New-York tribune., 1919-10-23
knights of Columbus Hut
Has 1920 Places Open
During Week and Only
1883 Looking for Work
Outdoor Labor Popular
Employers Willing to Pa
More for This Than for
Bookkeepers and Clerks

mere are more JOBS IN New York
than men to fill them. This conclusion
is verified by the books of the Knights
of Columbus Reconstruction and En-
ployment Service and by the help
wanted columns of New York news
papers.
For the week ending October 18 the
books of the Knights Of Columbus hut
in Longacre Square showed that 1890
Opportunities" or jobs had been re-
ceived. The number of applicants for
jobs for the week totaed 1,253-in
other words, there were thirty-seven
more jobs than job seekers. Not one
of the opportunities offered paid less
than $18 week. The average would be
considerably higher. A total of 1892
men were placed in Jobs during the
week. Sixty-one of the weeks appli
cants were not placed, but ninetv-six
OF the weeks opportuntie were un-
filled.
These figures, of course. do not show
the unplaced men whose applications
were on file from previous weeks nor
the untitled opportunities from prev
lous weeks. The total of opportunities
not flled. during the months the bu-
reau has been in operation, however, is
sh""+ three times the number of an
.plicants not placed. Since the middts
u .uuy. the K. {. hut has found Jobs
for 1880 men.
William j. Mckinley, supreme secre-
tary of the Knights of Columbus, in
commenting yesterday on the labor
situation as revealed by the organiza-
tion's employment service book, said:
I'VE could place $50 carpenters in
New York this minute. We could place
200 others in Detroit. We haven't had
an application from carpenter. We've
got jobs for 100 upholsterers, but we
haven't any upholsterer looking for
work. The same is true of piano work
ers, cabinet workers and printers. We
could place 1000 tailors to-day. We
haven't single applicant for that kind
of work.
Outdoor Work Preferred
"On the other hand, we have found
ten jobs for chauffeurs. We are ad-
vertising these openings, and | war
rant ran, you there will be 800 applicants.
The answer is that your ex-service
man doesn't want to work indoors.
I'VE can't begin to find places, how
ever, for the civil, mechanical, cleo
trical and chemical engineers who want
jobs. Neither can we place all the men
who want to serve as executives, buy
ers and chemists. But there are all
sorts of places for unskiled labor.
1--WE have very few opportunities for
salaried statesmen, but an endless va
riety of chances for the man who is
willing to take chance on commits
sions.
employers are prepared to pay any
thing for labor, but hate to part with
money for clerical workers. A pro-
vision man telephoned here a day or
two ago. He wanted a porter and "a
crackerjack of bookkecper'
"'What will you pay the porter we
asked him. Anything up to $780, he
replied. How much for bookkeeper :?
Not dime over $25,' he declared. Our
secretaries have to meet situations like
that many times day"
Hypnotist Picks Out Ten
Professor Tebeau, hypnotist, called
at the hut few days ago. He wanted
to hire ten men to travel with him as
hypnotic subjects. He said he would
pay $50 week. Twenty men were of.
fered for his inspection. He looked
them over carefully, glared at them
and poked his Strengthened fingers tow
ard them suddenly and finally selecte
ten, who went away with him, happy.
William Fellowes Morgan, chairman
of the reemp oyment committee Of
New York City, announced last night
that the job bureau at 500 Pearl Street
would remain open until every ex-ser-
vice man had job or until the funds
Of the agency were exhausted. The
committee sent out an appeal few
days AGO for Jobs for 3 600 men,