The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-04-06
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
NOW OPEN IN CITY
R. N. Williams Begin RegiStra-
tiOn of Men and Jobs.
WILL COOPERATE WITH BOTH
STATE AND FEDERAL BUREAUS
Twin Falls VIII Get in Touch With
Nation-Wi Movement in Solving
Unemployed Problem.

A public employment office is now
in full blast in Twin Falls and an eff
fort is being made by the city to get
the jobless man and the manless job
together. Immediately on his taking
the position, Tuesday morning, r. M.
Williams began planning to help, both
workmen and employers by devising
methods of getting them together. He
will try to get all those wanting Jobs
and all those wishing to secure men
to register at the water office, in the
rear of the Perrine building.
Mr.. Williams will also get in touch
with the state bureau of farm markets
and with the United States employ
ment bureau. The federal bureau was
established two years ago through the
initiative of Secretary of Labor Will
son, who interested President Wilson
and Postmaster General Burleson in
the subject, with the result that the
postoffice department gave material
aid in working out the problem. The
municipal employment office of the
city of Portland, Ore, is now CO.
operating with the federal bureau.
The Portland Live Stock Reporter in
a recent issue gave the following de-
scription of the preliminary steps to-
ward their consolidation of working
interests:
"An item of considerable interest
to every employer of labor in Oregon
and southern Washington is an an
nouncement of the consolidation of
the working interests of the Oregon
branch of the federal employment Of
flee and the public employment bureau
of the city of Portland.
"The two offices and the trained
corps of workers in charge of the
same will cooperate in an effort to
bring together the employer seeking
help and the worker seeking employ
ment
"It will also be their further object
to exploit the states resources by
getting men and women into the
channel of industry where they are
most needed, and to secure them work
for which they are best suited.
Another matter worthy of note i'll
this connection is that this is the first
practical combination ever attempted
between the employment branch OF
the federal government and any other
public employment office. Results OF
the work are to come under the close
scrutiny of the officials at Washing
ton, and may be the basis for a com.
bination of these interests throughout
the United States.
"The government employment serv-
ice is a national affair, with branches
in every important city in the United
States. Through an interchange Of
information between these numerous
offices, correct data concerning labor
conditions in any locality is always
available,
Portland, being the largest city il
the section mentioned is the natura
labor market to which all classes O.
laborers and trained workers flocl
when seeking employment.
"The public employment bureau
maintained and operated by the cit,
of Portland, ranks as one of the mos
important labor exchanges on the Pa
cific coast, and has, previous to it
alliance with the federal office, beer
a clearing house for the unemployed
for / large section of the northwest.
"The combination of these two grea
factors, specializing in the matter o
getting the employer and the employ
together, will be effective of mucl
economy and its operating efficienc,
is obvious. 1t is the prime object o
these offices to promote an equitabl
and economic distribution of availabl
labor forces, and affords all employer
the opportunity to secure quickly an
without cost efficient help from re
sponsible source.
''The matter of supplying help t
employers remote from the estah
lished labor markets will be a stron
feature. Particular attention will ais
be given the matter of serving farmers
ranchers, orchardists, stockmen, can
ners. logging camps, lumber mills an
manufacturers throughout Oregon an
a large portion of southern Washing
ton
at will not be the purpose of thes
employment offices to supply all tn
jobs with men from Portland bu
rather the labor situation in eac
community will be investigated to tn
end of making an equitable and ecC
nomic distribution of the workers il
volved."