Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
EMPLOYMENT OFFICES MAY BE
COMPELLED TO CLOSE De.
CAUSE OF LACK OF FUNDS.
FEDERAL AND STATE
APPROPRIATIONS USED
Congress- May Come Forward With
Special Fund to Continue Work.
Nearly 2.oco Men Connected With
Jobs Thru Bureaus in lowa-De.
mand For Skilled Help Increasing.
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Des Moines, juno Employment
offices in number Of Iowa citics
which have been maintained jointly by
state and federal funds may have to
close after July | unless congress
makes provision to take care Of them.
The federal funds under the present
ARRANGEMENT will not be availa bic after
that date.
Both Senator Kenyon and Congress-
man Good are making san effort to Sc
cure an Appropriation to maintain
those Offices. The Iowa legislature ap-
propraited So O0O but this Ia sma II
sum to be spread out among twelve
on" ployment offices.
These JOINT federal state employment
offices were opened during the war TO
not only better distribute labor but to
help both employers and those seek
ing employment. Offices were opened
in Dcs Mones. Sioux city. Council
Bluffs, Mason City. Dubuque, Clinton.
Davenport. keokuk. Crest on, Ottumwa.
Cedar Rapids. Burlington. Waterloo
and Fort Dodge. Both the Waterloo
and Fort Dodge Offices have been
closed. The other offices are still in
operation. '
In number OF cities the commercial
clubs arc resisting in the maintenance
Of these free employment bureaus. The
business interests have found it much
more satisfactory and the laborinG in
CT. nS 70 4 in,
tenanCe of those free employment
bureaus rather than to permit the pri-
va:C offices to thrive. In Cedar Rapids
the unions as we'll as the commercial
club have contributed 10 tho support of
the employment bureau. In Sioux city
Tho hiS employers thru tie commercial
club have encouraSed 1t. In Des Moines
the employment office is relying wholly
on government support
Work is Extensive.
Reports received at the Office of
state Labor Commissioner 4. l.. Trick
show these offices are now placing
from 1,5OO to 2.cOO men and women
each week in places of employment.
This is almost twice the number OF
persons placed aE a year ago. At the
present time of course many returned
soldiers are being given positions thru
this service. The federal state service
maintains an office out at Camp Dodge
and each soldier before his discharge
is interviewed as to whether or not he
has employment in sight and the help
of the bureau - offered him to locate
provided he has not already ma de his
plans.
Thru these offices maintained over
the state an exchange of information
can he kept up as to where men and
women are needed and also where ap-
plicantS can he placed. The system
has worked thus far so successfully in
the majority of the cities that private
employment bureaus have been COM
PEELED to quit business.
There is dissatisfa ction among the
congressman and senators at Wash
in-ton however over the manner in
which the federal department at
Washington has been conducted, the
criticism being that too much of the
Appropriation heretofore made has been
expended in salaries for officials in the
department and not enough spread
around thru the states for work in
finding men for the jobs and jobs for
the men.
The demand for help is increasing
steadily. Labor Commissioner Trick