The Washington times., 1915-01-21
DEMAND MUNICIPAL
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
Women, Cooperating With Dis.
trict Charitable 0rganiza.
tions, Name Committee.

Mrs. Ellis Logan. president or the
Federation Of Womens Club, Is about
% form q committee Of representative
women to look into the establishment
Of. a municipal employment bureau.
While the club women are aware that
public opinion must be developed, that
the machinery of organization Is slow,
and that a bill must pass Congress- be-
fore such q bureau may be established
they are confident that 1t will become
an accomplished fact in the near future.
The suggestion Of municipal en-
ployment bureau followed q meeting at
the Public Library under the auspices
Of the Federation of Women's Clubs.
which was attended by representatives
Of all the charitable organizations In
A resolution favoring municipal
employment bureau was adopted anc
Mrs. Logan was asked to select her
own committee, and take practical
steps toward the establishment OF the
Mrs. ]. P. S. Neigh. spokesman in
big advantage Of the Government EN-.
ployment agency is that self-respectins
people may patronize it.
Mrs. II. D. Monroe. who is in close
touch with the Gospel Mission at 2l6
John Marshall place. states that the
mission IL carrying a heavy load IN en-,
women Who .re Re0o at the o foot Of the lad
der. Through their own employment
agency they placed III men last month
In good Jobs. but hundreds keep COM
tns. and the mission force Is inade-
while the Associated Charities are
supposed to care only for those who
are Handicapped In some way" stated
soeisted Charities, THE present lack Of
employment among men and women, and
the resulting failure to get the necessi-
ties Of life, compels them to fall back
onto our association for temporary aid:
employment for them. That, however,
is the business of somebody else. and
leEitimately Of a central city agency"
John Colpoys. who is in close touch
with labor unions in this city, would
rejoice at the establishment Of a labor
There are a thousand and one tricks
that are played on the man who tries
to get work through a private agency"
Mr.. Colpoys declared. ''They frequent
ly compel the man who is after the job
get any work. as the case is nine times
out Of ten. that money is lost Again,
there is an understanding between the
agent and the employer. and a man is
at the end of a week in order that
another dupe Of the agent may be taken
on.
There is only one thing that the
organized labor interests do not wish
the municipal bureau to do, and that is
to fll the place Of a strike breaking
agency"
The number of unemployed women
who have come to my attention." said
MIRA Alice E. Whitaker. president Of
tho Housekeepers' Alliance has con.
~nsed me that the time is fully ripe for
q wide city exchange. We have proved
the wisdom Of such an agency through
onr own Housekeepers Exchange There
are q great many unemployed women.
:vho do not belong to the servant class.
dnd who do not care to apply for work
in the ordinary employment agency.
Numbers of school teachers, companions
and seamstresses have come to my in
dividual attention. and a dignitied city
agency which served as a clearing house
for every class of unemployed, would
go a long way toward caring for these
women"
The personnel Of the committee. which,
with Mrs. Logan as chairman, will get
into immediate action. will consist of
those who are as largely as possible
representative Of the charitable agencies
now individually endeavoring to cover
the problem Of unemployment