The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-29
U. S. Employment Agencies Spell the
Doom of Privately Owned Agencies

Doom of Privately Owned Agencies
Of great interest to engineers and
all technical men is the news that the
Division of Engineering, United
States Employment Service, is bring
ing to an early and certain end the
evil practices Of private employment
agencies which have been robbing the
patriot of his right to earn his living
and serve his country. That such evil
practices have been in progress will
surprise the public which is not famil-
lar with the fact that hundreds of
technical men throughout the nation
| have been actually compelled to pay
private agencies for the right to work
in the emergency shipyards and other
war industries. In speaking of these
conditions, A. II. Krom, Director Of
Engineering, says:
"Technical men nave been robbed
more shamefully than any other class
of employees, by being forced to pay
large cash fees, in advance, before
they could offer their patriotic SER
vices to the Government. It is liter
ally true that men have been abso-
lutely unable to do the Government
work until they paid some private
agency for the privilege of so doing.
| The injustice of such a practice must
| anger every real patriot"
This regrettable situation has coAe
| about largely through the lack of Or
ganization in the engineering worlN
The engineer has had no one WHO
could give him the advice he needed
and no way Of bringing his services
before the Government. Though anx-
ious to serve, he has been blocked, up
to now, by general confusion, COM
mercialism and indifference.
All these evils, tho Division Of En-
cheering is speedily bringing to an
end. It is doing what the technical
societies and business organizations
have been virtually unable to do. It
is registering Thousands of engineers
and technical mea and placing them
with dispatch and efficiency. Most of
the technical associations, recognizing
the value of this work, have cooper
ated with the plaa and given it their
support. The few who have not will
doubtless before long be convinced Of
the actual patriotic necessity for such
work and will eventually throw aside
time worn traditions and theories. AL
ready the Division of Engineering is
showing its real value by placing men
in war work and essential Industries.
The means of communication with
the government has nearly always
been a direct one, for the examiners
come personally to the offices of the
Division of Engineering and give each
Individual man a fair chance. Engi-
neers, skilled in inventive work and
design, craftsmen and other trained
workers, have been recently engaged
for the Gas Warfare activities and
the Emergency Fleet.
The privileges of the Division of
Engineering are open, free Of charge,
to all engineers and technical men.
For service, all they need to do is to
apply to the local branch Of the
United States Employment Service in
this city, and they will at once OBJ
tain the help they need. For add
tional information and application
blanks, they may apply to the CEN
trail department, Division of Engi-
neering, United States Employment
Service, Chicago. Illinois. Whether
he is in need of war work or not,
every engineer aad technical man
should apply, at once. to these offices
for registration blanks, so that he
may put record Of his ability on file
with the Government and may there
by at any future date secure posi-
ton, without any charge whatever.