Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-05
REAOJUSTMENT OF
LABOR PROGRAM
IN THIS STATE
essential Industries to be
Drawn Upon for the
Essentials.
NOT TO BE CONSCRIPTION
Spccial Dispatch From Every Evening s.
Washington Correspondent.

Washington Correspondent.
Washington, Aug. 3.-The shortage OF
unskilled labor shown by less than hall
the returns from war manufacturers IN
Delaware is only S55 That number has
been telegraphed TO \. G. Benkhart'
State director of the Federal Employment
Service at Wilmington rs the working
quota for the system TO proceed on IN
that State =,
This quota, which will be considerably
augmented when the returns are ali IN, Is
TO be apportioned among the five branches
of the service in Delaware, at Clayton,
Dover. Georgetown, New castle and
Wilmington. Recruiting and placement
Of women in Delaware will he at 800
Market street, Wilmington.
Under the program for exclusive re-
cruiting of unskiled labor Tor war INDUS
tries and mines. assumed yesterday by the
government, the labor needs IN Delaware
Will be supplied from among workers
gotten from non-csScntlal industries,
where that Is necessary. i}ut they VIII be
gotten with rs little disturbance as pos
sihlc 10 those Industries ialr appor-
tIonmcnt Of the quotas IN districts through
ont the State Is one means tor procuring
this equalization
During the first application OF the
system II Is not expected to require thosc
enrolled to 20 out OF their own states
But as the program gets INTO fuli swing
and stringent needs develop lot war
worker, ii certain localities throughout
tbc country. workers will hc taken from
districts vhcrc the shortage Is less acute,
ar where there IS a surplus and put into
irh, which will require transfer over
State lines
II recruiting Of labor in Delaware
devrlap- larger number Of available
workers than the quotas assigned show
ARE needed. il j, probable that they VIII bc
taken INTO other States For TINS reason
married men in the several states Will hc
placed hr~t during the first days 81 The
program when tho apporuonmcnt q
labor i to be entirely within the states
ater when travel Is necessary single men,
vh,,sf movement can hc made more freely
Will hc counted on
Altogether it Is expected that the
Federal program viii face the necessity oi
recruiting and placing about one million
l1i-klllcd workers in the next few months.
Abnflt hall the returns are IN, showing
rcflurcncnt~ in all States, and reveal a
shortage Of 100000
The probability that industrial centcrs
in PENNSYLVANIA, New York, New Jersey,
Illinois California, Massachusetts, and
other states will bc partly filled from
smaller states where the shortage i less
acute, is strong
PENNSYLVANIA quota Is set At 1910
New Yorks at ST. 1870; New Jersey at
-. .7O5. Illinois At 70. 80, Massachusetts
at 3O.I50 and so on All these probably
will be doubled.
Du ToSr WORKS AFFECTED.
A conference was held this week he
tween Nathan A. Smyth assistant direc-
tor general Of the United states employ
ment service, and chief Of the unskllled
labor section. and about dozen rep
OF the chief war plants ot the
country. which are especially important
to the war program The du Pont Powder
Co. at Hopewell, Va, which Is making
glln-cotton. and other plants Of the same
company were represented
These plants were allowed % continue
recruiting with their present field forces,
under the strict supervision of the en-
nloynent service Though by the order
which became effective August J. no
engaged partly or wholly
In war work. and " hose total force, lnciud-
ing skilled and unskiIed workers, Is more
than 100. Is allowed 10 continue private
recruiting Of unskIled labor. permission
can be given To do so by the State director
when the facts are shown % warrant II
Manufacturers not engaged on war
work are allowed 10 continue private
recruiting so long as they do not enter into
cornDetIti0n with the government, or dis
turb men in the war Industries And war
manufacturers are allowed 10 continue.
for the present to recruit skilled workers,
- long as they do not cause unrest and
disturb workers IN other war plants But
il j. probable that skilled workers viii
shortly bc put under the same plan as un-
skilled workers Since the non-esSentlal
industries In all probability viii be combed
for worknen 10 be used in the war indus
tries. recruiting on their part Is not
10 be q great factor
Occasion was taken this week 10 en-
phasize the fact that so lar q enrolment OF
the workers Is concerned and their place
rnent in industries necessary to the Succcss-
full prosecution Of the war, there IS To be no
exercised on the worker
Their service Is to be entirely voluntary
In no sense IS the program AKIN 10 con
OF labor
-'Other than his individual sense Of pa
trI0tlsm. no VeStlge Ol cOuipAlslOh Wlll be
felt bv the workingInan IN the operation
Of the war labor supply program, states
an official announcement Of the service
while the United States employment
service will direct him to work where he
,an best serve the nation, bis acceptance
Of such work will be ID every ease
matter
The quotas are to be apportioned by
the State director In cooperation with he
state advisory council on which workers
and employers are represented The
4nroilmenr and placement Of the workers
5 assigned TO community labor boards.
over which local officials Of the service
preside and on which employers and en-
Dloves are likewise represented
Workmen will be approached by agents
IF the service, their qualifications learned
md also their willingness 70 take positions
which must be filled for the sacccss Of the
war program Manufacturers will inform
he Offices Of the service, Of their needs for
workers. Those enrolled will be assigned
o fill these vacancies.
The employers will in every case
"a We the assurance that the workers sent |
O them are men examined and found fit