The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-18
EMPLOYMENT
BUREAU WILL
| Be CONTINUED
OF THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE WILL PROVIDE TIL
FUNDS TO CONTINUE OFFICE.
HOPE THAT AFTER AUGUST ACTION
BY CONGRESS WILL PROVIDE
FOR CONTINUANCE oF
LOCAL BUREAU.
RETURNED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
WILL FIND LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
THROUGH SAME CHANNEL.

, The members Of tho Chambc- or com
mcrcc and not the body Itself VIII sec
! that tho good work nC thu lp"a! office
Of tho /. :. Employment Bureau snail
continue until such time whcu con-
gross shall appropriate funds for the
continuance Of. the wori; under federal
supervision and IL fund will be COM
ulclrd to-day /" keep tho lnCnl bureau
Omen al cur,ail"d expense until ihc
first Of August. when il IS Thought ihat
Some action will lav" l,"rH taken ny
congress.
Tho members Of III" chamber AT the
meeting last night took tn" m;ttfr UP
| on the receipt uf tie n"w* from WASH
| iugton and C!harlrSt"T that >" per cent
! If the government employment offices
would be closed owing I" congress lali-
| ing 10 appropriate sufficient funds FOR
the maintenance of the bureau and INC
news from State Director Spaun that the
local office would be closed Friday
March 2ist, with tho possibility Of q re-
| opening when congress conTen"a.
The question Of Il measure to be found
! BY local civic organizations TO hrldSc
| tho interval has been talked Of since INC
| closing rloer and the members present
! last night agreed As Individuals Ia com
tribute to q fund tr l;-"p The bureau
| open as Il community enterprise.
Since the signing Of tho aTInSticc the
| labor pendulum has swung the other
way and instead Of finding workmcn
| and mechanics 10 speed up war produr-
| ton the Officer employees through their
! systematic training have been finding
! ppsiti ions for returned soldiers ana
i sailors and an! mechanic nr unSkillfd
workman who apply for Il job.
A great numl'c- have registered for
employment and through an elaborate"
| card index system al the Office he or an"
is Immediately referred to employment
Il the resources Of the office can offer
| il as they hav" 4 record Of all classes
@. work both skilled and unskillcd from
I'll" factories. mills and offices q! inc
Greater Wheeling district.
No fec is charged for getting anyone
q job nor is Ihr employer charged Tor
securing labor for him and the oftirr
has become n rlrAring house for labor
which benefits both employer and en-
ployc.
| President S:Utl, o. tho chamber. sal!
| that this is very crucial stag" and ""
| arH entering u!"n IN" r"ronStr:It!inm
period and nnhod! could Sc" clearly
into the futUr" il would lw proper in
| his mind 10 continue the good work Of
;hc bureau by helping il OYER until the
government can take hold agon.
| when funds w"rr asked trr there: VA $
| Z ready response and SI4U was sub
| srrIl,rd IN :, few minutes and Mr.. Scott
| will appoint - committee. to-day 10 soli-
ci; the remaining 5000 whlrh vii! makr
up - fund sufficient Ii keep III" labor
/ bureau. open On Il reduced farce until
| tn" fI-si nt August.
Thns' that subscribed last nlEht wrrc
W. 4. Stone. $"aton Alexander. |. NJ.
Scat \. &. Whitnkrr John Duncan
, II - Sand. y. = Stif"l. II. e. Ogl"n
.A!irr: Euri. T. 4. kitchin. +. e.. Moss.
" n: r;maiiinE. James II. Beans. i. e..
BRADY. I'h:i!p Better. ". n. Hare ana
the nhic Valley general hospital