The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-05-28


r,aticrs VII! be considered as idlers.
Many Men Included.
The new regulations will also af
feet the following classes:
"(a)-Persons engaged in the serv-
ing OF food and drink. or either, in
public places, including hotels an!
social clubs.
i b)-Passenger elevator operators
and attendants, doormen, footmen and
other attendants of clubs, hotels,
stores. apartment houses, office build
ings and bath houses
"(c)-Persons, including ushers and
other attendants, engaged and occu-
pied in and in connection with games,
sports and amusements, excepting ac-
tual performers in legitimate concerts,
operas or theatrical performances.
",N-Persons employed il domesi-
ic service.
"(e)-Sales clerks and other clerks
employed in stores and other mercan-
tile establishments.
Men who are engaged as above, or
who are idlers will not be permitted
! to seek relief because of the fact that
thev have drawn a late order number
or because they have been placed in
Class ,. , or /. on the grounds Of de-
Dendency. The fact that he is not use
fully employed Will outweigh both of
the above conditions.
II s expected that the list Of non
useful occupations will be extended
from time to time as necessity will re-
CURE. so IS to include persons III
Other employments.
,'Terp3yary absences from regular
employment not to exceed one week,
unless such temporary absences are
habitual or frequent, shall not be con-
sidered as idleness. Regular vacations
= will not be considered as absences in
this connection.
circumstances Alter Cases.
THE regulation throws further
safeguard around men not usefully
employed, by providing that where
there are compelling domestic circum-
stances that would not permit change
of employment by the registrant with
out disproportionate hardship to his
dependent where a change from
, non-usefu, to useful employment or
occupation would necessitate remov-
al of the registrant or his family, 10
cal boards may give consideration to
the circumstances. The regulation
further provides that where such 4
change of employment would COM
pei the night employment under cir
cumstances which board might
deem unsuitable for such employment
of women, the board may take such
~.:.sttances into consideration il.
making its decision"
Iplaining the new regulation and
the necessity for it, General Crowder
said:
''The war has so far disorganized
the normal adjustment of industrial
man-power as to prevent the enorm-
Gus industrial output and national Or
ganization necessary to success.
There is a popular demand for or
ganization Of man-power, but no di-
rect draft could be imposed at pre2
ent
Steps TO prohibit dleness and non
effective occupation will be welcomed
by our people.
We shall give the idlers and meE
not effectively employed the choice
between military service and effective
employment Every man in the draft
age at least must work or fight
1NIS Is uUt dlOuS d Wal VI inll4CcI
maneuver. 1t is deadly contest Of
industries and mechanics.
Simple Remedy Found.
"It is enough to ask what would
happen if every man in the nation
turned his hand to effective work.
How is this to be done?
'The answer is plain. The first step
toward the solution of the difficulty is
prohibit engagement by ablebodied
men in the field of hurtful employ
ment, idleness or Intellectual employ
~ent, and thus induce and persuade
the vast, wasted excesses into useful
fields
''One of the unanswerable criticisms
of the draft has been that it takes