The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-09-14
RAILWAY DEFERRED
NUMBER z MILLION
Employees of Railroads Who
Go Into Deferred Classif-
cation Defined
LIST OF THOSE EXEMPTED

Washington, Sept. 13.-Railroad
administration oicials estimated last
night that more than 1000 600 rail
road employees are included in the
groups for which regional directors
were instructed yesterday to ask de-
ferred draft classification. The men
for whom deferment will be asked
are general officers, shopmen, train
men, skilled yardmen, road and
maintenance of way foremen ana
skilled laborers telephone and tel
egraph operators and other essential
employees.
Aside from employees named on
the list sent to the regional direc-
tors the administration said deferr-
ed classification should be obtained
for others clearly necessary the fed
eral managers using the greatest
care and discretion in doing so.
Following are those on the list
for whom exemptions are tobe ask
ed:
General officers, maste mechan-
icr, round-house and ssop foremen,
machinists, blacksmiths, boiler-mak-
ers tin and copper smiths, pipe fit
ters, electricians, freight car and
passenger car repair men and in
spectors, helpers and apprentices of
the foregoing, cremists, locomotive
inspectors gang leaders, superin-
tendents, train masters and assist
ant train masters, train dispatchers
and directors, yard masters and as
sistants, travelling engineers, fire
men inspectors, locomotive engi-
neers, locomotive firemen and help
els, conductors, brakemen and flag
men, train baggage men and express
messengers, yard foremen and help
ers hostlers, engine house men, tel
egraph and telephone, block opera
tors, telepragh clerks, maintenance
of way engineers, division egineers
roadmasters field engineers, super
visitors, construction foremen, Sec
ton foremen. bridge building and
ship and wharf carpenters signal
maintenance men and telegraph and
telephone maintainers.
"As to employees not in the fore
going list" said the administration
instructions "the federal managers
should exercise the greatest care
and discretion to aid in obtaining
deferred classification for those
clearly necessary while refraining
from taking this step in other cases
Where a given position can reasona-
bly, be filled by promotion of an out
slider, male or female, no effort tc
secure deferred classification should
be made. The mere question of in,
convenience or increased expense is
not sufficient for regarding an EN-.
ployee as necessary. But where, on
account of the character of the work
or the complete lack of availability
of another to do the work, the exist
ing incumbent is really necessary
the federal managers should take al
practicable steps to secure deferred
classification.
The railroad under government
control is an essential industrial ag.
ency. It's necessary employees
should be given deferred clasifica,
zion. 1t is desired that the federal
managers give this matter their ac-
tive personal attention to make sure
chat deferred classification is prop
erly claimed for employees that are
necessary and also that no such
claim is made where it can be sea.
sonably avoide since the making OF
unnecessary claims is borh unfair
20 the government in its work OF
creating the necessary military and
naval forces and injurious to the
railroad administration in its effor
to secure deferred classification fol
employees who are really necessa
ry."