Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-29
'EDIF QUIZ
BY LABOR BOARD
Manufacturers of Nones.
sentials Asked to List
Workers
WAR PROGRAM LAGCINC
Men and Women Requested
to Volunteer for Vital
Industries

To list nonessential workers in this
oity questionnairec will be sent out by
the associated community labor boards
to 1000 Philadelphia manufac cturers not
doing essential war work.
From the returns made an estimate
will be taken to remove certain percent
ages OF workers from such occupations
and place them in munitions plants, mir
craft factories and other war industries
Meanwhile. members of the boards are
busy gathering workers, not waiting for
the return OF the missionaries Men in
Group are rapidly being called upon to
support their country by going to the
nearest United States employment Office
and signing up to do something useful
Tor the war program.
Members of the boards are working
today In this city and Chester bringing
hundreds of new employees to shipyards
and munition plants. They appeal to
the patriotism of men and women in
nonessential work to volunteer, rather
than walt until they are ordered to leave
their present occupation to take an
other at the direction of the community
boards.
The labor officials say they base
their hopes largely on the women of
this section of the country to All The
gaps in the ranks OF war workers.
Thousands are needed Immediately.
1t was admitted that the war indus
try program in this part of the coun-
try had fallen off In production. mean
ing less ships than previously. less guns,
rifles shells. clothing. airpanes. etc.
yi "A In
sons to work for the war; commented
William Disston Jr.. chairman Of the as
sociated boards. ~ believe the patrio
tism of our people Ia greater than that"
Mr. Disston is giving all his time to
the work of the community boards. be-
ing chosen unanimously. by the labor
representatives, Government officials.
and representatives of the employers
that form the five community boards in
this city. as chairman of the associated
boards.
The new ouestionnaires to be sent to
the employers will cali for the listing of
| all his employees giving their training.
occupation best suited to their ability.
age. salary and other important re-
marks needed by the labor board mem
bers when they draw on these men and
/ women.
At the present time 1t is planned to
!
! nonessential occupations. but in all
probability this will be increased. any
where from 80 to 100 per cent. accord
| ing to Mr. D.sston. Likewise. the list
of nonessential or less essential occu-
| batlons may be increased I'm the near
| future
1 The community boards aim TO place
! $4,000 additional workers pt the dis
posal of the war industries in this part
of the country.
! Method OF Calling
The method of calling labor to the
| industry colors established by the boards
| constitute primarily of dividing the per-
sons In less essential employments into
two groups.
Those in group A are to called first
! They include:
Bootblacks. passenger elevator opera
tors
Doorman. footman. carriage openers
and other attendants in clubs. hotels.
stores. apartment houses, Office build
ings, lighthouses and mercantile and in
dustrial establishments
Ticket sellers, ticket collectors. ushers
and other attendants engaged and occu-
pied in and in connection with games.
! sports and amusements. excepting actual
! performers in legitimate concerts. operas
or tneatflcaI performances.
Paid drivers of passenger automobiles
except taxicabs.
Stenographers sales clerks and other
clerks. excepting executives. managers.
superintendents, heads of departments
expert accountants and technical cx-
| perts fully employed as such.
Meter readers and inspectors in resi-
/ Dental sections, counters. checkers
! talliers. wrappers. messengers,
/ Bill distributors, street advertisers
| such as sandwich men," book agents
peddlers and other csnvassers: peanut
/ roasters and other street sellers.
Section B includes:
All persons physically At and not en-
gagged IN useful occupations
Men and women called to this work
will he trained by the Government and
| paid forty cents an hour during an.
premiership. When they become skilled
they will be put upon piecework. and
the limit OF their earnings will depend
only upon themselves:
system Of Listing
The listing OF the persons will be
made through the investigation of the
board members and through the labor
auestionnaires returned by employers.
When call is made for number of
NorkcTs vi sHipyaTu OF some Otner IN
dustry, each of the Ave boa rds is to OBJ
tain its proportion for the Industry in
! question.
scrutiny Of the questionnaires will re-
| veal those best fitted for the task Such
men and women will then be called.
through their employers, to respond to
the orders of the labor boards. In re-
! lieving large groups from nonessential
industries the actual selection of men
will be made by the employers
Through this system 1t is hoped that
within a few weeks the twenty-five per
! cent of men In less essential employ
ments will be called for work In nearby
plants