New-York tribune., 1919-04-17
kircl,wey Says 40, 600
Soldiers, Sailors and
War Workers Wili Be
Out of York by May
EMPLOYMENT Found
For 2.7OO i'm Week
so Business Concerns
Aid Government Plac-
ing Discharged Heroes

The United States Employment Ser
vice announced yesterday that 10000
sodiers, sailors and war workers were
out of work in this city now, and as
serted that the number would be cal
most doubled by the end of the month
because Of the increasing numbers dis
charged from service. DR.. George w.
kirchwey. director Of the employment
service in this state, expressed the
opinion that despite the organization
Of employers 10 cooperate with his
service and with welfare organizations
the task of finding the required Jobs
would be no light one.
"The twenty-four offices of the
ucited States Employment Service in
Ibis city placed 200 men during the
week ending April 49, he said, land
st present we are redoubling our ef-
forts in these offices as we'll as giving
or heartiest cooperation to the joint
movement of all the organizations en-
,agsi in caring for the unemployed" "
Employers Are Aiding
More than eighty organizations of
r13iness men are represented on the
Employers Council for Soldier Re-em-
nloyment, which is cooperating with
the United Council on Re-employmer+,
tons. Preparations for the task that
will confront them with the return of
the 18th Division are being made. Next
week the combines e-employment
forces will open Offices in the second
and third lloors Of the Hungerford
Building at Lafayette and Worth
streets.
bosrls Of trade and sinilar bodies
represented on the employers council,
virtually every business man in the
city will be notified Of the qualities OF
the men who are hunting jobs.
Representatives Of the following or
ganizations are already actively en-
gagged In pressing the campaign to OBJ
tain positions for the returning men:
Merchants Association, New York
Chamber OF Commerce, Brooklyn
Chamber of Commerce, Queens Cham
Der of Commerce. Bronx Board OF
Trade, Harlem Board OF Trade, Fifth
Avenue Association, New York Retail
Grocers' Association, Wholesale Mer-
chants Association. Retail Drygoods
Association, New York Produce Ex-
change. Wholesale Bakers Association
National Metal Trades Association
Furniture Manufacturers Association
Of New York, Eastern Millinery AS
sociation, Franco-American Board OF
commerce and Industry, Swedish
Chamber of Commerce, Executives
Club, AND Street Business Mems AS
soclation, Staten Island Civic League
central Mercantile Association, Ameri-
can Cloth Manufacturers Association
American Paper and Pulp Association
atlantic Coast Ship Builders Associa-
ton, Building Trades Employers Asso-
ciatlon
The eighty organizations already
having representation on the Employ
ers' Council for Soldier Re employment
VIII be augmented during the present
week by practically every group OF
business men who have not yet selected
'helr representative.
Pleased by Cooperation
~ am delighted" said DR.. Kirchwey
that the employers Of the city are
assuming a personal responsibility for
nose nose who have been fighting their bat
yes overseas. II Is the duty of these
BUSINESS men to assume personal re-
epotnsiollity, although | agree entirely
"tVh Secretary of the Interior Lane
1neh ne says that It is clear obli-
sauon on the part Of the government
- sa,s Mel' to provide Jobs for returning
soidlers and sailors"