The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-25
HUNDRED VETS
WILL need Jobs
Situation Becomes Acute With
First Detachment Of
Thirtieth on Seas.

With the 3Oth division, including
probably 500 Memphians, scheduled to
get home in about so days, the prob
lem o. placing them in Jobs is looming
up before local employers as a most
serious proposition, according 20 Mrs,
J. t. Ware and T.. Carter, Of the local
employment bureau.
The arrival OF the entire lot at one
time will precipitate a crisis in their
opinion that can only be alleviated by
the proper and unanimous cooperation
OF every employer In the city. The
pooling OF every position open with the
federal labor bureau at 1903 South Court
avenue would mean;
J. Self-protection by employers from
the worst element.
:. Prevention of bread lines and des-
titute families.
8. Rid the city OF loafers who can
not find work.
l.. Create the proper sentiment be-
tween employe and employer.
Announcement from Washington
Tuesday that the first detachment Of
the heroes of the 30th division would
land on March 3 brought the question
Of solving the labor situation face TO
face with the citizens Of Memphis, AT
present both the Chamber Of Commerce
and the labor bureau are not able TO
keep pace with the ever-increaSing list
of applicants already on hand.
The majority Of the applicants want
inside work. The applications for re-
turned soldiers al tradesmen, such as
electricians, plumbers, etc, are absorb
ing all the positions in these particular
lines, according to Mrs, Ware, but
other lines find far more applicants
than jobs,
According to Mr.. Carter, who is. the
representative of the Chamber Of Com
MERGE working in cooperation with
the labor bureau, many OF the returned
1 gnlAinTG Nuhn no Nva nhtuinan inh9 are
working at a greatly decreased salary
in proportion to the H. c. l.. COM
pared with their earnings when they
left. In many. other places also the
soldiers and sailors are not meeting
with the proper enthusiasm by theiT
Women who took up positions as g
patriotic duty will be bound by com
mon law to abandon their Jobs for tbs
returning heroes, many of whom VII
have families to support, The boys
whof broke the Hindenburg line will
need jobs far more than the young
ladies' who took their places when they
left.
The question of salaries with the re.
turning soldiers Is one of importance
second only to that of getting a Job
IVA surplus of unskilled laborers at tbs
bureau at present indicates the return
ing soldiers will have to accept salaries
far below the living scale. which thu
employees are able to remedy.
With the Rotary club and public sen
timent strongly behind the policy o.
giving every soldier his Job back, thu
employer who still refuses to follow
popular custom nay find himself al
ostracised as was the man who didn't
buy a Liberty bond, or a war stamp.
One important feature Of the question
is the fact that nearly rs per cent o
the employers when the soldiers lief
got a lot Of publicity by their an
nouncement that all returning soldiers
after the war would get their job
back. Whether this assertion Is com
piled with in the right spirit will re
main to be seen within the next g.
or 90 DAYS. .... WEE "