The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-06-21
Crowder Stresses Sports as
Non-USeful-Store and Of
flee Clerks Affected.
BAN ON AUTO statesmen
Pharmacists, Store Executives,
Managers and Department
Heads Not Included.

Washington, June 21.-New regula
tons issued to draft boards today by
Provost Marshal General Crowder to
govern application of the work or
fight order, do not rule specifically
upon the status of professional base
ball players or other classes which
may be affected, but emphasize the
section of the order placing games
and sports among the occupations
classed as nonuseful.
In an oral statement, announcing
the regulations, officials of Gen.
Crowder's office said;
AT present the occupation of a
baseball player is regarded as non
productive, but that until a case has
been appealed from local board
there would be no ruling on the sub
ject.
To Use Common Sense.
Local boards will consider cases of
withdrawal of deferred classification
with common sense" Gen. Crowder's
instructions say, "and they name ILL
ness, vacation, the impossibility of Sc
curing productive employment with
out a change of residence as reason
able grounds for waving the general
order.
- while sales clerks in stores, and
clerical workers in offices are classed
as nonproducers, boards are directed
to exempt department store execu-
tives and skilled workers attached to
such establishments. Travelling sales
men will be considered as engaged in
productive employment, but automo-
bile statesmen in cities will not, 1t was
explained. Public or private chauf-
feurs are held to be nonproducers
only when they combine other work
with their mechanical duties.
Local boards are asked to assist
registrants to obtain new employment
through the federal employment serv-
ice, and are given power to postpone
action while effort is being made to
place men in occupations held pro-
ductive.
"When It has been determined that
a person in deferred classification is
an idler or is engaged in reproductive
the instructions say,
"the classification and order number
of such person will be withdrawn, and
he will be Immediately irducted into
the military service.
THE regulations provide that per-
sons engaged in the service of food !
VI Illh, VI III pupllC pIdCtS,
including hotels and social clubs, are |
engaged in nonproductive employ |
ments. This, however does not in |
clude managers, clerks, cooks, or |
other employees unless they are en- |
gagged in the actual serving Of food |
and drink.
Stores, Hotels, Theaters.
"The regulations further provide |
that passenger elevator operators and
and doormen, footmen,
carriage openers, and other attend !
ants in clubs, hotels, stores, apart |
ment houses, office buildings, and bath
houses, are engaged in nonproductive
The words other at
tendants' include bell boys and also
include porters, unless such porters
are engaged in heavy work.
"The regulations further provide
that persons, including ushers and
other attendants, engaged and occu-
pied in and in connection with games,
sports, and amusements, excepting
actual performers in legitimate con-
,erts, operas or theatrical perform
ances, are engaged in nonproductive
or employments. This
includes, in addition to ushers and
,ther attendants, all persons engaged
tnu OcCupleo III Sdihco, oPOA'o "'
except actual perform
RS, in legitimate concerts, operas, or
theatrical performances.
''The regulations further provide
hat person engaged in domestic
'ervice is engaged in nonproductive
or occupation but TINS
loes not include public or private
hauffeurs, unless they should also De
Engaged in some other occupation or
employment defined as nonproductive. I
Office and Sales Clerks.
, '"The regulations, further provide
hat sales clerks and other clerks en-
,loyed in stores and other mercantile
are engaged in nom
productive employments. but this does
lot include store executives, man.
gers, superintendents nor the heads
f such departments as accounting, {
nancial, advertising, credit, pur-
hasing, delivery. 'eceiving, shipping 4;
nd other departments; does not in [
lude registered pharmacists en- 6
loyed in wholesale and retail drug {
and does not include
raveling statesmen, buyers, delivery
rivers, electricians. engineers, carpet
AYERS, upholsterers, nor any en-
loves doing heavy work outside the
sual duties of clerks. However, c
ales clerks and other clerks include t
he clerical force in the office and in r
Il departments of stores and mercan- T
lie establishments engaged in SELL