The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-08
RICHMOND NAY GET
A BRANCH BUREAU
State Free Employment Sta
ton Expected to be Locat-
ed Here Soon.
WORK is GREAT SUCCESS.
AND CENTRAL OFFICE AT INDIA
NAPoLtS HAS HARD TIME CAR
ING FOR DEMANDS MADE eY
THE MANY EMPLOYERS.
palladium Specially

Indianapolis, Ind, June 81. L.
Peetz, state statistician, has in mind
branches of the State Free Employ
ment Bureau at several places in the
state. and he believes he will yet be
able to work out the plan. In speak
ing OF the proposition yesterday Mr..
Peetz said:
II am more than pleased with what
has been accomplished thus far w
the new bureau. It Is doing more good
and Is spreading It's influence more
rapidly that I ever hoped it would.
And do you know. had hard time
to get anyone to introduce the bills in
the Legislature to establish the bu-
reau when l had them prepared at the
last session It's fact When ! con-
ceived the idea of establishing tht bu-
reau in connection with my Office
had the bills prepared and asked no
less than a dozen senators and more
than that number of representatives to
introduce them. Finally | asked SEN
ator Orndorf. OF Whitley and Hunting
ton counties. and he agreed to intro
duce 1t. The bill passed the Senate
without dissenting vote. In the
House I finally asked Representative
Fred King. OF Wabash. and he intro
duced the bill there 1t passed with
only two or three dissenting votes. Il
did not ask for any money with which
to operate the bureau. because had
no idea that 1t would develop SO rapid
ly, but It has grown out of all expec-
tations.
Many Calls for Help.
Calls for help come in from employ
ers In all parts of the state. and be.
lieve the work could be carried on bet
ter II branches were established in
various centers of the state. | have
now in mind a plan to establish such
branches in South Bend. Fl Wayne,
Richmond, Terre Haute. Evansville.
New Albany and either Hammond or
Gary, and shall work on the plan UNI
til am able to cary it into effect.
l doubt II this can be done this year
because Of lack Of money with which
to carry out the plan. but If am re-
elected I will ask the Legislature for
Z small additional appropriation for
this purpose.
These branches will be under the
supervision of the bureau here in my
once. but each branch would have an
ONCE and a clerk In charge. Some
one from my Office could 60 to each
place and open the branch and get 1t
started. and then 1t would take care
Of itself.
1T would not cost much money to
operate the branch. should call on
the mayor and the charity societies OF
each city to furnish the room for the
ONCE and place clerk In charge. 1t
would be q much cheaper plan for TAX
ing care OF the unemployed and the
needy than under the present system
OF giving aid to those who apply for it.
BY this method Of cooperation the
benefits OF the free employment bu-
reau could be extended throughout
the state. We are constantly receiving
applications from all over the state for
men to work in factories and other
lines. Yesterday we sent thirty men
to small city near by to work on a
new road. Only short time ago we ;
sent one party Of forty-two men toI
Anderson in response to the call of a
manufacturer who was short of help.
These men are now working in his fac
tory. So 1t goes right along. We will
not need to establish branch office
in the gas belt because those cities
are so close to Indianapolis that we
can take care of them from the CEN
trail Office. But In large factory CEN
tiers like Hammond. Gary, Fl Wayne.
Richmond, Evansville Terre Haute and
New Albany. branch office would be !
a good thing. ! believe the free en-
ployment bureau will eventually solve |
the problem for 90 per cent. OF the un-
employed of Indiana"