Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-07-08
OF INTEREST TO EMPLOYERS
AND OTHERS

Division of Information a country |
wide employment bureau. 1t is the
belief of those connected with the
work that it will go far toward i'm
proving business conditions in the
United States. The underlying prin-
ciple of the work is, best expressed |
by the Secretary of the Department
of Labor in the following words:
"The Department of Labor has es-
tablished Distribut IN Bra C h e S
throughout the country for the pur-
pose on the one hand of developing |
the welfare of the wage earners of
the United States and improving their
opportunities for profitable employ
ment, and on the other hand of afford |
ing to employers method whereby |
they may make application for such
help as they need, either male or fe-
male, citizens or alien residents, and
have their wants supplied through
said Distribution Brnches."
Comparative statistics show that
there has been in some portions of the
United States surplus of labor,
while in other portions a deficiency.
1t is believed that this condition will
be almost, if not entirely, eliminated
by this work. This will appear from
the following brief explanation of the
system under which the work is con-
nected:
The United States has been divid-
ed into eighteen sections, or "Distri-
button Zones," as they are called, and
in each of these zones an employment
office has been opened. These zones
in nearly every case have been sub
divided and branch offices opened un-
der the jurisdiction of the controlling
zone office. This means that large
number of employment offices have
been opened by the United States
Government. At these offices the en-
ployer who needs help of any kind,
skilled or unskilled, be he farmer,
merchant, manufacturer, or whatev-
er his business, can secure what he
wants without any more trouble or
expense than the work of stating
what he desires, and the expense of
postage stamp if he finds it incon-
venient to call at the Distribution Of
flee in person. Neither is any fee ac-
cepted by the Government from those
seeking employment. 1t goes even
further; every postmaster in the
United States is representative of
this Employment Bureau. At every
post office in the United States will
be found, on application to the post
master, blanks for use of employers
in need of help and for the use of
persons seeking employment. These
blanks, upon being handed to the
postmaster are transmitted by him,
free of charge, to the proper zone of
flee, where both blanks are properly
registered, and proper help selected
for the employer in need of help,
either from applicants residing in the
city in which the office is located, or
from the applications on file. On the
day the employers application is re-
ceived by the Distribution Offices, a
copy is sent to the Division of Infor-
nation, at Washington, D. C. At
frequent intervals these applications
are assembled and published in the
form of bulletins and distributed to
all Distribution offices, thereby max
ing it possible for each office to know
where help of any description is in
demand.
At the Distribution Office the best
interest of the employer are kept con-
sanity in mind, and only such help is
selected for positions as are, in the
opinion of the officer in charge, we'll
qualified to perform the duties re-
quired.
If any reader of this paper is now
or expects shortly to be in need of
help of any description, it is suggest
ed that the following coupon be filled
out and mailed to the address given.
SOuPOu
bdte' .'.... ..'.'...'..' ..'.'..
u. S. Distribution Branch,
412 Federal Building, Cleveland, o:
On or about. .........
1915, l expect to be in. need of the
following help:. p:..................
.............. ........'...
Please send me the necessary infor-
nation blank to fill out. 1t is under
stood that no fee will be charged for
obtaining this help for me.
| (Sign here) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
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