Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-31
|EALBOARD
TAKES ACTION
bnd District Body Hands
|own Decisions in Num-
ber of Disputed Cases
6zdCEMEN MUST SERVE
11nbuncements to Come Rapidly
Until September 8 Now That
Work Is Well in Hand

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# ~ ofhcial action on appeals for Industrial
(; 1casons or on appeals over the heads Ct
4 1ooai boards. this afternoon. Three police
q Inon were among the first half dozen acted
Il men All three were refused exemption
x 4 epite Of the fact that Superintendent
3 1kchinscn put up strong appeal
X The FIRST name given out by the beard
0no that of william Stewart, 232s Coral
street, who was refused exemption. The
X >hrse policemen's names were handed down
next. as follows:
N John J. Pierun, 2432 East York street.
f Daniel Miller, 4140 North Eighth street
q Charles d. Coyle, 1928 Erie avenue.
Others who were refused exemption were
Edward NJ. Cornely,, 1922 McFerron street;
James Cooney, 24ii Leper street; William
h Jacob Miller, 417l Salem street; Charles r.
NICHOLS, 1920 Harrison street Herman II.
2 fochanbacher, 1881 Orthodox street. Waclaw
oinkiewicz. 474s Melrose street; Gustav l..
Meyer. lis Vine street; Walter E. Wright,
l11f East Montgomery avenue; John Dem
els. ass Richmond street; Clellan c. Shull,
Sk6 East Girard avenue, and Richard C.
Fleming, 1924 East Hewson street.
Discharged until July Is, 1919
William T. Smith, 1907 South Thirty-sec-
ond street; David Barty. Jr. 1246 East
9erks street; Joseph Shields, 273s East Le-
high avenue Harry Frances, Jr.. 4OS East
Livingstone street. James Joseph Skifftng-
ton. 12os East Columbia avenue; Joseph
Aankowsli, 251O Emily street, and Leroy
Ringler, 1916 Cedar street, Tacony.
't& Discharged until January Is, 1918:
Joseph Wiling, 6l5 East Girard svenue
John j. Walsh, 2614 Edgemont street;
Frank Dieterly. sos East Samon street;
Walter Jones. 216s East Gordon street;
Adolph Balske. 462s Melrose street: Walter
Kelly, 1882 Melrose street, and Christian
seenson, 1921 South Etting street
Andrew Gugojwicz. 431s Stiles street.
who is married and has four children. was
Exempted as a matter of red tape. Gugo-
Micz did not enter claim for exemption be-
Tore the local board in time to secure con-
etderaton and the only course left open to
him was appeal to the appeal board.
The board expects to turn out names
rapidly from now until September in
order to provide the per cent asked from
each district of the entire country.
Wan Hen. 272S East Allegheny avenue.
hrst Chinaman in Philadelphia to be drafted
into the new National Army, intends to fight
for exemption and today filed an appeal
with this appeal board
In his affidavit filed today. Hen asserts
that he cannot enter the army without i'm
opsing hardships upon his wife and child
They are in China, says the army can
didate. but I am willing to bring them
.
Vaisht with the board"
There will be no wholesale exemption of
4Arried men from service in the new Ma
66nal Army.
This much was made known today by
Waiter willard, chairman Of the board
Z We9osion today. who disposed Of the rumor
Het the appellate boards would place the
Yyoen of army service on the shoulders
q single men,
Since President Wilson urged the War
apartment to exercise great care in the
0Aection Of married men for army service
many local boards have placed a wrong
interpretation upon President Wilson's let
Ter. Many of them contend that the Presi.
d4nt instructed the War Department. TO
spare the heads of families
Z y This Is not the case" said Chairman
willard today. The President merely in.
suucted the various draft boards through
ne War Department to exercise care In the
eelecton of married men and to avoid send
tpB any man into the army who has a fam
~ dependent upon him. That means that
tnere ttnere is no departure from the original in
tentions of the War Department An army
- to, be raised, and married men who can
p spared from their homes without caus.
Wg hardships upon relatives must share the
responsibilities of war with single men.
Y DEPENDENCY SOLE QUESTION
The exemptions of married men will
hinge upon the question of dependency and
uotntng else The size of a mans family or
the physical condition of candidates wife
and children will not count. There Is but one
4uestion for US to determine. namely, the
0uestion Of dependency. There never was
4uxa Intention on tho part Of the War
pepartment 10 draft men who are support.
lng big families"
.& Despite the intimations of labor leaders
nat certain industrial plants In this city
1ro trying to coerce workers for whom ex-
1anpticns have been asked, Board No. .
4oes not intend to investigate the charge
The board takes the position that II is up
~ the labor men to offer direct evidence
% support such allegations and until they
20 the draft officials will not take the
initiative.
LABOR MEN OBJECT
& Yesterday a coterie of union leaders ap-
Doared before the board and during a two
hohr conference made 1t plain that organ
he'd labor is not In favor of wholesale ex-
emptions at the Baldwin Locomotive Works
and Midvale Steel Plant The labor men
held that men drafted from these plants
can be replaced II the plants increase wages
and remove certain restrictions concerning
the age and health of men employed
The labor men expressed the belief that
the Industrial plants will pick favorites
when asking for exemptions of men en-
ployed in war work and that the draft will
b. used for the sinister purpose of forcing
man to accept unfavorable wage and work.
ing conditions. When asked to present
direct evidence to support such charges the
iebor men admitted that they were unable
- DO SO.