The sun., 1918-08-18


Employment Service under the war
organization which will bring the
worker and the position together in
the manner best serving the national
interests.
2. The administrative unit OF the
United States Employment Service
will be the State. The work in each
State will be under the jurisdiction Of
a Federal director. Federal directors
for States will report to the Director
General Of the United States Employ
ment Service and will be held RESPONSE
BILE by him for results in their respec-
tive States.
3. The Unitsd States Employment
Service is national service and. there
fore, the national interests will at all
times prevail. The Employment Ser
vice in each State should be conducted
on cooperative basis between the
State and nation; and each State
should ultimately be expected to share
the expense with the Federal Govern
ment.
4. Employment Offices will be es-
tablished through the Federal Director
for the State in such places as con-
ditions may warrant. Superintend-
ents will be in charge of such en-
ployment offices and will report to the
Federal director for the State in which
located.
B. Every employee of the Employ
ment Service will be expected to rem
der efficient service and conform to
good employment practices. Merit
will be the basis for promotion and
every effort will be made to All the
better positions in the service from
within the organization.
JOHN b. DENsMoRB,
Director General.
General Order No. /.
Centralized administration at wash
ington and decentralized operation
with the State as the unit was the
policy adopted by the United States
Employment Service at the outset for
the functioning Of its machinery and
the carrying out Of the war labor sup
plying programme.
In order that this policy may be still
more closely followed, Director Gem
eral Densmore has authorized q read
Justment. including several changes, in
the organization Of the Employment
Service. In substance these changes
consist of the abolition Of the sys-
tenn or thirteen employment districts
and the gradual elimination Of the dis
trict superintendencies; the centring
or responsibility for the Federal di-
rectors Of employment for the States;
the institution Of uniform methods of
office operation, and the realignment
Of the administrative work Of the
Director Generals office at Washington
into five divisions, each in charge of
a director. All correspondence and
other dealings with Washington by the
Federal directors and others will. how
ever. be exclusively with the Director
General.
This readjustment is made necessary
by the tremendous growth OF the EN-
ployment Service and to enable it to
meet the further demands which will
be made upon 1t. 1t is intended to
result in greater efficiency in the local
cftices and in clearances, as well as in
time saving. The changes involved
were ordered by the Director General
after weeks of study of the internal or
ganization OF the Employment Service
by experts in public employment and
employment management called in
from all parts Of the country by the
Director General.
The Director Generals definition of
me purpose and policy of the United
States Employment Service has been
given above. while the Office operating
instructions issued to the Federal
directors of the States are contained
further on. This uniformity Of Office
operation is prominent feature of the
readjustment and will be of advantage
not only to the field force of the EN-
ployment Service but to the war en-
ployer in need Of labor, since the
procedure to be followed in obtaining
the help Of the Employment Service
is standardized. What the employer
should do to get this help is explained
later.
The Director Generals Office at
Washington is now known as the
Administrative Offices" and in place
of the hitherto existing divisions and
sections, such as the Farm SSs.ice
Division. Unskilled Labor Section, &c.