Imperial Valley press., 1918-08-12
"GALEN NICHOLS.
Telegram from Governor.

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Sacramento, Calf, Nov. 9, 1Sl7.-
Galen Nichols, Dist. Atty, FL Centre,
Calf: As | stated to you in Los An
geles, will do all that lies n my
power to remedy whatever injustice
has been done to Imperial county in
tie estimation of the last quota. |
an ready to work upon the matter,
bat cannot at this time state dcti-
ite,y what can be done owing to lack
o information concerning governme-
tai requiremcts Of next draft
"WM. d. STEPHENS.
80 p NJ GOVERNOR
Crowder Passes Buck.
August 20. l9l7.-Honorable vii
liam ekttner, House of Representa-
tives-My Dear Mr.. kettner havc
You letter of the 18th instant, in
which you comment on the population
of Imperial County, California, as es-
timated for the purpose Of carrying
out the provisions of the Selectrive
Service Act, and with which you en-
close letter from Galen Nicho'S, dis
trlct attorney, Imperial county, and
copy of letter addressed to Mr.
Nichols from Nj J. c. Mcfarland,
executive secretary of the State of
California. ar
Mr.. Mcfarland states in his let
ter:
The population of Imperial coun-
ty for the purpose of estimating it's
net quota was determined by the War
Department and sent to the adjutant
general with instructions to consider
this figure as the population of Impe-
rial county.
The state authorities had nothing
at all to do with the estimation of
population"
Permit me again to inviate your
attention. to Section 8, Regulations
Governing the Appointment of Quo
tas and Credits, which provides:
The gross quota Of usch state
or territory shall be apportioned to
the several counties and u the
several cities in and for which one
or more local boards have been es
t1b!lShed, in proportion to the
population Of such counties and cities
as determined by the governor
Paragraph =, Section 4, Instruc
tionS for the Use of Form No. :O1A
(the governors report of apportion-
ment within the statcD provides:
J. I'm Column ,, opposite the desig-
ration o1' each area, enter the num-
Der representing the population of
> that area as determined by the gov
ernor'
I'm letter dated June 10, 1917,
p the Governor Of California was ad-
vised to
'Collect the necessary information
= as to the population Of counties. cit
les and local board areas to enable
you to tack prompt action in appor-
uoning the quota Of your state to
counties, cities and local board ;reas
Section Of the Regulations Gov
erning the Apportionment Of Quotas
, and Credits, provides:
Gross quotas shall be apportioned
. to the several states and territories
ana the District Of Columbia in pro-
portion to the population thereof. as
, determined by the Bureau of the Cen
sus OF the Department of Commerce.
1T follows that, while this office.
m making the federal apportionments,
was bound by the Census Bureau es-
Inmates Of population Of states and
territories and the District of Colum-
Dla, the governor Of state in max
|, ing the appOrtionment in and for the
/ state was not bound BY the Census
Bureau estimates Of the population
. Of the counties and cities Of his state
"Undel the regulations, this office
is, moi empowered to determine the
population Of counties Or cities nor 70
direct any change in the estimated