The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-24
JOBS FOR THE JoBLESS.


One of the measures suggested by the President in hi
message to the reconstruction Congress" contnu
alton of the United States Employment Service, "ha
admirable organization created by the Department of La
Dor for placing seeking work"
Owing to the failure of the sxtyffh Congress to pro
vide necessary funds to carry the work the service
doing in the placing of soldiers and workers in
peaceme jobs the peope-the displeased constituents
back home-were given opportunity to express them
selves on the matter.
Their disapproval of their representatives action in
failing to provide the funds needed manifested by
their voluntary subscribing the funds for the continue
ton of this work
More than 800 offices being maintained the pres
ent time by voluntary subscription to replace the return
ing soldier in job
The rehabilitation of the army is to proceed at rapid
rate during the next few months. The problem of EN-.
poyment will be of the most important the country
during that period and for a long time to come
The Federal Employment Service will be more useful
in dealing with this problem during the readustmen pc
Rod than it has been during the war; and should demon
strate its claim to permanent place in the Government
During the war; back of front line trenches stood
the guns back of the guns stood the munitions factories
and back of the munitions factories stood the millions Of
Americans that included in the magic word, labor.
Eight ten laborers required to keep fighter
going They the who passed the buckets of wat
to the fremen to throw on the burning world. Had
there been any break in the chain of hands the blaze
would have gotten beyond control.
Even is with battles of peace Factories can
not operate traders goods ships carry
the productions of America to the four corners of the
EARTH unless the great army of labor is properly mob
lized It's passing buckets at fire again There must
be enough men in every line but not too many.
During the the United States Employment Service
recruited 100000 in the bucket brigade. When
the world fire the bucket brigade went back to
peacetime jobs. The Employment Service played the
role of national traffic cop The surplus labor being
diverted back into avenues and at the close
of its sixteenth months activity than four and half
millions of men and women had obtained jobs without
cost to them.
The need of such national clearing house for labor
from an economical viewpoint quite obvious to those
familiar with labor supply and demand.
The United States unemployed is estimated at yearly
average of 100000 The economical loss the country
of productive efforts of 100000 is enormous each
year. If these figures be reduced average each
year Of 100000, the economical gain to the country isl
tremendous. Figuring the low average of mans worth
at So per day. by keeping the average down 900
each day. the economical saving 100000 per day to
the country.
The work of the Washington office of the employment
service illustrates to degree, at least how useful
the work has been Since its establishment fifteen months
ago the service has received application from $50 job
less and women and of this number the service has
placed 1896, without cost to the applicant
The Federal Employment Service is a potential labor
clearing house for the whole country If it is retained
and developed we are convinced that it will become one of
the most useful and profitable legacies of the war.