Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1917 — Unmarried First, President’s Idea. [ARTICLE]

Unmarried First, President’s Idea.

Married men certified for military service are interested in the outcome of the following reference to their case as indicated In a Washington dispatch: Washington, Aug. 18.—In renly to a letter from Senator Weeks of Mas- __ sachusetts against the drafting of " married men until all single men are taken, President Wilson today wrote, “Your point with regard to the draft ing of men with families is undoubtedly well taken.” He stated that this was “in the mind” of the exemption boards, but promised to call it to the attention of the war department again. The text of the president’s letter follows: “My Dear Senator Weeks—l have letter of August 11, and while I sympathize to a very great extent with your point about the drafting of aliens, I cannot believe, that you mean exactly what you say with regard to our treaty obligations—‘Whatever may be our treaties with foreign countries on this subject, it is absolutely essential, in my judgment, that some action should be taken which will include the alien population of draft age in the draft.’ I assume, of course, that you mean that some diplomatic action should be taken to clear the way. That matter is already interesting the department of state, and I have no doubt will be pressed as fast as the circumstances permit. , “Your point with .regard to the drafting of men with families is undoubtedly well taken, and I have reason to believe that it is very much in the mind, at any rate, of most of the drafting boards. I shall take pleasure in calling the attention of the war department again to it. “Sincerely yours, “WOODROW WILSON.”