Milford chronicle., 1916-12-08
DEMAND FOR WORKERS GROWING
United States Employment Service I'm
able to Satisfy Increasing Wants of
Employers.
COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY SHOWS
That in Practically Every Community in
Pennsylvania, West Virginia and
Delaware, here is a Demand
for Labor Beyond That Lo-
cally Available

The United States Employment Ser
vice, whose Offices in Baltimore we're
recently transferred from the Key
stone Bldg. to Nos 132-4-6 South
Third Street, continues to find great
difficulty in securing men in sufficient
numbers to satisfy the wants of en-
lployers.
There seems to be no let-up for the
demand for workers in almost every
line of industry" according to Com
missioner of immigration, Elmer E
! Greenawalt under whose supervision
the Federal Governments Employ
ment Service is conducted in the
States of Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and Delaware AT the close of the
fiscal year which ended June 30, 1916, 7
by enlisting the cooperation of the
city, town and borough clerks through /
out the three states mentioned, which /
comprises what is designated as Zone
3. in the Government Employment
Service. We completed a very interest
ing survey which shows that in prac-
tically every community within the
borders of these three states there is
a demand for labor beyond that local
ly available. During our last fiscal
year we had calls from 1926 employ
ers, who offered opportunities for IL
357 workers, covering many mechani-
cal lines. ordinary laborers, farm and
domestic help Mine operators I'm the
soft coal regions of Pennsylvania are
for union miners and we
have active opportunities right now
for at least 5000 miners and mine
laborers. The demand for frst-class
labOrers at 23 cents and hour and up
wards is practically unlimited. Our
Office reports an unlimited
demand for machinists. Open oppOr-
-unities totaling upwards of a thou
sand are on file in our offices calling
Tor boys over sixteen years of age.
Dricklayers. common labOrers, dOmes-
les. factory hands, farm hands. hos
)ital orderlies, hammer and chisel
nen, leather workers, iron molders.
helpers and learners, machinists, min
,rs and mine laborers. pottery work
RS, scrubbers and cleaners, solicitors
md weavers
During the month of October we
llaced 622 applicants. including black
miths, carpenters, chauffeurs. crane
nen, clerks and accountants, domes-
les, electricians, factory workers.
arm laborers, firemen, handy-men.
otel porters, iron and steel workers,
aborers, machinists. miners, pattern
makers. plumbers, statesmen. timers,
ell boys, telegraph operators. train
len, bakers. bus boys, chambermaids.
ooks, cleaners. drivers. dlshwashers.
nailers sheet metal work
RS. polishers, stablemen, walters and
orters.
Our service is free and we fiud op-
Ortunity for labor at good wages so
lentiful that ii is utterly impossible
, find enough idle workers to meet
MS ever-g growing demand Employ -
RS who have called unpon the United r.
tates Employment Service for help
ave found it a great convenience in
'curing efficient employees. and ev-
~ possible effort Is being made to
1prove and thoroughly systematic
IT. work. Requests by mail. tele-
hone or in person. for help. receive
'ompt attention and care is exercis-
to direct only persons qualified TO
] the open positions"
In addition to the Offices originally /
tablished by the United States EN-
oyment Service at Philadelphia and 4
ttsburgh, another labor distributing
,ency under the supervision of Com
issioner Greenawat. has been To-
ted at Wilmington. Del At that
int the work is conducted in coop
alton with the municipality. and al
ough the Wilmington branch has
ly been in operation since July 10th
this year. the results thus far ac-
mplished are said to be very salts
atory. Negotiations for still further
velopment of the federal labor dis
button service through cooperative
reements with states and cities, are
lively under way with good pros
cts Of their early completion, after
lich this branch of the government
II be in position to render still
eater help to both employers and