South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-16
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The Herald had already published the following i'm
answer the south Bend Trfhunes pretense of
Wednesday. when the telegram from Chicago, ar
rived:
Either a south Bend newspaper man or some
correspondent o the south Bend Tribune has
made some rather ridiculous statements In the
above named paper relative TO alleged favorit-
ism being shown i'm the exemption Of drafted
men. The inference to be drawn from the
article Is that the district board i'm session here
has been Influenced i'm some cases by the wealth
or standing OF drafted men. The yelled charges
fai largely by their weight account of
their lack OF definiteness and the failure made
by the writer TO give facts or to cite any actual
AS 20 the statement made that the district
board il exempting every married who has
established home and has been married since
April g. 1917, the board here is following the
ruling OF Priest Wilson. was his expressed
wish. a indicated In printed matter sent TO the
board here, that where il il shown that
has a wife family dependent upon him nc
should be exempted. Only IN some cases where
il Is clearly shown that the wife supported
by relatives previous TO her marriage and that
these relatives arc able to support her now. is
exemption 10 be denied, according to the boards
Instructions
AS to refusal to give the local boards infor-
nation this phase of the situation, as claim
cd i'm the South BEND paper. Mr. Hickey said
that the board following its instruction with
the greatest fidelity. and that the district board
was not supposed to consult the local boards
with reference to rulings. With something
10 boards this, manifestIy. would be out OF the
question Neither opinions being given on
each case passed upon, a course which also
would be impossible
THE south Bend papers correspondent indi-
Gated that examinations certified to- by Detroit
and Chicago physicians, purpOrting TO find phys
icaI defects in drafted men, not found by the
local board examiners. were being credited by
the district board. Only a very few certificates
of outside physicians have been presented and
reputable physicians. Is
To- the charge that SONS OF wealthy South Bend
men had obtained such certificates. and that
this amounted to- perjury. the district board
here docs not know TO whom is referred, Sec'y
Hickey of the board said
THE board here has not exempted any sons
Of wealthy men of South Bend. he said. Only
about u dozen claims from South Bend have
thus far been passed upon, Mr. Hickey said
when asked for "a statement as To- the charges
made i'm the article"
The above is enough the Herald article for
present purposes; testify to the entire falsehood
OF the Tribune story, whatever the source. Full
confirmation of the story was given TO Mr. Zuver by
Scc'y Hickey of the appeal board. who also throw
all records and documents, having do with South
Bend open him. Neither acceptance rejection
OF myself has been certified To- Laporte from Div.
No p the highest order number certified being 4S6,
a man by the name OF Metz, while my number is
1oi There are no anidavits. certificates. or any
name along with Others reported as having been
called for examination.
Now the facts of my case. are these. and I AM
willing go the public with them. the merits
and war the barsain-BUT NOW NOT UNTIL
i HAVE HAD \ SQUARE DEAL.
To explain just exactly what mean by a square
Dcar', 1 will say that 1 DO NOT INTEND TO BE
OFF To WAR By THE SOUTH
BEND TRIBUNE OR THE EXEMPTION BOARD
DIN NO. by Fred \. Miller. editor of the Trib-
une, because OF any quarrel that ne may have with
The News-Tmes, its editor. by DIR. j. b. Ber-
telling or Homer Taggart. because of a desire al
self Qualification, of any differences that may
exist between them and members of other boards.
Ii that is the game that on. emerging from
them individually or collectively. HERE Is WHERE
L BEGIN TO FIGHT AND I'LL FIGHT IN THE
OPEN NO UNDERMINED METHODS, No
ILLUSIONS, NO SEEKING TO HIDE
BEHIND TIE SKIRTS OF SOME NEWSPAPER
IN CHICAGO FOR MINE.
have never asked for any exemption from serv-
ice, any ground whatsoever, and have never in
tended to. There have been alidavits filed i'm my
case by anyone my knowledge. On July rs. previ-
Gus to my being drafted. tried enlist in the
United States navy 1 first advised with DIR. j. B
Bortelng. family physician. tell me IL he
thought could pass had suffered a at
tack of inlammatory rheumatism about years
ago which seriously affected my heart, and I was
doubtful To my physical fitness. He said 1 could
and I enlisted.
At Detroit went through the physical examna-
ton with some ten other men ana passed every
thing until the navy physician my heart
which. ON account of the infammatory rheumatism
had been weakened. He called IL rapid heart
asked if rest Mt. Clemens for ten days or two
weeks would put in trim to pass. and he said
NO, we can never accept YOU"
wanted TO know if he thought 1 could pass the
army examination. having i'm mind the second oni.
GERS reserve training camp. His answer 'neveI
- long as You live. viii be able get this
government service"