Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-31
APPLY RIGID RULES
TO BAR Exemptions
Husband MOTTO be Released
if Wife Can Support
Herself
TURN DOWN CLAIMS
OF FARMERS SONS

Announcement was made tbs
morning by Charles Warner. chair
mar Of the District Board Of ENemp-
Hons for the state Of Delaware TO the
effect that certain classes OF mar
ried men stand no more chance OF ex-
pmntion than do single men with no
hne dependent upon them for support,
and that a few married men. exempted
H. local boards IN this Stnte. viii DC
sailed back and an intimate prone
viii be made into their cases the
p1st OF Mr.. Warmers statement was
Il the effect chat the district board
iri,j not consider marrrge alone as a
rause for exemption and that II II Is
fnnnd that the wife Of man. VINO
Slairns exemption on dependency
Grounds. IS found 20 be cnildless
Snd able through experience attaineu
brior to marriage, 70 mninlaln Iel
keif. no exemption can be granted ne'
husband 49, ,,,.r,or,s
etatement that the district board. work
Inc nlonr lines calculated 10 unliN tne
rero~ts ~ the seven exemption boards
b. delaware. Is twisting down inc
screvys and that exemptions will here
after re granted In far smaller num-
kers Even the farmers will be hard
81 nv the new decision, as u IS NOW
rroposed 10 exempt only those farmers
k-ho can nrove their farms would
kease TO be productive should they be
arafted. The work Of certifying me
rancors 70 the colors started IN
feoreetrvn yesterday. where out o.
fhirtv cases considered exemptions
kcere granted to only two. In most
hases the afldaviis fled in support OF
khese mems claims 20 exemptions were
III such an order as 10 necessitate the
hearing OF testimony from witnesses
bhich in most cases showed the claim
WAS groundless.
However. the grangers. especially
khose OF New Castle county. are now
beginning % more thoroughly under
fiand the strictness OF the selecive
Service law. For the benclt Of those
kho do not. however. Charles Warner
todav said that most Of the claims 70
exemption among the farmers were be-
ing made By the sons % families and
on the ground that should they be
taken there would be no one left 10
run the farm. AS a rule these claims
have misrepresented the facts which
,vere really that the father was still
the moving spirit on the farmer and
fhaf Il was he IN most cases, Who
did the managing. Such claims cannot
be recognized. according 10 MI War
ner. unless. perchance the claimant
Is the only able bodied man on me
farm capable Of managing 70.
In connection with exemptions Tor
married men. Mr. Warner said
"The members Of the district board
are finding that the question OF mar
riage VS.. dependency is Cousins dii-
ference in opinion Many seem to fee
that the ruling dealing with this ques-
ton issued by Provost Marshal Cen
eral Crowder on August %. so niodi-
ned the Presidential orders that every
married man is entitled 10 exemption
This is not the case as in erpreted
hv the district board We find that
some locals are inclined TO consider
al cases Of marriage where there
are no children. ms establishing per
sc. a condition Of dependency thus
emitting the man 10 exemption. Other
locals are inclined toward the other
extreme where they feel that VIE
who has no child who is able-oodled
ana who IN these times has an ample
opportunity 20 work for good COM
pensation establishes q condition
which doe7 not entitle the husband &c
exemption.
In this connection IL may be vel
10 repoat n quotation from the Presi
dents last orders. as issued through
the provost marshal general on Au
gus. 05.h
we ought as FAR as practicable Z
raise this new national army withou
creating the hardships necessarily en-
tailed when the head OF a family
fakcn and / hone that for the mos
rari those accepted in the FIRST ca
would be found 10 be men who ha
rot vet assumed such relations
The selpctiye service law make
Tho fact Of dependents rather than N
fact 81 marriage. the basis for 90
rnnfion and there are. undouhtedl
many cases within the acc limits IKE
hv law o. men who arc married an
yei those accumulations or other eci
nornic surroundings are such that 7
dependency az tho wife exists In fac
Plainly. the law does not contempla
exemption for this class Of men.
The regulations promulgated {
June 80. 1917. should be regarded
controlling in these cases, and The o
nfrS ISSUED AlNfl iilat lfNAAaAi'ii q
recting exemption boards 10 establi!
the fact Of dependents in addition
the fact OF marriage ought not 70
abrogated.
Continuing. Mr.. Warner said:
by analvzing this statement itwou
seem that the President still has
mind that the selective service law r
dulres that dependency ana not ma
riage shall still be considered the has
for exemption.
IN analyzine this last statement
is evident that the President does n
have IN mind the condition ~ hu
bands under the conditions of clildle
coupies except where hardships mig
entail. Furthermore, II would sec
that the President refers not alone
the question Of other financial suppo
but also uses further term, 9th
economic surroundings.
In the ostimation Of the dslr
board. whose function Il is 10 UNI
the decisions OF the seven local boar
on such questions, this term cleal
means that II a married woman wit
out children, present or prospects,
who IS IN a good healthy conditi
and whose knowledge and exporter
ealned prior 70 marriage places her
position 70 earn suitable inco
so that hardship Is not suffered, the
by creates such an economic con
ton that dependency should not
considered az existing aud exempt
should therefore not be allowed