The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1918-12-27
GEORGIA MUST PROVIDE
PLACES FOR SOLDIERS
We Must Hold Our Own Boys and
Find Employment for All
Who Would Come

To Georgia Editors:
| have never yet appealed to the
newspaper men of the State in vain.
Jus tnow there is an important mat
ter at stake, and unless Georgia edi-
tors get behind vital movement, it
may fail Of success.
have recently appealed to Chair
men of Councils of Defense in every
county to take the initiative, in CO.
operation with various other special
patriotic agencies, in organizing in
every county and every important
city and town of Georgia a BUREAU
FOR RETURNING SOLDIERS,
SAILORS AND WAR WORKERS.
So far the response has not been very
encouraging, and / am making an
appeal for help.
/ do not wonder at the disposition
of the people, now that the actual
fighting has ended, to "let down"
little. They have been often APP
pealed to and have responded nobly.
But the people must not be allowed
to forget that there are highly i'm
portant problems of reconstruction to
be solved by united effort, just as we
won the war; and one of the most
critical of these is to provide speedy
employment for men discharged from
the Army and Navy, white and black,
as well as the thousands who will be
released from war industries and
Government bureaus.
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re1u5 are for. They are to be or
ga Used at a called, public meeting,
Management Committee selected,
Bureau Manager named and head
quarters provided The Manager will
Immediately accumulate data con-
corning all possible employment OPP
portunities, so that returning service
men and war workers desiring work
may quickly be taken care of. The
manager will be commissioned an Of
fetal of the u. S. Employment Ser
vice at a salary of $1.00 per annum,
so that he may use the Government
postal franking privilege. But his
further compensation, Office expense,
assistance, etc, must be provided loo
ally without charge to the National
Government or the State. However,
the expense of the Bureau need not
be great. In many cases volunteer
workers will be found, for this is es-
sentially service Of good citizenship.
In other instances, commercial secre-
taries or officials already under pub
lie pay may be induced to take on
some additional work.
The Chairman of the County Coun-
| ell of Defense has been primarily
selected to take the initiative in CALI
ing the organization meeting in the
community where he Immediately re-
sides. But wherever he may be un-
willing or unable to act, any public
spirited citizen may take the initia-
| tive, calling upon all civic, religious,
economic and patriotic organizations
to cooperate,
can conceive of nothing more
important to the business stability
and economic integrity of the State
than that this movement should be
diligently and successfully prosecuted
in every community Not only are
we concerned with caring for the in
terests of our own home-returning
service men, but we find that thous-
ands of these fine, strong, outstanding
young fellows from the North, who
have been encamped at various points
in the South, have become enamored
Of this favored section and have de-
> I,sI 10 ~alr "a a
in Dixie. Communities may there
fore, by quick establishment of these
bureaus, be able to secure some very
desirable citizens.
If the newspaper men of Georgia
get behind this movement it will be
GO. | am, therefore, writing to urge
you to give the matter very careful
editorial attention. If no else makes
move, | wish you would yourself
call a public meeting and proceed to
organize the Bureau. The State Di-
4 rector of The American Red Cross
has cordially offered the cooperation
Of all his paid and volunteer workers
in the State, together with their Of
fee facilities.
Please give this strong publicity at
once and keep after It until Blu
reau for Returning Soldiers, Sailors
and War Workers is organized in
YOUR community. When organization
i is perfected, notify this office at once.
Where necessary more complete in
structions as to organization and ope-
ration will be sent.
H. NJ. STANLEY,
Federal Director for Georgia, U. s.
Employment Service.