Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-23

washington, May 23-Every man
of draft age must work or fight after
July / under drastic amendment to
the selective service regulations an
nounced today by Provost Marshal
General Crowder.
Not only idlers, but all draft regis
trants engaged in what are held to be
non-useful occupations are to be
hailed before local boards and given
the choice of a new job or the army
Gamblers, race track and bucket
shop attendants and fortune tellers
head the list, but those who will be
reached by the new regulations also
include walters and bartenders. the
ater ushers and attendants, passen-
ger elevator operators and other at
tendants Of clubs hotels, stores etc,
domestics and clerks in stores.
Deferred classification granted on
account Of dependents will be disre-
garded entirely in applying the rule.
A man may be at the bottom of class
one, or even in class four. but IT he
falls within the regulation and re-
fuses to take useful employment he
will be given a new number in class
tary aserefct ctts ;fort rthWith. Local boards
are authorized to use discretion only
where they find that enforced change
Of gamployWent would result in dis
proportionate hardship upon his de-
pendents. i4
Submitted to Wilson.
| 1t. has been known for some time
that some form of work or fight"
plan had been submitted to President
Wilson, but there had been no in
timation that it was so far-reaching
! in scope. Both the military authori-
ties and department Of labor officials
believe that it will go a long way to-
ward solving the labor problem for
/ farmers, shipbuilders and munition
makers. and will end. for the present
at least. talk of copscription Of la
| Dor. The announcement today gives
notice significantly that the list Of
non-useful occupations will be ex-
tended from time to time as necessity
requires.
/ The statement of the provost mar
! shall generals Office follows:
Provost Marshal General Crowder
today announced an amendment to
the selective service regulations
which deals with the great question
OF compelling men not engaged in a
useful occupation Immediately to ap-
Dor, contributing to the general good.
The idler, too. will find himself con-
fronted with the alternative Of find
ing suitable employment or entering
the army.
This regulation provides that aft
er July 1. any registrant who is found
by a local board to be a habitual
idler or not engaged in some useful
| occupation shall be summoned before
the board. given a chance to explain
and, in the absence of a satisfactory
explanation, to be inducted into the
military service of the United States.
"Any local board will be authorized
to take action whether it has original
Jurisdiction Of the registrant or not;
in other words, any man loafing
around a pool room in Chicago NAV
even though he may have registered
in New York and lived there most OF
his life.
| Applies to Gamblers,
.The regulations which apply to
idle registrants will be deemed to ap-
/ ply also to gamblers of all description
and employees and attendants OF
4 bucketshops and race tracks. fortune
tellers, clairvoyants. palmists and the
like. who for the purpose Of the reg
ulations. shall be considered as idlers.
feet the following classes:
1 "(A) Persons engaged in the
serving Of food and drink. or either,
in public places including hotels and
social clubs
"(B) Passenger elevator opera
tors and attendants, doormen, foot
men and other attendants OF clubs,
4 hotels, stores. apartment houses. Of
Ace buildings and lighthouses.
:, "(C) Persons. including ushers
! and other attendants, engaged and
occupied in, and in connection with
4 games. sports and amusements, ex-
4 cepting actual performers in legiti-
4 mate concerts. operas or theatrical
i .tD0 Persons employed In do
IA mestlc service. s5s
4 "IE) \ Sales clerks and other clerks
4 employed In stores and other mer-
< Men who are engaged ~ above, Of
s vho are oilers wfli not be, permitted
8 TO seek relief because Of thes fact that
4 they have drawn lnte order num-
\ her or .becAuse they have been placed
Ill class II. III. or W on the grounds
/ ol dependency. The fact that he 4
n NOT uDefully employed will outweigh
4 both Of the above conditions
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