FDR: “Less than 5 percent of all of the civilian employees in these…”

On the recordOctober 25, 1943

Less than 5 percent of all of the civilian employees in these departments—or about 84,000—have been deferred for occupational reasons.

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Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress Defending Federal Employees Against Charges of Draft Dodging

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