New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-03
Crowder's Ruling Prevents
Depletion of Safety De-
partments of Amer
lean Cities
Local Boards to Act
New York Saved From What
Threatened to be Danger
Gus Situation
Local Boards to Act

Following Geographic reports from
Washington that policemen and fire.
men of New York and the metropolitan
cities of the country will be granted
deferred classification under the new
man-power bill, Maxwell Lustig, mem
Der of the Mayors Committee on Ma
tional Defence, made public yesterday
the details of Provost Marshal General
Crowdcr's plan under which these city
employees will be placed in Glass Sd.
General Crowder made the new pro-
visions after conference with Colo
mel Easily Smith, Fire Commissioner
Thomas j. brennan, Fire Chief Kcnlon,
of New York City; Fire Chief Murphy,
of Philadelphia, and Fire Chief Enc
rich, of Baltimore, as a committee Of
the fire departments of the United
States, appointed last June by the 1,242
fire chiefs of this country and Canada
in convention at Detroit, Mich.
Mr. Lustig and B. F. Wollman were
present at this conference by special
appointment through Mayor Hylan,
being sent to Washington to present
the case to the provost marshal gem
eral.
Orders QUESTIONABLE Modified
Although General Crowder declined
to establish any special rules to favor
the big cities, Mr.. Lustig said, he
ordered that in tho third edition of the
QUESTIONABLE. which will be the one to
be filled out by the 100000 men be-
tween eighteen and forty-fve, the
question of whether the registrant is a
highly skilled and trained fireman or
policeman in the employ Of munich
patty for three years be modified by
eliminating the three-year period.
Thus, Mr. Lustig explained, Police
Commissioner Enright or the Fire Com
missioner may have any or all of their
men placed in deferred classes merely
by certifying that they are skilled and
trained in their work and essential to
the departments. This will be done in
the discretion Of the local boards. Mr..
Lustig said, but General Crowdcr
agreed that the local boards would be
notified that policemen and frcmen, if
essential, should be placed in deferred
classes.
Mr.. Lustig quoted General Crowder
as saying that in his talks with Presi-
NcH' w AlSou tIlc " RESILIENT was opposed
to any class inequalities, and that it
was for that reason that the matter of
classifying the men would be left to
the local boards.
New York is Worlds Heart
"The attitude of the provost marshal
general was entirely in sympathy with
our arguments" Mr.. Lustig said. at
was agreed shat sweeping fire in New
York City would stagger the credit of
the nation and might destroy hundreds
of millions of dollars worth of war
materials; also that inasmuch as New
York City IS now the heart beat of the
whole world, trained and efficient
police department is an absolute neces-
sity-otherwise all the splendid work
being done for our country might be
for naught.
Under the provisions made by Cen
eral Crowder whereby local boards
will be authorized to grant deferred
Classification to policemen and fremen.
New York, with it's hundreds of miles
Of waterfront, will be able to retain
IN its departments the men required to
protect the property of the country.
The new QUESTIONABLE provides that
policemen and fremen may be placed
in Glass 3D."