The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-10
DEFINES WORK
To Be CLASSEO
NON-PROOUCT|VE
Instructions Sent to Draft
Boards of State Under
eight or Work" Order

A pamphlet of amendments to the
selecttve service regulations, with
direct reference to the work or
fight" edicttdeliyered recently by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder, will be
sent out to all local draft boards in
the state today by Major John Buck
ley, government draft representative
N Connecticut.
The pamphlet names specific occu-
pations considered as "non-produc-
tive" by the war department. 1t is
explained that the employment of a
person of military age in these occu.
Ipations SIS not sufficiently effective in
the present emergency, to justify tho
postponement of call to military
service, notwithstanding he may have
a late order number and notwith-
standing he may have been placed
in Class =, 3 or 4 on the ground OF
dependency" The list of occupations
named follows:
"(a) Person engaged in the serv.
ing of food and drink, or either, in
public places including hotels and
social clubs; OBJ Passenger elevator
operators and attendants, and door
men, footmen, carriage openers and
other attendants in clubs, hotels
stores, apartment houses, office build
4ngs and lighthouses; (c) Persons, in
Guiding ushers and other attendants,
engaged and occupied in and in con-
pection with games, sports, and
amusements, excepting actual per
formers in legitimate concerts, operas
or theatrical performances; Cd Per.
sons employed in domestic service;
(e) Sales clerks and other clerks ems
,L;oyed in stores and other mercantile
csta blishments."
Local and district boards are in
structed to carefully consider each
case, involving the withdrawal of de-
ferred classification, with sympathy
and common sense" 1t is further
stiplated that "the designation and
defnition of non-productive occupa-
tons and empIoyments contained in
the foregoing section may be extend
ed by regulation from time to time,
as necessity may require, to include
persons in other occupations or en-
ployments."
Certain reasonable explanations
of temporary idleness must be ac-
cepted by local and district boards.
A list of such excuses is specified. The
list follows:
"(a) Sickness; Cb) Reasonable va
cation; (c) Lack of reasonable OPP
portunity for employment in any oc-
cupation outside of those described in
the foregoing section or those here.
after specified by regulation or ruling
as provided in this section; (d) Tenn
porary absences (not regular vaca-
tion) from regular employment not to
exceed one week, unless such tenn
porary absences are habitual ond
frequent, shall not be considered as
idleness; (e) Where there are COM
polling domestic circumstances that
would not permit change of employ
ment by the registrant without dis
proportionate hardship to his de-
pendents; or where change from a
non-producttve to a productive en-
ployment or occupation would neces-
state the removal of the registrant
from his place of residence, and such
removal would, in the judgment OF
the board, cause unusual hardship to
the registrant OF his family or when
such change of employment would
necessitate the night employment OF
women under circumstances deemed
by the boards unsuitable for such en-
ployment Of women, boards are au-
thorized to consider any or all q
such circumstances as reasonable ex
Iycuses for non-producttve employ
Z ~uent."