The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-28
THE MANLESS JOB
AND JOBLESS MAN
Commission On Industrial Re-
Iations Proposes To Bring
Them Together
WILL REDUCE FRAUD
REDUCE FRAUD
Plan Looks To a National SyS-
tenn of Labor Exchanges To
Cooperate With State and
Local Public Employment
Agencies and Regular Pri-
vate Interstate Agencies

ANotioflcl DNSteih u stDo T<A-
changes to cooperate with State and
local public employment offices and
to regulate private employment agen-
cies iii interstate business. is proposed
by the United States Commission in
Industrial Relations in n plan sub
mitted to the various labor commits
sioners of the United States and to
others interested in plans for the So
luton Of the problem of labor sup
ply. Commissioned of Labor and
Printing NJ. J.. Shipman received the
tentative proposal for consideration
with the request that he criticiSe and
suggest improvements and, if possible,
appear before the commission at it's
public hearings. The proposal con-
tains features drawn from the laws
OF various states. from bills present
ed to Congress and to State Legisla-
lures. and from correspondence and
suggestions from persons and organi-
cations interested in the subject.
N,anlcss job and Jobloss Man.
The problem, in short, is to bring
the manless job and the jobless man
together. to reduce the bread line, to
break up the congestion Of placard
bearing mobs in crowded cities, and
to make it easier for every honest
American citizen to have an apportu-
nifty to sit by his own electric fan in
summer. or toast his heels by his w
hAtei w VifNNi, III It 1oI-
seriousness OF a steady job and re-
ceipted bills.
Watchdog on Fraud.
But that is just one phase. There
Is another, and it appeals to the deep
pulsing heart of humanity. 1t means
the establishment of a Watchdog or
certain features of fraud, and more
than that. on Crimc-the worst kind OF
crime. told of. occasionally, in the big
xEhnta flNn n a-o ~ -
ly clever, or unusually fortunate, OIL
when an alert reporter rushing in
where angels fear to tread, makes q
getaway with a big story of a poor
department store girl tricked by ar
employment bureau fake into an ou1
OF the way corne of the city anC
there held in strict bondage. Their
are a few Indifferent details, n {
sob for the poor distressed mother, {
sob for the invalid father, a sob fol
each Of the dependent children. +;
couple OF sobs for the ruined home
and then a half q dozen sobs 70,
h girl herself, and the story is over
the incident closed. The records ar,
made in the police department an,
the readers of the daily papers clos
their eyes in comfortable sleep, thank
full that such could not be their fate.
Outline OF Plan.
According to the preliminary plan
the Bureau of Labor Exchanges viii
be conducted with the Department
Of Labor. The purpose Of this bu
reau will be to mite into one ma
tional organization, all the agencie
for collecting and furnishing informa
tion regarding employers seeking EN-
ploycs and working people seekin
employment.
In charge of the bureau will be
director n an advisory council
fhnc viii lAn N nvpf rnl "a - W.
ington and In such other places a
may be found necessary, and the d
rector and all Subordinates should h
under civil service rules.
According to the proposed plan
the duties Of the bureau and its al
thorities will be as follows:
I'D To collect and furnish info
nation regarding employers seekin
employees and working people seel
ing employment. to make known TT
opportunities OF self employment
the United States. and to do ever.
thing that is possible to aid in secu.
ing the fullest application of the /;
Dor force in the
"(2) To distribute information r
garding the State of the labor ma
ket in the form of bulletins. map
reports. and in such other ways tn
may be desirable. and to prevent al
prohibit the circulation of false. i
accurate. or misleading informatic
regarding the labor market como
tionS
"(3) To license, supervise, regulat
and inspect private employment of
ces operating among the states, and
make rules and regulations for t
conduct Of business of employing
Of agents. and to classify the bu
ness and make different rules for d
ferent classes of agents; to prescri
the form Of books or registers to
kept 10y employment agents, the
norris 10 be made to the bureau, I