Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-29
NEW LABOR RULES
EFFECTIVE AUG. |
United States Employment Service
to Supervise All Labor Turn
over in the Future.

10 $4,000 -Four Minute Men, urged the
conservation of America 5 man-powcr.
declaring most cmphaticalv that II was
needed to the utmost and that not an
other ounce ot energy must TIC wasted
Hence the nation WIDE program to mohll
izc and more particularly 10 stahiIzC
American industry hN acting rs a clearing
house between employers and cInpoVcs
This clearing house. which IS officially
! known ms the nitcd States Employment
Service. has begun campaign e. chml
nate the unconScIonahlc private employ
mcnt agencies and to eradicate the sNs
! tom of "capplng' and scouting now IN
/ vogue IN some Of the large Industries en-
I raUCd IN war work These two thornS IN
| the flesh Of labor employment have created
| n hectic condition IN the Labor world
4 generally bv causing tremendous turn
/ over IN labor which, IN turn, caused dis
! satisfaction among employees and resulted
| IN lcsScncd production Tins latter con-
! dltICn IS all the moro SERIOUS because IT
| cripplcs the various arms ot tho govern
mcnt and thereby prolongs the successful
| conclusion Of the war
/ The work IN this state Is IN charge Of
! Federal Director \ g., Bcnkhart With
/ hcadduartcrs NJ Sixth and HING streets IN
/ the Old Federal Building Tho state rs
I
| community labor districts zach ~ which
/ viii hc controlled hv a board 81 thrcC mon,
4 representative oi the | nltcd states
| Emnlo, mcnt Service. q representative ot
/ the EMPLOYERS and = representatives ot the
crnpovcs u ; employment agencies
! have hccn or Will bc established IN each
! II these districts Thc program which
/ goes INTO effect Thursday morning, \uguSt
! thus far only emil races un~kllCd or So
called common labor Il Will nc tho duty
| of each community board "a gather statls
/ tjcs in the unskillci labor tn rs dlstur
and to ascertain the requirements II the
various industries in that district hc
| ultimate idea briefly told IS thus
! The employer. when he noodS help.
| notifies the nearest office of the mtcd
| States Employment Service Of the NUM-
her and Kind of men wanted The em-
plove who wants job 0r wants 3 change
III position makes application ~ thus Office
as hc would any employment agency
Having the figures If the men needed hN
| employers aud tho figures % the number q
men wanting Jot> the government agency
then makes distribution az Worhmcn
according To the known needs
Assuming the program 10 he put ult-
matclv INTO complete opCratIonthCn where
ever war work may be effected no employ
cr viii hire help direct and no cmpoNc
viii apply ior Job elsewhere than through
The governments employment agency
THE NEW RU1Fs
The United States Public Service Re
serve. q branch of the nltcd States Fm-
ploymcnt Service recruits and registers
men who are employed and who express
their readiness 10 serve In war work he
men 50 registered thCn constitute re-
serve for future uSe TINS department IS
directed hv Charles Warner Of Whining
ton
The immediate injunctions'to take e.
feet August | are
Firms engaged in war work arc 70
applv for help exclusively 10 the govern
ment agency for un>Illcd labor
There Is 10 Toe from the start no
poaching. no attempt To secure labor from
any concern engaged III war work. no
matter # the employer seeking the labor
Is himself handling war contracts
; In general the system Of trvlng tc
secure labor by advert isenlcntS made
alhIrinc 10 those already employed IS re
garded with dlSfavor from this date
especially when advertisements arc PLACED
outside the home town This Is today
unpatrotic
For the present there viii he NJ
objection to the hiring OF unskilied labo
',ai the gate providing there has been NJ
solicitation either 10y advertising or other
wise This exception Is subject 70 earl,
change
There Is a general authorization 10
the recruiting Of labor by railroads
8 There is no objection 10 hiring taru
, labor direct
! Employers having total force Of les
than 100 may continue for the present Z
: secure their help from private sources
I This provlso will be changed as the scrH1c
Is extended
! Nou-war work industries may hlr
, direct for the present, but regulations vi
soon be issued by the War Labor Pollcic
Board
Whenever an employer is III amy douh
be should apply 10 the local Office of th
2 nIted States Employment Service t
/ (pa rrl he gfyeruuc0f y wishes