New Britain herald., 1918-07-29
NATION TAKES OVER
ALL COMMON LABOR
ALL Recruiting Of Help to Be
Handled by Federal Agencies


centralized in the United States en-
pIoyment service Of the federal de-
partment Of labor, and all independent
recruiting of common labor by war
industry manufacturers having a pay
roll of more than 100 men will be di-
verified to the United States EMPLOY
mcnt service.
This new government program will
seriously affect Connecticut with it's
large industrial centers. The order is
in accordance with the decision of the
war labor policies board approved by
President Wilson on June II. The war
LABOR policies board is composed Of
representatives of the war, navy and
agricultural departments, the shipping
board and emergency feet corpora
ton, the war industries board and the
food. fuel and railroad administra-
tons. Its chairman is Felix Frank
turter, assistant secretary of labor
Information concerning the effect
of the new order was made Drblic to-
day by the department of publicity OF
the Connecticut State Council of De
tense which has been called upon by
the federal department of labor and
the United States employment service
for Connecticut to inform the people
of this state concerning the new labor
ance was given by the committee to-
day that additional information con-
corning this important government
program will be given the people Of
Connecticut through the newspapers
as promptly as possible.
Big Task for Washington.
Government officials in Washington
are convinced that the task of putting
into effect the new abor program is
the biggest job which Washington has
undertaken since the time the selective
service law was put in operation
While the first move of the govern
ment includes only unskilled labor, the
department of labor contemplatee the
ultimate inclusion of recruiting and
placing of all kinds of Ia Dor exclusive
~ through the United States employ
ment service.
The action of the government was
found necessary in order to overcome
Il perilOus shortage of unskilled abor
and war industries in many localities
The shortage was aggra waited by an
almost universal practice of labor SELL
! ing and poaching. While the restric-
! tons against the private employment
OF labor apply only to common labor
! at the present time, these restrictions
include killed labor. In the meantime
recruiting of skilled labor for war in
dustries Will be subject to federal reg
! ulations which are now being opre-
pared.
The departme of labor has framed
! its program to protect both the en-
plOyer and the employee. to conserve
the labor supply of the nation, and to
cut down Unnecessary and expensive
labor turn-o over. The big idea behind
all of this is to increase the produce
ton of essential war materials.
Draw on Non-essentiaI Plants.
While non essential industries will
be drawn upon to supply the necessary
labor for war work, the withdrawal
! will be conducted on an equitable basis
in order to protect the individual en-
ployer as much as possible. Under the
! operating methods adopted the coun-
try has been divided into Is federal
districts, each district in charge of a
superintendent of the United States
employment service. Connecticut Is in
! district No. 2, which comprises this
state, New York and New Jersey. The
district superintendent is John r.
/ O'Leary of New York. and the state
! director of the United States
| employment service is Leo A. Korper
! of Hartford, whose Office is at the
! state capitol, and who is carrying on
| his work in cooperation with the Con-
necticut State Council of Defense. TO
! date, six Offices of the United States
! employment service have been estab b.
: lished in this state, in Hartford,
Bridgeport, New Haven Waterbury,
! WilIimantic, and Stamford. Addition
| al offices are to be opened as ra pidly
! as possible until they are established in
| all important centers of the state, and
are able adequately to handle the big
problem of shifting labor State and
! local advisory boards, representing
workers and employers, are contem-
plated as a part of the system being
i built up.
survey of labor requirements is
! being made, and. in order that each
| community may be fully protected,
I rulings have been issued that no labor
! shall be transported out of any COM
munity by the United States employ
ment service without the approval of
1.-THE state director, nor shall any labor
| be removed by the service from one
state to another without the approval
! of the United States employment serv-
ice at Washington. The department of
| labor announces that every effort will
be made to discourage any movement
from community to community. or
state to state by any other service.
The new labor program has the
approval of all producing departments
of the Government through the War
| Labor Policies Board. Farm labor
will be protected, for the industrial
! program distinctly includes special eff
fort to keep the farmers supplied with
! labor.
| The requirement that unskilled la
! Dor must be recruited through the
sole agency Of the United States EN-
| Inoa-