The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-15
Stale AID Federal labor Departments
Join in Work Of Getting Employed
and Employer Together
CHARLES E. DAY is
EXAMINER IN CHAR CE
To Supply Labor for Emergencies; See
That All are Employed; Handle
All Cases in District

Frank j. FeBer, special farm labor
agent Of Oklahoma was in Chickasha
today completing details for the open
ing. of a federal state labor employ
ment service office here Offices
were leased at 125 South Fourth
street and will be officially opened
for work tomorrow morning Chas.
e. Day, formerly connected with the
Star as linotype operator will be
connected with the office as examiner
il charge and J. b. Jones will be the
assistant
The purpose OF the office will be
to handle all classes of labor and
see that emergency labor is secured
for any case that may arir.. fhe
office will also take care of applica-
tions for positions as stenographers
and clerical help Similar offices are
established at Tulsa, Muskogee, Enid,
McAlester, Ardmore, Bartlesyille and
Lawton with a clearing house in Ok
lahoma City All the work Is 5aae
through the cooperation of the labor
departments of the state and nation.
In explaining the work of the Of
flee, Mr.. Feger said "The offices will
handle any emergency that may arise.
For instance, number of laborers
are needed in one district to handle
the broom corn The examiner in
charge of that Office Immediately
visits the section requiring the la
bor He finds out whether 100 orI
900 men are needed. He gets in
touch with the available labor in his
section. Ii he has enough men to
supply the demand, all is well and
good. If he has not enough labor he
gets in touch with the clearing house
at Oklahoma City, where are records
OF all surplus labor. That labor is
Immediately sent to the section re-
curing it. In this way there will
be no idle laborers. If they are not
needed in one section, they will be
sent to another. If this labor service |
office had been established here dur
ing the cotton chopping emergency,
there would have been no necessity
for drafting men from Chickasha to
do the work. The examiner would
simply have wired the conditions to
the clearing house, and available and
sufficient labor would have been sent
here at once All this labor of course
is voluntary. There is no draft.
"Laborers desiring employment
should go at once to the office and
register. Likewise, employers re-
curing labor should communicate
their needs to the office. Thus the
two are thrown together. The labor
er is supplied with work and the EN-
ployer is supplied with labor. AS the
plan works out, the examiner in
charge will be able to make selec-
tions of the proper kind Of labor Tor
the places requiring it. He will be
able to place the men in the positions
they are qualified to fill. There is
no shortage of labor. All that has
been needed is an office of this kind
to get laborer and employer together
"The way for Mr.. Day to make
good here, or rather for the office
to make good, is for the people to
get behind it and boost instead OF
knock. Mr.. Day goes today to in
yestigate the broom corn situation
at Lindsay. l cannot tell exactly the
eerritory this office will control, but
it will be in charge of practically ID
counties. Other offices in the state
are getting the desired results and |
feel sure that Chickasha will find
that the labor employment office will
mean much to the town" !