The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-09
lREOKUk JOBS
For SOLDIERS
Community Labor Board Fails to Find
Employers Willing to Say They
VIII Take Back Men
Called to colors.
cry ELECTRIC SHINES
II Is Only One to Make Response 70
Appeals Of Local Labor Board
and Goes Limit Pat
riotieaiIy.

We are getting practically no re
Spouse from Keokuk employers o
men who went 10 war 10 our repeater
requests that they write us whether
they VIII take the men back upor
discharge said Thomas F. Brady o.
the Keokuk labor board today, "anc
it is going to be hard 10 do for the
returned soldiers what the govern
4 ment instructs US TO do and the most
or the people expect 10 be done"
The Keokuk Electric company is
the only employer 10 date 10 write
the letter so strenuously asked for by
Mr.. Brady several weeks ago and re-
peatedly requested since, and while
It's letter leaves nothing 10 be de
sired, its ionesomeness as patriotic
Keokuk employer makes it stand out
like flag in field
The nearest the keol1uk labor
board has been TO connecting return
ed soldiers with jobs is story that
is interesting.
Two Soldiers and Their Jobs.
Oryille Puts and Ira Belville came
to Commissions D J. Kenny. a
member of the official Keokuk labor
board In uniform to report that both
pf them had been TO the corporations
Hhich employed them up TO the time
of their enlistment and had been re
fused work
Hemmy took them TO conference
with Chairman Brady, and later they
were placed on the card index OF the
board al its Offices in the Industrial
association rooms.
After it seemed certain that the
soldiers would not be taken hack by
their former employers. D. j. Kenny.
member of the labor board, acted in
his other capacity as commissioner
Of public safety and appointed OrTiIle
Puts on the FIRE department and
ordered him to report for duty TO the
Sixth street station where he is now
The Sole and Only Response
The letter from the Keokuk Elee-
tric company was signed by Manager
J- r. Ingle, and Is as follows:
4sMr. Thomas f. Brady. chairman
community labor board, Keokuk. In
response to your inquiry, j wish TO
advise you that We are arranging 10
take care of all the former employees
Of the KeoEuk Electric company who
enlisted in the army and navy as
soor as these men are discharged
and are ready 10 go back 10 work
While we did not promise these
men their positions back when they
left and while We cannot in every
Ease give these former employees the
same positions that they formerly
acid. we viii arrange TO give them
some work either with fhis company,
Dr with some other Stone and Web
ster company. that corresponds as
nearly as possible TO the work that
hey formerly dtd"
Neosqlk Electric All Right
The Eaokuk Electric company does
this notwithstanding ii has q peculiar
zzse On hand One Of its Office rner
entered 4be army and his place was
E1ed- The second man IN that place
later entered the army also To
which Of the TWO does The Place be-
long, without deciding thar. the
cnupauF is going 70 give zach Of The
Dea a satisfactory JOB equal OF bat-
ter than the one both held with Il.
we shall carry Out IL idea Q. re-
e-nrlerIrg men Il its spirit as wei
as stE letter said Manager T-xle To-
GAY. although VIE made hem 10
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