The Washington times., 1918-08-23
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statements Of anybody touched By
the list we have issued:
There are hundreds of porters,
janitors, hanCe' on. and others now
engaged in industries here who can
be Spared from their present work
and transferred to essential work"
VenderS Hard Hit.
Restaurants and lunch rooms are
not included in the list, 1t is officially
pointed out. because they are engaged
in feeding thousands of Government
workers in the city.
Glasses of industry that will be
hardest hit, 1t is stated, will be pea
nut and fruit vendors. whose carts
are familiar throughout the city, fruit
| stands, soft-drink establishments,
where near-beer and similar drinks
are sold, shoe-shining shops, pawn
brokerage establishments. dancing
halls and academies, clubs. bowling
alleys. billiard and pool rooms, bath
and barber shops, sightseeing cars.
and garages which maintain drivers
! and cleaners for the delivery OF pleas
ure cars.
The occupation OF chauffeur on
pleasure cars is threatened with ex-
tinction-
Must Garry Small Purchases.
The board is considering a regula-
tion that will require purchasers OF
all packages below fifteen pounds in
weight to carry these packages to
their homes, so that drivers OF deliv-
cry vehicles may be decreased in
number and put in more essential
work.
The board states that the list pre-
pared is to some extent tentative and
is subject to changes either in the
way OF further additions or elimina-
tions.
The feeling OF the board Is that the
| cash-and-cRrry idea should be en-
larged and that the delivery OF thou
sands OF small articles not only takes
the time of the men whose services
are more valuable elsewhere, but
adds to the cost prices.
business Hen worried.
Business men all over Washington
were worried today over the new
regulations and are seeking light on
just where they are "to get off," har-
ried as they are by scarcity Of labor
! in all branches. The list, IL Is no
ticed, includes mercantile stores" a
wide classification, florists" team
ing" except of war products, "auto
trucks" except those engaged in fuefI
| or Government work.
Regarding the strictly mercantile
| establishments the intimation from
the board is that 1t seeks to dislodge
men engaged as porters, janitors,
| etc, whose services might be replaced
by women workers, and that there
will be no disposition to make too
heavy inroads into legitimate lines
of business engaged in supplying the
needs of the Governments war work.
ers here.
On the other hand every employer
of labor in mercantile and other es-
tablishments will be expected to
thoroughly comb his employment list
and to release such men who can be
spared for necessary fields of work.
The main idea throughout is to OBJ
tain unskilled labor for use in war
essential work.
The assumption is that all lines OF
work not placed in the non-essential
list are essential.
The examiners OF the board will make
frequent investigation. 1t was said to-
day, to determine whether employers
are living up to the PRONUNCIATION.
No Conflict with Draft.
The recruiting regulations will not
conflict in any manner with decisions
Of draft boards as to whether eligibles
for army service are engaged in essen
tial or non-essential occupations.
The Labor Community Board has
authority to recruit and distribute
labor not called into the army. This
extends to all labor within the draft
and not called into service; to all
men able to work either below or
above the present draft age or below
or above the draft ages of eighteen
to forty-five about to be adopted by
Congress.
What the plan amounts to is mo-
bilization of unskilled labor and its
distribution by the Government into
the lines of industry determined by
the Government to be essential.
The new work IS being done under
resolutions adopted by the War Labor
Policies Board, and is TO become gen.
eral all over the country through the
United States employment agencies
now established in the different