The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-06-06
GOvERNMENTPLANS
TO ORGANIZE FARM
LABOR IMMEDIATELY
Work Has Already Been Started
in About 40 States; Eventually
Every Community in Country
Il 10 be Reached.

Special correfpandencs ~ The Herald.
Washington. n C4 June s.--Cndcr
ire government, plan Tor she organ
fsation of farm labor. the details ~
when were announctd ny the Tinted
ssaAea department % agriculture to-
day provision Is made Tor nation
wide cooperation m the solution OF
she farm help problem. The work
~ organization already has been
started in about forty States. and y
- expected that eventnaiiy every
community In tho United States VIII
be reached. It IL believed that the
resultant utilization 90 emergency "a
hor viii begin 10 have an appreciablo
eject on The farm labor situation be-
fore the season has far advanced.
Meanwhile. the immediate and acute
problem OF supplying labor for the
harvests, now %beginnlng in the south
west. u being handled. So far as the
United tsates governments services
are conecrned. through the existing
employment service Of the United
states department Of labor. which
VIII continue to handle such problems
OF mass mobilization under the new
plan a. Il has In the past.
Federal ami state Cooperation.
The plan is based on close coopera-
ion ON the part OF the United States
department ~ agriculture and the
United States department VI labor
with efa:e committees on national de-
tense charged with labor matters,
with the state ~ssficultVral colleges,
with the county agents. and with
county and local or township labor
committees or representatives to be
established in every locality. The de-
partmcnt Of agriculture will repre-
sent M FEDERAL authorities In deter
mining farm labor needs and in as
slsting IN organizing ali available
farm labor III the rural districts. The
United states department ~ labor
will dcsote its attention TO organizing
iabor In ur0an communities and in
dustriai regions. and will cooperate
with the farm labor forces where
necessary by obtaining extra labor
from the populcu- centers.
The plan provides for strictly local
handling of all labor problems that
can be adjusted locally. The funda-
menta unit of the organization Is the
community man" who, with the as
slstance Of such comnlttees as he
may appoint. his own
nelghborhood. finds out what farmers
need help. ana what men are avail
able for supplying the local need. and
effects such adjustments as can be
made locally. II. after all local ad-
iustment- have been made. there re-
mains either a deficit or a Surplus Of
labor. he reports Ia the country
man whose business il j. p effect ad-
9nstments between the several com
,muuiiies In his county. The county
man. in turn. reports any dentit on
surplus to the state man % who can
vasses the situation for the state as a
whole and reports 10 the department
90 agriculture. which. IN close coop
Grafton with the department OF labor.
= charged with the distribution ~
mobile labor for the country as "a
whole.
ines each unit In the system acts
- "a clearing house for it, owr terri
tory. reporting Ia the units higher 10
only when n needs help or has help
20 offer The plan provides that sup.
elemental reports nhall be submitted
by each community a whenever
changes in the local labor situation
make desirable further adjustments
that can not be met with the material
at hand. or when a surplus ~ labor
develops which he q not use.
a great many retired farmers. ~
whom here are 1905 Ia the coun-
try. may he available Tor emergency
service under this plan Of farm "a
mobilization. The plans contemplate
also the drawing Of emergency labor
from tho cities under the immediate
direction ~ the department or labor
the effective utilization Of college stu
dents and school BOYS, and, n neces-
sury. the assignment 81 volunteer
omen and girls 10 rural tasks con-
npcted paticuialy with rfeedlng and
caring for harvest hands or other eN-
ira labor. or with farm canning or
drying surplus perishable products.
In other words. the plan contcm-
plates Supplying assistance not merely
for nsld operations. but "a farm Wom-
ga during heir season 81 heaviest do
mosfi~ duties.
NOTICE Oh SUIT
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