The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-09-25

'field Representatives; department Of
lgrfculture, with "A. 600 field repre-
sentatives, post Office department. Ia
boz department, navy department,
United States chamber OF commerce,
chambers Of commerce OF the principal
cities, National Association Of Manu-
facturers. MeFch4 ants atton, prin.
cipal labor organizations. and q host
,of other -estab lishel volunte eriagsncies
are now working with and for the GOV.
eminent for the unemployment Of ex.
soldiers. s- .l5.g
The first step taken toward giving
employment to the ex-soldier Il made
before the man is dismissed from the
service. M d. Y. Ss.s
Booklets have been printed and are
issued to the man while he lis on board
ship from France to America, This
literature, issued by Colonel, Woods
ONCE, acquaints him with the economic
situation that he win meet when he re-
turns home. It tells him exactly how
e 60 about getting a job. It points out
the trades and professions which are
open to him. Hundreds and hundreds
,ofsfhem, of all kinds. IttremOves all
doubts man may have 90 to his 'ahtlt-
fty to begin life under favorable cir.
cppstances. s = ~. a
Each man Is asked to All an employ
ment card. This questionnaire;s far sim
pier than the one which took him from,
civil life is designed tosput him back
into civil life without red tape. 1
Every card that is filled BY returning
men is Immediately forwarded as =
sort Of preliminary application blank
TO the bureau, Red Cross, Knights Of
Columbus or any Of the other volun.
tesr agencies under government super.
vision which. is located In the part Of
the country in which the soldier lives
Case q Jehn Drsssn.
So that when John Brown, twhoTde
5scTibes himself Cd asnesideptsof Ohtca'
70, age atwenty-six, {withAsas previous
training as q hutkster,; ssxprasses aade
Ssire to become O. machinist, bis card Il
entered, and all. efforts are made e
Get choice 81 jobs for .him upon hia
personal application ut his nearest re.
employment bureau. ~.
" ss II a man is Indifferent 10 the sort OF
sob he gets his re emp loynaent bureau
will send; him to any number Of them
until he finds what she thinks sho~ will
like. Or it will let him talk, TO- Z
trained vocational guide, who may be
able to discover in him a vocational
preference. m %. y,s
! These bureaus may help the men IN
material ways. The soldier who de.
cided to have a vacation Of q few
weeks on his SEQ before starting to
work may soon find himself without
funds. The Salvation Army will see
to it that he has food until his EN-.
ployment agency finds him Job. Oh
he may spend all his $50 on suit Of
civilian clothes. He belongs to the
government until he has gone back q
work. And the government 10 waiting
to be asked to help him.
!. Jobs 70 Fit @g x 81
"A man may not like his old job
Colonel Woods Office will try to And q
new job for him that he will like bet
ter 1t can in certain cases help him
to learn a new trade. 1t will place
him out as a well-paid apprentice. OF
it will show him how to learn new
things-direct him to evening courses,
or day courses. and give him work 60
that he can earn his keep while he ID
learning a new trade.
Il q man finds that his old job does
not want him the government agent
or the local employment agent looks
into the matter, finds out what the
trouble is and settles it If possible.
If he can't he goes about finding an.
other job, at least as good, and as
nearly like the old one in kind as
possible. tas :.5a Is
And If man doesn't like the first
job he can have try at others. The
government is doing it for the soldiers
because the country wants to- make
the best use that it can of the 4,OOO..
GOO men who have, or should have, in.
creased their earning capacity because
of the training which they have under
gone during the war. 81
( The war department, through Colo.
mel Woods, is directing unemployment
of ex-service men, because it Is sound
economics. And business interests are