South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-03
Other Editor, Than Ours
INDUSTRY AND THE WAR.
Chicago HeraId-Examincr1


one OF the Slogans of the war, of peculiar sgnid-
canoe today. is If we can't hght us work hard all
day, every day for soldiers i'm France
The story OF the achievement OF the department OF
abors employment service of the bright pages
the history OF The last months The United states
today branch offices 10000 agents actively
functioning that labor may be mobized 10 win the
The United states employment service as now con
stituted is old i'm name only While the nucleus OF
federal employment system esta oished TO years
ago i'm the former department Of commerce and labor
and continued in more developed form when i'm 1919
the department o. labor created. present
sice really dates from January 1918.
The previous nine months had taught the necessits
OF national mobilization of labor for production
the Capitalization IN government agency of all war
labor finding and placing.
Independent and unregulated labor recruiting by the
growing industries had demoralzed the labor mar
ket War plants SICK OF the situation were forced 10
steal "poach" in efforts maintain production
CHscrupulous private fee employment agencies grew
Opuent on turnover
Then came the first Of the year and with a
IF things. When January. the secretary Of
labor made labor administrator and with his ad-
visory council framed the national labor
gram first the creation OF labor recruit
ing and distributing machinery The United States en-
pIoyment service chosen the machine base and
secy Wilson directed its separation from the bureau
OF immigration and its complete REORGANIZATION and eN
pansOn the, war labor mobiiizing agency of the
government
Then began the equipment OF the machnery. ;ne in
sallatou Of parts, the replacement of obsolete
inadequate units Literally the administrative staff
doubly difficult labor had he supplied i'm
daily increasing numbers while the recruiting and plac-
ing machinery was being made of great expert
ence I'M the industrial world TO Washington 70
assist and farsighted. patriotic Who had
vision and combined il with practically.
And then last June all the production departments
of the oNernnent. through the medium of
policies board. agreed the ceutrah-
zation OF labor undins and placing I'm the employ
nent service. beginning with common labor ON Aus
and the policy approved by the president The
six months record card OF the employment service
showed single system increase of placements from
10000 month; the creation OF the public
service system OF labor clearance and cen
trslizatiou Of organization.
The president has called upon employer and work
men 10 use the government labor agency We all aim
lead of great comma nder- chief AMI
we employers will heed this closing note OF
his address i'm which he says:
IL sOIemuly all employers engaged in work
Aug 1915 from recruiting unskiiled
Dor any except through this central
tthe Employment Service. urge labor 20
respond Loyalty heretofore any calls issued log
this agency voluntary enlistment i'm essential indus
try And 6 ask them both alike 10 remember that mo
sacrifice Will have been ina vain IL able 10 prove
beyond all question that the highest and form of
efficiency IS the spontaneous cooperation or a free
people
Il is up TO .us 20 help Here $ way In which
can help. Let cheerfuly for. the president
has said This "a righteous ina which industry
plays as essential part military ornaments.