Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-11
Uncle Sam Makes Provision to
Care for the Women Workers
By MISS KATHERINE HERRING
Charge Denver Branch Girls Division u Employment Service
Rx MISS KATHERINE HERRING

| latter age, will be given the information
on hand in aid of vocational selection
and training. Opportunities will be
classified in accordance with the prac-
tice followed in public employment Of
fices in the vicinity, if any exist; if not,
then according to the trades and voca.
tions there established, and divided in
three classes as follows: temporary, sea.
sonal, and permanent.
Applicants will be furnished informa-
tion about opportunities listed and ad-
vised for placement according to their
abilities and training, with a view to
their advancement to better opportuni-
ties and their progress in efficiency as
wage earners.
Proper System in Office.
When placements are made confirma-
tion thereof from employers should be
secured by mail, telephone, or personal
visit when practicable. In addition al
effort will be made to ascertain also the
probabilities of continuance of such
placement, and the progress made by the
applicant. When visits are made exist
ing conditions will be observed and
noted
\ call or request of employers for
women and girls will be recorded and
the report of division Investigators and
information from other sources includ
ing statements of former or present en-
ployers will be noted an aid in de-
termining their desirability in filling
requests for help in the future.
No applicant will be advised to leave
one locality to find work elsewhere un-
less there is definite knowledge of the
conditions existing in the place seeking
women workers. Careful record will be
kept showing complete industrial history
Of each applicant to disclose her cNpc-
rience and capacity.
Furnish No Strikebreakers.
Il is understood that in directing
women or girls to employment, extreme
care will be exercised to prevent the
sending Of wage carners 10 localities
where labor troubles exist, or are threat
ened or to places where labor coudi- Z
tions would be thereby disturbed. y"
woman or girl will be directed to an
opportunity unless the character Of the !
place to which addressed and Of the en-
ployer has been established to the sat
isfaction Of the superintendent or other |
officer in charge of the division.
Girls approaching sixteen years OF age |
applying for information will be advised |
to pursue such course of elementary |
and vocational education as may bc cal |
culated to develop their abilities in the |
lines of industry for which they are |
best fitted. As their future may de- !
pend upon the choice of vocation made /
and course followed as result of n
conference with the officer Of the divis.
ion. the superintendent thereof must eN-
ercisc the grcn test care in this branch !
of its work A friendly interest moro |
perhaps than advice may influence APP |
plicants in reaching their own choice of |
career, after being supplied with the /
information at hand concerning the nee
cssarv educational foundation therefor !
in addition TO the facts furnished rcln,-
ing to employment and the various in.
dustries.
Cooperation a Chief Object
knowledge of the educational oppor.
tunities. experience. home surroundings
and environments, together with obscr
walton as to tendencies, capacity and 1
ambitions Of each applicant. will aid in
determining the best course to follow IL
giving beneficial information. The at
titude Of parents as well ms their co.
operation. il obtainablc will be found
useful--in fact such cooperation should
precede wherever practicable any effort
made in vocational training. II the al.
plicant is still at school she should bc
urged to continue, or if not, then to
resume her studies; and an appeal made
to the parents or guardian in their be
half.
The division. thru the superintendent,
should provide for the assembling Of In
formation from all available sources fol
the use of applicants. Information pro
vided for women and girls subject TO-
placement set forth hcrcinnbove will. n
aid for vocational selection. bc Mt the
disposal of applicants under this sub
division.
Reduces Cause of Unemployment
The committee on cooperation above
mentioned may materially aid the de
pnrtmcnt of labor in its employment
service by establishing systems in tho
respective organizations represented for
the purpose of securing information A.
to opportunities TO fill requests of en-. /
ployers for help and of wage earncrs.
male and female tabove sixteen years Of
agc), for employment. Provisions will
also be made thru correspondence, or
otherwise. for the introduction of the
officers Of the United States Employ
mcnt service and cooperating states and
municipal bureaus, by organizations rep.
resented on snid committee of applicants
for work and of employers seeking help.
Such committees may introduce appIi-
cahtS' SUBMIT recommendations concern
ing vocational direction and training and
confer on this and other related matters
with the superintendent and officers Of
the service; also by stimulating the Use
by employers and wage carncrs generally
of the public employment service of the
United States, states and municipalities.
they will help to demonstrate the econo-
mic value thereof in lessening the causes
of unemployment.
Will Work With Women's Clubs.