French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-06-06
WORK OR FIGHT is NEW
PROGRAM FOR REGISTRANTS;
OILERS NOT TOLERATED.

Washington, May 23.-EYery man
! of draft age must work Or fight after
| july | under a drastic amendment 20
the ~selective service regulations an,
nounced today by Provost Marsnal
General Crowder.
Not only idlers, but all draft regis
trants engaged in what are held to be
non-usefu1 occupations are to be
hailed before local boards and given
the choice of a new job or the army.
The statement of the provost mar
shall generals Office follows:
The Formal Statement.
"Provost Marchal General Crow
der today announced an amendment
to the ~selective service regulations
which deals with the great question
of compelling men not engaged IN a
useful occupation Immediately to ap-
ply themselves to some form of labor,
contributing to the general good. The
idler, too, will find himself confront
ed with the alternative of finding
suitable employment or entering the
army.
The Habitual Idler.
"This regulation provides that af-
ter July 1, any registrant who is
found by a local board to be a ha-
bituaI idler, or not engaged in some
useful occupation shall be summoned
before the board, given a chance to
explain and, in the absence of a salts
factory explanation, to be indicted
United States.
Local Board to Act.
"Any local board will be authoriz-
ed to take action, whether it has orig
inal jurisdiction of the registrant or
not; in other words, any man Ioafing
around a pool room in Chicago may
be held to answer to a Chicago board
even though he may have registered
in New York and lived there most of
his life.
"The regulations which apply to
idle registrants will be deemed to. ap-
ply also to gamblers of all descrip-
tions and employees and attendants
of bucket shops and race tracks, for
tune ~tellers, clairvoyants, palmists
and the like, who for the purposes of
the regulations will be considered as
idlers.
The Regulations.
1.-The new regulations will also af-
feet the following classes:
"(A)-Person engaged in the serv-
ing of food and drink, or either. in
public places including hotels and So
cial clubs.
"(B)-Passenger elevator opera
tors and attendants, doormen, foot
men n other attendants of clubs,
hotels, stores, apartment house, office
buildings and bath houses.
"(Cl-Persons, including ushers
M other attendants, engaged and
occupied in, and in connection with
games, sports, and amusements ex-
ceptlng actual performers in legiti-
mate concerts, operas or theatrical
performances.
"(D)-Persons employed in do
nestle service.
"(E)-sales clerks and other
clerks employed in stores and other
mercantile establishments.
No Relief for Idlers,
wen VINO are engaged as above or
who r idlers will not be narno;t+od
to see relief because of the fact tbo+
they have drawn a late order n1rmbnr
or because they have been rlaced ~
class IL, III or " on the grounds IF
dependency. The fact that he is not
useIully employed will OUTWEIGH ho+b
or the above conditions.
1T IS expected that The list oe NON
useful occupations will be exfandad
from time to time IS necessity will
REQUIRE SO as to include persons in
other employments.
temporary absences from regular
employment not to exceed one week
unless such temporary absences are
nabltual or, frequent, shall not be
considered as idleness. Regular yaea-
lions viii not be Considered az ~