The Irish standard., 1919-05-10

1Zed from the service
In addition to this powerful ma
chinery which has been in operation
since the signing of the armistice,
there is the supreme council of the
K. of c., all picked men; the supreme
board of directors of the X. of c., Pc
culiarly qualified, not only from per-
sonal experience but from geographi-
cal status. to aid and advise in the
work; the K. of G. committee on war
activities; whose functioning has been
so successful that it won not only the
admiration and affection of the Amer
ican fighting man, but also the hearty
support of the American people.
Under this direction and supreme
control system of coordination and
cooperation with other agencies, such
rs the United States Employment
Service and state employment bu-
reaus, labor organizations; chambers
of commerce, etc., has been effected.
A department of records with statis-
tics and accurate reports listing in
dustries of all kinds and characters,
factories and establishments and other
places where men are employed.
A department of finance in connec-
tion with the K. of G. employment
work is directed by Supreme Secre-
tary William J. Mckinley, and by
publicity the Knights seek to main
tain public interest in the great need
of jobs for discharged service men.
BY this wide and intensive ramifica-
tion of their work the knights are
able to accumulate limitless data,
which is of first Importance in max
ing surveys for the extension of their
employment and reconstruction work.
All told, the K. of c. committee on
war activities, through it's employment
and reconstruction department is in
reality stepping into the breach
| caused by the retrenchment of the
work of the U. S. Employment serv-
ice. In New York City, as elsewhere,
but specifically in the metropolis, more
jobs have been secured for discharged
service men through the Knights of
Columbus than through any other well
fare agency.
The forty-eight state deputies of the
Knights of Columbus, heading the
state jurisdictions, and the more than
six thousand subordinate council Off
GERS of the order, are permanent
body of executive talent in directing
the efforts of the army of volunteer
job-finders. X. of c. secretaries, over
seas, on transports and in camps at
home, are all in the plan, convassing
employers and registering applicants.
When occasion arises, in the event
of large number of men being dis
charged in particular area, all the
members of council pitch in to find
jobs and get their sisters and their
cousins and their aunts to do like
| wise. Ordinarily, if members of coun-
Gil committees are unable to continue
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this) a system of rotation prevails
by which every member serves.
Thus by extensive intensive effort
the Knights are securing jobs by the
thousands. All told they have found
$4,000 positions for service men in
less than four months intensive oper-
alton of their employment and re-
construction service. BY actual ex-
pertinent it has been found that the
Knights obtain work for two-thirds
of the men applying to them within
two weeks from the date of applica-
tion.
So thorough is their system that in
the cards they issue to employers they
even automatically inquire as to
whether there is prospect of strike
or lockout in the plant-a precaution
against service man being employed
as strike-breaker; or put into merely
transitory employment when he de-
sires something permanent. Like all
X. of C. work for the men in the army,
their employment service is absolute
ly free of all charge to the men and
to the employers.
With the formation of club-schools
in different parts of the country, where
wounded men can teach themselves
useful and remunerative occupation,
the Knights of Columbus are adding
another feature to their effective post
armistice Worthwhile all the time
maintaining at its highest pitch their
recreational activity for the men over
seas. on the sea, in hospitals and
camps in Europe and at home.
K. c. WILL PAY SOLDIERS TO FIND
| JOBS.
The Knights of Columbus are max
ing an innovation in tob-fnding. Hav-