Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-29
|RETURNING SOLDIERS
NOT A PROBLEM HERE
Rcpor, ~ Secretary Lane shows
Oklahoma II Taking Important
steps IN Caring for Men.
INDUSTRIES DUE IMPETUS
on Mining. Agriculture nnd Ou,cr
Activities IN for Iloom. ,on-
gresham chandler Believes.

worlds Washington nutcau. lo,t nuildint
} WASHINGTON, bee 2N Okla
hout has made nm eAcclirnt start
toward caring for her returning
soldiers reports received D., S,cre-
nr, ~ the Interior Lane tndny
show A. the office ~ Nj. Lane n
vts eiid that the pklnhomn rnuurl
Of NATIONAL defense IN taking nluncrr
steps ~ fnr.roiching importance to-
vrl getting the men back into
CIV ian activities
commenting on The situation.
Congressman chandler. who has
gwen much thought tn the return
Ing soldiers statue, declared thai In
Oklahoma there IN no serious proh-
len and IN" proposition Almp,Y 1.
10 rcl him hack TO his old joh In an
orderly mancr
"ul activities. coal mining. ngri-
culture ana the many industries In
Oklahoma are due for a hIg i'm
pei1s 20 Congressman chandler said.
| oklahoma needed mon fnr her do.
,e'opmrnt even before Thousands OF
her sons went away To flght the
apruSs.an menace The state needs
them now more than over before
W N'NF " llf'NN A'Nth llNItlI UINl
fsia
Indinnn'- tmplo,nhrnt Plan.
Meanwhile Governor James y.
Goodrich of Indiana. explained fur
the Tulst world his states plan
ior finding employment fnr return.
ing soldiers Hc believed ,hit there
were elements In the man which
vii be- valunbl" 10 oklahoma. The
problem. he said had been solved
virtually ~ the outse, hy deciding
70 give the soldiera back their old
jobs He said.
Immediately after the nrm'stice
whs signed we held largely a.
tended rccnnsiructlon meeting Rs
~ called 4, In Indianapolis, We in
Vtcd employers Of labor and labor
81 from all around tho state We
desire 70 accomplish three things
M Reduction ~ Wnrca.
First, We desired in obtain nm
agreement, and We obtained n,
among the large employers ~ labor
mat there should he no reduction
IN wages sp long ns the cost ~ Nv
lng remained ~ IT, prrsrnt lcvol. or
un,'l the cost goes down
second, We desired to got manu-
occurring nlnnts ihat had hccn doing
wnt work readjustcd Ia pcaceu'
pursuits with the minimum loss NJ
VIM" and. third we wanted Ia pro.
mot" n statewide sentiment I'm favor
~ perSunOng the employers 10 give
Ne returning soldiers their old posi-
tiors
We worked through the govern-
reu's ronscriptiou agent ana he
l'h"d each locai reflection hoard to
~ over tho questionnire of each sol.
nier ara We wrote 10 zach employ
~ RskirR a. the absent soldier waulJ
have his fob waiting for him when
hs returned and also II he had
work for other soldiers
!, OH Jobs Awah tho Men.
TN the country Districts we
promptly received replies. assuring
us that In 40 per cent ot tho cases
tho -"turnlnV soldier would have
hts OLD position as soon ns he re-
turned In the manufacturing dis
-tr'c's the ga lob wns waiting to the
SStent sf 9i nnr cent The z ner-
cent IL accounted for on nurclv
natural ero+lnds a- Many NJ
the employers said that since the
beginning ~ war they have gone
our " business
I'm cases where tho soldier gave
The name ~ an cmnlover who hal
discharged him. we suggested ia the
employer that the army discipline
mifht have made better man ~
the former emplovc and We asked
that he hc given another trial. In
each case the answer was favorable
within n week after war was de-
rarod I sent out formal request
"a ,N .,t,l,flg aFflsIata Ia To-. ha
public construction work he
suspended until after the war was
over In 1916 our state spent
~ 500. 600 on puhllc imnrrve-
ments. In 1917. 81 600 600 and this
Fsnr only $500 600 Wa have
tio Ooo 900 or i500oo 600 Of de.
fetfed public construction which
viii 30 forward. now that the war
Is over.
Plants to Start Again.
I'VE have asked every manufnc-
'rcr In Indiana about his plans for
the immediate future one large
factory IN ono cit, H. our state was
IN war work and will soon s'op
That will throw 40 men out ~ work
Nui another laree plant In the same
eltv making wire fence and nails
particularly. closed down on account
ot inability 10 set raw material viii
ada 90 their force double tho num-
ber le, on, n, tho Other plant"
Governor Goodrich declared that
he secs no reason why oklahoma.
lndMna. Colorado. Illinois, Ken
vncky nnd Pennsylvania should not
take Enslands place aud shin
South America her needed coal We
pointed out that indiana before tho
war mined $1,000 600 tons ~ Goa
wear ana her production with
ihnlan nha nf hnr M IN In The nrInN-