The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-02-19
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DRAFT DELlNQUENTS.
.Filipinos and Japanese Who Fall
ed To File ouestionnaires Have
Until thursday Board Says

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Flipinos and Japanese who have
failed to claim the draft questionable
blanks sent sout TO them from january
q to ~, and who are now being listed
as delinquents whom the sheriff and
the police force are obliged, under the
selective draft law, to round up and
bring before the local exemption
boards, are to be given one more chance
TO toe the mark and be properly regis.
Chairman George A. Renton and the
members of Local Exemption Board No.
2 decided yesterday. to request all en-
ployera Of Filipino and Japanese labor
to assist the board IN Questioning such
employees and ascertain whether or not
they have attended to the questionnaire
requirements. In cases where Il Is be-
lieved they have not complied with the
draft law the board asks that employ.
ers let these men of for an hour or two,
direct them TO the Armory, and by this
means complete the questionnaire. The
same procedure is asked for all doubt.
full cases. D.. "
/ W, d. Westervelt, one of the mem.
bers of the board, said yesterday that
II will be economical for employers TO
give this time OFF rather than to have
the men arrested later to face imprison-
iment as delinquents, for the law on this
subject is extremely drastic. -
Action Postponed - ~
\ Local Board No. 2 has, therefore,
withheld its delinquent list from Sher.
III Charles H. Rose and will take NO
drastic action until Thursday. ..s ..
/; This will give the Filipinos and ia.
panese today tomorrow and all day
Wednesday to put in an appearance be.
fore the board and fulfill their obIiga-
tiOn TO the government r. - ts5u-s
Il s'We would ask that any person who
employs Filipino or a japanese ques-
ition that employe as to whether he has
received his QUESTIONABLE, said Doc.
tor Westervelt. eff the man has not
received it, then we ask that the en-
ployer give him at least two hours Off
to visit the Armory to make inquiry
for his QUESTIONABLE blank. All those
which we mailed and which have been
returned by the postoffice unserved are
on file in eur Office. .HnE
"It win be infinitely better to give
this time off and have these men regis
tered rather than to have the sheriff
round them up and have the federal
authorities impose sentences upon the
men, wffeh would take them out Of EN-.
Payment for. an indefinite time.
win, order to systematize this time
on we wobld suggest that such en-
'ployesi be released from their tasks at
three o clock in the afternoon, and let
them havei the remainder of the day"
To Spread News !
In order that the news of the extern
sion of time may reach unregistered
Filipinos the board has sent competent
men of the Filipino race to centers
where Filfpinos live, where they will
spread the news. - e.. q
Judge Very, a member of Local
Board fEn.tl, believes the action taken
by Board No. 2 is sound, and is certain
that Chairman Cooke of Local Board
No. |, who could not be communicated
with yesterday, will decide in the same
manner.
Chairman Cooke learned on Saturday
why a large number of questionnaires
in his district had not been claimed by
Flipinos. On visiting the labor bureau
of the Planters Association he found
the names of many Filipinos who had
returned to the Philippines or had gone
elsewhere. About the time of registra-
tion last year number of Filipinos
were awaiting transportation to leave
the Islands. They were duly regis
tered and, of course, soon after were
out of the jurisdiction of the Islands.
These names have all been checked up
and their QUESTIONABLE blanks have
been checked out of the "holdOver
list.