Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-28
FEDERAL LABOR
BUREAUS WILL
BE PERMANENT

! The T. 8. Employment Service will
j continue its work in behalf of dis
/ charged soldiers and sailors and 9TH
els in seeking employment in Cali
/ fornia and elsewhere throughout the
UnitcdS tates, in spite of the failure
Of Congress to make the appropria-
tons for financing the work fer the
. balance Of the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1919.
This became known today when
Federal Director William T. Boyce
made public a telegram from the di-
ment Service, in which he stated that
in addition to the fifty-siX offices in
the various states that were to be
financed entirely by the department,
more than SOC other offices would
continue to function through the
generosity of public-spirited indivdu-
ais, organizations and employers who
realize the urgent necessity fer the
continuance of the u. S. Employment
Service.
In California the u. S Employmnt
Service will continue to operate Is
employment offices. IN every city
the Soldiers and Sailors Employ
ment Bureau will be retained San
francisco will have four offices
Los Angeles, three; Oakland, two;
Fresno, two, and each of the follow
ing cities, one office: Ell Centre, San
Bernardinc. Bakersfield, Taft, vi
salia, Stockton, Modesto, Santa Rosa
and San Diego.
While great majority of these
offices will, of necessity, be financed
by public welfare and war relief or
CARNATIONS, publicspirited citizens
and employers who appreciate the
work of the U. S. Employment Serv-
ice, according to Federal Director
Boyce, these organizations are in no
way subsidizing the L. S. Employ
ment Service, which, he says, will
have full charge of the work Of the
offices under the supervision Of the
director general of the u. S. EN-
ployment Service, as heretofore. Sim
liar arrangements have been made
throughout the country, thus enab-
Ing the department to carry on its
work until Congress reconvenes and
passes the necessary appropriations
for financing the U. S. Employment
Service for the coming fical year.
Federal Director Boyce today made
public the following telegram from
Colonel Arthur Woods of the War De
rartment. who is also chairman Of
the Emergency committee on En-
rloyment of Soldiers, Sailors and
War Workers:
There appears to be misunder-
standing of the purpose of our com
mittee and a mistaken belief that we
are taking over the work of the u.
S. Employment Service. 1t should
Ge made plain that our committee is
a temporary body and that it will
not attemDt to create a substitute
employment service, but intends to
give the U. S. Employment Service
its fullest support and to encourage
towns and cities through public and
private contributions to carry ON the
bureaus for returning soldiers and
sailors and local employment offices,
which the service itself will be I'M
able to finance until Congress ap-
Elopriates the necessary money. The
bun 9aus for returning soldiers and
sailors must be maintained and in
creased, and al public and private
efforts III every community to assist
soldiers and sailors and war workers
to suitable employment must be CO.
ordinated and centralized through the
u. S. Employment Service Bureaus.
Many commercial, civic and other
voluntary bodies already are work
ing through them, but this unity Of
effort must be complete and allen
bracing if the employment problems
are to be satisfactorily solved.
That the U. 5. Employment Serv-
ice is here to stay and will continue
to cxrand, is the belief of Federal
Director Boyce, who says he is en-
comaged in this belief because of
the voluntary support being given by
individuals, organizations and en-
ployers who appreciate the work ac-
complished by the U. S. Employment
Service and who are determined that
it shall become a permanent feature
OF the United States Department Of
Labor.
Mr.. Boyce also has assurances
from Washington that lead him to
believe that Congress will soon con-
venc and give the y. S. Employment