The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-01-10
WORK MUST Be LISTED
NUMBER OF RETURNED MEN
ARE OUT OF JOBS
Plans Are TO Be Formulated
= Whereby They Will Be
Employed

That one of the biggest issues be-
fore the community at the present
time and for months to come will be
the furnishing of employment to re-
turned soldiers was the big point
dwelt upon at a meeting of repre-
sentatives of the different Mankato
organizations and John Ehlinger
government man in charge of the
local United States Employment Of
flee, which was held at the Mankato
Commercial club office yesterday
afternoon.
All organizations. and every mem
Der of each organization will endeav-
or to locate positions which will be
reported to Mr.. Ehlinger at the en-
ployment office, and he will place the
men. He already has large list of
men who are looking for work. Sol
diers before leaving the service are
told to register at the government
employment office nearest to their
home if they have no prospective
work. In this way Mr.. Ehlinger will
have on hand n list of all soldiers
who return here and who desire
work. and will also have a record of
the kind of work to which each man
is adapted, the salaries required, and
the hours of labor.
Cooperation of Organization.
Cooperation of the Mankato or
ganizations with the government bu
reau was planned, in order that the
work of furnishing employment may
be accomplished without any dupli-
cation of efforts as would result
otherwise.
Representative of the Manbato or
CARNATIONS at the meeting yesterday
we're H. B. Perrin, president of the
Commercial club; l.. Ventre of the
Advertising club; w. 3. Fallancier,
secretary of the Retail Merchants
association: J. Z. Regain of the Ma
tional Safety League; T. j. Nc
Govern of the Public Safety commits
sion: VI. R. Benedict, of the Blue
Earth County Farm Bureau; H. A.
Patterson, chairman of the Com
munity Labor Bureau. Ensign Swan
son OF the Salvation army, Z. F.
Soaring. secretary of the Mankato
Commercial club, and John Ehlinger
of the government employment bu-
reau.
Everyone present gave assurance
OF their best efforts toward securing
positions for the soldiers. That
there is not a large number of posi-
tionS open was regretted.
Is Serious Situation.
Mr.. Patterson stated that serious
situation confronts the community.
The mer are returning from service
and there are very few positions for
them. Their former positions have
been filled and these who are now
holding them possibly need the money
as badly as the returning soldier.
Mr.. Benedict stated that it ought
not TO be the idea 10 turn men out
of employment to give their jobs to
Ia returning soldier, but rather 10
create new work if possible and
make places for all TO earn liveli-
hood.
: Mr.. Regain stated that he had al
ready located number of places
where men were wanted. including
positions for five statesmen, and a
number of places for other kinds OF
labor.
Others present gave assurance that
they would endeavor to find positions
for men, and would report them to
Mr.. Ehlinger.
Mr. Patterson stated that Hugo
Koch, federal director of the depart
ment of labor, had written him, Of
fering to come to Mankato and ad-
dress a meeting on the subject OF
finding employment for returning
soldiers.
It was decided TO have Mr.. Koch
come to this city and deliver an ad-
dress to the employers of labor and
business men generally at the city
hall on Thursday evening of next
week, at eight o'clock.