New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
18th Division and Old 60th
Veterans Coming to Swell
Ranks of Unemployed;
Work Finding Speeds Up
Help for Soldiers Asked
New Organizations in Field
TO Send Service Men Home
Employers Urged to Act

States Employment Service says there
are 100000 unemployed men in New
York, including soldiers, sailors ant
marines.
The last contingent Of the 2,762 off
GERS and men of the old 69th Regiment
due yesterday will arrive here soon.
Fifty-two hundred men, the first, con-
tingent of the 10000 in the nth Divi-
sion. also came in yesterday.
All Of the 2,7O0 men in the 11th
Engineers will be here by Sunday.
These men must have jobs.
What is to be done about 1T?
Francis H. Sisson, ice-president OF
the Guaranty Trust Company of New
York, believes that many regrettable
features of the situation can be OBJ
waited by the service men themselves.
II the soldiers would only go back to
their home towns instead of lingering
IN this city and return to their old
Jobs for the present instead of seeking
new occupations, he says, the unem-
ployment problem would to great ex~
tent be solved, at least as far as the
man in uniform is concerned. Under
the circumstances, he urges as a mat
ter OF simple duty that employers make
every effort to provide the returned
service man with employment.
To Take Back All EMPLOYEES
Gas evidence of its own feeling in
regard to this matter" said Mr. Sisson
yesterday, the Guaranty Trust Com
pany Of New YORK mas made it q policy
10 take back all of its men is RAPIDLY
as they return. Out of 548 men who
entered the service from this company.
we have already reinstaed 226, and
others Will be placed as rapidly as they
return This seems to be only mat
ter OF simple duty on our part, and the
obligation rests upon US to these bows
who fought our battles for us on the
ether side certainly demands this rec
ognluoa from all employers who are
able 10 give IT,
New York is particularly unfortu-
hate in that it has been made the
dumping ground OF the returning
forces, and IT is difficult for this city
to meet all the demands that are made
span At not only by its own residenta,
~ those who llnger here on thefs
To other places, The attractions
'Ae great city are holding many
country heNa who would much hotter
return immediately 10 their homes aud
eeeh employment ia their heme zelda
without attempting nNeh ohanso of
hepv So thla time, With tho epenins
of the farming eousen there In certain
70 te heavy demand for AGRICULTURAL
laeor at good WascG and with the
wholr world claMorlng for food no
better service could be rendered than
To ssaist IN inorra.i ins our agricultural
output.
Many Occupationai Changes
Another regretablc feature of the
situation which makes it difficult il
mat many mon are taking ADVANTAGE
NJ this break in their lives to seek
new occupations, even when their old
aobs are waiting for them II is the
old story of the other mans pasture
always looking Greenest-e theory
which IN most instances ia not iusti.
fed by the facts. Men who refuse tc
'oturn to their old jobs ia the hone
Of finding something more attractive
while they may he justified from the
standpoint Of selfish ambition, GER
~iniY are not objects for public con-
aideiatson
Reports from distant parts of the
country would seem 20 indicate that
emp oyment conditions are becoming
more normal, aud while New York is
certain to be the centre of congestion
probably during the entire period o.
demobilization, every effort should b.
made by the employers of labor her,
so far as in their power lies, to relieve
the situation"
Perkins Appeals for Cooperation
George W. Perkins, of the Interna
tIonai Harvester Company and tn,
United States Steel Corporation, ais,
stated that the situation should be ;
natter OF concern to every patriotic
American.
be officials of the corporation will
Nnlcn am connected" he said. al an
suIe' VIII do their utmost TO set idle
naen 10 work. In connection with tn.
$50 prooieHsi arising out of the situa
s.on, my views on profit sharing witt
employees are we'll known.
;s IL "ase - IN, rhe cost of living is where i
-, !" Is Illogical to talk about reduc
\ Tba "ages to tide over the situation
sbo,,a 'gtaoJustment in this resnec,
NAV 'r rooe;, oe 20 gradual that wage Garner
lection" Au"esc possible pro
Figures given out at tha r-,,;...
oIates Employment Service bo.J Jnieee
sis Yesterday indicated roora 80.
VI aspect. Dr. George " K;roL''p Lnope
statc director of the service anres
mat approximately 5000 civ;Iis ns olaec l1's g
provided with jobs in New Yo~s wc.' SN;t'
Tithin the week ended April 10 ", =,
Shese a the service placed 1924 man AZ "
l,25O women, the remainder 'i an
aaken care OF by welfare organizatinn.
Must Act Within Month
Despite the great efforts tha. sr
being made to get the man in unifor,
Job, he believed there were 10 M
solders, gailors and marines lonb;r
Tor work to-day. Ii the difficulty
70 be met at all, these men, he sal,
will have TO be taken care of with
me next thirty days The work G
me entire bureau, he stated has bee
ordered epeeded up, the office hour
81 all branches having been lenethene
from , a n, TO s 40 p. m, includin
saturdays.
The concerted effort Of all the trad,
welfare and business organizations :
Keep tbs service man OF the street
wa launched yesterday by the Reem
Rloynsnt Committee Of New York b
ms Hallenbeck building, at Worth an,
centre Streets, The Organization re
fslFs1 Wefe than iDO opportunities q,
- nFst day, with applications iron
ssept forty soldiers,
ne eeiHmlttes. conducted undey Oh,
auspices oS the Merchants A.noeiatiey
ssh9ynetlan wiih tho Federal E,a
Ftsxaiebf NsfYiee, IA the resut az ths
ussd Tor a centralized bureau IA tals
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