New-York tribune., 1918-11-14
Industrial Concerns Will
Employ Operatives as
Soon as Released
AGENTS Take Desks
In Gas Mask Plant
Official of Manufacturers
Body Would Assure Jobs
to Soldiers

The machinery of the draft, which
vas responsible for the mobiliYati lion
., the National Army, should DOW be
rsed to demobilize it, in tho opinion
ii Martin Conboy, director Of TIE dra1s
or New York City.
lr. Conboy said yesterday shas Lac
scsl boards lsnew the history and cap.a-
oilities Of The men they had SEQ INTO
tse service and tha4 this Information
could be invaluable in the absorption
II the troops into civil life
Several hundred registrAnss Tho en-
.ysined for cantonments on Monday
morning before the Presidents raes-
sare calling off departures bad neeu
,eeeiyed will be returned at oaesl. ae-
eofdiug to MAJOR +. S Hutchinson,
axecutire draft officer Tor New YORK
State.
II approximately 100000 Way workers
vas begun yesterday under a system
t,st promises immediate solution OF tie
a,oblem Of after-war iG.eness-
The men and women who furnished
ammunition for the soldiers will be
5armitted to step out of their war jobs
into other employment for which they
are suited
No Time Need BE Lost
Under the plans worked out by the
United States Employment Service, in
conjunction with the nations big man
ufacturers, not day need be lost by
wiling workers in the period OF transi-
ton. Since there are more than 10,-
100000 men and women employed in
.ht United States in industries that
depend wholly or chiefly upon war for
their support, this arrangement is ex
uecied to save the laDorers the loss OF
large sums through enforced idleness
and prevent the shutdown of factories
for indefinite periods
Actual workings of the system were
viewed for the first time yesterday
Orders reached the governments gas
defence plant at Long Island City to
begin rehabilitation of workers at
once.
Notices were sent to scores Of man
ufacturers who had been compelled to
sacrifice their employees during the war
in order that the munition plants might
be manned, telling them that it was
nov their turn to select employees for
their plants. Half an hour later a
meeting Of the Queens Chamber of
Commerce was being held at the gas
mask factory to consider methods of
absorbing the labor about to be re-
leased. More than fifty employers werc
represented.
1850 Jobs Offered
Within a few minutes it was found
mat there were at least 1,05O Jobs in
choice of twelve factories and in
tastrial plants for tho 400 women. So
I was agreed that the employers
iaould assign men to open small en-
ployment offices in the plant and hire
the war workers before they left the
Institution in which they had served
since the United States went into the
wy.
Half an hour later the workers re-
sased, chiefly from the canning de-
partment of the factory, which is
snead Of schedule, were given an op-
pcrtunity to interview a representative
Of the United States Employment Ser
wee The experience of Mary Wygant,
who spent five minures finding peace
lne employment, is typical of that of
workers who left the service of the
government during the day.
AT what were you employed before
you came here" was the question
pert
ply. '''' -
Would you like to return to that
~Yes.n
The girl was hired Immediately.
Contract to Be Finished
:. Meanwhile, those who remain at
men saeir task in the gas defense plant
VII be kept busy until the present
:!ohtract for masks-intended to 90
m.o ,a,rmories to be in readiness for
sipss'ole sie future use--has been com
Ss.ed' n. @ 1t is expected that they will
~ - released TO take up ether work at
me e, rate OF about 400 day.
a.. .ae theory of the employment prof
SSs, w. as outlined at the Offices of the
NV s.. iork State branch of the United
rs;s.es ss!ss Employment Service, at 400
sa1 sn.a Avenue, is that the expansion
s;ss sau resumption of what during war
;,dss ,dss were classified as non essential
,ns.u!Strles ma.!,!rles will keep pace with the de-
IrSni1atlon rsiatlon Of the war essentials.
e,o.a. Industries that will be gradually
s.sed S.., completely will include the gas
,nr making, shell loading, shell max
VIZ, VIZ. explosive making and rife making,
,"n % a.! ene several allied industries that
IL sa, WIN these branches of war work.
ss,upiane ssasI..e factories will continue in
X fEs'auon. but or smaller scale, while
vii, III Snipbuiding work now in progress
,h,. gIontinuc at the same high speed
xss mas been carried on during the
ks.i according to Charles NJ. Schwab,
nss.,. o1 this branch Of the govern
@'nEs war industries. !