Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-27
FEDERAL CONTROL
FOR LABOR MARKET
No More Scouts, Advertising or
Private Agency Work for Big
Concerns After August /.

Steps toward carrying out IN the Tenn
lyan,a-Dclaware district the plan OF
s,,pplvinp essential Industries with com
mon labor. outlined In President Wilson
recent proclamation were taken Nednes-
day ut a conference between representa-
tivps of 40 of the leading industrial
concerns of the State and officials oi the
L. :. Employment Service. In the offices
of the Pennsylvania Council oi National
Defenss and Committee of Public Safety,
Finance Puildng in Philadelphia The
conference was arranged bv T.. {. FELTON,,
Federal State Director of Employment, &,
who notified he various industrial con
Germs that he had been directed to take
charge of recruiting and placing common
labor in war Industries OF the State be
ginning August |
The placement plan for supplying this
class ut labor was outlined rs follows:
Twnty-threc Fcdcral-Stste employment
offices arr now operating IN various sec
flons of the State. and p additional offices
are to he opened immediately PlantS
de4rng common labor will reqmsiilon
the nearest office. which will fill the re
ouirements from local sources, SO lar rs
nossible Should that office bc unable
10 furnish sufficient labor, the remainder
will he supplied through the Central
Clearanc Office, now operating ~ t'hlla-
fielphia Should this office IN turn hC
unable completely To hll the labor re
uuirements 1t Is authorized by the
;. War Policies Board, through the director
another clearance s. tstem. opcraungthrough
general. 10 Obtain additional labor through
the L :. Public Service Reserve, winch
will draw men from the less essential
Industries in such numbers rs Will cause
the least disturbanc"
So MORE INpNIpUAL WORKS,
The conference was notified by John
G Savior, district superintendent oi me
Third district. I : Employment Service
which includes PENNSYLVANIA and Dcl3-
ware. that after august ! employers VIII
hC expected - discontinue individual
efforts 10 obtain common labor and rely
l,pon the [ : Employment Service
They are not 10 Use labor scouts. resort
70 advertising or call upon tho services
nf private employment agencies -
assist the : Employment Service ~
thls district, II Will TIC furnished from
Washington with daily ilst 81 con Germs
engaged in war eSSruttal industries IT
VOL rs a report on the actual percentage
NJ war work performed hN thCS. concerns
The labor supply plan was discussed
IN DDi1H anu illttAN NtiE@NfNt4'ftF' - ~
considered The general expression oi
opinion was entirely favorable 70 tho
pian and Suggestions were All otFa helpful
nature District conferences will hc held
IN various rartS ot the StatP between
the enpiovmcnt service officials and rcp-
reSentativts II industrial concerns to
promote (ull understanding oi he plan
before il becomes effective
The Industrial concerns represented
were the Chester Shi1hulldlng Company
Sun Shipb,lldirg Company Wcstng-
house Electric and Manufacturing Com
many. WESTINGHOUSE Machine Company.
East Plttshurg. Pa. General Electric
COMPANY. Erie American Brake Shoe
4 Foundry Company Ere, Baldwin
Locomotive Works r ! du Pont Ge
Nemours Company Bethlehem Stc'l
COMPANY. Lukens Iron Steai ompany
CoatesvlIlc Carncgic Steel Company
PittsIurg: American Stel \ Wire Com
pauy .tllentoWn. National Tube Com-4
panv. PIttshure. Jor.cs ( Laughln Steel
C0napan, !IttsN.rg, AnTican Sheet 4
TinulaiP Conw.rH MchccSnort trucibie
Steel Company. Fit1sturS. NI!liam CramP
ship & Engines Building Company,
American International Shlpbui'C!lr ON
psny. Trayior Engineer COMPANY NV
lone me Comnanv Wilmington: Bell Tclc-
phone Company, Philadelphia; Charles
Markham. Pittsb,rg. Locomotive Com
pany, Pennsylvania Coal 4 Coke torpora-
tion. Winburne; Allen Wood d Co.
Norristown: Pittsburg Coal Company
Aetna Explosives Company, Frick Coke
Company Pittsburg. Westmoreland Coal
Company Irwin: American Bridge Com
pany. Pittsburg; Philadelphia 4 Reading
Coal & Iron Company. Merchant Ship
building Crporatior, Bristol; General
Refractorics Company and Har bison
" aIkr Refractories Company