New-York tribune., 1918-06-22
Status Of Players to Await
Appeal on Individual
Case
All Non-Productive
Workers Must Serve
Clerks, Domestic Servants
and Bartenders Under
Ban

lions TO ora1t boards were issued to-
day by Provost Marshal General Crow
der explaining and amplifying the
work or fight" order, under which
after July / all men OF draft age, re-
gardless OF their classification, must
cagage in employment held to be pro-
ductive or JOIN the army
When it has been determined that a
person in deferred classification is an
idicr or is engaged in non-productive
service" says the instructions, "the
ciess'hcatlon and order number of such
person will be withdrawn and he will
oe Immediately inducted into the mill
tary service"
several specific rulings are made as
:. 20 the effect of the order upon certain
glasses named as non-productive. In
me case OF sports and amusements the
language OF the order is repeated with
emphasis, but without mentioning pro-
fessional baseball, an expected an.
houncement concerning which had been
awaited with keen and widespread in
ferest.
In making public the instructions,
however. officials of General Crowder's
office said baseball playing at present
Is regarded as n-productive, though
there Will be no ruling until an indi-
local board.
Cooks Are Exempted
Managers, cooks, clerks and other
employees not engaged in the actual SER
vice OF food and drink in public places
are exempted from the section declar-
ing such service OF food and drink non
productive.
Store executive, managers. superia
tendents and heads of special depart
ments, travelling statesmen, registered
pharmacists, delivery drivers and men
DONG heavy work are not included
among the clerks and statesmen Of mer-
camille establishments classed as non
productive
Chauffeurs, public and private" are
eliminated from the non-productive
class. unless they engage in work held
to be non productive in addition to
their mechanical duties. This feature
es the Instructions attracted attention,
because it would class as useful a
fomily chauffeur who performed no
other service and would send him into
the army # he also acted as butler or
handy man around the house.
The boards are directed to apply
common sense in considerating with
drawals Of deferred classification pri-
vileges, aid to aid registrants in max
ing necessary changes in employment
by furnishing lists of those summoned
or examination to the United States
employment service
Provost Marshal General Crowder to-
day called for S,976 draft registrants
qualified for general military service to
be sent on July 15 to various schools
held open for volunteers until July l.
Regarding Baseball Players
In an oral statement announcing the
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Crowder's Office said "at present" the
occupation of baseball ! layer is re-
garded as productive, but that
until case had been appealed from q
local board there would he no ruling
on the subject.
Local boards will consider cases of
withdrawal of deferred classification
with common sense" General Crow
der's instructions say, and they name
illness, vacation and the impossibility OF
securing productive employment with
cut change of residence as reasonable
grounds for waving the general order
travelling statesmen will be considered
10 engaged in productive employment
but automobile statesmen in cities viii
not. 1t was explained. Public or privat,
chauffeurs are held to be ron-producer
except when they combine other wor1
with their mechanical duties.
Local boards are asked to assis
regIstrants to obtain new employmen
through the Federal employment ser
Vice, and have power to postpone action
while effort is being made to plac
men in occupations held productive.
Operation of Order
when it has been determined that ;
person in deferred classification is a,
idler or is engaged in non -productiv,
employment" the instructions say, "th'
classification and order number of such
person will be withdrawn and he viii
Immediately be inducted into the mill
tary service.
"The regulations provide that per
sons engaged in the service Of food ant
drink or either in public places in
Guiding hotels and social clubs, ar,
engaged III non-productive employ
ments. This. however. does not include
managers, clerks, cooks or other EN-
ployes, unless they are engaged in tn,
actual serving of food and drinks.
1.-THE regulations further provide
that passenger elevator operators ant
attendants and door men, foot men
carriage openers and other attendant.
in clubs, hotels, stores, apartment
houses, Office buildings and bath
houses are engaged in non-productiv,
cmployments. The words other at
tendants' include bell boys and also in
cludes porters, unless such porters ar,
engaged IN neAVy Wcfk.
Sports Attendants Barred
THE regulations further provide thai
persons, including ushers and other at
tendants, engaged and occupied in anc
in connection with games, sports anc
amusements, excepting actual perform
ers In legitimate concerts, operas, oil
theatrical performances, are engaget
in pon-rroductivc occupations or EN-,
pigments.
"This includes, in addition to ushers
and other attendants, all persons en-.
gagged and occupied in games, sports
and amuscmepts, except actual per,
formers In legitimate concerts, operas
or. theatrical performances.
"The regulations further provide
that person engaged In domestic ser.
vice 10 engaged in non-productivs
employment or occupation, but this
does not include public or private
;. chauMeurs. unless they should also b.
engaged in some other occupation o,
employment defined as non-productive
Sales Clerks Affected
THE regulations further provide that
salcs clerks and other clerks employed
in stores and other mercantile estab
lishments are engaged in non -produc
tiya ennnI hat tnss Ano. =,