Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-17
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Apparently some of the men con-
nected with the states draft system
intend to maintain the relation they
have occupied toward each other
and toward the state and nation as
steps to organize organizations of
county draft board members are
under way. In Allegheny county
the members of the draft boards
have had an organization for a year
and recently plans have been per-
fected to make 1t a permanent af-
fair and to have occasional meet
ings, while the Philadelphia boards
have gone together and are about
to secure a charter from the courts
for an association. In Lackawanna
and Luzerne counties, each of which
had ten boards permanent organt-
zations are to be formed and SINH
lar steps are being talked of in
other counties. The state draft
headquarters force, which has been
reduced since the armistice was
signed, is now engaged on the
gigantic task of preparing for the
winding up of the draft system,
which will take months. Major w.
G. Murdoch, who has directed the
multitudinous details of the work.
has been in Washington the last
few days at the general conference
of draft officers in preparation for
the future of the selective service
system which will be n permanent
feature of the government. The
Murdoch manner of handling the
draft in Pennsylvania has been
highly praised not only by the men
in the system in this state, but at
WASHINGTON.
Just who makes up the Pennsyl-
vania State Illiterates' Commission
is a question which is interesting a
good many people at the State
Capitol these days. This commits
sion has been getting mail. The
mail is sent from camps where men
from Pennsylvania have been dis
covered who need q little educa-
tional attention. In spite of the ex-
cellence of the school system 1t
would seem that there are sons OF
the Keystone State who are shy on
the three RS. So the officers in
charge of the camp have been
writing here to see that they arc
taken. care of. The letters, as usual,
nave EOHt IOdilllli6 diOulit NAAN
building and yesterday some OF
them landed in the office of the
State Board of Public Charities.
That branch promptly called up the
State Board of Education.
Some of the hearings which are
being held in complaints before the
Public Service Commission are ac-
tually being gone through with
while complaints against further in
creases in rates or fares of the same
companies are on dockets. This is
due to the rapid advance in rates
which is too fast for almost the
complainants to get through with.
AS for the commission it is almost
swamped by the multitude of cases
appearing.
An interesting interview with Ed
gar c. FELTON,, the federal labor dl-
rector for Pennsylvania, is published
in the Philadelphia Press. Mr.. Eel
ton, who is well remembered by
many here as the president of the
PENNSYLVANIA Steel Company and or
the Harrisburg Traction Company,
right after the consolidation of the
two old lines. has been giving his
time to Uncle Sam since the war
began.s rs - ~
Although my salary is dollar
q year." he said with a smile, L
spent twenty-five cents out of this
amount to make out my voucher to
the government. l have four sons in
the military and naval service of
their country, and I am contented
to give my services as they do theirs.
There'H be no more riveting jobs at
bank presidents salaries. But no
one need worry about a job. l will
not quit until every man who comes
to us for job gets one, and l make
no empty promises. A lot of women
workers will retain their mems jobs,
for these are women's jobs, after
all. 1t does not take a two-fisted
man to jump a department store
counter. Our wounded soldiers must
be given employment, not as an act
of charity but to make them inde-
pendent producers"
Quite q galaxy of noted attorneys
appeared at the Capitol yesterday in
Public Service arguments. Among
them were ex-Lieutenant Governor
Walter Lyon, of Pittsburgh, who
never seems to change; w. S. Kirk
patrick, of Easton, who was Attor-
ney General under Beaver, and is as
spry as ever; George r. Booth, of
Allentown; owen j. Roberts, promi-
nent Philadelphia attorney, and
George Wharton Pepper, chairman
of the State Council of National De-