Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-30
PROTECTS OIL MEN
IN LABOR DRAFTS
a Federal Burcau ~ labor Al the
Timc Cuusldcrntc of the Import
IN nnCc Of the Ou Industry.

Relative to the rumor that he viii
| hr requested hy committee repre-
souliug the h,at interests ot Tulsa
| 10 refrain from crlpunr the obi In
duEtrIue uf tho district hy drawing
on IT'S lahorers. skilled and unsklllcd.
Tor war work in other cities Cart
Lee. aNn|Iuor u charge uf the
| United states employment service.
states that ho has continually pro-
tcctrd the activities OF the essential
war Industries
However" Mr. leo a,id "the ON.
ploycrs who are conducting non
essential industries mu.' bee pre-.
pared to give M their holp nF the
government needs them
On some Instances continued the
examiner. 90 hnvc refused to accept
mon from tho essential war Undue
tries. who have pntrintiraly offered
to rcllnuuIsh large salaries and hire
tn the government FOR a wage OF u
cents nm hour
lu tcplv 10 the assertion, that all
ou industries are essential due "a
tho nci that gasoline, Oh and its by
products are used IN connection with
virtually nm the mechanism or tho
'.N'| IlNl' IN|'N'I NIN NI'f NNN w.
Leo declared granting that, tho In
duHfry was not considered essential
from the standpoint bf the govern
rcctlv supplied 20 some department
~ tho government In connection
with the war
War Essential
Tho Industries In Tulsa district
qualifying nH described were named
by Examiner Loo ns follows The
CoEdcn Otl company Texas on com
pany. probably the st Calr com
puny. and the United states Zinc
company al sand springs The latter
company the examiner stated. was
100 pcr cent essential n is ncces-
snrv that the industry be % per cent
essential before Il is recognized ns
qualified as war industry
-Four thousand men would be
shipped out ~ this state nj once N
We had the facilities to shin them %
said ar. Ice During the next two
weeks there will be from GOO 10 $50
mon n week sent from this District
Ana after september i5 100 men a
week. these viii he unskilled Ia
horcrg The district will find that n
lg not making sacrifice but that
the men will need 10 go IN order 10
get employment
Using MANY CarpcntcrH
I'VE 4ro asked i6 supply 200
carpentefA In view ~ the fact that
building II discouraged the loss Of
Tulsn'H quota NJ carpenters viii not
work q hardship on the town. nut
VIII solve tho problem Of giving
thoun employment
Tho soancr the husinesH men or
Tulsa learn that the b.stsintercsts "
an VIII DO served nv Coo -operating
with tho rovernment'H employment
service tho better viii be the general
results We urge the use ~ our
local errloyment service ard ~ the
ruhstltution ~ women workers for
men
should comnanv lose an en-
/ plovce 10 tho federal service II n
/ highly probable we can furnish an
/ other ~ take his nlacc In one in
| stance whore We offered 10 supply n
woman for clerical position tho
manager expressed doubt as Nv her
competence Later II was learned
| that she waH so capable le couldn't
afford 70 hire her,
"tn the last two months We have
| placed fifteen women I'm Tulsa on
salaries ranging from tt2 week 20
| 800 n month We avoid transfer
I ring married men when possible
much proferring 10 send single men
/ 60 the war work Industries"