The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-07
DEP ABATEMENT OF LABOR NAMES DRAFT ADVISERS
Appointees to Advise Draft Boards What Registrants Are Industrially
 Necessary.

Hartford. Oct. 7-Pursuant to the amendment to the selective service law passed by Congress on Aug. SI, 1918. which provided for the ap- pointment by the United States De- partment of Labor of industrial advis- CTS to district draft boards, the de- partment has announced the men who will serve in Connecticut. They are Charles D. Rice of Hartford, divis- ion No. 1; James F. Donohue of Wat erbury, division No. 2, and Thomas M. Cullinan of Bridgeport, division No. 8. These industrial advisers are not members of the respective dis trict boards in any sense. They will advise the boards as to what draft registrants are industrially necessary to the successful prosecution of the war, with the view of keeping at home necessary men who want to get into the army and of wedding out slackers who claim to be necessary. Employers seeking deferred classifl cation for employees should consult these advisers.
 Each district board Is also to have two other industrial advisers, one to be appointed by the board itself and one by the United States Department of Agriculture.
 Industrial advisers appointed by the Department of Labor will also place before the district boards all facts and information in their pos session as to the preference lists is- | sued by the priorities division of the Federal War Industries Board. These | lists will not be regarded as ex- | elusive, but as showing what indus | tries, plants and concerns have, as the I result of the experience of the War Industries Board, been found to be so pre- emlnently necessary as to be entitled to priorities in raw mater ials, fuel and transportation in the | present emergency. Many occupa- tions and employments, such as those l in plants and concerns whose re- | quirements are relatively secondary though still necessary for the conduct of the war, which may properly be classified by the district boards as necessary, will not appear on such | lists. Therefore, the facts and in | formation in the possession of the in- dustrial adviser will be useful and needful to supplement the information | furnished by the preference lists in their applications to the determina- ton of changing labor needs. The | industrial advisers from the Depart ment of Labor will furnish informa- ton supplied to them by the United States Employment Service as to the needs for skilled labor in each com munity and the supply in each com munity.
 In assisting the. district boards ir deciding whether individuals engaged in certain occupations, industries ol employments are engaged in neces sary work, the Labor Department: industrial advisers, under the rule: prescribed by the local draft boards will have access to the questionnaire: and other records in the files of the boards.
 The advisers, both through them selves and the community labol boards, will instruct employers wheI and how to make and support claim: for deferred classification of men wht wish to remain in civil life. The! will bring home to employers In nee essary industries that it is their dut. to claim deferred classification fo necessary or "key" men, those wht are especially fitted for the work il which they are engaged or are high ly specialized experts or assistant, as sociate, or sole managers of a sub stantial part thereof. The Depart ment of Labor points out that in tn past employers, through ignorance Q the selective service regulations, hay
 frequently not made claims on be half of men who should have receive
 deferred classification.
 In the past, too, according to tn | Department of Labor, employers i
 necessary industries have hesitated t
 make any claims for fear they woul
 be accused of partiality among thei
 employees. The industrial adviser
 will bring home to these employer
 that it is a patriotic duty to mak
 distinction among their employees an
 to claim deferred classification fo
 necessary men.