The Pulaskian., 1917-05-18

Suppression of the social evil.
 ~-~-o-~~~-~.~-~-~~~~~-~-~ officers, customhouse clerks, persons employed by the United States in the and workmen employed in the armories, arsenals and navy yards of the United States, and such other per sons employed in the service of the United States as the president may designate; pilots, mariners actually employed in the sea service of any citizen or merchant within the United States; persons engaged in industries, including agriculture, found to be nee | essary to the maintenance of the military establishment or the effec- | tive operation of the military forces | or the maintenance of national inter- est during the emergency; those In a status with respect to persons degend- ent upon them for support which rem ders their txclusion or discharge advis- able; and those found to be physically or morally deficient.
 "No exemption or exclusion shall continue when a cause therefor no longer exists: Provided, that notwith- l standing the exemptions enumerated herein, each state, territory and the l District of Columbia shall be required to supply its quota in the proportion that its population bears to the total population of the United States"
 How Exemptions Are Determined. | The machinery created for determin- ing of exemptions Is thus described by 1 the bill:
 'The president is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to create and estab- | l fish throughout the several states and subdivisions thereof and in the terri | tories and the District of Columbia local boards, and where, in his discre- ton, practicable and desirable, there shall be created and established one such board in each county or similar | subdivision in each state, and one for approximately each 30000 of popula- tion h each city of 30,000 population or over, according to the last census I bureau of census of the department of commerce. Such boards shall be ap- l pointed by the president and shall con- | sist of three or more members, none of whom shall be connected with the military establishment, to be chosen l from among the local authorities of such subdivisions or from other citi- zens residing in the subdivision or area in which the respective boards will have jurisdiction under the rules and regulations prescribed by the presi- dent.
 Powers of ExemptIng Boards.
 "Such boards shall have power with in their respective jurisdictions to hear and determine, subject to review as hereinafter provided, all questions of exemption under this act, and all questions of or claims for including or discharging individuals or classes of individuals from the selective draft which shall be made under rules and regulations prescribed by the presi. dent, except any and every question or claim for including or excluding or discharging persons or classes of per. sons from the selective draft under the provisions of this act authorizing the president to exclude or discharge from the selective draft persons engaged in industries, including agriculture. found to be necessary to the maintenance ot the military establishment, or the eff. fective operation of the military forces, or the maintenance of national interest during the emergency
 Additional Boards Provided.
 The president is hereby authorized 10 establish additional boards, one ip each federal Judicial district of the united States, consisting of such nun Der of citizens not connac+as LA As !