Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-09-26
MEN OF DRAFT AGE
ATTENTION.

The lead and zinc mining industry of
Lafayette, Iowa and Grant counties is
classed as an essential war industry and
work in the mines offers a man who is
not now engaged in work essential to
the war an opportunity to secure we'll
paid work close to home. In many
cases houses are furnished at the mines
so that men with families can live at
the place where they are working.
Well equipped boarding houses are pro-
vided for single men. The number Of
men called for by the mines of this
district is not great and it would be
well'for these who wish to secure war
work close to their present homes to
apply for work in the mines at once
Otherwise, when the demand for min
ing labor has been filled, those who
have not secured work in some essen
tial industry will be compelled to leave
home and go to some other part of the
state or country where they are needed.
Wisconsin is required to transfer
from non war work to war work APP
proximately II 900 unskilled men. The
Wisconsin Labor board in recruiting
labor to meet the demand Of the essen
tial industries, finds two sources of
supply. First, the transfer of workers
from non productive occupations, as
listed by the Provost Marshall General,
and second, the transfer of unskilled
labor from the less essential industries
to the more essential.
This "Work or Fight order will be
Immediately enforced by the local draft
boards, the United States employment
service cooperating. Major E. A. Fitz
patrick, draft administrator of Wiscon-
sin, has authorized this procedure. The
community labor board will assign ex
aminers to each local board to list all
those engaged in non essential occupa
tions. These examiners are ready to
furnish work to those now held to be
in non-wa occupations and arrange
for their transfer to war work. In
another part of this paper is given a
preliminary list of occupations which
are classed as non-war work by the
State Advisory Board Ruling No. 8.
In the case of any regisrrant in class
II, III or " who fails to, within few
days, accept job on war work he will
be reported to his draft board by the
examiner representing the United..States
department of labor with the request
that his draft board reclassify him,
placing him in class I, as provided by
the "Work Or Fight" regulations.
There is no disposition to compel
men to take work unsuitable to their
physical make up, but it is intended
that the "Work or Fight" order be at
once consistently enforced for the pur
pose of furnishing those industries oc
cupied wholly on war work the I'M
skilled labor necessary to keep pace
with the production demanded by the
and the production neces-
sary to furnish American soldiers now
in France with equipment with which
to successfully complete the drive
which is to ultimately make the allied
armies victorious.
Applications for work in the essential
industries will be received by the un
dersigned and positions found for them
without delay.
THOMAS j. CROWLEY,
United States Labor Agent,
Benton, Wisconsin.
Occupations Classed as Non-War
Work.
State Advisory Board Ruling No. g.
AS a preliminary step, and with
view to establishing uniform classified
ion of industries in the state as to their
essentially, the State Advisory board
las declared the following occupations
20 be non war work:
Automobile accessories industries
Drivers of pleasure cars, cleaning,
'epairing and delivery of same
Sight seeing cars
Automobile trucks engaged in work
,ther than the delivery of food or fuel;
" engaged in Government work or for |
industries |
Bath and barber shop attendants
Bottlers and bottle supply manufac- ,
urers ]
Cleaners and dyers j