Milford chronicle., 1917-08-24
affecting OCCUPA.
TIONAL CLAIMS FOR EXEMPTION

IIUNAL GLAlmS EUh LALMT lUN
The President's instructions to District
Boards on occupational exemption mean
/ just one thing namely, that each healthy
man must be doing a full share in his
present work of producing something
vitally needed by the Government and in
such a manner that his services cannon
/ be replaced without direct loss of output
! if his claim for exemption on occupa-
tional grounds is 10 be given approval.
/ The Governor of Delaware recently
made public the view that every man
must either work Or fight in this extreme
national emergency.
In the estimation of the District Board
for Delaware full share of work for
. healthy man in these trying times calls
( for active, energetic service practically
1907 of the working hours of the busi-
ness or department in which the indi-
vidual is engaged. The District Board
| for Delaware believes that any less ser
vice than this (except for excellent cause
such as temporary illness amounts 10
| Sinking on the part of the individual al
this critical time.
Every employer presenting athdavits
in connection with oceupational exemp-
ton claims will he requested to submit
statements on each individual showing
as accurately as possible for the three
months period preceding.
!. The total working hours of the de-
partment or shop or other business in
which the individual is engaged.
?. The number of working hours &C
tually put in by the individual during
the three months period.
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point of view of activity and interest in
his work is in the class of good, fair or
poor.
The District Board will take into ac-
count the record in this respect as well
as the other factors in reaching its con
clusion as to whether the individual is of
greater service to his country by staying
at home and working or in joining the
army.
The rules and regulations of the Presi
dent governing District Boards also spec
ify that every Occupational exemption is
in the nature of temporary exemption,
always subject to immediate withdrawal
upon change in conditions, and that each |
District Board must keep itself advised |
from time to time of the work of each in
dividual to whom temporary exemption !
has been allowed on occupational grounds. |
The District Boards are instructed TO |
withdraw such exemptions promptly upon |
change and TO notify the Adjutant Cen |
erals that such action has been taken and |
that the individual shall thereupon and |
Immediately be called into the army ser
vice.
To carry out these instructions the |
District Board of Delaware will require |
every employer as well as every individ- |
ual to whom occupational exemption has |
been allowed to report TO the District |
Board in writing
/. Immediately at the end of each |
month, stating the percentage of working |
hours and quality of service performed.
2. Immediately upon any change in
condition such as transfer of individual /
to other work, discharge, etc, together
with causes for same.
Every employer in any industry or
upon the farm engaged in work in which
the Government is directly and vitally
because of the nature of its
product is requested to take full note of
this necessary working plan of the Dis
trict Board for the State of Delaware, laid
down in accord with the national policy,
and further to fully inform all male EN-
loyes between the ages of twenty-one and
thirty-One of these conditions.
1t is only by strict following OF these
principles that the military needs and the
national interest of the Government can
be properly and effectively carried out.
The State of Delaware must do its part.
District Board for State of Delaware.
By Charles Warner, Chairman.