The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-22
ESSENCE MEN OBTAINING JOBS
 IN GOOD SHAPE

1 ''No service man will be considered 1 demohilized until 8 job has been | found for him.
 This statement is authorized bv the | office of the assistant to the secretary 1 of war as result Of the shutting | down of the United States Employ 1 1nent Service on October 10, because l of lack of funds. An added task | now confronts the War department l in it's nationwide work of putting 1 back every honorably discharged ser
 vice man into civil life. The D. 1 800 bureaus for soldiers and sailors | throughout the United States will be continued, with the assistance of the l numerous welfare associations and l civil volunteers, many of whom are | do1lar-a-year-nen
 1 Secretary Baker in thanking the l numerous agencies which have con- l tributed so much towards putting l soldiers and sailors back at work | is issuing a request through the of 1 flee of the assistant to the secretary 1 that they keep up their work until l the last service man has been re- l employed. In some cities there ap- pears to be belief that the necessity for employment bureaus for dis discharged service men no longer exists because in parts of the coun- try conditions are so satisfactory Major General William G. Haan, who has succeeded Colonel Arthur Woods in charge of the work, points out that many former soldiers who have found no special need for seek ing employn ent during the summer will now be in the market looking for jobs, while many others who | have had seasonal occupations will also be out of work, and to these are
 added those who seek readjustment The main idea is, of course, to pro- vide the soldier with Job, but a sec ondary purpose is to make him feel
 that he has friends who are endeav- bring to look out for his best in l terests.
 In a letter to the 2,5O0 agents
 throughout the country is this re-
 sume of the work:
 A great deal has been accomplish
 ed; a very splendid work has been
 done; but the job is not quite finish
 ed. Some of the most difficult cases
 remain unp1aced; cold weather will in all probability bring us a number
 Of others We owe 1t to the men
 and to our past record in this work
 not to quit until we reach the 100 per cent mark. We should not stop
 with this goal in sight. Where there Is any question as to the advisabiuty
 of continuing the work, we should
 give the men the benefit of the doubt,
 It is very much better that we make
 the mistake of continuing our efforts
 a little too long rather than make
 the mistake Of stopping a little too soon.
 One of tha 01ost fro7or%sp% p.r4z o%
 our work for the future Is to be the placing of the disabled service men
 in ga1nful occupations; that is, the men who are not eligible for re-
 training by the Federal Board for
 Vocational Education. This included
 the men who are not only disabled
 by wounds and Injuries, but the men who are disabled by disease, whose vitality has been reduced. and whose physical condition is such as to re-
 quire them to get 8 job in the open air in high dry climates, or in light
 indoor occupations.
 These are the men who have made great sacrifices, and d grateful coun- try certainly owes them the oppor- tunfty to reestab1ish themselves in sef-supporung occupations With the coming of winter, these men, unless they receive cur assistance, are going to face both hardship and hu- initiation
 The United States is divided into four districts, Northeastern, with of 1 fees in Boston; Eastern, New York City; Central Indianapolis; Western. | San Francisco A personal of 3S of neers and field representatives cover the country
 They will visit the respective towns and cities purpose of collecting information as to the exact situation, smoothing out o1ff1culdes, removing friction where possible. and co-ordinating the ac- tfvities Of the various welfare and business Organizations constftutine the employment agencies that handle the Job problem. The employment agencies are made up from represen- tatlves from the Chamber of Com merce, or Board of Trade. as inc case may be; and the various welfare organizations including the Red Cross T. M. C. A, Knights of Columbus war Camp Community Service, Ma lonal catholic War Council, Jewish HelIare Board and Salva ton Army. In some cities the Chamber of Com nerce, or one or more of inc va1gera societies maintain their own separate bureaus. The dollar-a-year represen- tatives will continue in the regular offices.
 The American Legion is co-op- eratlng with these bureaus in the matter Of employment, and in stimu- latIon of public works In son,e places where the support of the vel fare. agencies have been withdrawn the American Legion has taken over the employment problem with fina results.
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