Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-17
WORK OR FIGHT
RULE HITS MANY
DRAFT BOARDS MAKING PRE-
PARTITIONS TO ENFORCE PRO.
vosT MARsHAL's RULING.
CLERKS IN OFFICES AND
STORES MOST AFFECTED
Boss viii Be Only Man Left on Job in
Some Establishments-To Create
Creator Demand For Women in
Offices and Mercantile Establish
nrents-Grounds for Exemption Few.
nec,a, 70 Times-Republican.

nnents-Grounds for Exemption Few.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June Reinforcement
of the provost marshal generals work
or fight" regulations Is now being
planned by local draft boards through
out Iowa.
Adjutant General Logan is being be-
sieged with inquiries from members OF
local boards, employers, registrants
and others as to its Interpretation.
The order withdraws deferred CLASH
flcations after July /, 1918, and order
number of registrants Of all young
men in the draft who are idle or who
are engaged in what General Crowder
has specified as 'non-productive occu-
patton or employment" If after exam
ination the local board finds registrants
come within the scope Of the order and
they pass the physical examination
they will be indicted forthwith into
military service in the usual manner
as tho his class and order number had
been reached"
The full significance Of this order is
just beginning to dawn on draft boards
and registrSnts. It means Just what it
has been characterized, that all regis
trants will have to work at occupa-
ttons considered necessary at winning
the war or fight. Dependents cut no
figure. Dependents may keep man
out of the service perhaps but he will
have to get into some war essential
occupation unless compelling domestic
circumstances" might possibly be such
as to exempt him.
Non productive Occupations.
General Crowder's order sets forth
the following as coming in the class of
non productive occupations.
"rhe employment or engagement Of
any able bodied registrant Of military
age in any Of the following occupations
or employments Is not sufficiently ef-
fective, In the present emergency, to
justify the postponement Of his call in
to the military service, notwithstand-
ing he may have late order number
and notwithstanding he may have been
placed in Glass 2, or 4, on the ground
of dependency.
"All registrants engaged as follows
are to be considered by local and dis
trict boards as engaged in non-pro-
ductive occupations or employments.
"(a). Persons engaged in serving
Of food and drink or either in public
places, including hotels and social
clubs.
"(b). Passenger elevator operators
and attendants and door men, footnen,
carriage openers and other attendants,
IN clubs. hotels. stores, apartment
houses, office buildings and bath
houses.
"(c). Persons including ushers and
other attendants engaged and occupied
in and in connection with games,
sports and amusements. except actual
performers in legitimate concerts, op-
eras or theatrical performances.
"(d). Persons employed in domestic
service.
"(e). Sales clerks and other clerks
employed in stores and other mercan-
tile establishments"
It Is the last named provision which
will hit the largest number Of men in
Iowa. The manager Of the Standard
Oil Company offices In Des Moines
called up Adjutant General Logan's Of
flee to ask If the young men working
In the Standard offices would come I'M
der this latter provision or provision
(e). General Logan replied that mas
much as the Standard Oil Company Is
engaged in mercantile business the
young men would be subject to these
new regulations.
General Logan also believes that the
draft age Is to be raised by congress so
that the work or fight rule will then
apply to all those within the increased
draft age limits. 1t means that in
many lines practically everybody but
the boss will have to change his occu-
patton or go to war and women work.
ers will be in great demand.
Grounds For Exemption.
In his orders General Crowder says
"the following grounds shall be accept
ed by local and district boards as rea-
sonable excuse for temporary idleness
or for being engaged in a non produce
tive occupation or employment.
"(a). Sickness.
"Cb). Reasonable vacation.
"(c). Lack Of reasonable opportun-
ity for employment in any occupation
outside OF those described Gas given
under non-productive occupations
above) "'or those hereafter specified in
regulation or ruling as provided in this
section.
"(d). Temporary absences (not reg
ular vacations) from regular employ
ment, not to exceed one week, unless
such temporary absences are habitual
and frequent, shall not be considered
as idleness.
"(e). Where there are compelling
domestic circumstances that would not
permit change Of employment by the
registrant without disproportionate
hardship to his dependents or where a
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