Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
NEW LABOR PROGRAMME
 IN EFFECT AT ONCE
To Provide For the Placing of Un-
 skilled Workers in War Plants.

The organization of state advisory boards. community labor boards, and organization committees, as a part of the administrative forces which, un- der the United States Employment Service are putting into operation the new government programme for the shifting of labor which becomes ef- fective on Aug. l. is in progress in Connecticut
 The new labor programme of the government calls for the recruiting and shifting of all unskilled workers iii war plants employing more than 100 persons exclusively through the United States employment service. l. is contemplated that later this shall be gradually extended to cover all classes of labor. It is the biggest thing that the government has put into operation since the selective ser vice law
 l In Connecticut this matter is in | charge or the state branch of the United States Employment Service. of which Leo A. Korper is director.
 Mir. Korrer is working in complete cooperation with the Connecticut State Council of Defense, the depart ment of publicity of which has been called upon by the government to fur nish to tine public information con- corning the new programme. 1 By order Of the directer- general of the United States Employment Ser l vice, there. is being established in each state the following boards and con- nittees: l 1. An advisory board. to be known as the state advisory bosrd of the 1 United States Employment Service, State of Connecticut. 7. Community labor boards, each to be known as the federal community labor board.
 5. A state advisory committee, to establish the state advisory and com munity labor boards to be known 2& the orsa nization committee of the
 United States Employment Service, State of Connecticut.
 Director Leo A. Korper of the Unit
 ed States Employment Service ha: just returned from Washington and he is prepared 10 go ahead rapidly with the governments plan for thesC | boards.
 He has already announced the ap pofntment of members of inc state or
 ganizatfen committee. At the laboi conference in Washin gton. Charles F
 Julin, secretary Of the New Havel Chamber of Commerce, to represent
 employers, and Ira NJ Ornburn ot New Haven. secretary of the Connec.
 ticut Federation of Labor. and [
 member If the Connecticut Stat, Council Of Defense, to represent la.
 Dor. wer4 drafted to act with Direc.
 tor KorDe" in th5 selection of a stat,
 advisory board This organization
 committee will also select eor11nunitJ
 labor boards to serve in local indust,
 rial communities
 The state advisory board is to b,
 composed of Director Korper a! chairman, and two representatives O
 labor, and two Of management. Community labor boards are to b.
 composed of one representative of tn United States Employment Service. a
 chairman, one representative of loca
 employers. and one of local employes These boards are to be organized ii Industrial communities, the location a
 Boundaries of which are to be deter mined by he state organization com . mittee.
 Functions of Community Boards. , According to instructions iron
 Washington, the functions of tn
 community labor board are as fol
 lows:
 ' All questions concerning recruit
 ing and distributing laEor in the com , munity should be decided by the com munity labor board subject to appea
 by any member to the state advisor
 board. All decisions of both com
 n1unity and state boards are subjec
 to regulations issued and approved b the director general of the U. $. Elm
 ployment service. acting on the ad f vice of tine war labor policies boar
 of the department of labor.
 Local quotas assigned to tn community for recruiting purposes s insofar as they have to be raised b , getting men from non-war work. wi : be recruited by agents of the employ , n1ent service, including the agents C
 the public service reserve. As a pre- liminary, the community labor boar
 should divide up the total of the com i munitys quota assigning to industrie ' and employers in nonwar work tn proportionate share which each shoul 4 stand ready to contribute. The selec n ton of the men who will go into wa < work is not to be made by the en n ployer but-by agents Of the U. $. En
 ploynent Service who will recru n them, and who should seek the ce-oT < eration of the employers.
 | Tn distributing available labor sur h plies among local war industries, u ,l community labor board should GOT r suit the local communities board ( Y employers which have represents V tive on the community board