The Raymer enterprise., 1918-05-30

VIII not be considered as absences In
this connection.
"The regulation further provides
that where such change Of employ
ment would compel the night employ
ment Of women under circumstances
which board might deem unsuitable
for such employment Of women the
board may take such circumstances
into consideration In making its de-
| cision."
General crowder Explains Plan.
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 as to prevent the enor-
nous industrial output and national
organization necessary to success.
'There is popular demand for or
ganizatlon of man power, but no d.
rect draft could be imposed at pres
ent.
"Steps to prohibit idleness and non
effective occupation will be welcomed
by our people.
ave shall give the ldlers and men
not effectively employed the choice be-
tween military service and effective
employment. Every man, in the draft
age at least. must work or fight.
This is not alone war or mill
tary maneuyer. II Is deadly contest
Of industries and mechanics.
Must Copy German Machine.
Germany must not be thought Of as
merely possessing an army, we must
think OF her as being an army-an
army In which every factory and loom
In the empire is recognized part In
complete machine running night and
day at terrific speed. We must make
of ourselves the same sort Of effective
machine.
at Is not enough to ask what would
happen n every man In the nation turn.
ed 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 aceelerating production Of every
useful thing In necessary measure.
How is this to be done?
1.-THE answer Is plain. The first step
toward the solution Of the difficulty Is
to prohibit engagement by able-bodled
men in the field Of hurtful employ
ment, idleness or Intellectual employ
ment, and thus induce and persuade
the vast wasted excess into useful
fields.
'The very situation we are now con-
sIdering. however, offers great posi-
bilities In Improvement Of the draft as
well as great possibilities for the COM
position OF the labor situation by ef-
fective administration Of the draft.
Considering the selectlve service law.
we see two principal causes Of detri-
Uleul VI tHe Iull " Aliituty SetNiSC
exemption and the order numbers as
signed by lot.
Exemptions In Two categories.
1.-THE exemptions themselves fall into
two conspicuous categories--depend-
ency and Industrial employment. One
protects domestic relations, the other
the economic interests Of the nation.
Between the two there Is an inev.
table hiatus, for 1t is demonstrably
true that thousands, II not millions, Of
dependency exemptions have no ef-
feet Of Industrial protection whatever.
zone Of the unanswerable criticisms
of the draft has been that 1t takes men
from the farms and from all useful
employments and marches them past
crowds of ldlers and loafers to the
army. The remedy Is slmple-to couple
the Industrial basis with other grounds
for exemption and to require that any
man pleading exemption on any ground
shall also show that he Is contribut.
Ing effectively to the industrial well
fare of the nation"