The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-01-24
LATAH COUNTY
BOARD DEFENDS
CLASSIFICATION
WRITES LETTER TO DISTRICT
BOARD TAKING EXCEPTIONS
TO IT'S WORK
GIVES CONCRETE CASES
INSISTS THAT EXPERT FARMERS
SHOULD BE PLACED IN DEFER
RED CLASS

received from the district exemption
board and in justification of it's work
in classifying the Latah county men
for military service, the local exemp-
tion board has just sent the following
communication to DR.. J. R. Morris, the
president of the board:
Moscow, Idaho, January %, 1918.
Hon J. B. Morris,
Chairman District Board, Div. No. 1,
District of the State of Idaho,
Standpoint, Idaho.
Sir: The local board of Latah
county recently received back from
the district board, 81 missionaries
with your classification and action as
to each Ninety of these cases were
claims for deferred classification on
agricultural grounds. Of the 80 cases,
you have placed Sc of the registrants
in Glass 1-E, which when translated,
means that you have classed the en-
tire sc as "unskilled farm laborers."
No Relief in Sight
While, under the rules of the Sc
1ective service law, we are not aware
of anything we can do to grant what
we believe to be proper relief from
such erroneous rulings by your board,
in order that you may possibly be
better advised when you have another
occasion to pass upon similar claims
for deferred classification from this
county, we beg to most respectfully
call to your attention what we be-
lieve to be the grievous errors of yOm
rulings. Having ignored our recon-
mendations in all but four or five
cases, it is evident that either the local
or the district board does not under
stand its duties, or is not properly
performing them.
Boards All Right
We want it understood in the begin
ming that we do not question the pa
triotism or the good intentions of the
district board, as whole, and we
do not deem it necessary even to as
sure you that the local board is hon
estly and patriotically endeavOring to
properly perform the duties placed up
on it, for which we have neither asked
nor are receiving any remuneration.
What Is Farmer?
The answers to the questions in
Series XII of the QUESTIONABLE are
not calculated to impart much inform
alton of any benefit. 1t is possible
from them, however, to find out wheth-
er the registrant is the owner and
operator of a farm, the tenant and
operator, a skilled farm labOrer, or an
unskilled farm laborer; provided in
all cases that the answers are prop
erly made. It is also possible to find
out whether one is the necessary sole |
controlling or directing |
head of a necessary agricultural en-
terprise," or a necessary assistant |
associate, or hired manager of nee
essary agricultural enterprise"
No Apology to Offer
There are few, If any, agricultural
in Latah county that are
not necessary under the definition
IF the word as used in Rule XVII, S.
5. r. page 43, and we have no apol-
2gy to offer for having so considered
hem, for they furnish to the country
, surplus of wheat, oats, barley, beans.
peas, ETC., ..
We have .endeavored to place In
Class w any registrant found neces-
,ary to necessary agricultural enter
Prise, in the capacity of the necessary /
Erecting head thereof.
In Glass III we have endeavored to
,lace the necessary associate, assist
mt or manager OF necessary agri-
cultural enterprise.
In Class II we have endeavored to
,lace skilled workers necessary to
necessary agricultural enterprise.
In Glass / we have endeavored to
,lace those farm laborers who are not
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