The Washington times., 1919-11-17
Jobs. BUREAU
NEEDS $4,000
Citizens Committee Expects to
Raise Amount for Continuing
Work Of Employment Service.
By BILL PRICE

By BILL PRICE
The citizens COMMITTEES on unem-
oloyrnent headed by Commissioner
Brownlow, and representing various
business, Charitable, welfare, and
other arganizztions of the District,
was confident today that no difficulty
WIN be found in securing the $4,000
OF more necessary to continue the
central employment agency at 14lO
Pennsylvania avenue for another
year.
OF s22. 500 necessary to meet the
expenses OF such a bureau for year
about SIT 500 is pledged in money or
services. The Bureau of Labor con-
tributes one experienced employe
department
The record Of the employment
bureau for the last four weeks indi-
Gates that a large stan Is required
to handle the large number OF persons
fseekfng positions In that time z,4OO
men and women, about equally diVioed
in sex, registered at the bureau for
work, and 1000 were referred to op-
portunities which had been registered
By employers OF this number 1,Soo
were placed
The fact that a number OF Govern
msnt bureaus and departments are
laying OF clerks, and that many re-
turning soldiers, sailors, and marines
are In this city hunting work, makes
the unemployment situation still
serious one, in the opinion or the
representatives OF the various large
organizations that are aiding the
movement
MfKh Atd Turnover.
One objection occasionally offered to
The continuance OF a central employ
uient bureau in the District has been
that In some measure II might con-
tribute to the labor turnover here by
causing q spirit of independence to
exist among those seeking petitions
The idea Is that where a man or wom-
sE is compelled to hunt position he
OF she appreciates IL more than IL it
IL handed out easily, and is more like
II to remain with the employer.
knowing that there are other oppor-
tunities available through the bureau.
the person with his services to sell Is
somewhat Indifferent and does not
contribute in efficiency as he would
otherwise do IL positions were not so
. easy to obtain That Is the only ar
gument against continuance, and II Is
rot advanced by any Of these who
have had actual experience in han
ding persons who want and need
work, and who can save much time
oy being promptly directed to where
II Is.
As against these views Is the broad
er and bigger one OF the unrest and
dangers associated with unemploy-
n,ent and of the presence in any com
nunfty Of idle men or women who
have put In many days hunting for
positions and been unsuccessful. In
the opinion Of Commissioner Brown
low there Is no more vital question
IN these days of unrest than that of
reducing unemployment to . mini
num- Practically all the large cities
OF the country, including Baltimore,
have taken the same view and are
maintaining these central agencies, so
that men or women may ind work
with the least loss OF time The hunt
ing Of jobs. IL II pointed ou;, loses
much time for both employers and
Job hunters. II Is an economical
waste
OF the male applicants registering
at the bureau every day for employ
rnent about so per cent are returning
soldiers. sailors and marines, many OF
them strangers In Washington. but IL
. felt TO be a patriotic duty to aid
tnem- Opportunities in the States are
known TO the bureau here, and where
9Hssiole the strangers are sent to
''eir own homes, that local oppor-
lunities may be held open here for
ashington men or women
Personnel of CeMimtte<.
The organizations giving their as
slstance in maintaining the bureau,
and their representatives on the citt-
Lsns' committee, are as follows:
E. Davis Aronoss, Federal Board for
Vocational Education: John Joy Ed
son, Board Of Trade; Robert NJ Har-
per. Chamber OF Commerce; Chas ].
Columbus, Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association: VIM. T. Gslliher,
Bankers Association; Newton James,
Central Labor Union; Frank Nor
-ison, American Federation Of Labor:
T. I. meyerwitz. Young Mems Hebrew
association; John Dolph, Red Cross,
lone Service Section; Mrs W. S. Uf-
ord, Board OF ChiIdren's Guardians;
= W. Bond War Camp Community
ervice: c. T. OConnell, knights Of
Columbus; w. B. Westlake. Federated
citizens Association; Maj. Fred S
Todgson, Military Service League:
rVm. Knowles Cooper. Y. NJ C. A:
Dr. ID. z. Yarnell, Y. N. g A: ID. W.
'heyer. Masonic Employment Bureau:
Dr. d f. Wiseman. Civic Alliance:
-frs. Mary Wright Johnson. women's
Sational Press Association: Miss Flor
nee Brown, Y. ". G. A; Edward A
-.ycett. Community Labor Board EN-
lloyers: John Purcell. Community
IAbor Board-Employers; Miss Berna-
Inc Lesher. Community Labor Board
Women Employees; Capt. Allan Neill,
galyation Army; K. A McRae, Amer
tcan Legion: Rev. john OGrady. Ma
,iohal Catholic War Council; W. s.
.,fford. Associated Charities; Cuno II.
audoIph, Associated Charities; r s
eobbins, Rotary Club; Lee Baumgar-
zen. United Hebrew Charities: william
-tevenson. Y. NJ. c. A, colored: s. E.
rsmer, Board OF Education: Mrs. Ly-
nan B. Swormstedt, Twentieth Cen
Jury Club; Colonel Smith, War De
oartment; John Densmore, United
states Employment Service: Luther
Q. Stewart, Federal Employees Union;
Miss Clara MortensOn. Minimum Wage
Board: Miss Ethel Bagley, Business
Women's Club; Archibald Fl. Grtmke
national Association for Advancement
N Colored People; Mrs. Raymond B.
Morgan. Association Of COLLEGIATE
, Alumnae: C Whftfeld Cftv Cluh.