Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-03
PLAN FOR WAR LABOR

IS -
War Work Must Have Men at Any
Cost-EmplGyers' Aid Essential
Rules Announced by Chamber of
Commerce.
The Chamber of Commerce today
announces the plan for War Labor by
United States Service:
The new labor-supplying program
of the Employment Service will be
conducted in accordance with the fol-
lowing four cardinal principles:
l. War work must have men at
any cost.
2. Withdrawals of workers from
nonessential industries for war indus
tries will be equalized.
3. The volunteer principle will be
followed in dealing with the individual
worker.
4. Only fit men will be sent to
war industries
Employers Aid Essential.
While emphasizing that the situa-
tion is such that there can be no tenn
porizing and that labor must be
found for war industries at all costs.
the Department of Labor and its War
Labor Policies Board place equal en-
phasis upon the necessity for practi-
cal and tangible assistance from in
dlvldual employers and employees
and their organizations. Their ad-
vice and cooperation are deemed ab-
solutely essential to the success of
The labor mobilizing and stabilizing
program.
As one means of obtaining this CO.
operation, community boards, with
equal representation of employers
and wage earners, will be formed in
I'll industrial centers to work with the
representatives of the Employment
Service and its Public Service Re-
serve. Since labor priorities are fun.
damentally best determined locally,
chese community boards will be asked
70 play an important part in determ-
ming how Withdrawals Of workers for
essential production will be made.
Employment managers especially will
oe urged to work in conjunction with
he local offices of the Employment
Service and the agents of the Re-
serve
recruiting of unskilled workers
will be done along the following gen
9ral lines:
Common Labor Recruiting Plan.
After August 1st, the Employment
Service will, have exclusive control
'ver finding and placing common labor
n war industries. Nonessential man
lfacturers, farmers, and war manu-
'acturers with less than 100 workers
md the transportation industry for
he time being are not included in
he prohibition against private re-
'ruiting, although their activities will.
'e regulated by the Employment Ser.
,ice, whose rules shortly will be an
nCunced. A number of the railroads,
however, notably those in the Western
erritory, already have agreed to get
heir labor exclusively through the
icrvice and their agencies have been
aiken over by the Federal service.
While no prohibition against pri-
ate recruiting of skilled workers is
n immediate projection, there will be
equations, however, which will
heck the widespread advertising
hat has wrought such havoc in the
abor market and increased turnover
and will ban labor Stealing" and
"poaching."
Although the common labor recruit
.ng prohibition does not for the mo-
ment include the nonessential indus
sries, recruiting by the nonessentials
has had but little effect on the gen
.ral situation. However, no nonessen-
.ial will be permitted to interfere
with any war industry or the labor
market.
Wallace Lindsey has been recon-
nended by the Chamber of Commerce
% represent the employers on the
local Community Labor Board.
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