The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-04-30
ROBINSON HAS WAY TO
SECURE EXEMPTION FROM
PRESIDENT d ii | N BOARD HEARS
Members Determine To Reconsider Case So As To Bring
Dot Al Reasons For Effort To Obtain Lower CIassi-
fieadOn; Morale Of All Draftees Would Be De-:
stroyed If Justice Is Not Done, Pond Says

wool clipped from said herd of sheep
Of about 100000 pounds per annum in
the market of the mainland Of the
United States. -,
Hard TO Get Manager
1T is therefore clear that the Mi.
hau Ranch is larger and produces the
greater amount Of food products than
the MakaweIi Ranch. $780,, -.
''On account Of the isolation Of the
island of Niihau it is obvious that
there would be greater difficulty
in obtaining and retaining another
manager than in the case Of the Maka.
we'll Ranch, and on account of the
non English speaking employees Of the
Niihau Ranch. There would be the
additional difficulty Of obtaining an.
other manager who would combine the
ability of managing such a ranch with
the ability to speak the Hawaiian Lam
guage-the language of the Niihau
Ranch employees. 49,.
"While the said Aylmer Robinson
has been engaged as a ranch manager
for longer period of time than the
said Selwyn Robinson, nevertheless the
said Selwyn Robinson is clearly com.
petent and expert in ranehinR Affairs,
by reason of the fact that since boy
hood he has practically every year de-
voted considerable time in and about
the Niihau Ranch, and before beeOm-
ing employed as manager or assistant
manager, had become Thoroughly con.
versant with the said ranch and the
business of conducting such q, ranch
In addition he speaks the Hawaiian
language -. b,
As shown in the record in the case
of Seiwyn Robinson, the latter 10 also
assistant manager of the sugar plan
tation of Gay and Robinson on Kauai,
and as such is necessary TO the sue
cessful conduct of said sugar planta.
tion.
Precedent Established
l"'H is submitted that this honor
able board has already established pree-
edent emitting said Selwyn Robinson
to deferred classification by reason Of
his position and occupation as said
assistant manager.
"During the last two months the
manager Of said sugar plantation, Sin
clair Robinson, has been incapaeitated
from attending to the rnahagefhent Of
said Makaweh plantation on account
Of appendicitis and an operation there
for, and that, in consequence, the en-.
tire management has fallen upon Sci.
wynn Robinson.
1.-THE undersigned further prats that
upon the reconsideration Of said ,deci-
sion by this board the claim for DE-
ferred classification of said Selwyn
Robinson be allowed."' I'D
Mr.. Hemenway said that the only
course the board had to pursue was
to gather from every source available
all the material facts upon which 10
could proceed with q rehearing. {
An Unusual Case
Mr.. Pond said he felt this was more
than an average case. II it was de-
cided in a certain way, it would be
certain to arouse q feeling of bitter.
ness and of injustice. The board, he
said, should proceed thoroughly into
the case and exercise the greatest
care. He also said that he felt the
granting of low classification to all
three sons of Aubrey Robinson would
seriously impair the morale Of the reg.
istered men classed as available for
draft service. He referred to an ins
stance of man who married in 1915,
a year before the draft law went into
effect. He has q child, yet he was
placed in Glass /. The Kauai board,
he had heard, made this classification
on the ground that the wife could
revert. to her, former occupation Of
teaching school. In the case of the
Robinsons, they were unmarried, with
out dependents and, yet appeals had
been made on their behalf for low
classi fc atoms. ....
Mr.. Hemenway's suggestion that the
provost marshal general be requested
to inform the board whether the SO.
lective draft law has been changed
or amended to permit unanimous de-
cisiOns of the. board to be appealed
over the decision was adopted. Mr..
Crabbe raised the question as to wheth-
or there was a possibility Of "strOng,
powerful senator's bringing such o
matter before the President.
~ don't think the President will
set aside the law" said Mr.. Hemen-.
way.
Il don't think the President would
take it up under a unanimous vote Of
the board; | don I think Provost Mar
shall General Crowder would send such
Il case to the President at ALL" said
Mr. CTabbe.