The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-08
CROWDER DEFINES
ESSENTIAL JOBS
All Workers for NOn-essential
Concerns Subject to
Draft Call.
RULES TO BE EXPLICIT
Unnecessary or Dispensable
Employees of Needed In
dustries Must Fight.
Specid! Despatch TO THE SuS.

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| WASHINGTON. Sept. Provost Mar
shall General Crowder issued to-day pre-
liminsry instructions concerning occu-
pational exemptions. They refer partic-
ularly to all prospective registrants be-
| tween the ages of IS and IS inclusive
who are identified with Industries. occu-
pations or employments, including asri-
culture. found to be necessary to the
maintenance OF the military establish
ment or the effective operation of the
military forces OF the maintenance of the.
national interest duringtthe emergency"
A supplementary fly leaf to the ques-
tionnaire which registrants will have to
fill out sooh after next Thursday will
be sent out by the Provost Marshal
Generals direction ana will be found
| In the new missionaries. This will
cover in detail informal ton concerning
occupationsl exemptions and will refer
to newspapers and other industries nee
essary 10 "the maintenance OF the ma
tionsl interest
The point empha sized by the Provost
| Marshal General to-day concerns the
moves to be made by men who are iden
tilted with these necessary industries.
Pointer for Registrants.
The statement authorized by Provost
Marshal General Crowder IL as follows :
Y Persons, such for example as bank
tfers. men in commercial enterprises,
newspaper men. &c, who may contem-
I plate making claim for deferred classifi-
cation on the ground that they are per-
! sons engaged in industries. occupations
or employments. including agriculture,
found to be necessary to the maintenance
y Of the military establishment or the eff
$ fective operation of the military forces
~ or the maintenance OF. the national in
4 terest during the emergency, should
y bear this In mind
THAT any such person must be. pre-
II pared to convince his district board %
N that the particular enterprise in which
> he is working is necessary to the main
Z tenance OF the military establishment
or the effective operation Of the mill
tary forces or the maintenance of ma
tional interest during the emergency,
and (2) that he himself Is necessary to
the operation Of that enterprise.
In making such claims such per-
sons may make use Of those parts OF
the questionable relating 20 claims for
deferred classification on the ground of
being engaged in industries"
government 10
There need be no doubt in the mind
OF the registrant as to which enterprises
!, / are regarded as necessary either to the
military establishment or the national
interest because this phase OF the matter
will be clearly defined by the Govern
ment. Industries classified by the Gov
eminent necessary will guide the
registrant and he is not expected TO
decide for himself without regard to the
Governments classification.
Thus a man engaged In the manufac-
ture of billiard tables or decorative Jew
elry or bric-a-brac or high grade table
linen, must not ina CINE that he can make
a plea tor deferred classification on the
ground that he Is necessary to his bust
ness.
The Government. from the viewpoint
. of national welfare, does not care
whether this business keeps fionrshing
, during the national emergency or not
. In fact it might benefit the common well
fare IL certain OF these businesses sus-
pended operations and turned over the
materials and particularly the labor to
something more important, The regis.
trant may be very necessary to his bust.
ness. but II his business is not necessary
, TO the general welfare the plea for de.
ferred classification will not hold.
Defining Essential Workers.
On the other hand. a man may be
identified with an industry regarded as
, necessary to the national welfare but
he may not be necessary to that in.
dustry. Thus. for example a firm might
be engaged on rush contract for wal
material upon which to a certain ex
, tent the efficiency of the overseas forces
, depended
II Is essential of course that this bust.