Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-08
take BROADER VIEW
OF ESSENTIAL WORK
All Exemptions and Deferred CLASH
fcations for Occupational Rea-
sons Up to District Boards.
WILL FOLLOW GENERAL RULES
observation-disclosures Office Dis
cusses Status Of Newspaper Work.
crs-Niore Appeals to President
Expected Under New Draft Law.

WASHINGTON. September 7.-Inoui-
RES by the thousands are pouring into
the provost cmarshal -general's office re-
gardinG deferred classihcations in the
coming registration, and seeking def
nnitions of essential industries. No
Torn formal Classification of essential in
duStries Will be made by that office
Under the recent amendment TO the
man-power legislation. the provision
Tor deferred classification to persons
engaged in industries. including agri-
culture. etc" was changed to read to
persons engaged in industries, occu-
pariomS and emploEments. including
the maintenance os the military estab-
iishment. of the Elective operation Of
me miltarY forces or the maintenance
ency."
a broader view OF essential civilian
activities will he taken In this draft.
however. than in the first. and many
Industrial deferred classifications Will
be granted for the maintenance of ma
the civilian population as that now
contemplated more care must be taken
TO guard the interests of the national
All exemptions and deferred cassi-
fcations for occupational reasons fall
under the original jurisdiction of the
them. with the advice OF the advisory
committees which are already being
appointed in each district.
WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD
WILL AID DISTRICT BOARDS
The advisory committee will be in
touch with the priorities committee OF
the war industries board. which has
just completed new list OF industries
20 receive preference in material and
fue! and indicating the order of their
p prs,srsS e.; This lis, will be an,
n nf.nIt, Monday morning, and it will
Clarity the skies considerably as to
what are essential industries. The war
industries board expects that the dis
triIt boards will follow pretty closely
TX dot t-.aI
classiiications for occupational reasons
recent announcement from the pro-
ers would be Included in deferred Gas
siiications under the new regulations
brought mood of letters from men in
occupations not p:AElously included in
deferred clasSiiications.
me announcement regarding bank
ers was meant only 10 be illustrative
and not ruling TO entitle all bank
ers to deferred classifcations, and in
phrasing the announcement General
Crowder said:
classification on the grounds that their
work is necessary 10 the nation In 70,
present emergency"
The classification IS then up to the
district boards. but their instruct ons
are expected 10 make them more open
to regarding such classiiications with
favor.
As an additional example of the
working OF the law. to-day the pro-
vost-narsha!-sene office discussed
These men may claim deterred ella ssh j.
hca;ion under the new regulations
The district boards must pass on the
activity in promoting Liberty loans
and other patriotic measures probably
VIII have much TO do with determining
this. Then the worker must present
AN AFFIDAVIT from his employer that he
Is essential. His paper may be essen
tial and he not be.
So in a grocery business or a meat
business, man may be a skilled and
experienced meat cutter. and meat mar
kets may be essential to the civilian
life. and the district board may grant
The regulations have been left suf-
fciently broad TO cover any loca! neces-
sity.
There are possibilities In districts
where political warfare has been Bit
ter that boards my he prejudiced in
Judgments and give decisions not in
cited by the provost generals
office. bankers and newspaper work
ers. Men in other occupations may
easily have aroused bitter and general
that the boards may be prejudiced
against them. their banks or their
newspaper
But the Issues o. these are safe
guarded by the right Of appeal to the
President. Because of the broader oc-
cupational deferred classification to
come III lnlS uTaIt Il nNCn heavier ISL
of appeals TO the President is expected
than on the first call The total num-
Der of appeals to the President on the
first call up TO December l9, was o.
$50. of which 1888 were denied and
S.496 were then still pending. The APP
peals granted were then hut about
l-2 per cent of the total. and the final
figures are understood to have stood at
slightly above that percentage, though
an exact report is not available.
Machinery for handling the great in
crease in presidential appeals will be
ready when they are made.
Arrangements were announced to-
day for handling the cases OF Ameri-
cans who are In France and England
and who may be called tor service.
The call for them TO report is TO be
dated far enough ahead 10 allow OF a
return previous to tho day set, and the
absentee is to be allowed an oppor-
tunity voluntarily to enlist.
II the absentee accepts this oppor-
tunity he must send his certificate OF
enlistment to the local board. which
will certify it to the Acknowledgements.
and If he is refused enlistment on
physical grounds. he must send his GER
tihcntc OF disqualification to the local
board. which will then classify him in
class >. as exempt from further draft
because OF complete physical disa bility.
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