Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-25
DISTRICT BOARD
AND EMPLOYERS
Ask That They Use Discretion in
Seeking Deferred Classification
for Employees.

The following statement was today
issued by the District Board to employ,
ers and employees claiming lndustriai
deferred classification.
The attention of the District Board
of Delaware has been called to the
following: Many employers OF labor IN
more or less necessary industries are
planning to file extensive industrial claims
for their employees, based partly on their
Interpretation of General Crowder 5
recent staten ent To employers through
out the United States and partly because
they have a fear of a tremendous dram
upon their working forces The District
Board therefor, cautions against TINS
possible action on the part OF employers
and to urge proper study and careful
discrimination in each individual case
before deciding upon filing OF an IN
dustrial or commercial claim
The new draft Will require cxtraor-
dinarv work upon nj! the draft boards
IN the classification of the new rcgIst-
ration. To facilitate this work So far as
the District Board of Delaware is concern
ed YOUR attention Is called to the follow
ing requests affecting industrial occupa-
tIOnS
1t must bc first borne in mind by all
those planning to make industrial and
commercial claims. that the admlnlst-
ration must have n large number of men
physically TIT for the active service from
the new draft Without tins adequate
supply Of the army, our nationa! pro
gram for concluding the war may not
lie accomplished While the number need
ed for active service IN the army IN the
aggregate IS large It's average dram on a
percentage basis from those Of - 10 46
wears viii be relatively small ON the
principle of average, the normal Indu>t-
rial or commercial enterprise would
probably not have 10 suffer loss ot more
than 10 To - per cent Of Its employees
physically fit for active service II 1t
made no occupatIonal claims whatever
This is due to other grounds for deterring
registrants, such as dependency alcnage,
physical unftncss, 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 bc possible 10 allow the
proper continuance Of the enterprise
Every individual case should be studied
particularly by employers 10 determine
l. Whether the individual is a specially
important employe III the position Of =
department head or a kcv-man
> Whether a woman cannot be trained
in 10 do the work performed by the
particular rcgistrant under consideration,
, Whether some other person he
establishment engaged In less essential
or non-csSential work 80 tar as the
national emergency Is concerned might
take on the duties Of such reglStrant-
In many cases thoughtful considcrat-
ion to these points viii finally convince
a manager that he can handle his problem
without making claims for certain Of his
cmploves who are otherwise available
Tor the army service by reason Of no de-
pcndency or physical unftncss.
Such special consideration will save a
great deal Of work upon the draft board
at this critical period, while at the same
time assuring the government OF addit-
Ional active service men. The District
Board therefore earnestly invites all
employers and employees alike to hc
sure Of their need in each individual case
before claiming occupational deferred
classification
After such consideration i il IS
decided that particular rcglStrant Is So
experienced and 50 important 10 q neceSs-
.tEN INDUSTRY Ifal 4 Gidil3 StCtili ift Il4tttlS
ior him on such grounds, the District
Board will ask that a special statement
he attached to the rcgistrant question:
are to amplifv the following points
Refer to the third edition Of the
QUESTIONABLE. series II on Industrial
occupation. IN group B, questions T. and
IA These frequently require much more
extended statements than the space pro-
vided on the Questionnalre Will permit.
The District Board Of Delaware asks that
thSes statements on these two questions
he fully made out on each individual
case in the shape OF an additional state
ment or affidavit attached TO the
QueStionnaIre.
\ registrant history in his relation
to his occupation. together with the
specific work he Is performing. has many
angles which are necessary TO present
before the District Board to give the
Board a proper view Of the mans past
training experience and present import
ance 10 the work upon which he Is engaged.
The District Board therefore particul
arly invites The attention Of all interested
In this phase Of the draft work 10 the
importance OF full written statements
TO accompany questionnaIres IN answer
10 questions y and Il
Respectfully submitted, District
Board of Delaware
GENEROUS PATRIOTS.