El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-10
EVERY TOWN IN THE SOUTHWEST
MUST MAKE MEN WORK OR FIGHT

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compelling change employ 7ent when such change
would uecesstate his removal another place. boards
generally taking Of that problem with the cooperation
Of the United States Employment Service which is able to
transfer men liberated from an unessential occupation to
useful occupations
Furthermore the feeling is that while drivers of public
service not held to be engaged in productive
occupations so long as their duties purely mechanical
that is which could performed well by
physically disqualified for military service, by those out
SIDE the military BY youths Of 10 II by women
Entertainers clerks stores kinds Of office help,
tendants at places Of entertainment and walters in clubs
cafes, cabarets restaurants are all non essential
CRATES the sensibes Of the families Of men who
IN the line Of battle in daily danger of DEATH
to see other safe at home, driving itne serving
drinks in cafes or playing in jazz band.
The tendency in most places is to weed out II
notorious that New York was the chief harbor for
slaekeTs and yellow dogs of varied kind The cleanup
took place IN New York last week when more than 10000
taken into custody series Of raids and
than 1900 Of that number indicted into military
service.
This is the time make the best possible of man
power Washington dispatches relate that director general
MeAdoo of the railroad administration favoTs the exemp
ton Of railroad men from the draft That viii not prove
popular, among the railroad for they realize well
enough that so long as their places be filled by other
men, they are not essential and that so long as some thou
sands Of their brothers engineer regiments other
organizations in France, they themselves be
sideTed outside the order Of liability Of service
The shortage Of railroad believed be almost
artificial That is to say is reported that there be-
tween 100000 and 100000 trainmen and others in the
United States who in railroad service because
the companies viii not employ them Some have been dis
charged for another having nothing
their mechanical ability and others have voluntarily left
the service IN past years are now more than IS years old
and viii not be Teemployed by the companies because It
said they too old. II Of IS is not too old to
stand the strain Of few years IS is not too
old to engine work conductor brakeman
There plenty Of engineers and conductors who have been
continuous service and white haired They
considered old for their runs the railroads
said be unwilling employ not quite old who
have not been in continuous service.
Il would that many Of the younger men in the
railroad service could be spared for military service their
places being taken by older, experienced not in
thousands Of conductors engineers and brakenen who are
past the military ages, ought to be enough
to keep the trains well manned.
There is to make the railroad industry spe
ca marx for combngout process but also there is
for giving the railroads any preferential treat
than accorded the coal Mines the copper mines
any other essential industry The men most affected would
not such preferential treatment.
The exemption Of entire class would afford dan
gerous precedent Other classes IN industry would want II
also and be much entitled to it From on, industrial
exemptions must be granted with the greatest and they
be granted in the past individually and by
classes Henceorh, labor must be made most effective
Every who is not IN job where the country needs
him is entitled to be transferred And also every in
essential job who can be replaced and sent to war
should be sent
The kaiser running of the non essential industries
There beautifully blue Austrians along the
beautiful blue Danube.
retreat specialist is the one best qualified to point
out the road back home
A magazine writer says agasOlins viii win the var
Yes It wiIl-for those who sell it.
Get the wOrk-slaeker into the harness and prod him
until he pulls his share Of the load.
The best citizen now he who can show how much
Tan do instead Of how much he can make.
With uears going TO waste in the valley its hard 10 see
why they should cost 10 cents pound IN FL Paso.
The report Of the demise Of Lenne appears to have been
as premature, unfortunately that Of one P Villa.
There fewer road after band concerts at Fort
Bliss The returning motorists longer drive
though running fire. The arrests and fines to
be having some effect
The bootleg whisky in Arizona IS said to contain sui
phurc and muriac acid and wood alcohol Stories about
ed white and blue gsSshoppers in Santa Cruz county
make believe the beverage contains all those ingredients
md possibly more