Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
DRAFT BOARD HEAD
PLAYS DUAL ROLE
IN PUzzL|NG CASES
Must Contend With Himself as
Working Reserve Chairman over
Exemption for Form er Ship
workers.
SETTLES BIG PROBLEM

last what dccISIOn Charles warner,
hartman of the District Draft Appeai
}oard will make when the same haricS
Warner. Chairman of the Public Working
}csnrve the body which handles the pro-
,lcms of drafted laborcrS for the i+ah"r
commission of Delaware OF which the
.ndentical Charles Warner Is also CHAIR
nan. asks for exemption for some young
shin worker whom the government Is
anxious to annex for the first Inc trenches
# the army, i Il Qucotloa ot SCch p
,,rrut complex}tv that the SAID Mr.
Warner WIS asked 10 go on record III
the matter.
It's ,eIi Thai there h>c cores OF "orNSrN
IN the shipvards along the Delaware. WI"
left the farm under the lure oi higher
wages and have become IN a comparative-
y short time skilled shlphulldcrS, ac-
..ordinulto the management OF the wards.
But The United States Government,
whose spokesman in the matter IS pro-
vost Marshal General Crowdcr refuses
readily Ia believe that those Young,
husky agrIcultur Isis Who are 80 Oh
viouSlv cut out for fighters, ana who arc
81 vitality needed to open wide ROAD
straight across Belgium to Berlin, are any
great shakes 1t shIpbtniding
MUST rRoBE OWN CA~E~.
70 they re asking. IN tho Wilmington
District, that Charles Mariner, rs Char
man OF the Appeal Board probe moSt
'igldiN any CiaIm tor exemption WhI'h
night he presented tn hlm Tor such
aborcr~ by Charles Warner. hartman
il the Working Reserve.
As chairman of the Appeal Board
aid Mr. Warner, let me state that there
trc no elias, exemptions made hy u
VERY case i con, ldcred on its lndivldual
merits, We have many border line
ass, ia pass oil. such IL these IN regard ~
oruer farmers We recognize he fact
hat a bright. Intelligent and adaptable
.oung Inau might leave his former vocA
ion OF farmer and IN i ItW months hc-
ONE i skilled worker IN ~hlpplant
But Such skill. Of course i obtained
II following one >Fsc!ir and tlmltcd klnd
II work Most Zig ~hipyards have ut
cnsiyc Schools where men with Inc
qualities | have mentioned can hc trained
o become skilled piecc-worker> II ~ay
hree months The men are undouhtcd-
necessary to the plant and are gem
rally excused from military service
MAKE CAREFus- RENIEW.
Cases which involve men Of from -
q 2I who are wanted worst for the army
ar navy, have to he very carefully re-
.iewed Atfdayits from their SupcnoTs
. the effect that they are vitality nccc>-
.Arv to the plant must be forthcoming
Thev must show precisely what training
or experience they had Tor or 10 iher
occupation Il is the full time workers
3nlv remember Who are granted cNemp-
ion> | covered 'hIe point week 81
20 ago in q public report ! made after
investigating he conditions Al ship plants
near here
"Therc are or were. scores q cases
where n.cn bordering on nte>Irablcs
obtained work ii the plants s. haven
for '.s!ackeI, They were protected %
MANY Instances bv the special privileges
granted tho Emergency Fleet Corpora
non whereby II could ISSUE special eN-
empiicn cards which superced" m au-
fhori;v the power of the draft boards
From reports made 10 lnc learned that
MANY men were working le-~ than the
minimum number Of hours required al
the plant
RINOyDE EXEMPTION ARDS.
! After discussing heSe conditions WItn
associates of the Distrcf Draft Board We
decided to ask tic local s!Ipyards - rel
move III Of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poratlon Exemption cards issued u men
coming under the jurisdiction ~ Tho
Dlstrict Board of Delaware SI1pyard
nanageIuerjs agreed - do TINS winch
paved the way for u.s. tlT-t 20 grant
fernporar, exemption jo aIl VINO are el3-
titled 10 such and secondly. 10 lu~Ure
bat the District Draft board may th.1o-
after bc in u position 10 remove ali tenn
porar1 exemptions for industrial service
and take such action respecting de
pendancy cases a. comes within is
jurisdiction. when satisfied lhat the ~
formation supplied Oh idiencss comes
under the Selective Service Rule,
Everyone. then oi these Young
farmers over which there seems 10 be
contention. is considered solely on has
status as shipworker II he IS recoguzed
and vouched for a d skilled laborer. i
a fUlltIne worker and not an idler. the
Chairman ol the Distinct Draft Board
raises no objection when the Chairman
\ Of the Public Working Reserve claims
xemptlon Tor him OH industrial gTogn ds