The sun., 1918-09-21
ADVISERS ON DRAFT
SOON TO BE CHOSEN
Three for Each District Will
Be Named Early Next
Week.
THEIR. DUTIES EXACTING
Chief Object Will Be to Pre-
vent Serious Depletion of .
Necessary Industries.
THEIR. DUTIES EXACTING
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WASHINGTON. Sept. 20,-SeleCtion OF
,he Industrial advisers who will present
the facts and Information to district
draft boards on which deferred classi-
6cstion will be given to men of mill
,ary age engaged in war production
will be made early next week. Three
advisers will be chosen In each dis
trIct-one of them by the Department
OF Labor. one by the Department of
Agriculture and one by the first two
s1yisers.
Under the rules Prescribed for the
local and district draft boards the ad-
yisers will have access to the question
naires and other records in the files OF
the boards and will confer with employ
ers and executives of industries and en-
terprises that have been given prefer
ment by the War Industries Board.
Their work will include the majority of
the cases OF individuals who are key
men" in war Industries, but in whose
behalf no claim for deferred classical
ton is made.
Much Informatio Available.
Arrangements through which the in
dustrial advisers will cooperate with the
Federal Employment Service. the Rail-
road and Fuel administrations and the
War Department are being arranged by
the officials of the Department OF Labor.
Lists Of industries that have Seen given
priority because of war pr 1uction, as
well as lists of Industries 1t are con-
sdered relatively secondary and yet
necessary to the conduct Of the war, will
be supplied to- ZACH appointee.
Files of the Department of Labor and
Agriculture in which are stored statis-
tics concerning production of war ma
terials and commodities as we'll as
prime food stuffs will be placed at the
disposal of the advisers for the purpose
Of giving them such information as may
not be obtainable elsewhere, and es-
pecially for the purpose of deciding upon
general policies which will be pursued
in connection with large groups OF in
dustries and farming activities In man
ufacturing or agricultural communities.
VIII BE Very Busy Men.
Claims for deferred classification for
workers, whether presented by the men
themselves or by their employers would
be forwarded by the district boards to
the local boards that have Jurisdiction
in the communities where registrants
are enrolled. Inquiries will also be made
local DOdTuS anu
and civilizations of the Questionnaires
made 10 the district boards.
The performance of the duties OF
these advisers will require a very large
part of their time" said Director Gen.
eral Densmore Of the Federal Employ
ment Service. They will need to be
present at the meetings of the district
boards and between times win be busy
with the work of informing themselves
concerning Industrial conditions with
which they are dealing and the particu-
lar work 'devolving upon the men in
whose behalf claims for deferred classi-
Acation have been filed.
The chief factor in the considera-
ton OF claims for exemptions is that the
war industries be protected against a
depletion of the skilled workers, upon
whom the production Of military sup
plies largely depends. Maintenance OF
the INDUSTRIAL army at home is essential
to the highest efficiency Of the army in
the field"
The War Department made 1t known
to-day that the interests are better
served II enlisted>men after stating their
particular qualifications rely upon the
Government to place them. Hereafter
applications OF enlisted men to be trans.
Ierred to certain branches of the SER
vice are not to be permitted and officers
will not request by name the transfer
Of enlisted men except for cogent rea-
IONS
The indscriminate transfer OF e.
Listed men, the War Department says
is becoming serious menace to the
Efficiency of the service, a needless ex.
pense OF the Government and is produc-
tive Of unrest and discomfort. The Ad.
lutant-Generals Department has on file
records Of hA ~ al
listed men and is prepared to fill all po-
s.tions in the seryice"