Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-12
WILL ORGANIZE
HERE MONDAY
John B. Brown, Farm Labor
Specialist, is One of the
Speakers.

On Monday evening at s o'clock q
meeting will be held in the city hall
where the farm labor situation will be
discussed, and. plans for an intensive
campaign will be formulated. John
b. Brown, farm labor specialist, who
is sent here under the auspices of the
state council of defense. will address
the meeting: Mr.. Brown is a %represen-
tative of the United States department
Of agriculture.
The county committee on labor con-
sists of G.. l.. Ireland, j. Dexter Pierce
and Rex E. Willard. Mr.. ireland rep
committee, and the Merchants as
sociations of Grand Forks and East
Grand Forks are represented by A.
G. Sorlie.
The following excerpt from a. re-
port of the war labor policies board of
the department of agriculture. will, to
some extent, serve as the basis Of the
discussion Monday night:
"All recruiting of industrial labor
for public OF private work connect
ed with the war should be conducted
through Or in accordance with meth
DDS authorized by one, agency. This
should be the United States Employ
ment Service. The present working
agreement between the Departments
of Labor and Agriculture relating to
recruiting of farm labor should re-
main in effect
The agreement between the Depart
ment of Agriculture and the Depart
ment of Labor to which the resolu-
ton refers provides:
1. That the department Of agricul-
ture, through its cooperative organi-
cation with the respective state agri-
cultural institutions, and in co-opera-
ton with such other state agencies as
may be created for the purpose, with
% undertake to ascertain from indi-
vidual farmers the kinds and amount
of labor needed in addition to that
nov available, the date and duration
of employment offered to such addi-
tional labor, and the wage to be
paid; (2) list available labor in rural
and village communities and in
schools: (3) notify the department of
labor of the needs for labor that can
20 be supplied from the above-men-
toned sources giving due notice rs
far in advance as possible Of the ex-
act number of laborers needed in
each locality. the kind Of labor to be
performed, the wages to be paid, the
date and duration Of employment, and
AS poAAlSS AZ WlAlNll anu the persons
to whom labor supplied by the depart
ment of labor should report; and (4)
render all possible assistance in the
distribution. employment, and care Of
the labor supplied by the department
Of labor.
?. That the department OF labor
will use its best ~endeavors' to supply
such numbers Of farm laborers upon
the request of the department of asri-
culture as such departments investj-
cations may reveal to be needed in
the Various localities Of the United
states and which ts not obtainable
ron the sources mentioned in the
preceding paragraph, as nearly as
possible at such times and places as
n investigations OF the department
OF agriculture may show to be neces-
sary. , II
g.. That in the matter OF transport
Ing laborers toland from various parts
OF the country each. party rs this
memorandum of understanding WIN
give such attention as may be reouir-
ca to the transportation Of the labor
made available by Its own activities.
put that each party will render a
the other all possible assistance Ia
this and all other matters p~ertaintne
TO this cooperative undertaking.