupational deferments from the draft. 



The Defense Fisheries Administration in cooperation with the Department of 

 Labor has worked for this revision since February. The Interagency Advisory Com- 

 mittee reviewed all available information concerning these occupations and recom- 

 mended the inclusion of such licensed officers when employed on any commercial ves- 

 sel required by law to have licensed officers. 



Since commercial fishing vessels are required by law to have licensed offi- 

 cers, those fishing vessel officers that fall within the above categories will be 

 considered as being employed in critical occupations. Such officers must hold a 

 U. S. Coast Guard master, mate, or pilot license; and engineers licensed by the 

 U. S. Coast Guard must hold a chief engineer, or first, second, or third assist- 

 ant engineer license. 



It is estimated that about 350 fishing vessels will be affected by this re- 

 vision. 



In arriving at the decision to include these fishing vessel occupations on the 

 critical list, the Interagency Advisory Committee was guided by the following cri- 

 teria: 



"a. under the foreseeable MOBILIZATION PROGRAM AN OVER-ALL 

 SHORTAGE OF WORKERS IN THE OCCUPATION EXISTS OR IS 

 DEVELOPING WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INTERFERE WITH EF- 

 FECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF ESSENTIAL INDUSTRIES AND ACTIV- 

 ITIES. 



"b. a MINIMUM ACCELERATED TRAINING TIME OF 2 YEARS (OR THE 

 EQUIVALENT IN WORK EXPERIENCE) IS NECESSARY TO THE 

 SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE OF ALL MAJOR TASKS FOUND IN 

 THE OCCUPATION. 



"c. THE OCCUPATION IS INDISPENSABLE TO THE FUNCTIONING OF 

 THE INDUSTRIES OR ACTIVITIES IN WHICH IT OCCURS. 



The Departm-ent of Labor, after giving relative weight to all factors involved, 

 accepted the recommendation of the Committee and as of July 6 revised the list of 

 critical occupations accordingly. 



