Arizona republican., 1919-03-14
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Lack of Funds Demoralizes Splendid Work - Only Skeleton and Volunteer Work to Continue Much Soldier Work Must Be Abandoned March 22

WASHINGTON, March 13.-Reduc- tion of eighty per cent in the force of the United States employment service. effective March 22, was announced to- day by Director General Densmore. This was made necessary, it was said, by the failure of congress to provide funds for continuance of the work. Mir DensmOre said the number of employ ment offices would be reduced from 750 to 56, but that none of the work in di rect connection with the return of sol diers and sailors to civilian employ ment would be discontinued.
 The reduction of the employment service cuts it to the bone" said Mir Densmore. The special work in placing engineers and other highly trained men. persons handicapped by old age and physical disability, guidance for juve- niles. the trade tests for skilled work CTS and the training of employment eN- aminers must all cease March 22.
 "Thc maintenance of a skeleton ad- ministrative organization in Washing ton and the states, and the continuance of camp representatives, soldiers bu- reaus and the clearance system. togeth- CT with fifty-siX branch officers in strategic industrial centers, will. how - tF tlr pEi llll lIt ulItCllllS Ol ndNlOldl employment work by the employment service and enable it to resume full op- eration when congress appropriates funds
 Presidents Fund Depleted
 Secretary Wilson, in a statement to- night explaining the plan for retaining a skeleton organization of the service disclosed that the service could not ! q Vx-fT-1.,s,- n. al war emergency fund, because practi- cally all of it had been spent or pledged After the urgency deficiency bill was ! killed in the filibuster in the closing hours of the last session of the senate Secretary Wilson appealed to the pres ' ident He received this reply by radio from the presidential ship, George ! Washington at sea;
 Regret nothing so much as the dis ! continuance of the work of the em- ployment bureau, but the fact is that ! including pledges made. my fund i: l practically exhausted What remain. would not suffice to maintain the bu- reau, and to nv great grief see no es- cape from disbandment. I hope that ! will be possible to keep a skeleton or ganization."
 Secretary Wilson announced that th' employment service would be reor- ! ganized on basis that would enable l | Co utilize the voluntary services of in. dividuals and organizations, to contlnu, 1 the work Of finding places for retune, | soldiers and sailors.
 1 Volunteer Help Expected | Fortunately" said Secretary Wilson | the employment service in carryin. out the work entrusted to it's charge had organized 1900 communities, near | ly 2,O00 bureaus for returning soldiers ! without expense to the government and had secured the cooperation O the council of national defense, tn, state and municipal agencies, the fivi great welfare organizations, in locatin, work for demobilized soldiers and wa workers. The hearty cooperation o these agencies has been assured in tid ing over the interim until the recon !vening of congress.
 "Inasmuch as the deficiency iten passed the house unanimously and wa unanimously reported by the appropri ations committee in the senate, we ar confident that as soon as congres meets sufficient funds will be mad available to continue the work which i
 being done in finding positions for re turning soldiers and civilian workers.
 While DensmOre was sending order today 10 federal directors of the servic for the states reports reaching head quarters here, showed there has been
 heavy increase in unemployment dur
 ing the last five days, sixty nine pc cent of the reporting industrial center
 having large labor surpluses. This fac
 together with the fact that the work o the 2.000 bureaus for returning soldier is closely allied with that of the servic,
 led the director general to predict tha
 most of the 700 employment bureau
 would be maintained by the communi
 ties in which they are located.