The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-06
NOTIFICATIONS
OF DRAFT RULES
DESIGNED TO PUT
oilers AT WORK
Deferred Classification
Would Be Made a Priv
ilege, Not a Right
ONLY USEFUL WORK
TO BE RECOGNIZED
Changes Would Hit Loaf
ers, Gamblers and All
Parasites on Society


Washington, April 6.-Drastic mod
ihcation Of the draft classification lists
which would AFFECT in one way or an
other the status of every one Of the
millions Of registered men Is propos-
ed in a plan submitted to President
Wilson today by officials Of the pro-
vost marshal generals once and the
department Of labor. While the pri-
mary purpose OF the new program
Is the publication Of the second, third
and fourth classes Of registrants, who
are not engaged in any productive
industry, attention also would be Civ
en- TO lower sections Of Class One and
the effect its trainers believe would
be to solve the nations labor prob
lem and largely increase the output
OF the necessities Of life.
The proposal would utilize the draft
machinery for putting industrial
slackers to work. Every registered
man who has been granted deferred
classification would be given to I'M
derstand that such deferment is not
legal right, but privilege, and that
TX unfair advantage is taken or that
privilege, 1t win be gummarily re-
voked.
It is proposed to make a most care
ful survey Of the lower sections of
Class One. and OF other classes to
identify those men who are idlers or
who are gaining their living through
undesirable or harmful" pursuits.
Under the latter head. oficials sug-
gest, might be listed gamblers, book
makers for races. pool room touts,
and others. Formal notification
would be served on the men that un-
less within 3 specified time they OBJ
tanned employment in some useful in
dustry, they would have their classi-
fication status changed so as to send
them into military service immedi-
ately.
The status OF men on the classified
lists, both in Class One and in the
deferred classes in the opinion Of the
provost marshal generals ONCE, would
be improved. Delinduents who did
not heed the warning, would be in
Quoted into the military service, re-
ducing the number OF men to be call
ed from Class one. This would oper-
ate to delay stiII further the date
when the services Of men in Glass
Two might be needed. This fact is
expected to draw to the aid Of the
publication, relatives and friends
Oh boys WHO arc ABOUT 70 Dc CdAA6us
The plan is not designed to inter-
fere with the so-called non-essential
industries. These may be affected to
some slight degree but ofncials say
much injury would be offset many
times over by the resulting national
good from the augmented labor sup
ply and the greatly increased pro-
duction Of essentials.
Administration officials who have
participated in the preparation OF the
plan declare that the next step would
be to obtain authority for the indus
trial classification Of the man power
of the country UP to the age OF 30
years.
To make the program fully effec- !
tive it is intended to utilize the exist |
ing local boards virtually as employ |
ment agencies for their districts. Acc
curate reports would be kept as to /
the vacancies existing in the neigh |
borhood and when a man was in |
formed that he must seek a useful |
occupation, he would be told where |
Just such a man as his QUESTIONABLE |
shows him to be, was needed.