Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-27
EMPLOYERSARE
TOLD new PLAN
Nicholas Van der Pyle Explains
Proposed Workings OF Govern
mcnt Service in County.
NEED OF LABOR Is GREAT
saws Economics VIII Win War
Workmen Not Handicapped 10y
New Regulations.

Manufacturers association and 9TH
- employers were present last
srenjag al the Rock Island club
~ hear the government plans for
the employment of all common la
h,r for munluon plants after Aug.
explained by Nicholas Van der
pyle OF OhersiU, Ohio. for many
vears prominent as a lecturer and
writer on industrial problems and
now special cmissary OF the govern
ment
Mr.. Van der Pyle stated that, due
N the fact that millions Of men
will De placed in the army and
navy. and Troublesome situations
csrsed by INSCRIPTIONS private
employment agencies, the govern
ment has found II imperative to
tske over the labor situation If
maximum output is to be upheld.
The United States, he said, has
now over q million troops in
france and by October there will
he over two million there. This
fact and plans for placing five mil
.T=on. soldiers in the lighting zone by
the end OF next year are response
BE for the steps being taken to
overcome serious labor shortage.
France. he said, had lost much of
lis mineral resources in the war Of
1870 as well as in the present war,
ueCessitatiug the larger increase of
uuniti0n making IN this country
We are 5000 miles from our
base" he said. and ii has been said
that the battle area extends from
No Mans land to san Francisco.
This is practically true, fora ulti-
mate victory viii not come through
military strategy. but viii be the
Prize Of the nations that have the
greater resources. The war Ids-E
boards have had access 10 the news
paper files OF publications printed
Ill Germany since 1916. These show
that the German people are not yet
On the point OF starvation, but on
the other hand are in some ways
better prepared than the people of
France. This condition is vet to
be overcome. and the United States
must do it,
Germany obtains vast supplies
from Rumauia and from Russia,
where the BUlsueyiki Red guard is
ofhcered by Germans The United
states must increase production.
for economic resources Will win the
war
There are approximately eight
million industrial workers in this
country and the situation must be
handled IN such a way so as to eff
iectiyely utilize this vast amount OF
labor that has in the past been
shifting from one Job TO another"
The government plans, he said,
are far reaching. and II a person il
the remotest part of the country
wants help OF if a man or woman
uesires work, an application can
be filled ont, given 10 the rural
mail carrier. VINO will deliver it to
the local hOari&frOm there it Will
90 10 the district board and on to
the state Offices and finally to
Washington. thus the needs OF the
entire country will be known.
Mr.. Van der Pyle explained that
private recruiting agencies have
been in the habit Of obtaining work
ers out Of one city, taking them to
another and then recruiting more
there, and bringing them bark
This Will be no longer tolerated.
All employers Of nOn-War labor viii
be allowed 10 maintain their en-
piOyment agencies as in the past
and viii be permitted to accept or
reject any applicant for work. No
superior iudUCement over that Of
fered by the government viii be
tolerated
All plants having war contracts
and who employ more than one
hundred workers must obtain all
their common labor through the
government agencies after Aug. !.
This plan later on probably Will
include the employment Of skilled
labor
Mr.. Van der Pyle stated that no
way vii be provided for the en-
forcemeut Of labor, and that the
worker VIII retain the privilege OF
quitting as fu The past If appeals
to the patriotism Of all wOrkmen
VIII be made and il can be i'm
Pressed upon the worker that his
labor is really necessary, he Will
respond Instantly
lie said that while labor is con-
cealng points. employers must cor
cede points The war labor pro-
gram board is now working out
plans for tile sterilization Of all
wages paid rg war workers.