Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-23
WORK OR FIGHT"
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pnovIaIoNa ARE SWEEPING
"The new regulation will also alice
the following elnsses:
"ta) Persons engaged in the serv-
ing Of food and drink, or either, III
public places, including hotels and
hotel clubs
"tb) Passenger elevator operators
and attendants, doorrnen, footmen
md other attendants Of clubs
hotels, stores, apartment houses,
office buildings and bnth houses
"(c) Persons. including ushera and
other attendants engaged and oc-
cupied IN connection with games,
sports and amusenents, except actual
performers in legitimate conceris
operaa or theatrical performances
I'D Persons employed in do
mestio service
''(el Sales clerks and other clerks
employed III stores and other mer-
camille establishments
Men who are engaged as above or
who nre iderp, will not be permitted
10 seek relief because Of the fact that
they have drawn q late order mum
her, or because they have been placed
in lass 2. 3 or 4, ON the grounds of
dependency The fact That lac In not
uscfully employed will outweigh both
Of the above conditions
MAY EXTEND rHr liar
at is expected that the list Of
non-usetul occupations will be ex-
tended from time TO time as ncces-
sltv will require so as to include PER
sons IN other enlplovmeuts
Temporary absences from repu-
lar employment not to exceed ono
week. unless such Temporary All
senocs are habitual and frequent.
shall not I've considered ~ idlenees
Regular vacations will not he con
Fidered ns absences in this connec-
tion
THE regulation throws n further
safeguard around men not usefullv
EMPLOYED. bv providing TINT whore
there are compelling circumstances
that would not permit change Of
employment hy the registrant with
ont tilspfuportionate hardship to hla
dependents. ~ where change from
non-uaeful to useful employment or
occupation would neceasitate a re-
fiuval of the reGiatrant or his family
local boards may give consideration
81 the circumstances The regulation
further provides That where such
change IT employment would compel
the night enplovmenf of women IN
der circumstances whirh board
might deem not puitahle for employ
ment uf women. the board may take
such circumstances INTO cnnadern-
ton ~ making lis declslou
PURPOSES np NFw Ftsp
Explaining the nov regulation. General
6 Crowder said
The war haa 81 far disarganised the
normal adjustment of ,nduatrial man
power "a IL prevent the enormous indus
tual output aud national organization
necessary 80 succpaa
There ts popular demand FER organ
'sa'lon and maupowof but no direct draft
could he imposed AZ present
Steps 10 prohibit idlenesz and non
ctioct vo occupation will lie welcomed by
our people
We shall give the oilers and men not
military servlce aud effective employ
lpent. Every tuen ~ the draft age. at
least must work or fight
This ~ not alone war of military
manouver II IL deadly contest nf IN
not hc thought Of as merely posgessnR an
army. we mlat think Of her as being aB
army an army m which every factory
and loom IN the empire is n recognized
part IN complete machine running night
and day at terrific speed We must make
Il ourselves the same sort Of effective
machine
MUST CLOSE uP ALL GAPS
II is enough o ash what would happen
{ every man in the patton turned ms hand
o effective work We must make ourselves
Elective. We must organize for the future
We must make vast Withdrawals for the
army and immediately close mp the ranks
,f industry behind the gap with an scee-
rating production OF every useful thug m
necessary measure How - this to be
lone The answer IL plain The FIRST step
oward the solution of the difficulty II 10
prohibit engagement by able bodied men
n the field Of hurtful employment, ldle-
ness or intellectual employment. and thus
induce and persuade the vast wasted
,xcess into useful fields
The very situation we are now con
iderlng however, offers great posi-
,illties in improving the draft, MS well ~
LreAt possibilities for the composition OF
he labor situation hv effective ad
Of the draft Considering
he sclectve service law. We see two
principal cases Of deferment % the call
o military service exemption and the
,rder numbers, assigned by lot
RULING ON EXEMPTIONS
"The exemptions themse Ives fail INTO
wo conspicuous Categorics, dependency
md industrial employment One pro-
ects domestic relations. the other the
economic interests Of the nation BE-
ween the two there IS an inevitable
liatus. for il is demonstrably true that
thousands. if not millions of dependency
have no effect of industrial
lefer1nent whatever
"One Of the unanswerable criticisms
# the draft has been that IL takes men
rom the farms and from all useful en-
,lovmcnts and marches them past crowds
# idlcrs and loafers away TO the army
rhe remedy is simple To couple the
Industrial basis with other grounds for
Exemption and TO require that any man
pleading exemption on any ground shall
.lso show that he is contributing effective
V to the industrial welfare of the nation
WILL FURNISH NEEDED MAN POWER
"The regulation itself makes plain the
Of the War Department
The great organization of local and dis
rict boards which has already accom-
,lished a notable work, may be relied
lpon to catch the spirit OF the movement
md sorcly needed manpower will soon be
lowing into the fields of useful endeavor
II into the other direction of military
.ropot i y