The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-02-17
tiRRtlOLO KEEPING
N TOUCH WITH U S.
LABOR DEPARTMENT
Governor Among Nations cAsef
Executives Who Arc Interested
IN Federal Aid 70 Public Con-
struclion Work.



Washington. Fen lin la effort
~ rtimplate lotal and private initia-
tive ln The Industrial roadjustmsnt
the department u labor IL support
Ina nnd cooperating with many gov
efnufa ant mayors Recent CORE.
npondentc between state and muui.
cIpAl executives ana the Information
nnd education service ~ the depart
mont dinriuaer on enthusiastic apffuN-
al o. aims "a thr ~renently croated di-
vision 81 puhlic works aud conEiruc-
ton developments. n branch Of the
information ard education service.
which has been placed al the disposal
- state municipal and private inter
usts desiring Information on Industrial
condition.
0ovcsnoas Charles a. nrough ~
Arkansas Mnrcns a. Holcomb Of
Connecticut. alduey D. Cats ~ Fiori-
ia. y. ". Davis ~ Idaho. Frank o.
IDwden " llllnuln James y Good
rich Of Indiana. ". 4. Hardinr ~
Iowa. Henry J. Allen Of Kansas. I'm.
srson e. Harrington Of Mar, land, Cat
van Cool dgs 81 Massachusetts. Thee
COTE O. hiipo q Mississippi ffeas-
Mckelvlr "a Nahrarka. Alfred a..
tmlth - Ne0 YORK, %. A. lnrasoio
~ New Hcsico. ienu ] fralisr Of
North' f1kfF lance ~ crk 81 Onlo,
are among tAs chief executives who
ara in touch with and interested IN
the work % the department Of labor
10 sfinu'aupc public construction
WORT
Governor Trafier 81 North Dakota
ndilars lle division % public works
and construction developments his
stats n1w proposes n permanent in
durfutl commission shall undertake
4 proGraln ~ public works and %
state indueirifl toEether With "a npe-
eial driNc for home building and farm
Improvement Governor why
cnmbe o. OREGON writes that MS state
han q comprehensive road building
program for this season which VIII
employ thiTiy eight thousand mon In
all STATES where legislatures now arr
IN session the subject OF s~npelltinf
public work aua encouruFinE private
huiidins l. being discussed. npecisi
attention tcinE given 10 b p0sslbili-
ties Of this pupile work A. a stimulus
~ indusify srt ~ effect on the labor
situation
In his MESSAGE 10 the California
lcEialafurc, Governor siein em
phnsl1cd mo impnffaarr. ~ INN
dlafr work on public undertakings g
the following language.
Immediate employment Tor v re-
tufn nr msn may be provided BY
NM"ANNNNM NNH AMNNH WIN MNNIANNN NIENIH
the ruIuIleiion q the state hlEha
Ways fnl nhlch the people already
have yutei bonds On his necessary
work cmplQyiurui can BE- found
even Calico nia soldier who does npt
rscurp Aors nupiediately upon his re-
turn
Win reports from tho Industrial
certers snow ns an increass In Tho la-
lor surplus, the department Of labor
NHNHUINH "a H" HVM.AMN Tor .HmNaa uWN
NuniaipiNtsci 20 be- detlHinF a way to
Do. wnat Governor Stephens says road
huilttur Will 40 10 snlifarnla-pru-
Nlde euploy mcni for every RETURNING
soid or unti industry Eets book o.
normal
fion. Erns-; Lister. Eoysfnrr Of
Washington ln his message 20 the
suafe iosisluturc made q rtntemot OF
the industrial problem which b sary
simiiar % ian representations now ns
ina nude vs. TIE q. = department OF
lah0I 10 sads
Tho prohion Of feadjustment has
been discussed hY many persons sole
ID nn the hast 0f providing properly
for and furnishing oEpioyIaent 10 ne
rofutnlnF ruid er. That portion of tn
problem Involves y ronaa OF honor
Ia n imperative and primary, and
muft have nnt attention. but tho
bring us about of such q rcsul, h. ou-
~ a partial solution Of the whole
problem Of national welfare. IN add
iion 20 approximately 100000 men
WIN entered the military and naval
elfhhl IrhmnntH proper there are many
additional tnllnona who became a part
" the Frraf wartime Industrial army
fuFured in the manufacture 81 arms.
ammunition, ciothine HNl In count
less other lines % war activity Many
0f the plants engaged In such pro
dur'inn have already closed down
others have materially reduced their
working forces For tho future we'll
being ~ our state n nation u d abb
soiutely essential that those who were
elupiaNed in var Industries and are
now o. will soon b without employ
meat be promptly provided Tor.
Most ~ the men who put ON the
uniform were promised the return ~
their positions 10y their employers.
upon thtif discharge from the army
those promises should not now be
forgotten. nor ought We 10 overlook