Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-10
j. S. TO PROCURE
WORK FOR WOMEN
Division of U. S. Employment
Service Is to Be Or
ganized Here.
CLUBWOMEN COOPERATING

First steps toward organizing in
Washington woman's and girls divis-
ion of the United States Employment
Service were taken yesterday afternoon
at meeting i'll the assembly room of
the Public Library.
Nearly 100 women, representing as
many women's organizations of the capt.
tai. attended the conference and heard
a. Caminetti, commissioner general of
immigration, outline plans for the work
Each of these women is to report back
to her organization, have herself or some
other member designated as a perma-
nent delegate to the conference. and
these accredited d~eesoA.o will gather
again Sarch 90 to take further steps
toward organizing the work.
According to Mr.. Caminetti's plan. this
central conference will elect chairman
and a secretary will be supplied by the
bureau of immigration, Department OF
Labor. Quarters have been engaged for
both the mems and women's divisions
of the employment service in a building
on G. street near 18th, the commissioner
general announced. and the women's
division opened this afternoon to give
information and receive applications for
employment from women.
Four Years Of Growth.
Mr.. Caminetti described the employ
ment service already in operation in
many states of the Union. He said the
need for such an agency in Washing
ton became especially apparent with
the returning home of the guardsmen
-. from the border. He told of the
growth of the service, ho<v it had de-
veloped from a single Office. four years
ago. until now there is office in
practically every city of the country
and the work is carried on in every
state.
As a preliminary to undertaking for
women the same sort of work that had
been done for men, the speaker said
that cooperation had been obtained
from thirty national women's organi-
zations. representing about 100000
women. The women's employment
work does not stop with receiving APP
plications and directing the applicants
to places of employment. but the char
acter of such places is scrutinized.
there is an interchange between states
and cities of information regarding op-
portunities, employers are cooperating
by notifying the bureau of layoffS and
giving it time to obtain other positions
for employees and the Post Office De-
partment is assisting by distributing
blanks to be filled out and by having
post offices serve as information bu-
reauS-
Training Part OF Service.
Vocational guidance and industrial
training are features of the expanded
service. Mr.. Caminetti explained, and
the various offices serve as clearing
houses of information regarding indus
tries as we'll as mere employment
agencies He said that the service was
proving useful in connection with the
enforcement of the child labor law and
with carrying out legislative provision
for vocational training.
Il care not what the economic con-
ditions of the country may be- he
stated. There is job for every man
and every woman who is willing to
work. The trouble is that the person
wanting the job does not know of its
existence"
The purpose of organizing womens
clubs and other bodies is to get them
to report opportunities for employ
ment- The speaker recommended the
formation in each organization of an
employment committee, the chairman
of that committee to be the organiza-
tons representative at the central
conference. He asked those who at
tended yesterdays meeting to begin
work at once by seeking to find oppor-
tunities for employment for the re-
turning national guardsmen.
Representatives of Clubs.
Representatives appointed by clubs
to attend the conference yesterday
were: Mrs. Henry T. Rainey, Girl
Scouts; Mrs. Thomas W. Caiver, Legion
of Loyal Women; Mrs. James E Null
caire. L. D. G.; Miss Antoinette F.
Peterson and Miss A. e. Evans, D. A. 1
r. chapters: Miss Ardella Payne, "
w. c. A: Mrs. S. c. -Cissel Women's
nelia H Hill. Columbia Heights Arts
Club: Mrs. Flora Mcdonald Thompson
Housekeepers' Alliance: Mrs. Charles
P. Grandfield. w. c. T. u; Miss Kate V.
Smoot, Women's Bindery Union; Mrs
Gilbert H Grosvenor, Twentieth Cen
fury Club: Mrs. J. Edison Briggs, Nord-
hon Guild: Mrs. William E. Chamber
lain, College Women's Club; Mrs
Thomas B. Kramer. Hope and Help
Mission; Miss Catherine Askew. Won
ems Club of Catholic University; Mrs.
Basil NJ. Manly. College Equal Suffrage
League; Mrs. viii Lesher. Capitol Hill
History Club; Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter,
Mothers Congress: Miss Catherine
Harlow. Girl Scouts; Mrs. Howard G.
England. Order of Daughters of the
League; Miss Helen Coolidge. Teach
ers' Club of Washington; Mrs. George
W. kiehr. Waugh NJ. l.. Church; Miss
Lodge; Mrs. Lloyd T. Everett. Airing
ton Chapter, n. u. c.: Mrs. T. Malcolm
Price, Emily Nelson Chapter, D. A. r.;
Mrs. ID. Crovatto. Societa Ambassatini
Study Club; Mrs Harry Coope, Wom-
ans Relief Association, ID. g. y. c.:
Mrs. William +. Andrews. z. +. o.;
Mrs. G. +. Tolson, Friendship Club: DR..
Laura S Brennan, Anthony League:
Mrs. Raymond b. Morgan. National
Woman's Suffrage Association; Mrs.
Jeanette Carter, Woman Wage Farm
ers' Association; Mrs. Ida f. Kebler.
Parents League; Miss Evelyn S. Nor
ris. Woman's Alliance. All Souls
Church; Mrs. p. +. Wade, Montgomery
County Federation of Women's Clubs;
Mrs. f. w. Ransome. Home and School
Council: Miss Georgia Robertson,
Neighborhood House, and Mrs. Hor-
tense Fuller, Day Nursery and Dis
pensary.
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