Arizona republican., 1919-03-18
MPLOYMENT OF. SOLDIERS TAKEN
 UP BY OFFICIALS
Will Fill Gap Caused By Lack of Funds Volun- teer Work Secured Is Solemn Obligation of Gov ernment to Place Men Quickly
[Republioan A. p. Leased wirel

Republican A. p. Leased WireI WASHINGTON. March 11.-Gov- ernment agencies called together by the council of national defense or ganizcd today the emergency com mittee on employment for soldiers and sailors, as a step toward filling the gap caused by the demobilization of eighty per cent of the field force of the United States employment service, for which congress failed to provide funds.
 A committee on plans was appointed Co collect immediately all available information as to work being done and prepare a comprehensive plan of operations. Grosvenor F. Clarkson, director of the council is chairman, the other members being Colonel Ar thur Woods. special assistant to the secretary of war. John W. Hallowell Of Boston and F. II. Greengood of the council
 "In entering into the situation the council seeks merely to act as clear ing house for utilizing rapidly all agencies dealing with the unemploy- ment problems" Mir Clarkson told tfG meeting. "The councils function .is not in any way to transcend the function Of any department con- Ccrned'
 Colonel Woods told the committee that it was the solemn obligation of the government to help service men In returning Co civil life a problem which he said concerned the minority not the majority of discharged soldiers and sailors
 Many of the men feel that they have been improved by their exper1- cnce in the army and are ambitious for something better than before" he sad. "I feel that this ambition should be encouraged However. during the period of readiustment these men should resume their old employment, if nothing better shows up at once and | think they will all find their old employers glad 10 have them again
 Work With Present Means
 Colonel Woods said 1t was not in- tended to create any elaborate ma chinery for the work, but to use the skeleton organization of the United states employment service and the ex- isting 1000 volunteer bureaus for fur nishing jobs to service men.
 He declared nothing could be ac- Complished by creating sentiment for ruthless discharge of worthy civilians and said readjustments could be made which would make unnecessary ans such action.
 Elliott Goodwin, general secretary Of the chamber of commerce of tho United States, announced that an ap- peal was being made to employers, or whom rest the responsibility of hirinl discharged soldiers and sailors, to as. sist in the work.
 Other members of the emergenc, committee are Franklin D. Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy; F. \ Hurley, chairman of the shipping board; Nathan A. Smith. assistant di rector general of the United State employment service; c. l. Christie, as sistant secretary of agriculture; B. Cutler. chief, and R. F. Maceley. as sistant chief. of the bureau of foreig1 and domestic commerce; Matthew Woll. American federation of labor D. J. Ayres, department of the inter for; A. l.. Brunson, federal board o vocational education. and D. NJ. Rey holds. assistant to the director, counci of national defense.