State Calls for Job Interviewers; Immediate Openings without Tests; Men, Women Wanted at $53 a Week

, DRAFT exemptions fo r policem e n and firemen a re being sought by Mayor Will iam O'Dwyer. T h e Mayor announced t h a t he ' also will ask exemptions for m e m bers of t h e Police and Fi re Dep a r t m e n t s who are in t h e Nat ional G u a r d an d t h e Reserves. He said t h e city needed wellt r a ined men in case of an atomic a t t ack . "We canno t leave t h e safe ty of t h e people in t h e h a n d s of a m a teurs ," he said. • T h e LEADER last week published exclusive advance i n fo rmat ion t h a t t he police and f i remen would not be d ra f t ed "no m a t t e r how serious t h e in te rna t iona l s i tua t ion gets." T h e LEADER also revealed last week t h a t the re are plans to ask d r a f t exemptions fo r other city employees holding critical jobs • (Continued on page 14) John F. Powers