Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-25
j. {. WILL TAKE
Up EMPLOYMENT
On August I All Common La
Dor Win Be Employed Through
Service of Labor Dept.

, Employment service OF the depart
ment OF labor OF the supplying of war
Industries with common labor on Au-
gust 1, and the diverting to that SER
vice of all independent recruiting of
| common labor b. manufacturers hav-
ing a payroll of more than one hum
bred men, is the gist of a communi-
cation sent to Mayor TenBroeck to-
day by the department
The letter to the mayor follows in
full:
/ Dear Sir.
We beg to direct your attention to
the plans of the u. s. Employment
| Service, and to the great effect which
this program will have upon the in
dustrial life of the nation.
On August l, the supplying OF war
industries with common labor will be
centralized in the u. s. Employment
Service of the Department OF Labor,
and all independent recruiting or
common labor by manufacturers hav-
ing a payroll of more than 100 men
will be diverted to the u. 8. Employ
ment Service. This is in accordance
with the decision OF tho War Labor
Policies Board and approved By the
President on FUR II. (The Wa La
| Dor Policies Board Is composed OF
representatives of the War, Navy and
Agricultural Departments, the Ship
ping Board n the Emergency Fleet
Corporation, the War Industries
Board, and the Food, Fuel and Rail-
road Administrations. Its chairman
Is Felix Frankfurter. Assistant TO the
Secretary of Labor.)
The above action was found neces-
sary to overcome a perilous shortage
OF unskilled labor in war industries
This shortage was aggravated by an
| almost universal practice OF LABOR
stealing and ~poaching-
While the restrictions against h
private employment OF iapor hppiy
only TO common labor at the present
time, these restrictions Will, as soon
as possible, be extended to include
skilled labor. In the meantime, re-
cruitinR of skilled labor for war pro-
duction will be subject to federal reg
| ulRtions now being prepared.
This drastic change In the nations
labor program has been FOUND neces-
sary in order TO protect the employer
| and the employed, to conserve the Ia
| Dor supply of the communities M TO
! emf down unnecessary and expensive
| labor turnover (which, in some cases.
Is as high as 100 per cent a week.,
| and to Increase the production OF es-
sentiais. =
while non-essential Industries VIII
| be drawn upon to supply the necessary
| labor for war work. the Withdrawal
win be conducted on an equitable basis
In order to protect the Individual en-
/ ployer as nue. as possible
Under the operating methods adopt
/ I'd. the country has been divided Into
thirteen federal districts. each as
| trIct IN charge of a superintendent or
| the u. s.. Employment Services. The
isStates within each district are In
! charge of a state director, who has
\ full control OF the service within his
/ state.
In each community there is being
formed a local community D
hoard. consisting of a representative
lof the u. 8. Employment Service, a
Representative Of employers and q
REPRESENTATIVE OF the employed. This
hoard will have Jurisdiction over re-
cruiting and distributing labor in Its
locality.
A survey OF the labor requirements
Is being made. and IN order hat each
Community may be fully protected,
rulings have been issued that no Ia
4 Dor shall be transported out OF q
community by the U. 9. Employment
Service without the approval OF the
state director; o shall labor be
removed by the service from n
state 70 another without the approval
OF the u. s. Employment Service at
| Washington. Every effort will be
made to discourage any movements
from community TO community or
state to state by any other service.
This labor program q the ap-
provaI of all producing departments
OF the government. through the war
Labor Policies Board
1t must be understood that farm
labor win be protected. for the In
dustrial program distinctly includes
special efforts to keep the farmer
supplied with labor.
The requirements that unskiued
labor must be recruited through the
isoie agency Of the u. s. Employment
Service does not &C present apply In
the following nve cases:
4. labor which IL not directly or
Indirectly solicited.
Z. Labor for the railroads
g. Farm labor-to be recruited In
Accordance with existing arrange
ment with Department OF Agrteul-
ture.
4. labor for non-war work
g. Labor for establishments WHOSE
maximum force does not exceed one
hundred.
u, When the survey OF labor require
ments has been made and the aEgre-
gate demand for unsktlled b IN
war work is found. each state will be
assigned a quota. representing fhs
common labor 70 be drawn from
amonK men engaged IN non-easenua
industries in hat stata
These state quotas win In turn %
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