The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-31
SERVICES
SHOWS HEALTHY GROWTH

Great Falls, Jan. 29.-With the
close of the year 1918 the United
States Employment Service completed
the fifth month of it's existence IN
Montana. Figures compiled at the
office of Federal Director Scott Lea
witt show a healthy growth of the
Service during that period and,
further, a growing confidence in the
Service both from the laboring man
and woman and from the employer.
Organized for the purpose of as
sisting munitions manufacturers and
other big employers engaged in war
| work and to prevent loss Of time be-
tween jobs for employees, the Service
was expanded until now all classes Of
labor are served, from the person
seeking help for an hour to the pro-
fessional man and woman technically
trained to fill positions of trust. In
the state of Montana the Service
reached high point of efficiency
| right at the time when it. was of the
most value to the farmer in harvest
ing the grain crops.
That was a time when labor was
far more scarce than at any time IN
he history of the county. Thousands
Of men had been called to the ma
TONS armed forces, while thousands
of others had been shipped to the
country's seaboard for work in the
shipyards.
During the five months covered ia
the report compiled at the Office OF
the Federal Director of Employment
for Montana, the fourteen offices in
the state were called upon to fill i
total of 1910 positions for women
and 34,051 position for men. But
during that period the demand ex'
ceeded the supply, for at no time die
the number of persons referred t.
these positions equal the number Of
positions. However, things are dif
ferent now, and when the January re-
port is compiled it will show that th'
number of applications will far ex
coed the number of requests.
The report shows that in Angus
: the Service received I'll requests TO:
female help, registered SIT and re
! ferred 423. This number was in
creased more than 200 per cent be
tween that month and Decembe,
4 when requests were made for 3,O2
2 women, but only 1913 registered, o
8 which 1,418 were referred and 1922
D were reported placed. The unofficia
: records of the Service show that NOR
: than this number were placed, but tn
e employers neglected to return the in
0 PRODUCTION cards, and these are no
+ included.
v In August the number of request
e for male help received in the variou
Offices of the state total 1918. Abou
: a third of this number registered an
). 2,810 were referred, but only 1,61
f returned cards reported men placed
: However, it, is stated that PRACTICAL
s all of those referred were placed.
/" During the month of December
e total of 1907 men were referred an
! 3,401 placed" cards were returned t
+ the offices. This number of men wer
referred upon demands for Alb
e men. This report shows an increas
f of about 80 per cent in the numbc
It of men referred, while the numbe
- placed shows an increase of NOR
; than 100 per cent. Then, too,
b should be borne in mind that Decem
It Der is usually slack month.
r November was the banner mont
= in male help wanted and also re
Il ferred. The figures show that Their
were 6,61O registrations, 7,189 re
It quests for help and GOAL reporte
placed. October shows the larges
number of requests for help, the te
tai being 1892, with only 4,S70 re
VI ferred and 1861 reported placed.
The records further show total :
j visits paid to the offices of the SCI
# vice on business connected with it,
b. have been 1899, of which 1850
n were women and 66,093 were men.