El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-10
YOUNG STEINFELD'S IN UNIFORM;
CLEAN THE 81 ATE: WATCH HIM FIGHT


WITH the induction into military service Of Harold
w Steinfeld Of Tucson, Arizona comes the end OF
draft exemption which held intense interest N me
state and created feeling vide and deep while II lastsa
Had not ended has there IS telling what the re-
suit might have been Certainly the principle OF the see
7 draft would have been dsedited as far as the people
Of Arizona were concerned although perhaps ought LOT
10 have been, even had the exemption been granted
Nearly everyone IN Arizona knows who Harold Steneio
is Re is said to be the richest young man n me Sa
the son Of merchaut-baner reputed TO BE Of great een
and With many important connections The young man IS
the draft age and apparently strong and III "a every
,gs for amy service For the better understanding Of
those in q Pas0 and New Mexico who DO not know the
circumstances, let it be supposed that one nan 9EHso
large interest and was president o. me ttst Nal9l
bank also owned The Popular stoIei furtheI that ne eae
owned outright had stock in large number Of other N
and financed many business mines Anl 1aAles
80 that they were dependent him personally Tor credit
or cash to extent that his bank and other banks
could not grant Tbat would be Albert Stenfed, father OF
Harold
About a year ago lhe elder M Steinfeld thrown
from horse and seriously injured that he was lneapae
lated nervozsy and Otherwise IeL business as s va
had become general manager Of the StenIea store ana n
become familiar with his fathers financial transactions IN
and out Of the hank took his place. Albert Stenfed having
the meantime gone fst 70 the faelilc coast ana eA
70 New YORK FOR rest and treatment
Then came the draft Harold Seinfeld registered and
asked for least eight months exemption On the gIouHe
that his father unable 70 return to take charge Of
their business interests md that numerous necessary N
susss .oud suffer he inducted into the service
He was granted period Of delay On that showing Other
young without money o. influence some OF lsul nav
ur families were taken TO the railroad station and sent 10
camp Funston There was talk that TINS zlen young n
was being favored
The drsft regulations were then changed and every
RESISTANT sd out questionable and classified &C
eordingly Young r Stenfeld asked 1or deIeIIso e9sl
cson amounting to exemption, the ground OF beng
connected with necessary industry Feeling I'D Become
pronounced then local board rejected the request ana
ut Stenfed IN Class IA Appeal taken TO the dis
ric board thence to the higher authority and nay %
the president Arizona newspapers were running stones OF
The Drogrss Of the Stenfd daily and al least ro Of
theul were commenting sdtorisIy With frequency
The Herald purpossy reraned from editorial comment Io
The same reason that editorial comment should Be WIZ
held while case IS On trial IN court OF law. An at
nosphere Of ipsray ought TO be Maintained II con-
mon fairness.
Young Stsnfeid suddenly left Tucson and vent TO New
YORK there were reports that he had soughtNto create
he impression there and in Washington that the opposition
10 his appeal based on race prejudice ana tat ne nae
utrcsde for him with the provost marshal general and the
president Probably there truth IN either report
rs is reason to bVe the only individual retained to act
in hs behalf vas his personal attorney, Samuel kHgan, OF
Tucson and that whoever else may nave interested RIM