The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-23

anu race lIaCkN, lOIluUc tcICIht NldlI
voyants, palmists and the like, who for
the purpose OF the regulations shall be
considered as idlers.
The new regulations will also az
tect the following classes;
"(A) Persons engaged in the
serving OF food or drink, or either,
IN public places, including hotels
and social clubs.
"(B) Passenger elevator operators
or attendants, doormen, footmen and
other attendants of clubs hotels,
stores, apartment houses office
buildings and bath houses.
Actors Are Exempt.
"(C) Persons including ushers
and other attendants engaged and
occupied in. and in connection with
games, sports and amuSementS, cN-
ceping actual performers in legiu-
mate concerts, operas or theatrical
performances
"(D) Persons employed in do
mestic service
"(E) Sales clerks and other
clerks employed in stores and other
mercantile establishments. Men
who are engaged as above, or are
idlerS will not he permitted to seek
relief because OF the fact that they
have a late order number or be-
cause they have been placed in
Class II, III or " on the grounds
Of dependency
The fact that he is not usefuly en-
ployed will outweigh both of the above
conditions II is expected that the
list Of non-usefl occupations will be
extended from time to time as neces.
sity will require so as TO include per
sons in other cmployments.
Vacations Not Absences.
Temporary absences from regular
employment not 10 exceed one week,
unless such temporary absences are
habitual and frequent, shall not he CON
sidcrcd as idlencss. Regular vacations
will not be considered as absences in
this connection
"The regulation throws a further safe
guard around men not usciully en-
ployed by providing that where 70
are compelling domestic circumstance,
that would not permit change Of cnnloy !
ment by the rcciStrant without dispro- |
portionate hardShips TO his dependents |
or where change from non-uscful to
useful occupation would ncceSSitate |
removal Of the rcgistrant or his family, |
local boards may give consideration to
the circumstances.
Night Workers Safepuarded
The regulation further provides that |
where Such a change OF employment |
would compel the night employment Of
women under circumstances which
board might deem unsuitable for such
employment Of women. the board may
take such circumstances into conSidera-
tlon in making its decision"
Explaining the new regulation and the
necessity for il, General Crowder said
"lhe war has so far disorgani1ed the
normal adjustment of industrial man
power as TO prevent the enormous in
duStrial output and national organiza-
ton necessary to success.
Change Will Be Welcomed.
There is a popular demand for or
ganzation Of man-power but no direct
draft could he imposed at present.
"Steps to prohibit idleness and non
effective occupation will be welcomed by
our @Ws Peo9e. GSs,r ,iv. III. ;d,.-, ,o, mon
net effectively employed, the choice be-
tween military service and effective en-
ployment Every man in the draft age
at least must work or fight.
War of Mechanics.
This is not alone a war of military
maneuver II is deadly contest OF
industries and mechanics. Germany
must not be thought OF as merely pos
sessing an army, we must think OF her
as being an army-an army in which
every factory and loom in the empire is
a recognized art in complete machine
running night and day at terrific speed
We must make of ourselves the same
sort Of effective machine.
"lt is enough to ask what would hap
pen If every man in the nation turned
his hand TO effective work We must
make ourselves effective We must or
game for the future We must make
vast Withdrawals for the army and inn
med'atclv close Up the ranks OF in
dustry behind the gap with an accelcrat-
ing production of every useful thing in
necessary measure. How is this TO be
done1
"Put Waste TO Use"
"The answer is plain. The first step
toward the solution of the difficulty is
10 prohibit engagement by able-bodied
men in the field of hurtiul employment
idleness or Intellectual employment and
thus induce and persuade the vast, vast
ed uses into useful fields
THE very situation we arc now con-
sidering, however, offers great posi-
bilities in improvement of the draft as
well as great possibilities for the com
position of the labor situation by ef
fective administration of the draft
Considering the seective service law
we see two principal causes of defer
ment Of the call to military service
exemption and the order numbers as
signed by lot The exemptions them
selves fall into two conspicuous cate
gories-dependency and industrial en-
ployment One protects domestic rela-
tions. the other the economic interest
of the nation Between the two there
is an inevitable hiatus, for it is dem