Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-30
MANY US. SOLDIERS.
APPLY At la SALE
OFFICE FOR WORK
YANKS HOME FROM ARMY CALL
UPON U. S. AND STATE TO AID
THEM IN QUEST FOR WORK.

Many applications for jobs have
been filed by discharged soldiers with
the La Sale Federal Community
Board, and every effort is being made
to find employment for large numbers
of La Sale county men who have been
turned back into civilian channels, ac-
cording to the following communca-
tion from f. l.. Montgomery, chairman
of the board, who says:
Placement of soldiers, sailors and
war workers in positions for which
their qualifications as shown by the
records fit them best admittedly has
become the greatest Reconstruction
nroblem before a grateful nation. The
United States employment service
has been charged with the control OF
this task patriotic, publicspirited cit
liens everywhere, selected because os
ability to grasp the phases Of this i'm
portant work, have been designated to
aid
The La Sale Federal Community
Labor Board, 53S First street, La
Sale, H., will act as the clearing
house for the district comprising the
g
and Marshall All information OBJ
| tainable pertaining to positions open,
will be forwarded to f. l.. Montgom.
cry. examiner in charge Of this Of
flee, by the U. S. Public Service Re
| serve.
! The roster of the public service re
serve has been augmented to the eX
| tent necessary to insure information
as to every possible berth for the re
| turning men who freely risked all Iol
their country. The government is
| placing every reliance upon this re-
| cruiting branch of the L. S. employ
ment service, which is cooperating
with the following affiliated depart
ments and organizations: IT, s. army
general staff, adjutant general morale
division, personnel classification
branch, division of education and pub
lie training; L. S. navy; department
of agriculture; Council OF Nationa
Defense; woman's committee, Coun
Gil Of National Defense; war labor
policies board; war industries board
federal board of vocational education
American Red Cross, Young Men;
Christian Association; National Cath
oic War Council; Knights of Column
bus; Jewish Welfare Board; Youns
| WOmens Christian Association; Gen
eral Wartime Commission of Church
es; War Camp Community Service
Salvation Army.
With the release of men from tn,
! camps and the arrival from oyersea
of hundreds of sailors, soldiers an
others who helped win the war, az
} plcatiOns for positions are beginnin
to be received in great numbers b
the u. S. employment service and b
! many of the individual organization
{ existent. These men must be PLACED
However, the government early de,
ognized that if each organization a
i tempted to find the proper job, gres
{ confusion would result. Hence tn
, | Capitalization under a single govern
{ ment department.
Not only is the work one due out {
gratitude to the men who welded tn
gun and bayonet, but to the men whit
by entering war work made it poss
bic to furnish the weapons. Furthe
d it Is pointed out that unless each cit
u. zon does his full share, there will aris
u a serious economic problem that wi
Ie affect wages and costs to an extel
o that would imperil the internal indu
70 trial and business situation in y
United States The gravity of Il
situation cannot be overstated. In |
porting to the local enrolment age
every open job, a genuine service W