Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29

sons engaged in golf, tennis or any
other sport come under the regulations
regarding idlers and nonessential pur-
suits will be made until a specific case
has been appealed to the provost mar
shall generals office"
Washington. May 24.-Every man
OF draft age must either work or fight
after July l, under a drastic amend
ment to the selectiEe service regula-
tons announced by General Crowder,
provost marshal general. Not only
idlers, but all draft registrants engaged
la what are held TO be nonuseful oc-
equations are to be hailed before local
boards and given the choice Of a new
job or the army.
Gamblers. race track and bucket
shop attendants and fortune tellers
head the list, but those who will be
reached by the new regulations also
include walters and bartenderS thea
ter uShers and attendants, passenger
elevator operators and other attend
ants of clubs, hotels, stores, ETC., do
iAiNNAANS anu Nlelhh III SlbItS-
Deferred classification granted on
account of dependents will be disre-
garded entirely in applying. the rule.
A man may be at the bottom of class
l. or even in class 4 but If he falls
within the regulation and refuses to
take useful employment he will be
given a new number in class ! that
Will send him into the military service
forthwith. Local boards are authorized
to use discretion only where they fine
that enforced change of employment
would result in disproportionate hard
ship upon his dependents.
May Solve the Labor Problem.
1t has been known for some time
that some form of ''work-Or-tight" plan
has been submitted to President Will
son. but there has been no intimation
that IT was so far reaching in its scope.
Both the military authorities and de
partment of labor officials believe that
IT viii go a long way toward solving
the labor problem for farmers, ship
builders and munition makers and will
end, for the present at least, talk OF
consumption of labor. The announce
ment gives notice significantly that
the list Of nonuseful occupations will
be extended from time to time as ne
cessity requires.
The statement of the provost
marshal generals Office is as follows:
Provost Marshal General Crowder
krIoxv
selectiye service regulations which
deals with the great question of COM
pelling men not engaged in a useful
occupation Immediately to apply them. |
selves to some form of labor contrib !
uting to the general good. The idler. |
too, win find himself confronted with |
the alternative of finding suitable en- |
ployment or entering the army.
This regulation provides that after |
July /, any registrant who is found |
by local board to be habitual idler |
or not engaged in some useful occupc- |
ton shall be summoned before the /
board, given chance to explain and, |
In the absence of satisfactory expla-
nation, to be indicted into the /
service Of the United States. |
How II Would Work in Chicago.
ANY local board will be authorized |
to take action, whether it has an
original jurisdiction of the registrant
or not; in other words, any man loaf
ing around a poolroom in Chicago may
be held to answer to Chicago board
even though he may have registered
in New York and lived there most of
his life.
THE regulations which apply to idle
will be deemed to apply
also to gamblers of all description
and employees and attendants of
bucket shops and race tracks, for
tune tellers. clairvoyants, palmists and
the Ike. who for the purpose of the
shall be considered as
idlers.