The sun., 1918-08-18
HOW THE u. S. EMPLOYMENT SERvrcr
PUTS THE MAN ON THE JOB
Centralized Administration and Dccenad Operation souor
the Problem Of Workers and Employer


tnere nave been established fvs Al
visions which more competence.
cover the functions Of the Adr,r,.
trative Offices. The specialized wo,.
performed by the former divisions An,
sections will be carried on under A..
or more Of these new divisions Tb.S
divisions and their Temporarily a.
pointed directors are:
1. Control Division, Luther c. st.,
ard. Director.
2. Field Organization Division. WI
liam K. Hall. Director.
3. Clearance Division, Sanford
e. Freund, Director.
4. Personnel Division. F. A. Slim,
Director.
s. Information Division, A. D. Chi.
Quoine, Jr, Director,
These divisions, their Director, =,
the chief Of the sections comprl,n,
the divisions must not be address.s
by the field officers Of the Employ
ment Service or by persons or firm,
desiring employment or labor. An
correspondence with the Adminiur,.
tive Onices at Washington must In
addressed as follows:
Director General,
U. s. Employment Service,
Department OF Labor,
Washington. d. c.
This order must be followed I,
the letter by the field ofricers Of IN,
Employment Service.
The functions OF the divisions A,
as follows:
Control Division @, -,
all general and special orders; super.
vision of the field organization Al.
tached directly to the Administrative
Offices; mails and files; general cor.
respondence; reports from the FED.
eral directors for the States and "a.
search and statistical work; proper,
and supplies for the Administrator
Offices and the field organization; au.
diting and supervision Of expendi.
lures and accounts.
Field Organization Division-Crs.
ton and perfection Of an efficient sy,.
tenn Of employment Offices in each
State; organization Of the State al.
visory boards and community labor
boards; supervision of the work o.
the Public Service Reserve and BOYS
Working Reserve wherever possb,
merging these with the Employmen,
obtaining proper facilities for women,
and farm labor departments in lcci ,
offices (these to be under the direc.
ton Of the local superintendents and
the organization work to be carried
out through the Federal director;
creation OF special faculties or depart.
ments for such other classes of work.
ers as may need specialized handling
Clearance Division-Distributio 0.
requests for labor among the Stat.
according to their proper share Of
workers to be furnished; reports con.
corning the supply Of the demand for
workers (this information TO be re.
distributed to the Federal directors;
reference Of orders for help from en-.
ployers to the Federal directors fa
the States in which they originate and
reference Of orders from Federal direc.
tors to other localities as necessary
together with full information re.
garding all important matters 7.
lating to the transfer Of workers.; az.
rangement Of transportation detail,
prior to giving information TO the Fed.
eral directors.
Personnel Division - Appointment
and personnel records dnvolvng han.
ding Of employment for the Admins.
trative Offices. investigating requsu
for help from divisions Of the Admins
trative Ofices. investigating applicant
for employment with the United States
Employment Service, maintaining IN.
dividual records OF all employees u
the Employment Service, and assist
ing the Federal directors for S,ata
in getting help); developing plans tc'
end supervising the training OF en-
ployees of the United States Employ
ment Service; developing a classified
ton of occupations and promoting ~
use Of uniform terminology in th'
Employment Service Offices; develop
ing standard tests and supervising
their use in the placement work OF tho
Employment Service.
Information Observation-Disclosures Of
the United States Employment Serttc,
Bulletin and other organs OF the En-.
ployment Service, and supervision and
control Of all news matter originating
within the Administrative Offices NJ
the Employment Service.