The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-23

Gamblers, racetrack and bucket
shop attendants and fortune-tellers
head the list, but those who will
be reached by the new regulation
also include walters and bar
tenders, theater ushers and attend
ants, passenger elevator operators
and other attendants of clubs
hotels, stores, etc. domesucs and
clerks In stores.
The new regulations may require pros
fessional baseball players either 10 en-
gage in some useful occupation or to
Join the army.
Other Professional Sportmen.
Baseball players, as well as Jockeys.
professional golfers and other profess
sional sportsmen, General Crowder
said today, will be affected by the regu-
lationS. il strictly enforced. General
Crowder said he did not desire to mae
specific rulings at this time and would
make rulings only when cases come to
him from local boards after July l.
Deferred classification granted on ae-
count OF dependents will be disrcgarded
entirely in applying the rule.
Put in Glass One.
A man may be at the bottom of Class
or Even in Class 4. but IL he falls
within the regulations and refuses to
take useful employment he will be given
a new number in Class | that will send
him into military service forthwith.
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creton only where they find that en-
forced change of employment would re-
suit in disproportionate hardship upon
his dependents.
II had been known for some time that
some form OF work or fight" plan had
been submitted to Presideat Wilson,
but there had been no intimation that
it was so far-reaching in scope.
Will Help Labor.
Both the military authorities and de-
partment of labor officials believe il
will go long way toward solving the
labor problem for farmers, ship-build-
ers and munitions makers and will end
for the present at least, talk OF con-
scrption Of labor Announcement to-
day gives notice significantly that the
list OF non-useful occupations will be
extended from time TO time as neces-
sity requires
What Regulations Provided.
The statement of the provost mar
shall generals office follows:
Provost Marshal General Crowder
today announced an amendment 10 tho
selective service regulations which deals
with the great question OF compelling
men not engaged in a useful sccupa-
tion Immediately to apply themselves TO
some form OF labor contributing 10 the
general good. The idler, too. will find
himself confronted with the alternative
of finding suitable employment or en-
tering the army
Given Until July 1.
This regulation provides that after
July ] any rsgisuant who is found by
the local board 10 b. a habitusl idIer
or not engaged in some useful oceupz-
tion, shall be summoned before the
board, given a chance TO explain and
in the absence OF a satisfactory expla-
nation. to be inducted into the military
service Of the United States.
ANY local board will be authorized
to take some action whether IL has
original jurisdiction OF the reetstnns
or not; in other words, any man loaf.
ing around pool room in Chicago may
be held to answer 10 a Chicago board
even though he may have registered IN
New York and lived there most Of his
life.
Who Are Idisrs.
The regulations. which apply 10 do
regis,rsnts, will be deemed 10 apply also