Evening journal., 1918-09-24
NO EXEMPTIONS
BY WHOLESALE
District Military Board
Warns That Appeals Must
Come Individually
BUSINESS MEN
ARE SO INFORMED

The attention OF the Military District
Board Of Delaware. has been called 10
the fact that many employers Of labor,
in more or less necessary industries,
are planning to fle extensive industrial
claims for their employees. based partly
on their Interpretation Of General Crow
ders recent statement TO employers
throughout the United states and partly
because they have a fear Of a drain
upon their working forces. The dis
trict board, therefore. wishes TO caution
against this possible action on the part
Of employers and 10 urge proper study
and careful discrimination in each indi-
vidual case before deciding upon filing
Of an industrial or commercial claim.
The new draft will require eXtraor-
binary work upon all the draft boards
in the classification Of the new regis
tration. To facilitate this work so
far as the district board OF Delaware,
is concerned. the attention Of business
men is called TO the following requests
affecting industrial occupations:
Il must be first borne In mind by all
those planning % make industrial ana
commercial claims, that the Adminis-
tration must have a large number OF
men physically 1t for active service
from the new draft. Without this
adequate supply to the army. our ma
tional program for concluding the war
may not be accomplished.
While the number needed for active
/ service in the army in the aggregate Is
| l.. fN.. a in AZ q
basis from those Of 81 10 46 years VIII
be relatively small. On the principle OF
average, the normal Industrial or COM
mercial enterprise would probably not
have TO suffer a loss or more than ~
10 IS per cent OF its employees physical
" for active service II It made no oc-
cupational claims whatever. This IS
due 10 other grounds for deferring reg
istrants, such as dependency, alienage,
physical unfliness, etc.
The District Board Of Delaware there
! fore asks all those concerned with in
dustrial and commercial work, who may
be contemplating claiming on such
grounds. TO exercise the utmost dis
elimination in not claiming where
other procedures may be possible TO
allow the proper continuance OF the
enterprise. Every individual case should
be studied particularly by employers
to determine.
1. Whether the individual is a spe-
cially important employe in the posi-
tion Of a department head or a key
man.
! .. Whether a woman cannot be train
cd in TO do the work performed by the
particular registrant under cOnsidera-
| tlon.
3. Whether some other person IN the
| establishment engaged IN less essential
/ or non-essential work $50 far as the
national emergency is concerned,
might take on the duties OF such regis
/ trant.
In many cases thoughtful consider
alton TO these points will finally con-
vince manager that he can handle his
problem without making claims FOR
/ certain Of his employees who are other
wise available for army service by rea-
son Of no dependency or physical unfit
ness.
I such special consideration will save
a great deal Of work upon the draft
| boards at this critical period. while at
/ The same time assuring the Govern
ment Of additional active service men.
/ The district board therefore earnestly
/ invites all employers and employees
alike to be dead sure Of their need In
each individual case before claiming
occupational deferred classification.
After such consideration, II II Is de-
cided that a particular registrant IS So
experienced and so important TO a nee
! essary industry that a claim should be
/ made for him on such grounds, the
district board will ask that a special
statement be attached 70 the regis
trant's QUESTIONABLE TO smplify the fol-
/ lowing points:
Refer to the third edition Of ques-
| tionnaires. series No. 81 on Industrial
occupation in group B, questions II Snd
/ IS. These frequently require much
| more extended statements than the
space provided on the QUESTIONABLE
| will permit The district board OF Del
aware asks that these statements on
these questions be fully made cut on
each individual case in the shape Of an
additional statement or affidavit at
/ tached 10 the QUESTIONABLE.
A registrants history in his relation
| TO his occupation, together with the
specific work he Is performing, has
m3ny angles which are necessary 70
present before the district board 70
/ give the board a proper view Of the
mans past training. experience and
present importance to the work upon
which he is engaged.
The district board therefore partic-
ularly invites the attention Of an in
! terested in this phase Of the lraft work
to the importance Of full written state
mems 10 accompany questionnaires In
answer 10 questions ~ and a.