Arizona republican., 1918-07-26
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DENVER, July Elimination of the private employment agencies was forecast at today's session of the con- ference of the representatives of labo. and capital from seventeen western states. The session was devoted to round table discussion by the labor delegate and the employer delegates, each meeting separately.
 w. N w. Blayney, state director of the United States public service re- serve. presided and William A. Davls, special agent of the department ot labor and John H. Van de Nries, re- piled to questions which were asked by the delegates regarding disputed points of the proposed government en- ployment service.
 The principal matters of discussion were the details of organization of the federal employment service and the elimination of the private employment agencies.
 To Utilize Waste Man Pawer.
 Roady kenehan, state director of the government employment agency read q. paper discussing waste of man power in Colorado coal mines. He asserted the miners were working on an aver age of 191 days 8 year and produced twelve million tons of coal, which fact. he said, put the mining industry on a 50 per cent basis of efficiency He said he soon would confer with the
 state fuel administration to secure means whereby mine workers could be used to the maximum of their eff ciency.
 At the morning session, Special Agent Davis addressed the delegates explaining the program of labor dis tribution which will become effective August 1 bE proclamation of Presi- dent Wilson. The increasing difficulty of securing labor for the essential war industries of the country was the req son for the presidents step looking to elimination of competition for la borers for these industries. declared MT. Davis. He told the details the army abroad was continually increas- ing while the army of workers at home was continually decreasing, which forced the country to take measures to increase efficiency of the workers at home.
 Must Give Up Cherished Privilege. The efficiency of the labor supply is largely a matter of proper distri- bution," said Mir. Davis. The theory | of labor distribution which must obtain in war times is that all the labor re- sources should constitute common supply upon which all industries doing war work can draw. The non essen tial industries must give up part of | their labor supply as cheerfully as they contribute to liberty loans and war | subscriptions and the laborers must give up their cherished privilege of answering the call of the highest wage"
 Davis characterized the work of the shop workers as equally heroic as that of the men in the trenches. When man sticks to his post at crane and turns a deaf ear to the call of higher wages, because he has been convinced that his place at the crane cannot be easily filled and that his work is es- sential to winning the war. that man performs an act of real heroism, said he.
 When the government takes over dis tribution of unskiled labor, it is more than probable, according to Mr. Davis, that minimum wage for unskilled la bor will be fixed.
 | Plans for Organization. l The plans for the organization of the federal employment service provide | for establishment of two boards and a state extension committee. In the first instance. there will be a state advisory board of five members: consisting ol d state director two representatives of labor and two of management. The chairman of the board will be a rep resentative of the United States em' ployment service. The board will hav' the power of making recommendation. for the personnel of the employmen service in their respective states ant will advise regarding the recruiting and the distribution of labor and vii
 have advisory powers regarding ques tions of general policy.
 In addition there will also be com
 munity boards in each industrial com
 munity, composed of one representative