Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-07
PLACES 1865 IN JOBS
Federal Employment Bureau at oes
meines Does Good Work-Reports
Indicate Large Saving to Com
-unty.

Des Moines. Jan. More than $40
ooo has been saved Dies Moines JOB
seekers by the establishment Of the
state federal employment bureau, ana
its use since April !. 1918. This est-
mate is ma de by c. NJ. Davis. in charge
O: the office which is now in the Schee
building. after review Of the WORK
handled and an estimate on the agency
charge Of So a person
By these reports which were com
pleted this morning 1855 applicants
have been actually placed thru the
Des Moines office since April /. This
was far less than the number OF
workers needed for the books show
POSTS calls for help by employers
During this period OF time 1876 per-
sons put in applications for jobs and
fssS5 were actually placed The dis.
crepancy in these figures is accounted
for by those who took jobs. completed
them and came back for others.
Nearly 1900 workmen were recruited
and shipped out Of the state TO work
on government war contracts. The
majority OF these went east, altho
number of skilled workers went into
the western shipyard industry. -.
In the Dies Moines office there II .
staff Of seven men and five women 10
take care OF applicants and to do other
special work necessary in making the
state federal free employment buHaau
effective. There IS a complete checking
and follow up system which keep track
OF workers VINO have applied and OF
employers who have been booking for
hep This has meant as little time
lost as possible between Jobs by
workers.
The system has been Of special value
in the farm division in which the Des
Mcines office placed 1900 Of the Is. 900
farm laborerE sent out by the bureau
in the state
To bring about closer cooperation
Of the fourteen state offices. all similar
to the one in Des Moines, state offices
have also been installed here with
four workers to get out reports and
arrange for needed exchanges between
the Offices. A. l. Trick, state labor
commissioner of Iowa, has also been
named as head Of the United States
been in direct touch with the activities
all over the state.
In Iowa, with 1888 calls from en-
ployers for help total of 1884 per
sons were referred. OF the number en-
ployed $500 were men and s,42l
women. making a total OF 1920 placed
4 total Of S2,345 people out of work
or seeking to change TO better jobs was
registered by the fourteen Iowa bu
reaus.
During the last month the labor
situation has changed materially as
soldiers are discharged from service.
There has been an average Of from Ave
TO thirty soldiers registering at the Dess
Moines office each day. and many Of
them are still unplaced. The trades
represented vary any way from a
common laborer to a radio mechanic.
This big increase in the labor sup
ply has found the country in this dis
trict una bic to cope with It. Factories
according to Mr.. Davis, are not big
absorb the unemployed tabor and the
farms have no work for the men to do
during the winter. 1t has been noted,
however, that employers in many in
stances are asking that soldiers be
sent them when possible. old en-
ployers are also arranging to take
their men back in most instances where
| il is wanted.
The call for women workers Is still
on pre-war basis. Reports from that
/ department show many openings now
for competent stenographers, clerical
| workers, day workers and house
| workers. Wage scales in these lines are
not going down and IN the factoric.
even higher wages are being offered
women.