Douglas Island news., 1918-08-02
LABOR NOW
 UNDER GOVT
Starting August 1, Unskilled Labor for War Industries Under Gov
 enment Control

nluNmtuL oefNlct or lNt htNui lNutNl Of Labor, and an Independent re- cruitiug of common labor by man. ufacturcrs having a payroll of moro than 100 men win bo diverted Co tho U. S. Employment Service. This is in accordance with tho decision of the War Labor Policies Board and approved by the President on June l7. (The War Labor Policies Board is composed of representatives of the War. Navy. and Agricultural Departments. Che Shipping Board and tho Emergency Fleet Corpora ton. the War Industries Board, and the Food. Fuel and Railroad Admin lstratlous. It's chairman is Felix Frankfurter. assistant to tho Sec retary Of Labor)
 The above action was found nee cssary Go overcome Q pcrilous short age of uuskillcd labor in war indus tries. This shortage was aggravated by am almost universal practice Of labor stealing and poaching.
 While the restrictions against the private employment Of labor apply only to common labor at the present time. thesc restrictions win, as soon as possible, be extended Go include skilled labor. In the meantime, re- crulting of skilled labor for war pro- ductlon win be subject to federal regulations now being prepared.
 The drastic change in the nations labor program has been found neces- sary ln order to protect the employ CT and Che employed. to conserve tho labor supply Of the communities and Co cut down unnecessary aud oNpen- siye labor turnover (which, in some cases, is as high as 100 per cent. a week.. and to increase Che production of essentials.
 While non-cssential industries win be drawn upon to supply the necessary labor for war work. tho withdrawal win be conducted on an equitable basis in order Co protect thc individual employer as much as possible.
 Under Che operating methods adopted. the country has been d. vldcd into thirteen federal districts, each district in charge of a super lntcndent Of Che U. s. Employment Service. Tho states within each dis trict are In turn in charge Of state director. who has full control Of the service within his state.
 In each community there is being formed local community labor board. consisting Of a representative or Che U. s. Employment Service, a representative of employers and a representative Of the employed. This board win have jurisdiction over recruiting and distributing labor in los locality.
 A survey Of the labor require mcnts is being made. and in order that each community may be fully protected, rulings have been issued that no labor shall bo transported out of any community by the U. s. Employment Service without tho ap- proyal of tho state director: nor shall any labor be removed by the service from one state Co another without tho approval Of the U. S. Employment Service at Washington. Every effort win be made to dis courage any movements from com- community to community or state to state by any other service.
 This labor program has the ap- lproyal of an producing Departments of the government, through the War Labor Policies Board
 It must be understood that farm labor will be protected, for the in- dustrial program distinctly includes special efforts to keep the farmer supplied with labor,
 The requirement. that unskllled labor must be recruited through the sole agency Of the U. s. Employment Service does not at present apply in the following five cases:
 1-Labor which is not directly or Indirectly solicited.
 2-Labor for tho railroads.
 3-Farm labor-to be recruited m accordance with existing arrange mont with the Department of Agrl- culture.
 4.-Labor. for non-war work.
 b. Labor for establishments whose maximum force does not ex- ccod one hundred.
 When the survey of labor require ments has been made and the aggre- gate demand for unskillcd labor in war work is found, each state win be assigned to a quota. representing the common labor to be drawn from among mon engaged in non-essential | industries in that state.
 These state quoto5 will in turn be distributed among localities Within each locality, employers in non-war work, including those who are only partially In war work, will be asked Co distribute the local quotas from time to time amongst