Evening journal., 1919-03-14
CURTAIL WO K
OF LABOR BUREAU
City Offices to be Con-
Quoted by Staff Of
Six Men
BURROUGHS Fur
OTHER EMPLOYEES

- the United States Employment Service
are TO be immediately centeled at the
Old Federal Building, Sixth and King
streets. with a stan Of six persons, in
cluding the state Director. The re-
mainder OF the present force will be
given a furlough. effective Marcn %
All OF the employees were called to-
gether by Major Doherty, the state
Director. yesterday afternoon, VINO ex-
planned the situation as follows:
Fellow Members OF the Pensfnnel
/ Having had the pleasure OF meet
ing you individually face 10 face dur
ing the past months, and recognizing In
each Of you a valuable member Of the
United States Employment Service per-
sonnel, IL is my duty to appear before
you today and explain in as complete
a manner as is poss Bile under the cir
cumstances. the reirenchment pro-
sram OF the service.
by instruction OF the Director Gen
eral, the organization Of the United
States Employment Service In the State
OF Delaware that Is so far as out and
out Federal officers are concerned. viii
consist OF one office in this c ty. u Is
therefore In order 10 state that our ac-
tviiies in Wilmington will be centered
In the office at the Old Federal Build
ing. Sixth and X ns streets, which will
In addition 10 being headquarters OF the
! Federal Director for Delaware will
also be the local L. S Employment Ser
vice office for both men and women.
Members OF the personnel may apply
| for indefinite furlough without pay and
/
received for the carrying out OF the
comprehens We program patterned in a
degree after the Employment Service
during the world war, they will be
given full consideration as the offices
are re-opened.
BY March % the full and complete
rctrenchment program must be in Of
feet
we all realize that a chain is as
I strong as its weakest link. so that al
this time, when the L S Employment
Service was and Is doing such a splen-
did Job in placing in employment our
returning soldiers, sailors and marines,
toeether with the war workers. II ap-
pears 20 me- and certainly 10 you, that
the L. 5. Employment Service is ur-
gently needed in every community to
link up the nanless job and the jobless
man. We all know that the service
has today become a specialized agency
10 handle the returning soldiers and
that its chain was booming stronger
and stronger. made so by the intensi-
fed cooperation Of all the factors in
the industrial and mercantile life OF
the State Of Delaware. The Employment
Service in this State has been conducted
not only with the cooperation OF labor
and OF industry. but with all the known
and recognized existing fraternal and
welfare ORGANIZATIONS. ! sincerely hope
and trust that our bureau for returning
soldiers. sailors and marines, which
/ represent all these cooperating infu-
ences, win be continued upon a work
able and harmonious plan. whereby the
returning service men may apply Tor
! information and direction 10 employ
ment. We know that the soldier back
/ from the front or the cantonment Is
nightly pleased with the glad hand
and the reception committees various
brands Of entertainment-but when the
bands have stopped playing, ne wants
ion. The Employment Service. with the
eplepdid cooperation IL has received,
served As the centralized agency 70 Sc
cure employment for Uncle Sans nsht-
ing men-so right 40 this time, ! cannot
but feel that II Is rather pitiable that
the service, with all its ramihcations,
will no, be able to so efficiently fune-
ton toward placing the returning ser
vice men. With the small organization
that remains we will endeavor 70 do our
best 10 continue 10 win the approval OF
saH I
that the task is herculean, and that II
looks almost formidable. In this con-
nection. Il Is the hope OF the Federal
director 10 retain the central bureau
for returning service men, 70 pe oper-
ated by the service, through financial
aid and cooperation extended by the
frate-nsl and welfare organizations.
"The service Is based on the words
Cooperation, coordination and cen
tralization" During the war ener-
gency the employment service as na-
tional institution, with State units OF
administration, performed and dstrib-
utlng agency for unskilled labor. ]
have always believed in Capitalization
OF effort--in coordination and cooper
alton. The man or woman out OF &
lob should have central agencies where
he or she may apply for information
and direction 10 employment and
where employers may place their re-
duisitions for the labor they require.
we all know the chaotic condition
which existed when the United States
Employment Service was organized on
its comprehensive scale-we know how
many OF the private labor AGENCIES
were extorting money from both en-
ployers and workers. 10 the detriment
OF the individual interest Of the en-
ployer and workers, as well as TO the
interest OF the community, State and
nation. ! hope that we viii never go
those days. For we
have learned this great lesson due 70
The war: That a centralized system |
az public employment offlces Is an alb
solute necessity--an agency represent
ing the cooperating influences OF the |
the State and the Federal /
government Such an agency has
been the United States Employment
Service, and as much an agency has It
functioned so well in the interests OF
.sThe United States Employment Ser
vice Is still In exlstence-but not on a |
scale 20 be compared with the service
az al present You members Of the per-
sonnei who have worked SO incessant-
Iv ana so Loyalty for the United States
yovernnneut assuredly are due vote of
thanks for the splendid achievements
van have made for the ssrvice-we
inow YOU have al done your best, and
are extremely sorry that the service
- a .,,.s.v ~ = .irr,tT1n stanreS unrSile