Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11
Provost Marshal General
Gives Out Regulations on
! Work Of Exemptions.
INTEREST OF U. S. A.
PARAMOUNT ONE
tsuc ion Will Not be Loss to Indi-
vidual but Will Amy Course Help
Nation to Win the War.

TO district boards will be entrust-
ed the solution of one of the most
! vital problems OF the war. Two
things are to be accomplished to
raise armies; to maintain industries.
! As the war proceeds more and more
men will be required for the battle
j line, and yet there are certain in
dustries that must be maintained to
i the end. Any considerable dimiNu-
tion OF man power must interfere 20
some extent with industry. The
/ diminution must be made, ana hence
ii Is selfeyident that the problem is
not absolutely 10 prevent interference
Nth industry for that is impossible; f;
Il is to reduce interference to a mini
.nuln. A balance must be struck and
laint8inel between the military and
| he industrial needs of the Nation,
mi the necessary sacrifice must be
distributed with scientific accuracy
ma il such a way as to accomplish
both purposes of the Nation The
2ar" tatemeDt Of the problem dem
onatrate8 most forcibly that in max
ing this economic balance it is the
interest Of the Nation solely that
bO cen. arra ;.,I
II individuals or associations of in
iiyiduals can not be considered as
uch and, indeed, can only benefit
from the action Of district boards
where the individual interest hap
pens to coincide with the interest OF
the Nation, and, furthermore, that
the success of the Nations military
operations is the dominant object,
TO which the conservation of certain
industries is related as one means to
The question in an Individual case
is, then, always twofold
(l) Is the industry in question
necessary to, the maintenance of the
Military Establishment or the effec-
tive operation of the military forces
pc the maintenance of the national
interest during the emergency
GU Does the person by or in re-
spcct OF whom the discharge is claim
ed occupy such a status in respect of
uch necessary industry, that his
place could be fled by another with
out direct, substantial, material loss
and detriment to the adequate and !
elective operation Of the particular
enterprise?
There may be cases where, in
shoughtlessness or design, discharges
will be claimed on circumstances that |
rise question of private loss or
hardship, rather than of national
necessity. Such cases are without |
he power of district boards to re-
sieve and it is only necessary to ask
Is this case so far within the nation
u necessity thai this man should be
telieyed Of sery3e and another man,
whose time would not otherwise have
ome, should be asked to offer his
ife in order that this man or some
)ther in respect of him shall save the
material benefit thus claimed?
The principal grounds for exemp-
ion or discharge in the local boards
S hat Of dependency. These cases
hould unquestionably be passed up
"a by the local boards where more or
ass complete information of the cir
umstances of each is available, and
his arrangement would doubtless
}e sufficient and ideal to save for the
ingle considera don that with 4,557
oedl boards. there are certain to be
Ome decisions that will fall far out
ide the uniform result to be expect
ID from the application OF the Presi-
lents regulations. Since all Of the
.0,000,000 registrants stand on an
quality of obligation and duty the
xecution OF the law ought to be ac-
omplished with absolute uniformity
the Nation There is
nly one method Of accomplishing
his and that Is by providing for
entral boards which shall standard
ze the result of the labors of local
cards. TO accomplish this section
Of the Regulations provides for
n automatic appeal to the district
oard of all cases of discharge by d
3cal boards on the ground OF de- g
endency d
II is not expected that district |
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