Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-24

employment Of women, the board may
take such circumstances into constd'
Grafton in making its decision.
WARTIME NECESSITY
Explaining the new regulation and
the necessity for it. General Grower
said:
"The war has SO far disorganlzedl
the normal adjustment OF INDUSTRIAL
manpower as to prevent the enormous
industrial output and national organ
izatibn necessary to success.
"There is popular demand Tor or
Ranization of man power but no ulrect
draft could be imposed at present.
"Steps to prohibit idleness and non,
effective occupation will be welcomed
by our people. !,
not effectively employed the choice pc
tween military service And effective
employment. Every man in the orait
age. at least, must work or fight.
CONTEST OF INDUSTRIES
'.This is not alone war of military
maneuyer. It is a deadly contest OF
Industries and mechanics. Germany
must not be thought of as merely pos
ssessing an army; we must think OF her
AZ being an arny-an army in Which
avery factory and loom in the empire
IA a recognized part in complete ma
chine running night and day at terri.
nc speed" =.
1--WE must make Of ourselves the
same sort OF effective machine.
sIt is enough to ask what would nap:
non II every man in the nation turned
His hand to effective work. we must
make ourselves effective. We must
organize for the future.
TO AVOID LABOR WASTE
swe must make vast Withdrawals
;Sbr the army and Immediately close
lup the ranks Of industry behlna tne
zap with an accelerated produc1loh VI
every useful thing In. necessary
measure. How Is this to be done.
'fhe answer is plain. The first step
toward the solution of the dinicuity -
= prohibit engagement by able bodied
men IN the field Of hurtful employ
ment idleness or Intellectual employ
|ment and thus induce and persuade
the vast wasted excess into uselul
fields. n
. sThe very situation we are now
considering, however, offers great pos
sihiiities IN improvement of the DRAFT
"a well as great possibilities Tor the
composition Of the labor situation Dy
onertiva administration of the DRAFT.
MEETS DRAFT CRITICISM
@Considering the selective service
,.v we see two principal causes OF
daYerment Of the call to military serv-
e exemption and the order numbers
aahenad by lot. The exemptions
thsmsalves fall into two conspicuous
neutrality-suspicious. and industrial
omnioymsnt. One protects domestic
relations, the other the economlS MS 4sro
ests Of the nations. Between tne IVY
there is an inevitable hiatus TOT IL -
demonstratably true that thousands \
not millions Of dependency exemptions
have no effect on Industrial protection
whatever. :4A..s
n tha draft has been that it takes men
from the farms and from. all uselul
and marches them pasl
crowds Of idlers and loafers away 70
the army. -
& .rha remedy is simple. to couple
tha industrial basis with other grounds
"a excavation and to require that any
man nieadinx exemption on any grouHd
anal also show that he is contributing
efPectiyeiy to the industrial welfare OF
the nation. .,,,r
.The regulation. itself makes plain
the determination OF the, war Depart
ment, The great organization OF local
and districts boards which already mas
accomplished notable work may pc
relied upon to catch the spirit OF the
movement and sorely needed man pow.
or viii loon be flowing into the fields
~ iseful eudeayor or into the otner
direction OF military strength"
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