The sun., 1918-09-02
STRONGER NET is
WOVEN T0CATCH
DRAFT EVADERS
CrOwder Confident of Better
Results in Running
Down Slackers.
WOMEN TO RENDER AID
Preference List Being Pre-
pared to Prevent Undue
Drain on Industries.
WOMEN TO RENDER AID
Special Despafch to TIE SuS.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. With the
man power measure now law by the
Presidents signature. officers here are
taking up two problems involved in
its execution. The first is to see that
the law is understood and obeyed by
every one Of the $4,000. 900 male citi-
zens coming within its provisions.
The second and far more difficult
problem is the selection of those regis
trants who can best be spared from the
economic, industrial and social life Of
the nation to make up the new armies
which are to bring victory for the al
lied cause.
Concerning the task of getting the
proper registration Gen. Crowder and
his staff, as a result of preparations
made in cooperation with the Depart
ment Of Justice and voluntary agen-
cies. are confident that the number of
svasions will be below the percentage
recorded in the first draft. Perfection
Of the Department of Justice ma
chinery and the multiplication of vol
unteer agencies since that time are
responsible for this belief.
Ferreting out slackers.
In a statement issued to-day from
the Office of. the Provost Marshal General
attention Is called to the duty Of all
public and private officials to ferret out
the slackers who may be meditating
evasions OF the new draft. and also to
the maximum penalty of one years inn
prisonment provided for each offender.
Already with the various and in
| Vulnerable factors now at the disposal
Of the Government" says the statment,
the ways Of the Stacker under the orig
inal draft law have been increasingly
hard. 1t is estimated that between
10000 and $4,000 have been rounded
up since June 5. 1917.
The names of others not yet appre-
hcnded because OF absence from the
country are In possession of the Govern
| ment and prosecution faces any one OF
them who. having fed the country to
! escape the draft, attempts to return"
1t was disclosed to-day for the first
time that the Department OF Justice has
the names of 1900 slackers who fed to
Mexico before June 8. 1917. and against
each Of whom complete case has been
prepared so that immediate prosecution
can be undertaken the moment they
attempt to cross the border.
| Outsiders OHer Aid.
Two outside agencies which are being
counted upon to give great assistance in
pursuing slackers under the new law a?e
the American Protective League and the
secret service branch of the Council Of
National Defence. In addition to these
and other agencies. the women all over
the land are to be enlisted. and an ap-
peal was addressed to them to-day by
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw OF the Council
OF National Defence to see that the law
is obeyed and to inspire and urge every
man to perform his duty.
| Concerning the selective process which
will begin Immediately after the regis
trstion on September IL. new measures
have been determined upon which are
calculated to avoid the mistakes of the
first draft. The first of these was set
In motion to-day when orders were sent
out by the United States Employment
Service for the State advisory boards to
forward at once their recommendation
for those to be nominated by the Secre-
tary of Labor 10 sit as industrial ad-
visers with the district draft boards.
To Protect Industrial Army.
The purpose of this plan is to main
tain the nations Industrial army to the
proper degree Of efficiency under the new
law. These can be relied upon for ad-
vice as to what men are needed indus.
trially and what men can be spared
These men will also represent the War
Industries Board.
The degree of Importance that a fac.
tory or commercial enterprise holds "a
the Governments war programme and
the value that an individual connected
with one of these projects mas i'm IL,
conduct and operation will be the main
factors that the draft boards Of the coun,
try will take into consideration in desig
mating men for military service. Othe,
factors are registrant's dependents ant
his physical fitness for the army service
Safeguards for preventing the drair
OF men from the factories that are turn
ing out war materials are now being de-
vised by the War Industries Board ir
conjunction with Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder's office. Before industris
exemptions are given. however, II will
be necessary to convince draft board,
that bath an industry and a mans con
nectlon with II are essential features ir
the production OF supplies for the mill
tary and naval forces, or for the uss a
tie peop'e who remain at hcme.