Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-16
Soldiers Seek Better Jobs
Than They Held Before War

NEW YORk, Fch ~ 'Th.
greatest diffculty IN the way ~ oh
tanning positions fot tho hundreds
~ thousands ~ soldiers returning
/ fur demohiligntiun N the psyohol.
ogy uf ~" Huldier himself % says
! Dr Geotg. " kirUhwey federal
director ~ the United states en-.
! pluymcnt bureau Tor IA" state ~
/ New YORK
our campaign among The former
employers ~ the boys vino entered
/ tho service shows ~ that the great
I majority ~ them a." willing ana
even HnNiou. 10 welcome N" young
men In khnhi bntk 80 their old puhi
/ ,iuua win the soldiers thetus"lN"-.
/ however thrtr H. a notable f'luc
thnce 10 settle down IN the same
positions AMI the same localities 40
before the war ana thiH CuriouH
Hltuntion ,unfiunts ne With "a serious
nrs which requires ur, poruai
cnco and executive uhilllY
There ARE several reasons fot the
soldiers nltilud" which most civll
innr DO not und"rstlud These must
be- hurnc IN mind hN "mpiuYutH and
by the friends ~ the young men
who are looking fur Wutk
'tn the first place the returning
soldier whether hp has seen actual
fighting has participated ir support
work overseas or whether hlu ~
prrirnce WAS confined 10 IA" con
r-ntrntinn chtnps and rHntnuu"u'H
IN very changed individual from
the raw recruit who loft homr to
Join the awkward squad IN tho rudi-
mrntnry H'hool ~ the soldier His
training and iruv"lr his trials ana
Successes In military work has de-
v~lnpsd his self-confidrnce poise
and Increased efficiency IN the tasks
In which he was drilled Most NJ
tho returning men have the legitl-
mate feeling that they nre entitled
to the best ~ everything when they
get back into civil life
New Mental Attitude.
This new mental and social nttl.
uude In due not only tn the growth
N now and hnsuspec,ed qualities In
the young man. hy which h.. renlis"r
M we'll sr any one else does that h"
has increased his capacities and en-
durnnce. but because also h. has
been brought into contact with men
~ many kinds. who have had en-
tlrrly different social and Industrial
experiences
The young man realis.a that he
has other capacities than those
which were needed SOLELY for his
former civilian work Ito has kept
his eyes and ears omen, he has
heard of tho good positions occupied
by other young men of equal mill
,ary rank with himself. and need.
less 10 say. he has learned through
tho newspn pers and from the teHti-
mony ~ his own friends and rsla-
uv~s left behind of me hish wages
paid munItion and other war work
ers during his absence on duty
whore his own salary vanGed ms low
~ $40 q month.
The returning soldier, having
detached himself from the hum.
drum of everyday iifs for sis
months. a year or more, has de-
velopsd \ new spirIt--.,hat of ad.
venture for its own sake And II IL
this spirit which " perhaps more
than anything eise responsible for
his desire to obtain work In n ar.
ferent community than his old homo
town, much as ne wants to see II
and 10 see hln friends and family
He has come "a know himself more
intimately and more independently
of his oldtimr environment. lie
feels that he deserves more pay for
his work. and there he comhsts the
problem ~ returning 10 tho position
which IL In all likelihood stiii wait
Ing for him.
Ncrd Sov Diplomacy.
'srhe function Of the soldier ssn-
ploymert examiners Ia 10 draw out
from the applicant all the intimate
Al - - II ~