Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-23
WORK OR FIGHT"
CROWDER ORDERS;
ALL DRAFT MEN
MUST AID WAR
There Shall be No Idlers, and
Those in Non-essential Occupa-
tions Must Change or JOIN
Colors.
PROVISIONS SWEEPING
u. S. Government Will Organize
Perfect Gigantic Industrial Army
to Combat Germany.
NO SLACKERS AFTER JULY ]
,.soc,a,sd press 10 Every Evening

Nv Associated Press TO Every Evening
Washington. MAY % 3-Every man OF
dra II aye must work or fight after July |
unler drastic amendment 10 the selec-
tive regulations announced TO-DAY by
Provost Marshal-General Crowder.
Not only idlers. but all draft registrants
engaged in what are held 70 be non-useful
ocgnnations are to be haled before local
boards and given the choice OF n new
Job or the army,
Gamblers race track and buCket-shop
attendants and fortune teliers head the
list. but those who will DC reached by
the new regulation also include waters
and hartenders. theatre ushers ana At
tendants, passenger eleaNtor opSTa'0is
and other attendants OF CLUBS, nntels'
stores. etc. domestlcs and clerks IN
stores. and perhaps professional basenaii
PLAYERS.
Deferred classification granted on ac-
count Of dependents will tie disregarded
entirely in applying the rule man may
he AT the bottom OF Class |, or even IN
class /. but If he falls within the rcguia-
tion and refuses 10 take usetu! employ
ment. he will be given a new number III
class that will send him into the military
,eryic, forthwith Local boards are
authorized 10 use discretion only where
fhev find that enforced chance of employ
ment would result in diSproportlOnate
hardship upon his dependents
solution or LABOR PROBLEM.
It had been known for some time that
some form of work or tight plan had
been submitted 10 President Wilson, but
there had been no Intimatlon that II
was so far reaching in scope. Both the
military officers and Department of Labor
officials believe il Will 60 a long ways to
solving the labor problem for farmers.
shiDbluiders and munition makers. ana
will end for the present at least talk OF
conseription of labor The announce
ment today gives notice slgnliH1ng the
nor-useful occupations which extend
from time TO time, as necessity requires
The statement OF the provost marshal
general follows:
Provost Marshal General Crowder
tndsy announced an amendment 70 the
selective service regulations which deals
with the great question Of requiring men
not engaged in q useful occupation 10
immediately apply themselves 10 some
form of labor, contributing 70 the general
good. The idler. too. will ind himself
confronted with the alternative OF ilndlng
suitable employment, or entering the
army.
This regulation provides that after
July /. ant registrant who IS found by
local board TO be a ha bitual idler, or not
engaged in some useful occupation, shall
be summoned before the board, given
chance to explain and, ID the absence OF
satisfactory explanation, to be inducted
into the military service OF the mted
States.
ANY local board will be authorized TO
take action whether It has original lurls-
diction Of the registrant or not; in other
words any man loahng around pool room
in Chicago may be held 70 answer TO a
Chicago board even though ne may
have registered in New York and lived
there most OF his life
The regulations which apply 20 idle
registrants will be deemed TO apply
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