New Britain herald., 1918-08-08
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Hartford, August
 of the War Industries Board cofSRHs YAHas ing prohibitions against the recruiting
 of unskilled labor for war work plants
 except through the United States En-
 ployment Service have been received
 by Leo A. Korper, the state director. sand were made public today. The
 regulations governing employment
 are announced as follows;-
 1. Employers may continue to hire
 workers who apply at the plant with
 out solicitation, direct or indirect.
 ?. The Federal Director of Employ-
 ment in each state is authorized to grant permission to employers to use their own field agents for recruiting unskilled workers under his direction and control for war industries located within the state
 3. Permission to recruit unskilled laborers in states other than the one in which the work is located may be secured from the Director of the United States Employment Service upon the recommendation of the Federal Director of Employment for the state in which the men are needed. FCuCH pSfu1lSS1On Will D0 cated by the director general to the federal directors for the states in which the labor is needed and from which it is recruited |
 4. No unskilled labor may@a trans- ported from one state to another with- out authorization from the Director General, to be secured by application through the Federal Director of Em- TN1 onTo+ -+o4 rJ,S S1Ia, II. labor is recruited. No laborers may be moved from one employment dis trict to another within state with out authorzation from the Federal Director of Employment for the state.
 ,. Employers who receive permis- sion to transfer workers from one state to another or from one district to an- other within any state must file a. statement with the nearest employ ment service office, of the number of men transferred, the wages offered, and other terms and conditions of employment promised to the men.
 6. Employers who are permitted to use their own field agents for recruit ing labor must in no case use any fee-charging agency, or use any agents or labor scouts who are paid for their work on a commission basis.
 z. All advertising for unskilled la% Dor, whether by card poster, newspa- per, handbill, or any other mediums is prohibited after August 1, 1918, This applies to all employers engaged. wholly or in part in war work, whosa maximum force, including skilled and unskilled laborers, exceeds 100.
 The government labor program will be extended to skilled labor as soon aa the machinery of the employment service is in adequate running order. So far there have been no restrictios on the recruiting of skilled labor ex- cept the unspoken law against caus- ing restlesSness among men already engaged in war work or other essen- Iial industries to divert them to other The federal employ- ment bureaus will offer every possi- ole assistance to those who are seek Ing skilled labor.
 Employers of workers for non war industries should not offer superior or in any other way try -Q compete with government under- -aEings to interrupt the flow of Wal essentials
 Information concerning the viola, ion of these regulations should bs addressed to the local employment bu- eau, where they are already estab- 1shed, or to Leo A. Korper, federal ilrector for Connecticut, at. his of4 ice at the state capitol.
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