Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-23
WORK OR FIGHT ED|CT OF UNCLE SAM


theaters.
Persons employed in domestic serv-
ice..
"Sales clerks and other clerks en-
ployed in stores and other mercantile
establishments.
Class Does Not Count.
Men who are engaged as above OF
who are idlers will not be permitted
to seek relief because Of the fact that
they have drawn Jate order number
or because they have been placed In
| pendency. The fact that he is not
! usefully employed will outweigh both
of the\ above conditions.
1T Is expected that the list of non
! useful occupations will be extended
from time to time as necessity will re-
| quire, so as to include persons in other
employment.
Temporary absences from regular
employment, not to exceed one week
| unless such absences are frequent and
habitual, shall not be considered az
idleness. Regu gular vacations shall not
be considered as absences in this
connection.
'.The regulation throws a safeguard
around men not usefully employed by
providing that where there are com
pelling circumstances that would not
permit change Of employment by the
registrant without disproportionate
hardship to his dependents or where
a change from non-useful. to useful
employment or occupation would
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trant or his family, local boards may
give consideration to the same.
'"The regulation provides that where
the change of employment compels
night employment for women the board
may take such circumstances into
consideration in making its decision
To Conserve Manpower.
Explaining the new regulation and
the necessity for 1t General Crowder
said:
"The war has so far disorganized the
normal adjustment Of industrial man
power to prevent the enormous indus
trial, output and national organiza-
tion necessary to success.
There is popular demand for or
ganization Of manpower but no direct
draft could be imposed at present.
"Steps to prohibit idleness and non
effective occupation will be welcomed
by our people.
Must Work or Fight.
"Wo shall give the idlers and men
not effectively employed the choice be-
tween military service and effective
labor. Every man in the draft age
must work or fight. This is a deadly
contest Of industries and mechanics.
Germany must not be thought OF as
merely possessing an army; we must
think Of her being, an army-ans army
in which every factory and loom in the
empire Is recognized a. a part In a
complete machine running night and
day at terrific speed.
I'VE must make OF ourselves the
same sort of effective machine.
Must Be Effective Nation.
1T Is enough to ask what would
happen il every man in the nation
turned his hand to effective work. We
must make ourselves effective. We
must organize for the future. We must
make vast Withdrawals for the army
and Immediately close up the ranks Of
Industry behind the gap with an ac-
celebrating production Of every useful
thing in necessary measures. How is
this to be done?
"The answer is plain. The first step
toward the solution Of the difficulty Is
to prohibit engagements by able bodied
men in the field of hurtful employ
ment and thus induce and persuade
the vast and wasted excess into use
full fields. I,
"The very situation we are now con-
-sidering, however, offers great pos
sibilitics in improvement OF the draft
as well as great possibilities for the
composition Of the labor situation by
effective administration Of the draft
Considering the selective service law
we see two principal causes for better
ment Of the call to the military service
exemption and the order numbers
assigned by lot The exemptions them
selves fall into conspicuous categories
dependency and industrial employ
ment. One protects domestic relations,
tho other the economic standing of the
nation.
An UnanswerabIe Criticism.
Between the two there is an evident
hiatus, for it Is true that thousands if
not millions, Of dependency exemptions
have no domestic protection whatever
"One Of the unanswerable criticisms
Of the draft is that it takes men from
the farms and other useful employment
past crowds Of idlers and takes them to
the army.
"The regulation itself makes plain the
determination Of the war department
The great organization Of local and dis
trict boards which has already accom-
plishe1 notable work may be relied
upon to catch the spirit Of the move
ment and the sorely-needed man pow
er soon will be flowing into the chan
nels Of useful endeavor."
SIackers to BE Prosecuted After War.
slackers who leave the country to
escape the draft will be prosecuted
under the selective service act on their
return, Attorney General Gregory an
nounced today.
"It has been brought to my atten-
tion," said the attorneygeneral's state
ment, "that a number OF men Of con-
scription age had left and that even
now occasionally others are leaving
the country to evade military service.
when the war Is over such men. on
seeking admission to the United States
must stand trial on charges Of vtolat-
in.~ %he selectiye service act"