The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
MAHAsKA COUNTY
MUST FURNISH a
QUOTA FIXED FOR NUMBER OF
UNsKILLED LA8oRERs.
new BOARD HAS BEEN CHOSEN
Comprising G. C. True, Warren KaI
bach and Lee Fancher.-Speed
Necessary If Iowa Keeps Up
Her End of the String.

| Des Moines, Au 6.-Deciding on a
quota basis according to which each
county's allotment of unskilled labor.
ers is to be fixed under the call for
5,805 war workers recently issued by
the government, and appointing labor
community boards in twenty-eight
counties, were the matters with which
the tate labor advisory board busted
themselves at their meeting in the
state labor commissioners office Mon.
| day. O. ....
In regard to the matter of quotas
| the board decided that each county
in the state shall furnish a number
of unskilled laborers under the call in
question equal to .002461 per cent of
the country's population as deter.
mined by the 1915 census.
The basis adopted for the figuring
of the county quotas is the same as
that used by the government in figur.
ing Iowa's quota Of the total number
OF war workers to be furnished by the
entire country. p. 8
AS an illustration of how the thing
works out, 1t may be said that Ma
haska county, with a population Of
10000. will be required to furnish "a
men for war work.
Not All to Leave State. H.. .-
1t is to be understood that not all
of these men will be required to leave
the state. About 1000 of the 5,S05
Twill be needed here in Iowa. They will
be used in occupations calculated to be
essential in connection with the win
ming of the war, however
The balance of some 1900 men will
be sent east. The first contingent has
already been called for, consisting of
1,000,, 500 of whom will go to Norfolk.
/ Va, and 500 to Newport News, where
they will be employed in ship building,
Selection Of Boards.
In the appointment of community
labor boards the advisory board were
able to complete the organization in
only rs out of the SO counties in the
state Each of these community boards
consists of three members. one of
whom represents the laborers of the
county, one the employers and the
third the government service.
The Mahaska County Board was
chosen as follows: George c. True,
| Warren Kalbach and Lee Fancher.
Draft Boards Are Slow.
An urgent request for the completion
of the classification Of the registrants
of June 5, 1918, was sent out Monday
| by Adjt. Gen. L. G. Lasher.
The registration took place over two
months ago and yet about sixty boards
have failed to classify their men.
The adiutant generals communica
ton says unless there is a marked
speeding up of the work Of classified
ton Iowa stands chance of being un
able to fill the demands for men
which is thing that has not heretofore
happened and will not happen now il
the classificat ton can be completed in
time.
i New Draft Heavy in Iowa.
Washington, D. c., Aug. 6.-An esti
mate by war department experts OF
quotas of states under the Is to 4J
plan gives Iowa 435 1909 additional reg
istrants. sf D..
i Iowa members today said they were
getting many protests from farmers
who say they will be robbed of much
of their labor supply il boys of IS, Is
and 20 are drafted.
| Another Call Fer Negroes.
Des Moines, Aug. GA call fol
eighty-three Negroes in class was is
sued by Adjutant Lasher today. These
men will go to Camp Dodge during
the three day period beginning Aug
%. and their call wipes out all o.
class one in Iowa. None are asked