The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-01
WORK STACKER
BE- ELIMINATED
This Is New Job to Be Taken Uu
Actively by the Amer
lean Legion.
SHIFTLESSNESS TABOO
Move to Go on in Conjunction
With War Departments
Employment Bureaus.

Eliminating the work Stacker" is
the new jow which the American
Legion has taken upon itself, acting
in conjunction with the war depart
ment's chain of unemployment bu-
, reaus throughout the country This
type OF ex-service man, while not
numerous. is occasionally a serious
detrfment to the work of placing ex-
soldiers and ex-saflors in satisfactory
! jobs. Their attitude OF shiftlessness
after getting the place causes dissatis-
faction among employers who are
really trying to help, and gives a
black eye to other service men who
still need work.
Practically all the posts of the Le-
gion now have employment commit
tees. In some cases these committees
have taken over all the task of find
ing jobs for their fellow service men.
In other localities they cooperate
with the war department. In Bridge
port, Conn, where the work Stacker
has been a serious evil, the Legion
keeps a special file of such cases of
repeating in jobs. AS a rule a heart
to-heart talk from a comrade in arms
has been enough. In other cases a
refractory man has been denied the
services of the employment office al
together.
In Detroit the Legion works also
with the police. Where an ex-service
man in uniform is taken up for some
minor offense, like begging or ped
ping, a probationary system has been
adopted. Instead iof sending these
men to Jail, the authorities have con-
sented to put them on probation with
the American Legion. This practice
has had a very salutary effect, and
Detroit's problem of putting to work
every returned fighting man is no
longer so serious.
In practically all states, the employ
ment committee of the Legion now
makes a canvas of all the employers.
Wherever jobs are offered returned
soldiers. the employers are told that
the Legion expects to keep in touch
with the men in the places, in order to
see that they give satisfactory service.
II this is not Forthcoming, the Legion
gives such men short shrift. On the
other hand. the deserving ex-service
man who needs employment will have
his case persisted in until he is placed.
Work slackerS have to appear before
a committee Of their comrades.
In many places local chambers of
commerce or associations of manu-
facturers have agreed with the Legion
to have a job for every home coming
soldier or sailor.
In commenting upon the nation
wide cooperation of the American
Legion. Major General William G..
Haan, assistant chief. OF staff, who is
in charge of the war departments re-
employment bureau program. says:
To-day the American Legion has
become an aggressive factor in get
ting jobs for our fighting men. They
are extending the scope Of their work
so very rapidly that now this influence
is felt in every state In the Union.
while the original plan was fer the
members to cooperate in employment
work, in many communities it has be-
come necessary for them to take over
the entire burden, because OF the
withdrawal of other agencies from the
field. In every case they are meeting
with the greatest success, and event.
ually the Legion will be the great
standby Of the soldier who needs as
sistance of any kind.
.If anyone still has any doubt in
his mind as to the present attitude of
the mass OF discharged soldiers.
would advise him to go to any post
meeting of the American Legion and
say something against the government
advocating boIshevism. anarchy, or
any other form of destruction. He
will then quickly find out that the ex-
service man has not yet forgotten the
art OF fighting.