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Show I FATTIER WHITES EIIP11 BSD P 1 Editor Standard: The letter in last B ight's Standard, complaining of un- 5 lirness on the part.of the local' draft f oard in the caso of J. T. Fisher, .3 I oices the feeling of a great many peo- ib I le who have read tho list of names f 3r the next quota from the city. The I xplanation published at the same - f me, as coming from the board mem-1 mem-1 V ers, is somewhat inconsistent with Ipparent facts. Thoy say the sjtua-.'llaf sjtua-.'llaf JgRion was brought about by the request tvl men, not included in the next quota, .; ! j to be allowed to go out of their turn, j ' and in such cases, they are permitted a ' to go on the list of alternates. If such y Is. the case, and remembering that Mr. n ' Fisher was one of the three altor-Y altor-Y nates the last time, which would make him one of the first three in the next quota, it means that, with two execp-r execp-r tlons Mr. Munson and Flygarc the 1 next quota is made up of all "request" men, who want to go out of their - 1 turns. This may be the case, but in i the face of other facts, such as this man's claim for exemption, which I 1 understand by the reports, were dis- i allowed by both the local and district K boards, this wants some believing. I H am also one with the opinion that in- ra fluence might have been brought to K bear. m Mayor Heywood says that com- W) plaints have been filed regarding the ; &' board's action and that they arc try ing to do their duty. That is all right, but does he forget that the law as to, the selection of mon for the national' draft were made by the United States government? The duty of tho board is to see that this law is carried out strictly as written and, if this is done, no one has any reasonable complaint to make, but, if they place their own interpretation on how it should be administered, then they must expect trouble. It's hard enough to have to go when one's turn comos, but to havo to go sooner than expected, owing to someone ahead of you getting out of it, owing to their having influential friends, well, that makes it a great deal harder. Remembering thj recent stir, when two young men were accused ac-cused of trying to evade the draft, I should think Mr. Fisher would follow their example and come forward, willing will-ing to do his part for Uncle Sam. Yours for a square deal, the same as this great nation is fighting for. A FATHER. charged that the alleged refusal has resulted Jn great loss to tho plaintiff and that the officials of the state are in a conspiracy to cheat and defraud Cantwell out of a largo sum of money. A former action of a similar nature was dismissed. The suits are conspicuous for the reason that the state cannot be sued without its consent, under a constitutional constitu-tional provision. |