The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-21
MOVING MEN FROM
WAR PLANTS EVIL
Work men Mus, Come From Nom
Essential Industries. Nathan
SmNthe Says.

ALA AtA rs va HtaIfbt ~ VII tllt WI i'ttitAs
To- another must he stopped and more
maupower must be recruited from
nor essential occupations for war in
Gustgses X the United States is TO win
the war Nathan Smy;he acting as
ssstan; director Of the United states
employment service. told a group OF
newspaper publishers at a conference
here
The conference was called by the
heads ~ the employment service 10
discuss with the publishers the meth
ods to Ne pursued ny the employment
service when 1T takes over on August
the bug task of doing all the re-
,rujfluE ~ non-skiiled labor for war
Plans Of Campaign.
After . brief Introductory talk ny
John h Densmore director general
~ the service. Mr. Smythe related de-
tails of what the service proposes 10
do in its recruiting campaign.
Mr.. Snxthe declared that the first
evil which the service must set out
TIA correct is The competitive recruit
ing now going on between plants en-
gagged on war work. This compett-
lion he Said. has kept lahoring men
jumping to first one plant and theh
another hV the lure of a higher salary
oy other inducements
This competitive recruiting Mr.,
Smvthc continued has created A sert-
Gus condition ~ the labor situation.
which. If not Immediately corrected
viii impair the effectiveness OF the
governments war preparations.
Two Cases Are tited.
To show the necessity for central
lied recruiting Of labor ny the govern
ncut. Mr. Smvthe cited two cases in
which he said the United states en-
plnvment service had found private
individuals in the south exploiting
workinEmen by transporting them IN
tra3nloads from one war plant 10 an
other, collecting a fee both from the
workman and the factory. ! one case,
lac said tho Individual had even
shipped the men back to the nrst
plant again after collecting the com
mission fee from the plant TO Whlch
he had taken them.
The United states employment serV-
5ec. he said, win not attempt TO
mobilize skilled labor at the outset
bot on and after August the -asfV-
ice VIII ondesNQr to pool skilled labor
Of the country, idle and engaged IN
non essential occupations. and then al
lar them In the proportions IN "hlch
they are needed 10 essential war
state Holding LahorerS.
The employment service has found,
he continued. fiat the various states
have endeavored to prevent lRboferS
from being }ured cut OF the state for
war plants in other states. thereby
}iusrttine state Industries. Under the
e5u}8oyment services plan. with all
private recruiting under government
control. Mr. Smyth said the service
viii be- able to make a fair quota
from eacu state. and bX so doing pre-
vent the injustice Of taking more I'M
skilled Iabores from one state than
fsom another.
lie Indicated that later on the ser
Vlee viii take over the recruiting or
-sKtifcd labor, except that state quotas
for skilled labor viii have TO be ar
rived at differently because Of the
Greater demand for this kind of labor
Must stop Private Recruiting.
Mr. Smythe said the war department
navy department, shipping board and
other government departments viii
notify all factories holding government
I contracts that after August they
must stop private recruiting for UNI
+ skilled labor and depend upon the EN-
ployrneut service for the help they
reed This order the service neheNes
viii at least put stop to the labor
" tuitp Ne', -, ~. r,,r,har ot
supply All pIdH'S Win Wv
meu they require.
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+ ting of coal suPPheS anu
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, ter'ala WI" oe '"He'! os 80 saa,{rn.
ment against any ldeNo's t'" -, ~, 80
. to cooperate win the e.Ipiot
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/ cruit labor larry an, sIny "a. $500
Cooperation OF $500
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