The Coconino sun., 1918-08-16
WAR LABOR BY
 US. SERVICE ONLY
Plans for the Recruiting of La bOr; States Are Given
 Quotas.

of the Employment Service will be conducted in accordance with the fol- lowing four cardinal principles:
 1. War work must have men at any cost.
 2. Withdrawals of workers from non-essential industries for war indus tries will be capitalized.
 8. The volunteer principle will be followed in dealing with the individ- ual worker.
 1. Only fit men will be sent to war industries. ....
 Employers Aid Essential.
 While emphasizing that the situa- tion is such that there can be no tenn porizing and that labor must be found for war industries at all costs, the Department of Labor and its War Labor Policies Board place equal em- phasis upon the necessity of practical and tangible assistance from individ- ual employers and employees and their organizations. Their advice and CO., operation are deeemd absolutely es- sential to the success of the labor mobilizing and stabilizing program.
 As one means of obtaining this CO., operation, community boards, with equal representation of employers and wage earners, will be formed in all industrial centers to work with the representatives of the Employment Service and it's Public Service Re- serve. Since labor priorities are fun damentally best determined locally, these community boards will be asked to play an important part in deter T le Nf from essential production will be made. Employment managers espe- cially will be urged to work in con junction with the local offices of the Employment Service and the agents of the reserve.
 The recruiting of unskilled workers will be done along the following gen. eral lines: .....
 Common Labor Recruiting Plan.
 After August 1 the Employment Service will have exclusive control over finding and placing common la bor in war industries. Non-essential manufacturers, farmers, and war manufacturers with less than 100 workers and the transportation indus try for the time being are not included in the prohibition against private re- cruiting, although their activities will be regulated by the Employment Service, whose rules shortly will be announced. A number of the rail roads, however, notably those in the western territory, already have agreed to get their labor exclusively through the service and their agencies have been taken over by the federal serv' ice.
 States Given Quotas.
 With rough estimate of the com mon labor reserves in each state ant community and the needs of the wal industries for the next three month, as a basis, each state has been giver a quota of common labor, which ma! be drawn upon as men are needed.
 The state directors of the Publi, Service Reserve in turn have divided their states, assigning to each divi sion a certain portion of their state quotas. Each state director, in re distributing his states quota, consult ed with the Reserve directors of othel states, the directors of the Employ ment Service proper, and with busi ness men.
 The quotas are not drafts upon thu states, but, as a matter of fact, con stitute a protection to the states Some states have been drawn upoI too heavily, while others have not given their fair share. By determine tion of state quotas the fairest pos sible figures are expected to be ar rived at. Industries within a state will be cared for by withdrawals iron non-essentials within it's borders wherever possible. For instance, calls for small numbers of men by wap in. dustries in Pennsylvania would be met by taking men from non-essen. tials within the Keystone States bor. ders, while calls for a great number would be met by transfers of men from non-essentials elsewhere in the country.
 Placement System.
 With the Public Service Reserve machinery in each state attending tc the recruiting, through agents in vir- tually every community, the local of. fees of the Employment Service will attend to the placing. They will be in constant touch with the war industries in their respective territories, receiv- ing regularly the requirements of those industries Tn order that labor needs may be known in advance. All calls for common labor vii be care fully checked by the branch employ ment offices in order that only the actual needs may be given attention It has been found that many firms still call for 1000 men in a week when actually 200 men cannot be used within three weeks.
 Only Best Men for War Work.
 "The best men in industry for the war industries" will be the goal of the Employment Service. Experts in sizing up workers according to their training and experience will be at- tached to the local offices of the En- ployment Service. and few will be the men sent to shipyard or munition plant who are not according to speci- fication. When expedient local health hnaydc will ha ,,+;I;1aJ ;,, ~