Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-04
Men Engaged in Necessary
Commercial Callings
May Be Exempt
NEW RULES LESS DRASTIC
Crowder at Work Perfecting
Regulations Governing the
l8.to.45 Call
BY the Associated Press

Washington, Sept 4.
Much broader grounds for the estab-
lishment Of claims for exemption from
military service are provided in new
regulations now being worked out by
Provost Marshal General Crowder to
govern the classification Of men between
eighteen and forty-hve who will regis
ter on September IL. Important modif-
cations are based upon the change of
few words In the original draft law
in passing the new man-power act.
The term industrial occupation" is
eliminated, and the law now provides
persons may be given deferred classifi-
cation when engaged Sin occupation or
employment, including agriculture, which
can be established as necessary to the
military establishment or the mainte-
nance Of the national interest"
Bankers May Escape
This section. officials pointed pointed
ont today. with the regulations constru.
ing 1t. will definitely allow district ex-
essential bank employees. men engaged In
necessary commercial enterprises and
necessary workers for Red Cross and
kindred organizations. The regulations
will not attempt specifically to define the
status of registrants who shall be enti.
tied to exemption, but will allow the
boards to work out the details, after
the authorization has been given them
1t was said that the regulations would
straiEhten out completely a situation
arising since district boards in various
localities have ruled, under the old law
that railroads and banks are not in.
dustries, and that an importer Of neces.
sary war ma aterials and his stan are
not engaged in industry. Since the re.
quirement that a man exempted because
of his occupation must be of such I'M
portsnce as to threaten the continuance
OF the enterprise to which he Is at.
tached, has been retained, however, the
sum total of exemption is not expected
seriously to affect the net man-power
which will f'nally be placed In Gloss one
District boards, in applying occupa-
tional exemption regulations, will have
| the assistance of three advisers, indus
| trial, commercial and agricultural, who
are now being nominated in every dis
| trict.
Minor Changes In Questionable
Only minor changes are incorporated
| In the revised QUESTIONABLE which the
registrants of September 12 will be re-
quired to fill out 1t strikes out the
| requirement that city police and fremen
| be in service three years before being
entitled to deferred classification. and
allows them to be placed in Glass
without regard to their length of serv-
Ice 1t establishes also three new d.
visions in Glass s. exempting automatic
cally persons discharged from military
or naval service upon ground of alien
age or upon diplomatic request" per.
sons who are citizens of countries CO.
belligerent with the United States who
come under treaty arrangements entail.
| ing their services at home. and citizens
of neutral countries who have with.
| drawn declarations of their intention t.
| become citizens,
The questionnaire sttll requires eacf
registrant who desires exemption tc
make formal claim and present detailed
facts substantiating 1t.