The Irish standard., 1919-05-10
knights Of Columbus News

just as mucn 10 10 Win the result as
the quantity of them. The member
ship of each K. of c. council varies
from one hundred to six and seven
thousand. In each council are all
kinds and conditions of men, economi-
cally speaking. The only occupational
exclusion exercised by the K. of G..
in their council membership is against
persons engaged in the manufacture
or sale of intoxicating liquors, and as
the booze industry seems due for a
veto in the midriff of the good year
1919, the prospects of employment in
it for ex-service men are not particu-
larly bright. Hence, by not being &C.
lively represented in that industry the
Knights do not. prima facie, miss
many opportunities for finding jobs
that otherwise they would enjoy.
The Knights have every ordinary
occupation and good few extraordi.
nary occupations represented among
their membership. In series of
three brochures prepared by Peter w.
Collins they give the meat of this
analysis of their membership, the oc-
cupations of that membership, and the
potencies and practical prospects as
job-finders of their members engaged
in these different occupations.
Quoting from the principal brochure.
entitled Bring the Job and the Man
Together, Working Plan of the
Knights of Columbus" we learn that
each K. of G. Council in whatever
town is defined and established as a
particular employment unit compris-
ing five committees - agricultural,
business, industrial, professional and
vocational.
Each committee is composed of five
members, two acting as chairman and
secretary respectively. Each commit
tee is selected with the purpose in
view of placing men and securing jobs
for them by members acquainted with
the particular needs and opportunities
in each community.
Take, for instance, the work of each
committee. The agricultural commit
tee personnel consists of farmer
who knows the needs of the farming
community and where there is a
chance to place men on the farm; a
grocer or storekeeper who comes in
general contact with the people of the
community and a travelling man who
covers the agricultural centers and is
an actual clearing house of informa-
tiOn.
The business and mercantile COM
mittee contains banker who comes
in daily contact with the representa-
tive business men of the community
and thus has an intimate touch with
business employment needs; a news
paper man who generally knows what
is going on in the community and is
in touch with conditions; the mer.
chant who employs and therefore un-
derstands not only his own needs and
requirements but who in his associa-
ton with his fellow merchants in
meetings and conferences, comes to
know the needs of his associates and
can render valuable services in ad-
vising as to where jobs are available.
On the industrial committee of the
council is a labor man who attends
the meetings of the organizations of
the workers and in this way knows from
the men who work at the bench, in
the mills, in the shops and the fac.
tories, prospective jobs; the foreman
who is in touch with the group of
men under his charge and comes in
contact with the superintendent and
management; thereby learning of
available positions in other depart.
ments than his own; and the employ.
er, representative of capital; who is
thoroughly acquainted with industry
and how far it can. be expanded and
jobs provided for the discharged serv.
ice men.
The professional committee of the
council consists Of the attorney, who
knows where men might be placed in
the Offices of lawyers, corporations
and other institutions and in depart.
ments where men could be placed for
the best advantage of themselves and
their employers; the doctor who has
a peculiar contact of his own and who
comes into close, personal contact
with others interested in the finding
Of jobs for service men; and the real
estate man who is always bureau
of information valuable in securing
all sorts of jobs.
The fifth committee of each council
the vocational committee lis a most
important one because of the millions
of men discharRed from the armv and