Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-19
NAMESLEGAL AIDS
0NQUE:s'Tl0|N|NA|RES
Head Of Advisory Board Picks
Lieutenants for Federal
Departments Here.
OTHER cITY-WlDE PLANS

Legal lieutenants who WIN aid gov
eminent employees In fllling out ques-
tionnaires next week were appointed
today by Justin Morrill, chamberlin.
chairman Of the legal advisory board
Of the District.
Every federal department win have
its legal iieutenant who VIA be in
charge of the work. aided by as many
other lawyers drawn Prom the departs
ment as may be needed. Various bu-
reaus and Independent Offices Of tho
government throughout the city also
viii have legal advisory board MEM
bers to help their employees
Aid to registrants in the govern
ment service will form but part OF
the city-wide free legal assistance to
be given next week and the week fol-
lowing, when registrants Of the Dis
trict between the ages of nineteen and
thirty-six years will be filling out
their ouestionnaires. The first OF the
docurn ents will go out from the eleven
local boards Monday, and 10 per cent
OF $4,000 for nine days Thereafter.
In Charge Of Arrangements.
John B, Henderson, associate mem-
Der of the legal advisory board, is In
charge of arrangements for legal as
sistance in the departments Lega!
Heutenants and aids In the federal
bureaus are chosen largely from men
OF the solicitors offices.
Legal iieutenants announced TO-DAY
follow: state Department, Assistant
Solicitor vreeland; War Department
r. nj. Hoadley; Navy Department. AS
sistant Solicitor Philip Walkefs
Treasury Department, Solicitor Law
renee Becker: Interior Departmein r
Department OF Justice. Assistant Al.
torney General Kearful; Department
of AEriculture, Assistant Solicitor h.
W. williams; Department OF COM
merce, Assistant Solicitor D. T.
McKenna; Post OF. omc9 hen mepa,eme Of
Labor, Roger O'Donnell.
Members of the legal ADVISORY
board who will be in charge OF lne
ouestiofiaire work In various bureaus
are as follows:
derson: Capitol, John Helmus; civil
Sierk MeAuliffe; Council Of National
Defanse. e, NJ. Dudd; Federal TRACE
Commission, w. G. Reeves; Food a.
ministration. H; N. Bnna y. f uovern-
ment printing Office, Chief Clerk Al
version; Interstate Commerce CON-
mission. a. [. Hopkins; Naval OBJ
seryatory, Asaph Hall; Navy 1asu'
r. e. Wexford. Panama Gal n.i,,s ;seth
1 Hospital, Monte Sanger: United states
Trade Board. Charles C. Allen.
Among Local Corporations.
r. g. Hunt of the legal advisory
haard will be in charge Of the WORK
| to help registrants OF the ChesapeaHS
and Potomac Telephone company. Iii
Aid smpioyes of the Capital Tractaen
comnany. George P. Hoover VII
rander similar service to the employees
If the Washington Railway and Ele lee,
trio Company. Edward A: LXseWyS s wt,i
;npton steel and Ordnance Company;
chairman Chamberlin today canea
|. naaetinr of all associate members OF
the legal advisory board TOT ESo
o.cIock Monday night at the George
tcwn Law School. street netwe sa
I, n and Sth streets. At that time the
third edition of the questionnatres
will be thoroughly gone over IN hgnt
Of the revised edition OF the selective
service regulations, expected from the
press tomorrow.
1t is hoped that PROVOST mafsn IA
General Crowder. Col. Charles w.
warren. and Col. James S. Easily,
smith of Gen. Gfowders office will
address the meeting Monday night.
There are many knotty problems IN
connection with the advice to regis
trahts on which the legal ADVISORY
hoard members want first hand IN
structfons from the officials RESPONSE"
Bile for the rules and regulations.
lust how far should a legal adviser go,
| FOR instance, in helping registrant with
| his claims for exemption? Last year
LAWYERS were instructed to allow regis"
traits to figure out their own claims.
offering no suggestions on this point
other than a clear statement OF facts
m the regulations as they covered the
point
occupational Grounds.
! The matter of exemption on occupa-
tfonal grounds will offer field for de-
TERED Classification claims to the new
est Restraints, which perhaps win turn
| out a formidable rival to. dependency
Claims The lawyers want to know just
exactly how far they can go In helping
lreEistrants in this regard.
The first questionna,,nSs spi 70 to men eo out
in the District Monday: SO that inc
Following morning to help the regis.
ltrants. Stations will be estaonsned AZ
ten Of the police stations througnouL lne
c;ty where lawyers may be found at
night. -, ,.....s 3,
+be new central High School and at
The Public Library: Present plans
! Contemplate that these stations De
amen ali day and for certain time
eact night during the period the reg
istrants are working on the question:
The woman's Bar Association Of the
district OF Columbia has volunteered
It's service in, the cause. and IN all
probability Woman LAWYERS viii DC
The Washington Lawyers Associa-
tim fcolored) through its president
ROYAL A. Hughes, has volunteered It's
scores Of members of the legal pro-
fession here have onsrea .s tneir SER "
the work As second to none In the
ca,,nfry's crisis. All members Of the
Ieral advisory board appointed lasi
year to aid registrants OF the first
lregistfation will serve TINS time; 20.
Three men constitute the board
lnroner. they are Mr.. Chamberlin
Chairman; Frank Sprigg Perry. secre.
fary. and Jesse C. Adkins. Other mem
hers are known as associate members
Estimate Is Exceeded.
Every living man of draft age came
forward at last weeks great regfstra.
lfion of man power. Provost Marshal
IGeneral Crowder believes. Complete
returns from thirty-one states and
Ina District Of Columbia show IN en-.