Evening journal., 1919-01-02
TRAINING COURSE
FOR EXAMINERS
U. S. Employment Officials
to Attend Conference
Next Week
COURSE TO BE
INTENSIVE ONE

A conference Of far reaching import
snce will be held in Washington, be-
ginning January 6. when the United
States Employment Service OF the De
psrtment Of Labor opens a two weeks
normal training course for examiners.
Upon the completion OF the course
those who have acceptably passed
through 1t, will be sent out trained
ana efriclent stan to make standard the
use OF common agency under the gov
ernment for labor distribution and
Placement
Thirty employees OF the Employment
Service have been designated TO take
the FIRST course, on completion OF which
they viii be returned 20 their own
States. so far as possible and there will
train their own examiners for service.
Men from fifteen states have been Sc
leoted to attend this first conference
and take the course, and will generally
be assigned to field work in pairs
Instructional talks on the methods
and SCOPE Of the service Will be given
by Administrative officers in charge OF
the various divisions OF the work and
topics OF major Importance dealing
with the part OF the Employment Ser
ssse IN The whole field Of industrial
adjustment win be discussed at even
ing lectures by men who are leaders
In shaping the labor program for the
country.
At this conference there will be Is
sued an official set Of instructions COW
ering the same topics for the work in !
the States. thus gaining uniformity OF
Instruction 20 local officers. The course |
is an Intensive one. embodylng thor |
ouehness and breldth OF instruction. as |
may be inferred from a glance at the /
program and plan OF study. Many prom
inent persons will give the students /
the Benefit Of their experience and study |
OF the subject. which. ii is agreed, is
fse OF The vital problems with which
tne government has TO deal
4 Nathan A. Smyth Assistant Director
General OF the H. :. Employment Ser
vice. in commenting on the program,
says:
"The training OF our personnel is the
nost important thing we have before
we have rendered effective service
osihe nation in assuring a sunf,ient
working force 10 those industries en-
gagged In vital war production. We are
launching upon a vital program 10 re-
place in the industries Of peace the mil
lions OF men and women who have
served in the military and industrial
armies Of our country. And we are
looking forward 90 the time when
through a well established and efficient
ly ro-ordinated chain OF labor exchanges
we oan do much 10 eliminate unemploy-
ment and the retardaton Of production
Born of the war and tested by it we /
iIgYU Yet before us the real test OF sue
ross From now on we can serve the
WORKERS and Industries only II we are
Efficient. We have no repressive pow
ers OF law: we can justify our exist
enre and establish the long needed and
universally desired public employment
service. only n we make good. Our
success depends primarily upon the !
daily work OF the examiners in the To- {
cal Offices. BY the quality Of their
work. by their comprehension OF the
difficult ta-k that is theirs the service
viii BE- judged
IN order then that we may all uni I
formly grasp The vision Of our work. y
end may intelligently develop a stand Z
srd practice in the field Of regularized 7
Employment. we are inaugurating a :
program OF training for all the person. q
nel of our service. The instruction c
that IS 10 be given at the first Normal
Conference. and the content of knowl- G
ndse That viii develop therefrom-for (
we shall learn much from the expert c
ence OF the States-will he carried back S
10 aj the examiners and Others in the ?
service who represent lt before the Y
public" a
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