Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07

SoyD, SS appointments Of exemption boards q eur
nCotuMBIA- COUNTY, w Kidlsv..
iDe i2spGsty sss rs Sshsrin: pr. Hqra who is the act
be Vas not Consulted 6y ne 6Sernof ESe informs me
sc4GYI22PTRo Ro1Edf II }hls non.v
susFest snI raT. waS not m c,9sEsul,ed ms oT asked %
s,,L9SooSMiiNNdB SGGoSUqNsErY-ch,rie, F. scr,r,
suEsestions for exemption boards at p'ShS siIS any
srNr16.E rWA16YNE GouNTY--.charles A. Herman.
YORK CoUNTS-wiiiiam u. Haas. sheriff.
Of county ccmmssionsrs, nor mysoif o2S5s w5s
asked asked by the Governor or anybody else Tor
board Tor York County or city ofG YORK Pp'on
po,qi, Sf,inuSklii County prominent citizen Of
The nanys Of the members Of the board
Houck tnow Secretary Of Internal kNairsi
70 Harrisburg without, consulting Sheriff
Pottsyille. both Of whom according To- the
G1yeTnors RS 1I s1tatement had the power to name
the president Of the board Of county com
Junction with the medical board OF Potts.
willie; ! made it my business to get in
men, and they Informed me that theI were
left in entire ignorance Of the composition Of
celved was the publication of the names in
he PAPERS Mr.; Houck, before comuiunlcat-
number Of them asking for their acceptance"
In Franklin County all the six MEM
bers of the exemption boards are Re-
publicans, four them being Republican
offceholders, and one the chairman Of
the Republican County Committee.
Chester Lounty-All the members Of
the county boards are Republicans ex-
cept one. Six of the Republican mem
bers are recognized leaders of the Eyre
machine.
NAMES "JOTTED DOWN"
Lackawanna County 49, Thirty mem
bers of the boards, oil Republicans
Sheriff Phillips and Mayor Jermyn,
while included in the boards, have
denied in the newspapers that they had
anything to do with naming them. Sena-
tor Lynch says that he named them;
that at the Governors request, he jot-
ted down a few names for appointment
He iotted down no Democrats. but in
cuded the Republican county boss,
Jacob r. Schlager, at least four cam
dldates for county Offices and three men
on the state payroll appointed through
his influence.
Northampton County appointments
were made by well-known Brumbaugh
faction leader in the county who holds
no official position. He admits It pub
licly Or. T. c. Zulck. surgeon Of the
Easton Hospital and a leading physician
Of Easton, while member of the regis
tration board, was dropped from the eN-
emption board. Perhaps 1t is only CO.
incidence that Doctor Zulick is Demo-
crat.
IN LANCASTER COUNTY
have yet to find a single Democratic
Mayor or Controller of thrd-class city
or a Democratic Sheriff who was con-
suited in these appointments In counties
where the officials arc Democrats the APP
pointment was put up to a local Repub-
lcan leader If this Is not playing poll
tics with these exemption boards, then
what Is the explanation? OF course the
Governor can produce letters from men
like BILLY" Griest. the Republican boss of
Lancaster County who will Indignantly
deny that any partisan politics is in.
volyed in the appointments; but the fact
remains that in Lanca ster County itself
seventeen Republicans and one Democrat
were appointed. and all of them are
Griest machine men of the kind that take
orders.
BOARDS GREAT POWER
The dsngenuousness of certain sea
soned politicians who profess to see nc
possible means of granting politica
favors In the work of these exemption
boards is amusing. OF course the boards
nave nothing to do with the draft itself
but they have all to do with the mer
after they are drafted, Every claim fol
exemption is presented to these boards
II passed upon favorably to the claim
ant, the boards action is final. This tall
of the judicial district appeal boarC
| making certain that no improper faVor'
can be granted is all nonsense The mar
who is refused exemption can appeal L
! that board but when a favorite Is ex
empted there is nobody to appeal.