The sun., 1919-02-05
GIRLS IN U.S.. JOB
BUREAU CRITICISED
Give Men Chance to Talk to
Unemployed Soldiers,
Greenhut Urges.
1000 NEED WORK HERE
Protective Association Asks
$4,000 to Push Fight on
Unemployment.

A man who knows the feel OF Uncle
Sans Uniform and speaks trench lam
guage can help a Job hunting sailor or
soldier and tell him what's what without
offence II his expectations are too high
much better than young woman in the
United states Employment Service can
do IT. Such was the argument OF Lieut..
0reenhut OF the American Soldiers and
Sailors Protective Association. who put
up stin plea yesterday at a meeting
OF the committees on rehabilitation and
Unemployment OF GOV Smiths Recon
struction Commission In the Hall of
Records for recognition and an appro-
priation Of $4,000.
Most OF the representatives OF various
organizations present indor sed the Lieu
tenant and his coworkers, but Tilden
Adamson. Controller OF the United
States Employment Service In New York.
didn't like the young officers remarks
little Bit particularly when the Lieu
tenant described how he went into the
United states Forty -second street branch
and found eighty girls employed there.
and since Assistant Director Wood OF
the Department has said that there are
more Jobs for girls than for soldiers.
why don't they turn some OF those young
women of and All their places with Job
less soldiers
Mr.. Adamson. growing pink to the top
Of his head, Immediately challenged the
other on the number OF those girls. and
the girl population OF Uncle Sans Forty
second street branch threatened to ball
UP the conference till acting Chairman
Potter A. Brady got the dlsputants back
to the issue. namely. how to get work
for the soldiers.
No Time for Theories.
Lieut.. Greenhut a downright chunky
young man in a uniform with several
stripes on one sleeve, stated emphatically
that this was no time for theories
There are 100. 900 uniformed men in
the country, 10000 in New York. out
Of Jobs right now he said. Some OF
the men in New York don't belong here
but a girl In the Department OF Labor
can't tell a man who has served the
nag two years where he belongs. He'll
be polite to her, but he'll go away feel
ing sore.
Vow. we're down to rock bottom. and
I'm here TO tell you that the soldier
will take from men who speak his own
language what he won't take from some
one else. The American Soldiers and
Sailors Association opened shop
couple OF weeks ago with an indebted
ness. for rent and furniture. OF $4,000
and the men are coming there by the
hundreds. We had 800 yesterday morn
ing We don't tell them to pu. their
name down and come back next day
we 60 out and create Jobs for them
We've gone to the buildings around and
got them employed as cleaners: we've
zone to employers and put 1t up to them
that as measure OF business prudence
tIy.ss
Ing the streets with no place to stay. and
going to the Rand School OF Social
Science; that every employer ought 10
take on what extra help he could and
relieve the immediate situation. And a
good many OF them respond to the ap-
peal from a soldier
Where the men live elsewhere we
put II up TO them that they'll be better
of at home. and they'll take II from
us-we speak their own language When
they haven't the railroad fare We fur
nish II. There's one man we're send
Ing to Japan, leaving 1t to his honor
to repay the money. and I'm as sure
that money will be repaid as l am that
I'm sitting here.
What we're asking is a fund Of $50
900, and with that We'll send out aeld
OFFICERS to reach employers and find Jobs
and create Jobs for the service men who
y.
OrRa nisations Are Indor.ed,
William Jay Schienelin. speaking for
the National Civic Federation and the
Mayors Committee on National De-
vestigated the Soldiers and Sailors Pro-
tective and found them all right. ~
earnestly hope they will get the support
they ask" he said
We'll" remarked John G. Agar.
chairman OF the unemployment commit
tee. seven big organizations got O
pretty generous chunk OF money from
New York lest fall Seems 70 me .or,.
way might be found to extract the mod
est sum Of $4,000 from that and hand
1t over to these young men,
II. Prettyman OF the Soldiers and
Sailors Protective III into the United
States Employment Service in a raw.
way that didn't go at all
with his surname. He said the trouble
with the U. 9. f. s. was that II had
put SIS week men into So. 900 a year
places in its offices, They're inef-
fcient," he declared. They haven't tho
moral support or backing OF either the
manufacturers or the unions. I've made
the round OF their places asking for
work. didn't take the word OF any
All out an application blank ard come
next week That's no way to deal with |
O man who's probably got no place to |
sleep"
There Was lively tilt between Chair |
man Brady and Frank w. Smith. The |
latter complained that soldiers were too !
particular. refusing Jobs that didn't |
bring them what they wanted. III a |
man can't get anything but SIG a |
week Job he ought to take IT for n time, |
even II he's worth more" he said
stop right there" Numbered Brady. /
Don't propose to lower the wage stand !
ard till YOU lower the cost Of living"
Henry NJ. Sayer OF the State Indus
trial Commission urged giving the Sol
dlsrs and Sailors Protective something |
out OF the fund raised for the Big /
Seven IN the United War Drive, and |
several women delegates backed him.
Among those who took part In the con- I,
ference were Or. Robert T. Hin OF me
War Camp Community Service, Mrs.
Henry Moskowitz and Morris L. Ernst
Of the City Club.