The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-05-26
NAMES OF THOSE WHO Doooeo
The DRAFT ARE PRINTED IN
SOME NEWSPAPERS.
WAR DEPARTMENT IS CAREFUL
Tries to Avoid Injustice Through Sim
ilarity Of Nsmes-only Persons
Having Authority May Arrest Any
Slaekers They Find.
BY EDWARD q. CLARK.

the war that slackers and general
dcrelicts In the field of duty gave
trouble to the war department. The
department officials have been strug-
Cling for some time with what are
called the Stacker lists and 1t Is only
now that they seem To have been able
to emerge from some of their dlfhcu'-
ties
Throughout the United States today
In places the lists Of the names OF
men who lodged the draft are being
printed In the newspapers. Some pa
pers are printing them and some are
not printing them The difficulty Is
that even yet there seems To be some
doubt in places as TO whether or not
newspaper which prints the name
OF a supposed Stacker. but who proves
not To have been one, is free from
the dangers of being sued for libel.
IL Is the intention OF congress, so
IL Is said. to print the Stacker lists In
the Congressional Record. and this,
some persons hold. will preclude the
possibility OF any man, who feels thai
he has been injured, recovering dam
ages. The Congressional Record con
tains the official records Of the pro
ceedings Of the congress Of the Uni
ted States. Therefore. one opinion Is
that anything which appears therein
is privileged material.
Where Confusion May Arise.
One trouble which will come to sOrhe
men who served their country well
may arise from the fact that there
are good many men in the United
States of the same name. So IL II
that II John Smith In certain local
ity Is set down as Stacker IL may
be- that the people will think Il is an.
other John Smith man who served
his country we'll. II is understood that
an attempt will be made to avoid
trouble Of this kind by giving the spe
cific address OF each Stacker, that Is
the address which he gave ut the time
of the draft.
Army headquarters have explained
that certain rules governing the ar
rest OF slackers have been misunder-
stood by the public. II seems there
was AN impression abroad that any
one could arrest Stacker and that
$50 would be paid TO the arrestina
person for each duty dodger that he
turned over to the army officials.
Must Have Authority to Arrest
The regulations actually provide II
was stated At the war department.
that the person arresting a Stacker
may be allowed the actuis expenses
incurred In delivering him over 10 the
army authorities. but that the person
who does the arresting must have ac-
tual authority to make the arrest
Seemingly this brings II down TO the
proposition that only a properly au-
thorized person may make arrests, but
that everyone is expected. II he knows
the name and the whereabouts OF Q
Stacker. to provide the Information
and to do what he can TO help In land.
ing him.
Ii is said that there are somewhere
about 100000 slacksrs scattered over
the United States. or course some
Of the men who lodged their respon
slbility have gone TO other countries,
but this number is fairly negligible.
Foreign Policy crystaIIizino.
II looks today as II plans foI
the immediate foreign policy OF
the United States. as II relates &c
the war and its aftermath, are fairly
well crystallized. The United States
is to be represented at the meetings
Of the supreme council, the council
OF ambassadors, and the PREPARATIONS
commission. all OF which are bodies
representing the allies.
The question today no longer Is as
TO what form the representation OF
the United States on these bodies
shall take. The government is send
ing officials with power actually &c
represent this country. to present it,
views and, under instructions, to act
Gradually matters have developed
until the point has been reached
where IL seems likely there will bt
an immediate clearing up OF the
policy OF the administration concern
Ing TOTtlku Va
ment. There is still a division OF
opinion In the United States sens tt
as TO whether or not this government
should enter at all into the councils
OF the allies. but II is apparent that
the President and the secretary OF
state, and presumably the other cab
met officers also, have come TO the
conclusion that a majority OF the na,
tional legislators are willing that the
United States shall take part in the
process OF clearing up the European
troubles and particularly Of settling
the German reparatiOns question.
Hardine's Intentions Becoming Clear
Washington has been studying the
events which have led up to the pres
ent situation. II Is certain now that thu
United States Is no longer to stand
entirely aloof from the councils OF the
allies and that II will take a more Oh
less active hand In the European pro
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