The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-23
community SERVICE
WORKS FOR SOLDIERS
Keep It's Eyes Open Tor Jobs for me
Returning DoughboyA

I'VE need q $4,000 = year man TO
take charge OF our organisation. Can
you have one at our office at three
o'clock tomorrow afternoon r" This In
Quiry was made by one of the large
publishing houses in New York city
and w44 sent TO- thu hail of f4Atas spf
ms rev FORK chimp EommurhtS Acr-
vice at al West Twenty-fif;h street,
where many jobs. are being found for
returning soldiers. who call there for
messages from their homes all over
the country. Needless to say. the
$4,000 man was promptly found.
Offers Of Jobs for soldiers and
sailors In their home states are being
received daily at the Hall OF States
Idaho has sent an urgent wire asking
that at least 1000 men be sent there
Immediately to work on large road
construction contracts. Idaho SOL
diere arc wanted first, but the num-
Der may be filled out with men from
other western states.
North Carolina also sent = request
for 500 soldier farmers to be added
to the 800 asked for on the day be-
fore. This request was also urgent
and the men will go 10 work as soon
~ they report to the farms. Sheldon.
Missouri authorities have requested
that every Missouri soldier available
be sent home. According to their let
ter. the foreign labor element Is NOV
ing away and within two weeks there
will be work for every Missouri SOL
der who wants It In addition, to the
above. the Employment department OF
the Hall Of States has 125 Jobs wait
ing for New York men, the work be-
Ing In and close TO the city.
The labor requests from tho states
arc coming In through their welcome
home committees, who make their
headqu4rters In the Hall OF States
Men from the various states report to
their own committees as soon as they
get leave or are mustered out and In
addition to receiving q welcome are
told where they can get work. I'm the
greater number OF cases the jobs be-
ing either In their home towns or
states. It Is expected that the unem-
ployrAent situation among uniformed
men In New York will be solved by
this means and community service is
making every effort to get the men
to. take The Jobs I'm their home Sec
tons.
Community service is largely IN
serested In solving the unemployment
problem and recently added two new
vocational directors to those now ~
work. In addition, ten lob canvas
sers'' have been added to those AL
ready In the field. During the last
three weeks, more than 5000 jobs for
uniformed men have been found
through Community Service and a
larre ~-Anortion CT these ffllea with
men 20 proving satisfactory.
How Ia. n- Idea" gets dis
Gil, rged soldiea ~ SArs hsck into
then old Jobs was too ~ favo-
George l.. Baker OF Portland. Oresoa,
Mt the Oregon club for soldiers and
sailors, which he officially opened y,
425 Seventh avenue Tho Oregon
Idea" is 10 get every employer who
hung out a service flag 10 take back
: man for each star displayed
"A large committee Ia AZ work
through the state. .Mr. Baker said"
and j, has a fund Of 500, 900 to work
with Demand Is being made on every
employer that he keep his service
flag up and that he display white
star on the red border for every re :
turned fighter Who liz put back In his
old position. Public sentiment backs
this campaign strongly and practically
all employers are holding up to the
Oregon Ideal"
The New Oregon club, affiliated
with War Camp Community service.
will get in touch with Oregon service
men through the Hall OF States OF
Community Service. More than zoo OF
them were at the opening. Clark Lei
ter, head OF the Oregon club in New
York, Rabbi Stephen. Judge Thomas
Carrick Burke and walter Whittlesey
are active In the club. Mayor Baker
assured them that ample funds would
b provided to maintain the club and
help Oarcgon men get back home to
their Jobs