The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-08-01

have jurisdiction over recruiting and
distributing labor in its locality.
A survey of the labor requirements
is being made, and in order that each
community may be fully protected.
rulings have been issued that no labor
shall be transported out of any COM
munity by the U. S. employment SER
vice without the approval Of the state
director; nor shall any labor be re-
moved by the service from one state
to another without the approval Of
the U. s. employment service at WASH
ington. Every effort will be made to
discourage any movements from COM
munity to community or state to state
by any other service.
This labor program has the approval
OF all producing departments of the
government. through the war labor
policies board.
1t must be understood that farm la
Dor will be protected for the industrial
program distinctly includes special eff
forts to keep the farmer supplied with
labor
The requirement that unskilled Ia,
Dor must be recruited through the
sole agency of the u S. employment
service does not at present apply in
the following five cases:
/. Labor which is not directly or in
directly solicited.
2. Labor for the railroads.
3. Farm labor--to be recruited in
accordapce with existing arrangement
with department of agriculture.
4. labor for non-war work
5. Labor for establishments whose
maximum force does not exceed one
hundred.
When the survey of labor require
ments has been made and the aggre-
gate demand for unskilled labor in
war work is found, each state will be
assigned quota, representing the
common labor to be drawn from
among men engaged in non essential
industries in that state.
These state quotas will in turn be
distributed among localities. Within
each locality. employers in non war
work, including those who are only
partially in war work, will be asked to
distribute the local quotas from time
to time amongst themselves. Quotas
by localities and individuals are to be
accepted as readily as they are for
Liberty loan and Red Cross cam
paigns. This,plan of labor quotas is
protection for all communities.
The object Is to keep any commun-
ity from being drained of labor, and
to use local supply, as far as possible,
for local demand. The situation, how
ever, is such that in certain cases
some men may have to be transported
over long distances.
You will note from the above out
line that this Is probably the most
drastic action that the government has
taken since putting the national army
draft into effect. The absolute nee
essity for this program can be seen
when it is realized that in Pittsburgh,
for instance, there are advertisements
calling for men to go to Detroit; while
in Detroit street cars there are pos
tiers asking men to go to Pittsburgh
This same condition is apparent all
over the United States and in the con-
Isequent shifting of labor great part
of our war effort is dssipated.
Because it is only through the press
of the nation that this matter can be
fully presented to the people, we are
asking that you lay this matter fully
and frankly before your readers
showing them that this action is TAX
EN- as war measure in order to pro-
tect not only employers and the en-
ployed, but communities as WELL
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