The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-25
FARM LABORERS
ARE CONSIDERED
Special Care VIII be Taken to Defer
Agricultural Workers-Farm La
borers May be Transferred.
THE COUNTY AGENT MUST ACT
Farm Laborers viii be Given Deferred
Classification Even in Some Cas-
es Where They do not Ask It.

Under the rules OF tne war DepdTt
ment for executing the new draft
llaw, special provision is made for IN
forming the district boards in regard
to farm-labor requirements in order
that necessary food production may
Ibe maintained, says statement Is
sued by the Department of Agricul
lture. The statement continues:
In the new draft the district
boards are charged with, the duty Of
putting into deferred classes those
persons who are more literally to
further the war remaining in civilian
occupations than by entering the ar
my. Accordingly, three advisers are
to be selected for each district board
-one for agricultural, one for labor
and one for other occupations. The
AGRICULTURAL adviser will be appointed
by the board upon the recommends
tion of the Secretary of Agriculture
The advisers are not members Of the
board, but may, when invited, attend
its meeting,
The duties of the agricultural advis
er will be to furnish to the board
facts relative to farm labor require
ments, not only Of his own district
but of the whole country. He should
be the repository Of all facts having
relation to the deferment of agricul
tural workers, whether these be nee
essary farm laborers, managers or op
orators. He will be expected to ad
wise the distict boards as to shortage
or surplus of necessary farm workers
for any given district, as we'll as for
the entire nation. Such information
will be supplied to the advisers by the
Department of Agriculture. This Will
make it possible to have necessary
workers transferred from districts in
which they may not be necessary to
other districts in which they are sore
ly needed. a.
The adviser may also concern him
self with individual cases that come
before the district, board. He will
have the right, under certain con
Iditions, to examine the questionaires
and other records in the files OF the
local board for the purposetof ascer
tanning whether persons entitled to
deferred classification have actually
cliamed 1t. In case he finds the names
OF such registrants he may file for
them claim for deferred classiflca.
tion, with the district board, which,
in turn, may require the local board to
certify the QUESTIONABLE and record OF
any such registrants for consideration
Reasonable time will be given for the
purpose Of obtaining information and
supplying the affidavits required. If a
local board determines to consider a
case for deferred classification be.
cause registrant is engaged in a
necessary occupation, Notwithstanding
no claim for deferred classification on
that ground has been made, it shall
endorse the recommendation on the
QUESTIONABLE OF the registrant and
forward it to the district board hav.
ing jurisdiction. The district board
will thereupon consider the case and
proceed to classify the registrant, not
withstanding the fact that no claim
for deferred classification by or in
respect Of the. registrant has been
made 4 a4.i@4 ~ II ast& - u 3,..