South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-19
CASES Of DOUBT
ARE SCRUTINIZED
Chairman of Appeal Board
Says Its Easier to Don Uni
form Than EVade Draft.
Times So -

News Times Special Service
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. June "a
S,ackers and all cases OF doubt viii
he regarded with severe scrutiny.
according 10 Lucius B. Swift chair
man of the third Indiana district APP
peal board. here today.
This board has assumed. the at
titude that all marriages contracted
after the declaration of war 10y the
United States are not just grounds
for deferred classification. Mr..
Swift said. Many of these are I'M
doubtedly cases which were seriously
contemplated prior TO the declara-
ton of war but this board has found
that the two classes of recent mar
riages are identical i'm their proof
of their business. and for that rea-
son IL has become necessary for Us
to place all these men i'm class one.
We have also found that many
married men without children have
been placed in class four and all OF
these have been or are being placed
in class two.
I'm cases OF where there are
daughters or sisters Of young men
on farms who claim exemption on
agricultural grounds We are placing
these men in class one as il Is evil
dent that if we are so raise an army
of five million men il will become
necessary that we also raise a large
land army OF women in this country.
Young women who are physically
BILE TO drive tractors or horses to
the various farm implements must
do so in order TO help win this war
and raise an army with which 10
win the war There is but one thing
we are looking TO now and that is
TO winning the war and that must
be done at all costs.
Wives Appeal for Husbands.
The claim has been made by
many men that their wives have no
opportunity 10 make living for
themselves should they be called
into service. The board here. how
ever, contends that every wife is a
housekeeper and because she is a
housekeepeT she will be able 10
earn a livelihood and that she can
secure a position any time she wants
it. Other young wives who are ap-
pealing for their husbands on the
grounds that they viii be placed IN
destitute circumstances have been
found by the board 10 he surrounded
with wealth.
1T is frankly admitted by the
members of this board that it is
somewhat drastic but the board feels
that the one aim and purpose Of it
is 10 assist in raising an army with
which TO defeat Germany. That is
what this board is doing and I be-
lieve that We viii weed out prac-
tically every Stacker in our. district.
understand that other district
boards in Indiana are inclined 10 be
somewhat more lenient in some re-
spects but IL is only a matter Of
time until every board will be called
upon TO send their young men TO
the colors regardless Of the sacri-
fees which it will effect When that
time comes this board viii probably
be i'm more desira BILE position than
Will some of the other boards"
Mr.. Swift discussed at length the
various means which draft regis
trants have resorted to in order to
evade conscription but stated that
after a thorough study of the vari-
Gus situations the board. OF which
he is chairman has been able 10
classify the majority of these Stacker
cases and now feels that most of
the men in its district feel it is
easier TO don "A uniform than to at
far,1 rr IN av-a de no T~af