The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-29
LABOR CONTROL
BEGINS THURSDAY
Bidding for Workers in 9th
er Essential Industries
Not to Be Permitted
AMPLE PROTECTION
TO OUR FARMERS
Object Is to Keep Any Community
from Being Drained of Any Labor,
and to Use Local Supply as Far as
Possible for Local Demands.

ana 60 use Local ouppiy do al do
Possible for Local Demands.
NEW YORK, July pa drastic
program to increase national efficiency II
by federal control over common labor,
for the purposes of supplying workmen
to plants where they are most needed II
and to prevent the disorganization of
the labor market caused by one en-
ployer entieing away the help of an
other will go into effect next Thurs
day.
Government labor agencies in every /
state and local community, working |
somewhat on the system of the draft I
boards, viii enforce the regulations of |
the department of labor, forbidding the |
moving of groups of 1aborers, except |
with the approval of the local federal |
labor agent The man power, which |
has been Communicated by forbid |
ding men of draft age to remain in
non-essential occupations viii be con
trolled very largely by the federal
agents. Nothing viii be done to curb
the llDEFJY I'll I1l6 lHu1NiGuitI w nHA
work for himself at an essential indus
try, or to prevent an employer from
accepting a lahorer who voluntarily ap-
plies for work in an essential industry,
| but the methods Of the employer for
keeping up his labor supply will be
| largely supervised by the government
| The federal employment headquarters
| in this city will be at % East Twenty
second street.
The program of the government,
/ which goes into effect on August |, is
thus described by T. B. Densmore, di-
] rector general of the United States EN-
ployment service:
| con August l the supplying of war
industries with common labor will be
rector general of the United States EN-
ployment service OF the department of
labor, and all independent recruiting
/ of common labor by manufacturers
having a payroll of more than 100 men
i will be diverted to the United States
employment service. This is in ac-
4 eordance with the decision of the war
labor policies board and approved by
II the president on June II. The war la
Dor policies board is composed of rep
resentatives of the war. navy, and ag-
ricultural departments, the shipping
board, and the emergency fleet corpora
ton, the war industries board, and the
food, fuel, and railroad administration.
Its chairman is Felix Frankfurter, as
+ sistant to the secretary of labor.
ssThe above action was found neces-
|, sary to overcome perilous shortage of
unskilled labor in war industries This
shortage was aggravated by an almost
universal practice of labor stealing and
poaching
! stWhile the restrictions against the
. private employment of labor apply only
> to common labor at the present time,
these restrictions viii, as soon as pos
ible, be extended to include skilled la
Dor In the meantime, recruiting OF
skilled labor for war production will be
subject to federal regulations now be-
ing prepared
! s.This drastic change in the nation Is
: labor program has been found neees-
sary IN order to protect the employer
and the employed, to conserve the labor
/ supply of the communities and to cut
down unnecessary and expensive labor
turnover which. in some eases, is Al
high as 100 per cent a week. and to in
crease the production of essentials.
while non-essenfial industries vii
be drawn upon to supply the necessary
labor for war work, the withdrawal vii
be conducted on an equitable basis il
j. order to protect the individual employees
as much as possible.
SIN each community there is being
Iel formed local community labor board
% consisting of representative of tn
!, United States employment service, /;
representative of employers, and rep
g resentative of the employed. Thi
ee board will have jurisdiction over re
- cruiting and distributing labor in it
= locality
lie IA survey of the labor requirement
= is being made, and in order that eac1
community may be fully protected rul
= ings have been issued that no labor shall
es be transported out of any eommunit'
ly by the United States employment serv
ice without the approval of the state q
rector; nor shall any labor be remove
= by the service from one state to anothe
i. without the approval of the Unite
States employment service at Washing
20 ton. Every effort will be made to dis
courage any movements from eommun
ty to community or state to state b
sr any other service.
r. i. 1t must be understood that far
ID labor will be protected, for the indus
y trial program distinctly includes snt
: cial efforts to keep the farmer supple
with labor.
The object is to keep any commun
ty from being drained of labor and
ID l.use local supply as far as possible fe
X local demand The situation, howeve
is such that in certain eases some me
may have to be transported over Ion
~ distances.
THE absolute necessity for this pr,
gram can be seen when it is realize
= THAT in Pittsburg, for instance, thel
1are advertisements calling for men |
s. lgo to Detroit; while in Detroit sire,
Tears there are posters asking men
go to Pittsburg. This same conditio