Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-21

In an oral statement announcing
! the regulations. officials of Gener-
al Crowder's office said "at pres
ent" the occupation of a baseball
player is regarded as non-produc-
/ tive. but that until a case had
been appealed from a local board
/ there Will be no ruling Oh the sub
! ject.
Must Use "COmmOn Sense"
! Local boards will consider cas-
es OF withdrawal of deferred clas-
sification with common sense"
/ General CrOwder's Instructions
said and they named illness. yaca-
/ ton. the impOssibility Of securing
productive employment without a
! change OF residence, as reasonable
/ grounds for waiving the general
/ order. Sales clerks in stores and
clerical workers in offices are
/ classed as n-producers. Travel
I ing statesmen will be considered as
, engaged in productive employment
. but automobile statesmen in cities
Will not, it was explained
Local boards are asked to assist
{
ment through the federal employ
ment service and are given power
to postpone action while effort is
being made to place men in occu-
patiOns held productive.
when it has been determined
that a person in deferred cIassifi-
cation is an idler or is engaged in
rOn-prOdUctive employment" the
al gt.r-
and order number of such person
will be withdrawn and he will im-
mediately be inducted into the
military service.
Hits All Walters.
The regulations provide that
persons engaged in the service of
food and drink. or either in public
places, including hotels and social
clubs, are engaged in noI-produc-
tive employment This however.
does not include managers, clerks,
cooks. or other employees. unless
they are engaged in the actual
serving of food and drink.
Includes All Servants.
"The regulations further provide
that passenger elevator operators
and attendants and doormen, foot
men. carriage openers and other at
tendants in clubs, hotels. stores,
apartment houses, office buildings
ana bath houses, are engaged il
non productive emplOyments. The
words other attendants include
bell boys and also include porters.
unless such poTters are engaged in
heavy work
"The regulations further provide /
that persons including ushers and |
other attendants, engaged and &C
Cupied in and in connection with {
games, sports and amusements. eX- /
Cepting actual performers in legiti- |
mate concerts, operas. or theatrical |
performances are engaged in nor |
productive occupations or employ |
ments. This includes, in addition .
to ushers and other attendants, all /
persons engaged and occupied in .
games. sports and amusements, ex t
cept actual performers fr legiti /
mate concerts, operas or theatrical .
performances
"The regulations further provide +
that a person engaged in domestic /
service is engaged IN nonprOduct
i've employment or occupation but
this does not include public or pri-
vate chauffeurs. unless they should
also be engaged in some other oc-
or employment defined a.
reproductive.
Affects Store Clerks.
"The regulations further provide |
that sales clerks and other clerks
employed in stores and other mer-
camille establishments are engaged |
in nonproductive employments, but
this does not include store execu-
tIves. managers, superintendent.
nor the heads of such departments
as accounting. financial, adver1s-
ing. credit, purchasing. delivery. re-
ceiving, shipping, and other depart
ments; does not include registere
employed in wholesale
OF retail drug establishments and
does not include travelling sales
men, buyers, delivery drivers. cleo
.ricians. engineers. carpet layers.
IpholsteTers or any employe doing
Ieavy work outside the usual duties
II clerks. However. sales clerks
and other clerks include the cleri-
,al force in the office and in all de
)artments Of stores and mercan-
lie Establishments The words [
stores and other mercantile estah-
ishments' include both wholesale {
md retail stores and mercantile i
Establishments engaged in selling
FOODS and wares" II
Boards are instructed to give the
agents Of the United States en-
,Ioyment service lists OF the names 1
II registrants who have been sum
nnned for examination under the !