Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-30
EMPLOYERS OF CITY
PREPARE FOR NEW RULE
Cooperate With Government in
Stopping Wastage OF Labor by
Competitive Bidding.
NOMINATE BOARD FOR STATE
General Meeting to BE Held This
Aftcrnoon-Rcgula Apply as
Yet Only to Unskilled Labor, but
May BE Later Extended.

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The employers OF this city. at 2
meeting yesterday called through the
Chamber of Commerce. have started
their cooperation with the United
States government in it's attempt to
stop the wastaEc of labor by compcti.
tive bidding for it and its constar.
shifting from plant to another
and generally to stabilize the entire
economic labor situation. j. r. A.
liooson. OF tho rrSdcgar Company, :his
city. who has been In touch with the
authorities at Washington. explained
to about 100 OF the most prominent
employers OF Richmond the govern
mcnts scheme. whereby perrous eIn-
ploying 100 people are cstoppcd from
further soliciting help. but are re-
Quired to cooperate with it IN equal
izing The demand and supply through
labor boards.
There Will he a distric, board: thcr
the State board. composed of seven
members. and the community board
composed of three. The State borrd
will have two representatives OF en-
ploycrs, two Of EMPLOYEES. and three
of the government. with Ralph lizard
Employment Service, a. chairman. At
the meeting yesterday. n nominating
committee. composed Of T. NJ. Caring
ton Thomas s. Wneclwright and j. y.
Dart. named Il committees OF seven to
nominate one or TWO men to repre-
sent employers on the Statc board. tho
committee OF seven were J. r. A. Hoo
sor, J. +. Ryland. i. r. Williams. ".
I l.,
rich and Henry s. Winston. This COR
mi,te- went into session at once to
consider kichmonh's candidates for the
places on tho state board
MEETING; THIS AFTERNOON
At CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
There will &c meeting today -
tho Cnarlber Of Commerce NJ ?rn,ri-
nert employers from over the ent;re
State for the purpose Of selecting tie
representatives OF employers On IL.
State hoard. whicM vii! virtually haze
complete cortr>l OF tho tabor sit'it.
ton for this state. The community
board or three will have the cont I'll
Of the situation lo"aliy, thcr" being
one Tor every indIstI IA center IN The
State. 1t is expected that thc~- win
he hundreds "f mon present at Ike
meeting to-day.
AT present. the procla mation applies
TO ursSilled labor. 1t is inevitable.
said MIR. liobscn. that IL the va lasts
II will be extended 10 skilled ,tbor.
Technically speaking. it APPLIES 10
women as we'll as men
According TO telegram receive
yesterday by c. r. Kelley. executive
secretary Of the Virginia Council az
Defense. the United states Employment
Service Will begin August /. recruiting
unskilled laho" for n! employers er.-
gagged IN war wo:si who have Sled their
orders with the state directors cf rive
service before July 60. The total de-
mand for such orders will he ascer-
tanned July 81 and divided among TIC
States on q quota basis. state quota,
vii! be- ann ounccd AuguS, l. TIE &C
uvtics Of tho employment service wi!'
begin with the distribution OF local
supplies "f labor among local war in
drstries on principles adortcd or ad-
vice OF community labor bolTds