Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-18
CANDIDATES MAY
QUIT DRAFT BOARDS
GOVERNOR WILL ACCEPT RESI(i.
NATIONS-VARIOU NEW
REGULATIONS.

If there is any member of an ex-
emption board who feels he or she
should run for office this year, Gov
ernor Ernest Lister will not try to
dissuade such an official. Whenever
the political spirit moves an exemp-
ton board member to resign to be-
come candidate, the states execu-
tive will help along the matter of ac
cepting the resignation and see to it
that a successor is promptly APP
pointed.
The governor put an end to the
worries of number of probable can
didates by declaring the other day
that he would consider an ambition
to run for Office as a sufficient excuse
for resigning.
VIII Not Stand in Way.
IF there is anybody who feels that
he has served as long as he can as
an exemption board official and who
has political ambitions, I will not
stand in his way" the governor ex-
planned. "While it is highly impor-
tant that as many of the old officials
as can do so remain in exemption
board work to facilitate the draft
program, / do not believe that any
body should be denied the privilege
of seeking other Office if he wishes to
do so. Certainly l would not try to
prevent it."
The candidates that are to be, who
will feel the greatest relief over the
governors statement, ore those who
wish to go to the legislature. Under
the Washington constitution any per-
son who holds a federal civil or mil
itary position is barred from member
ship in the legislature. Draft board
officials are in the federal service and
ineligible for legislative jobs so long
as they continue to serve on the ex-
emption boards.
Pay on Unit Basis.
In response to petitions from local
boards in all parts of the nation to
place the compensation of board
members on unit basis, the war de-
partment this week revoked the es-
tablished pay allowance and substi-
tuted scale under which a local
board will receive 80 cents for each
registrant finally classified.
BY unanimous vote, board may
divide this 80 cents as 1t wishes, ex-
cept that no one member may draw
more than Is cents registrant, nor
two members more than 25 cents.
The established scale of local
board pay this rule displaces allowed
members 81 an hour for actual time
served, but not to exceed $3.50 day
nor $3.50 a month.
/ In announcing the new regulation.
Maj Gen. E. H. Crowder, the provost
marshal general, reminds local board
members that thousands of men are
now leaving paying positions and
business to serve "a hours q day In
the trenches for $40 month, and
4 the same men would give this service
for nothing.
| He points out that board members
are part of the nations military re-
sources as much as the men in the
army, and urges equal consideration
by them of the nations needs in war
| extremities.
Attention Is also called to the fact
that while many board members are
serving without compensation and
others are trimming demands for pay
closely, some boards have submitted
estimates of expense far in excess of
any reasonable justification.
Mariners Make Mistakes.
Investigation by the department of
selective service supervision of COM
plants made to the shipping board
that local boards in this state are
wrongfully classifying mariners in
class has exonerated local state
boards of blame.
/ The fault is found to be with the
mariness themselves. In many in
stances they have returned question
mares without filing out series 8,
/ which is especially provided for
them, and in other instances have
neglected to support the accompany
ing affidavit. Where the men in
volved have gone away, the local
boards have no choice but to place
such registrants in class I.