The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-22
u. s. TO CONTROL
COMMON LABOR
Drastic Plan to Help War
Work Will Be Put in Eff
feet August l
RESTRICTION ON
HIRING WORKMEN
New Regulation Will Apply Only to
Concerns Employing More than 100
Not to Farm, Railroad or Non-War
Workers-Survey of States Planned.

The supplying of war industries with
common labor will be centralized in
the United States employment service
of the department of labor August l
and oil independent recruiting of COM
mon labor by manufacturers having
payroll of more than 100 men will be
diverted to that service. This is in ac-
cordance with the decision of the war
labor policies board and approved by
the President ON June II. The action
was found necessary to overcome per
ilous shortage of unskilled labor in war
industries. This shortage was aggra-
waited by an almost universal labor
stealing and poaching.
While the restrictions against the
private employment of labor apply only
to common labor at the present time,
these restrictions will as soon as posi-
HE be extended to include skilled la
Dor. In the meantime, recruiting of
skilled labor for war production VIII
| be subject to federal regulations now
being prepared This drastic change
in the nation 5 labor program has beer
found necessary in order to protect the
employer and the employed, to conserve
the labor supply of the communities
and to cut down unnecessary and eX
pensive labor turnover, and to IN
crease the production of essentials.
While non essential industries will bt
drawn upon to supply the necessary
labor for war work, the Withdrawal
will be conducted on an equitable ba
sis in order TO protect the individual EN-
ployer as much as possible. Uuder tn
operating methods adopted the countr
has been divided into thirteen fedora
districts, each district in charge of
superintendent of the United State
employment service The states with
in each district are in turn in charg
, of a state director who has full con
troll of the service within his state.
. In. each community there is bein
formed a local community labor boarC
consisting of a representative of tn
United States employment service,
representative of employers and rel
resentative of the employed. Til
! board will have jurisdiction over rC
cruiting and distributing labor in II
! locality.
A survey of the labor requirement
is being made and in order that eac
community may be fully protected, IN
{ ings have been issued that no labC
shall be transported out of any con
munity by the United States emplo.
ment service without the approval {
. the state director; nor shall any lab'
{ be removed by the service from OF
: state to another without the approv
of the United States employment ser
. ice at Washington. Every effort w
q be made to discourage any movement
r from community to community or sta
. to state by any other service.
: 1t must be understood that farm lab
will be protected, for the industri
program distinctly includes special C
forts to keep the farmer supplied wi
labor. The requirement that unskill
labor must be recruited through t
sole agency of the United States el
ployment service does not at prese
N apply in the following five eases: q
Is Labor which is not directly or indire,
* ly solicited; Cd Labor for the ra
M roads; (3.) Farm labor-to be recru
Il ed in accordance with existing arrang
ment with Department or Agricultu
a. Labor for non-war work; &
Labor for establishments whose ma.
SO mum force does not exceed one hu
10 bred.
10 When the survey of labor requi
~ ments has been made and the aggl
10 gate demand for unskilled labor in W
work is found, each state win be
signed a quota, representing the co
mon labor to be drawn from amo
men engaged in non essential ind
tries in that state. These state quot
will in turn be distributed among loo
tiles. Within each locality, employ;
1g in non-war work, including those W
10 are only partially in war work, will
asked to distribute the local quot
from time to time amongst Intensely
. Quotas by localities and individu
are to be accepted as readily as I'll
are for Liberty Loan and Red CIR
&c campaigns. This plan of labor quo