The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-14
u. s. EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE CRIPPLED
Failure of Congress to Provide
Funds Cuts Offices From
= Fifty to Four.
BUT WORK Is TO GO ON
Clearance System and Super
vision Over Auxiliary Blu
reaus Will Be Continued.

An imme6iats and drastic curtailnent
In tho Offices and force of the Federal
employment Service throughout New
York State vas ordered yesterday in a
telegram received here from John d.
Densmore, the Director General, at
Washington. The failure of Congress to
pass the deficiency bill carrying an APP
preparation of s1,SOo,0o0 for the main
tenance OF the service until July l was
given as the reason.
IT was said last night by DR.. George
w. kirchwey. Federal director OF the
service for the state, that. notwith-
standing the new situation, the task of
finding employment for returned soldiers
and sailors would be carried on with
vigor and that efforts would also BIO
made to place az many discharged war
workers and others as possible.
FIFTY Omces Cut 20 Four.
The service maintains about fifty Of
hces in the State. Ycsterda order
limits the number to two up State and
two in New York city. The bureaus at
Camp Mills and Camp Upton will not be
affected. There are at present 43G en-
ployees In the metropolitan area be-
sides seventy who are working for 81 a
year, and 14O up State. with fifty addi-
uonal at the nominal figure. The order
directs the retention of at least twenty
two of the paid employees here and at
least n.ac up State. This number will
be increased if 1t is found that the budget
now available warrants Il.
The service has been finding places
for 5000 persons n week. Between De-
cemOcr - and February .2 the avera ge
weekly number placed in positions was
LOCO soldiers and sailors. G,O0O male
civilians and 2.1OO female civilians
Since the organization OF the service in
January, 1918. about 100000 men and
women have been placed in war indu.
tries Practically all OF them have hal
TO seek other employment since the Sit,
ing of the armistice.
Al employees who are not needed To
maintain the offices that are to be con.
tnued will he laid off on or before
March 90 Indefinite furloughs viii be
granted as many as desire them. pro,
Viding for their reinstatement in the
event that funds are made available
later by the next Congress
The bureaus for returning soldiers
and sailors and discharged war worfters
which are now being conducted in CO.
operation with the Federal Employment
Service by the war welfare organiza-
thong will not he Affected. There are
about 1000 of these in the country and
of them more than 100 are in New York
State.
The Employment Service will main
tain its clearance system and super
vision over these bureaus, and it is ex-
pected that much of the work done in
the services own offices will be taken
over by the cooperating organizations
and by the state Employment Service
The latter organization will continue its
offices in Buffalo, Syracuse Albany,
Rochester and Brooklyn. and others
may he added il funds become available.
According to Mr.. Densmore's drec-
tons seniority in service will he followed
and civil service employees will be given
preference IN reducing the services per-
sonnet In his message to Dr. kirchwey
he said
Urge State and municipal authori-
ties welfare organizations. chambers OF
commerce, labor organizations and
others to take over and finance as far
as possible all offices eliminated by this
order until Congress makes an appro-
priation. No office placing soldiers
should be permitted by a community to
close. 1t is highly probable that Con-
gress will act promptly after meeting :;
consequently use every possible endeavor
to secure such assistance"
The work will go on with undimin-
ished viEor," said DR.. Kirchwcy last
might The foresight which the SER
vice displayed in enlisting the coopera-
ton of the war welfare organizations.
councils Of national defence and other
voluntary bodies is we'll rewarded now
that We face a reduction to n minimum.
Under the present disability the ser
vice needs more than ever the full CO.
operation Of employers. 1t Is most es-
sential also that State and municipal
governments make haste in instituting
work on public improvements in order
that New York's own sons who are now
returning in great numbers, may not be
forced to tramp the streets in search OF
jobs which are almost impossible to
ind