Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-09-18
should all Begin to Immediately Pre-
pare Answers for Questions in
the Questionnaires
BE FAIR WITH SELF
AND THE UNITED STATES
Members of the Legal Advisory Board
Will Assist in the Final, Formal
Preparation of tie
Questionnaire
To all registrants:

Relgistrants should all Immediately
in to prepare their answers fol
I. stions in the QUESTIONABLE. Many
of those questions require much care.
full thought and calculation before
they can be answered accurately
All answers have to be sworn to. II
is a criminal .pententiary offense
TO make answers which are not true
and accurate. In making those
answers you must be fair with the
United States and also fair with
yourself. You cannot do this unless
your answers are all accurate and the
exact truth.
Experience has shown us that
you cannot make your answers exact
and accurate unless you prepare
many of them at home, and have the
exact answers written out on separ-
ate paper before going to the one
who will assist you in filling out the
QUESTIONABLE. The members of the
legal advisory board viii assist you
in the final, formal preparation OF
the QUESTIONABLE, and will adj
minister 10 you the oath after the
answers are all made and signed
For this service they are not allowed
to receive any compensation at all
froY,x o,xr sa,doa Tho Ioxv forl,id g
lit. 1t is not, however, fair or proper,
for them to have anything to do with
Ithe contents of your answers except
ito aid in writing them out after you
have ascertained and figured up what
the exact facts require the answers
to be. If you need assistance in
Iascertaining the facts, get that as
sistance from your own family and
friends. and get the answers written
out on a separate paper in accor-
dance with the exact facts before
going to see any member of the
legal advisory board for assistance
in preparing the questionnaire.
If you are asking for deferred
classification, you must have Other
parties make affidavits that your
answers are true. When you go tc
ffill out the QUESTIONABLE, take these
lparties with you. Also before you
ask these parties to go with you ano
swear that your answers are true
see to it that they know just what
answers you are making, and thai
they have personal knowledge as te
the truth of such answers. BY sign
ing the affidavits without such ac
curate personal knowledge of th'
facts they would be committing
criminal, pentitentiary offense. Re
member also that all blanks In thu
supporting affidavits must be fillet
out in the handwriting of the person
making the affidavit.
The law requires: 'If you CLAIM
that your father or other RELATIVE
interested with you in the enterpris
] is incapacitated to manage the farm
attach to your. Questionnaire an at
lfidavit of a reputable physical!
stating that he personally know
such relatives physical condition
and what that condition is" /
this means you, get your physician
laffidavit before you go to membe
of the legal advisory board for as
sistance in making out you
QUESTIONABLE.
| In order that you may begin t
prepare yourself to accuratel
ANSWER all questions we copy tn
following questions from tn
QUESTIONABLE. Get your answer
READY for each of these at once, an
after you receive your questionnair
read it all over carefully and &c
your answers ready for the res
of the questions before going to an,
one for help in filling 1t out. |
YOU do not do this do not be surpris
led when the assistant tells you to g
home and prepare your answers an
come another day after that ha
been done to get that assistance.
j The following questions are. copie'
from the questionnaire:
/ s. State both the approximat
Total and the average MONTH
lamount OF your support of your VIII
land children, exclusive OF your ow'
expenses during the last tweiv
months.
10, State the amount per mont
ou eonaider necessary for support 9
lalI your dependents.
Cnntinuad on last Dago.