The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-05
DIVIDE STATE FOR RECRUITING
 OF WAR LABOR
Recruiting Districts Formed to Have Entire Charge of
 Supplying Labor.

Hartford, Aug. 5-The local ad- ministration of the new government labor program has been launched throughout Connecticut by the divi- sion of the state into recruiting dis tricts'' to be presided over by Com munity Labor Boards There are fourteen of these districts in Con necticut. laid out according to indus trial unity and transportation facili- ties.
 As the name implies, these boards are to be centers for recruiting labor for war industries and listing and grading the men in the districts.
 The recruiting districts into which the state has been divided are as follows in part:
 In Fairfield County, two districts, one district office in Bridgeport, towns included: Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Huntington, Norwalk, Red ding, Stratford, Trumbul1, Weston, Westport; second office in Stamford, towns included: Bethel. Brookfield, Danbury, Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan. New Fairfield, Newtown, Norwalk, Ridgefield, Sherman, Stam- ford, Wilton.
 Recruiting under the new plan consists of enrolling unskilled labor (the term labor being used in it's broadest sense) under pledge to go, when called, into any work which the government considers more es- sential than that in which they are now engaged. Such a declaration would not mean that these workmen would be moved at once, and some may never be moved, but they express their willingness to leave their pres ent jobs, or even the city or section | of the country if the Federal Elm ployment Service, representing the nation itself, considers such a change would make for more efficient prose cution of the war.
 | In charge of this recruiting in each district, there will be a Com munity Labor Board, composed of chairman who will be a represen- tative of the United States Employ ment Service, one representative of | local employers, and one representa- tive of local employees. These boards will settle all employment questions in their districts, subject to appeal to the State Advisory board, answering calls for labor from em- ployers in other districts and protect 1 ing thel abor of their own recruiting centers. Announcement of the quota of unskilled labor to be recruited and transferred from non-war work to essential industry in the district will be sent to the community boards by the State Director of the Federal Elm ployment Service. This will be the local share Of the state quota Con- necticut's first quota is 460. Others will follow and all will be divided kamong the community boards. II The ultimate idea is to have a cen tral government agency with sole di- rection of all recruiting of civilian workers for war industries and all applications for war labor to be made | through the United States Employ ment Agency. The branch service the United States Public Service Re. serve recruits and registers men who are now employed and will express readiness to serve on war work when needed. The men so registered then constitute a reserve for future
 use. Through this list labor will be
 shifted as it is called for through the Employment Agency. After hay.
 ing signified their willingness to be
 transferred to more essential work
 as soon as the need arises, the mer
 are urged to keep their present jobs
 and work full time. Such a system
 will do away with the poaching of la.
 Dor by employers and thee onstan-
 shifting of labor which wastes time
 money and materials