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National headquarters of Selective Service said today that its 3860 local hoards had been informed as to appeal procedure to be followed when aregistfant or his employer requests that a claim for occupational deferment be submitted to the appeal board having jurisdiction in the place the registrant is employed, instead of to the appeal board having jurisdiction over the area in which is located the local board with which he is registered.

Recent amendments to the regulations, it was explained, authorised the transfer of jurisdiction in occupational appeal cases—including agriculture—at the request of registrant or employer. Formerly the registrant's ‘‘home” appeal board had sole jurisdiction in occupational cases. The amendtments affect only the cases in which occupational deferment is claimed, including agriculture. The amendments are quoted in the instructions sent to local’ boards as follows:

“1626.11 How Appeal to Appeal Board is Taken, (a) Any person entitled to do so may appeal to the appeal board by filing with the local board a written notice of appeal. Such notice need not be in any particular form but must state the name of the registrant and the name and identity of the person appealing so as to show the right of appealThe language of any such notice shall be liberally construed in favor of the person filing the notice so as to permit the appeal.

“(b) Whenever an appeal to the appeal board involves a claim for the occupational deferment of a registrant whose principal place) of employment is located outside the appeal board area in which the local board having jurisdiction over the registrant is located and is located in thearea of another appeal board, the person appealing may, at the time he files the notice of appeal, file with the