The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-09-28
WOODS QUITS ARMYS
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
Man Who IUducnd lncmpioy"d
Number from so, 900 900 tn $50
900 Tenders Resignation.
AYERS SITUATION NORMAL
Cl,icf Of Department GonIpiin"ntrd
by SECRETARY Ilhkrr un Worn
ia Helping SoidirT-.

WABIISGTpN. srpt 3D., uloIr'
Arthur Woods. assistant tn iar 'r
rotary of wa'. has handed h.H rrtIF
nation 90 Nj Baker. 10 has been "t.
copied with COMMUNICATIONS ru ih"
work done hy Colonel woods duriuE
HIS incumbcugy Since March laAi
De has been in charge or occurring
employment for huuorably dih
charged service men.
This -rryiga viii now Do made
permanent one. Hprcicf"f" do" afNF
has dropped tho soldier at ,h" in1'"h'
Of his separation fpm ih" "rNi''
but colonel Woods rc,pmW'ndhu"n
tu Secretary Iakcr that me enlisted
man bo helped back into cl'lI hie
ia 10 ~ made war department fuI'
Major General William a. Ham.
director uf the war plan dl'iHinn, as
riHiant chief & starr Will take over
Colonel woods Gfnrc as a part OF
hls duties, retaining ~" organization
nHd personnel uH ftr ar iH necessary
Itrui Colonel NJ G. Smith viii Lr
executive iu oharg".
Secretary BAKER means to III ~
this Office with a new plan Tor the
army. hy which IL ,a proposed not l
only 20 train the recruit but 10 give
him an education THIS plan has
thrro purposcH. ffT, 10 mako tho
man IL soldier, second, to give MN
an education in order that he may
become Il better soldier. third. 10
fud for the hunOnbly discharged !
man, after he gets out, a jOb com
mpusuraic with the extra education |
he has had.
When Colonel Woods took office |
dix months ago there wcte practically ,
OUu OG0 mon 10 10 provided with |
equipment To-day from tho best flE /
urrs ohtalnRblc BY the war camp /
community service and the United |
States employment service, there are !
between .O,0p0 ana 10000 men as.
charged from the army stlll out OF |
work About so per cent OF the re- |
turned fighting men have been cared /
for hy thoir former employer, leaV
INK 20 per cent for Fhom Jobs h"d /
60 ho found OF created There are .
left oui OF work now only the mum
bcr normally the labor turnover. ,
In saving good bye 10 Secretary
Baker and his own personal staff 1
Colonel Woods said that he had 10 /
definite plans for the future further 4
than that he expected To make bis /
home IN New YORK city, where he |
was police mifsioncA during tho |
administration y of the late Mayor !
Mitchell In referring to his work
he said
we found the Job too big for any |
ono organization, right from tho bk
ginning. hut all sortH Of welfare bod !
los Joined In checrfully and enthuh- |
nsticany. and the country Itself Hc- |
cepted the situation Loyalty That
has done H. Unemployment is NO"
normal
shortly after my own discharge
from tho army Secretary Haker
called me up on the LONG distance tel
ephouc at the place where ! was In
tho south aud nsked me 10 com"
back To help meet the emergency
caused hy the difficulty ~ getting
discharged soldiers readjusted ~
rlvll life In this work | have had |
the consistently cordial support OF /
the secretary in every possible way, /.
and the extraordinary experience ot +.
never calling upou any organization ,
or individual without getting n faN-
urnblc response
Every one has secmcd to hold u /
n privilege 60 take into Citil llfe the
men who have fought tn defend the
country During the past few weeks
tho emergency that called me to this
work has disappeared and the mum
her out OF employment Is steadily de-
crcnsing uutn now n is no greater /
than Il would hc hy reason ~ tho /
natural turnover of labor In every
dav life
1T Is especially gratifying toomc |
that this work which was entirely /
new when I started II under Secrc
tary Uakcr. VIII continue In such cap /
able hands as General Hams. This I
means that the army itsalf intends /
10 do what it can 10 promote the /
welfare ~ Not only the soldiers them /
selves hut that ot al men who are !
graduates OF army institutions.