Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-01
COMP PULSORY WORK
BUREAU OPENED
All Idlers in the State Will
Have TO Obtain
Employment.

Christopher l.. Ward director Of the
Compulsory Work Bureau of the state
Council Of Defence, opened an office today
on the ground floor of the old Federal
Building, Sixth and King streets.
MIR Ward has appointed Miss Eliza
beth Steward daughter Of Caleb NJ
Steward, secretary of the bureau and IL
considering applications for appointment
10 the position Of district inspector, OF
which officials there will hc ono for VII
mington, one for rural New Castle county
and one each for Kent and Sussex coun-
tics
one of the first duties of the bureau
will be 20 put to work between 100 and
2On dlcra whose names already have been
obtained
BARRIERS. bartenders and men engaged
in other lawful occupations need not give
up those positions and seek employment
in shipyards or munition plants through
fear of State interference Mr.. Ward
save such men are exempt from the
PROVISIONS of the State Council Of Defence
net, which clearly acts forth that 1t
shall bc the duty Of every male resident ut
the State between the ages OF ~ and %
years. who shall not be IN the National
Army or public officer. to be employed
IN useful or lawful occupation The
provisions of ihc Federal law, however
are more drastic. but they apply only to
men Of draft age Misunderstanding seems
| to have been due to tho publication ot
certain rlaaacs ~ occupation which the
| Federal government designated as non
essential Federal or State laws do mot
require any man. except IN the draft age
10 give M any lawful occupation
! Section ! of the State law provides
| II aha ho the duty If every male
| resident of this State between the ages
Of : and - wears. uho shall not hn ~
| ~ Natio al arm. r a pu lie oific r. 70
| he employed IN a useful or lawful nrcu-
| patton during the SAID period and every
such person who shall not te 50 employed
| shall fe subject - be assigned by tho
said council 10 snch employment rs the
sad council shall from ttmo 10 time de-
tctminn ard NJ such compensation t. 10
PAID rs the employer ~ the SAID council
and employer shnll agree 70 be reasonable
| and proper. provided that tho provisions
| ~ this act shall not apply 10 persons tenn
porarIy unemployed by reason of diff
| ferencea with their employers nor n
hona flde students during the school torn
nor 20 persons fitting Themselves - engage
! IN trade or industrial pursuits
Section provides
ANY resident ~ this State who shall
reftlse to olev or shall fail ~ comply
| with any order ~ the said council re-
latlng ~ ary of tho provisions ~ this aci
shall ho guilty II u mizdcmeanor, anr
npon convection thcrcof slall bc fined not
moro than three hundred dollars, or I'm
| prlaonei not exec edlpg three months or
| both. at. the discretion of thr court pro.
| vided that MI prosecutions under th'
| provisions ~ this act shall br n ne nature
~ IN appeal ir whlch any matters whIct
could haze been urged ~ the defendant
| against the ISSUANCE of SAID order by the
| STATE Cmnri 81 Defence may bc used
a.s irfonce IN said prosecutions the rgh
Of waiver II hearing and to bail beng pre-
served m All caseS. and all such prose cli-
tlous shall be handled cxpeditlously by tbs
| prosecuting officers and the court
Fearing thcir work might he casscd a
an unlawful occupation, some BARRIERS anC
bar'endcrs sought employment in ship
yards and munition plants last week, ant
one saloon closed Its eating bar In the
Hotel du Pont a woman IS employed Al
| the dInlngroom hat-rack