New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-07-23
UNCLE SAM MAY
Be "J0B-GETTER
NEW SERVICE EFFECTIVE IF
CONGRESS TAKES FAVOR
ABLE ACTION.
RURAL WORK OF RED CROSS
Lack Of Understanding Of Importance
Of Amusements One of Chief OBJ.
staeles Faced by the National Body
To obviate Bogus v. S. Bills.
Recreation for Rural Districts.
BY M p.

BY JAMES p. HORNADAY.
Observation-Disclosures Sam as a lob
getter for everybody is the plan OF
Secretary William Wilson of the de
partment Of labor. 1t Is a service tina,
will get in full swing as soon as con
Gress sanctions the service, and grant.
the necessary funds.
State and municipal agencies viii
play the important role in tiie work
under the program agreed upon by
oiiclals OF the labor department. The
federal authorities, 1t is planned, will
center their activities in the operation
of a clearing house of labor, and in
general supervision of the work of the
state branches.
Pending legislation before congress
is scheduled for early consideration al
the next session, the bills in both sen,
ate and house ~embodying provisions
drawn by the conference on unemploy.
ment. held last year. at the call OF
Secretary Wilson. The purpose of the
measure is to bring state and munlci.
pal employment agencies into more
effective cooperation with the federal
service by means of subsidies to the
several states to encourage them 10
establish and maintain. according to
standards laid down by the central
federal Office. agencies for the place.
ment or Job getting of workers.
A federal labor agency is not ex-
actly new. being originated as an
agency for the better distribution of
immigrant labor, and so expanded for
he war as to assume practically alb
solute control of the distribution OF
all labor. The labor recruiting of pri-
vate and semi-public agencies was
then restricted, il not prohibited, 80
that for the war period the supply OF
labor came through $50 government,
operated employment Offices.
Plan Calls for Expansion.
But with the termination OF the
war. there came a gradual reduction
In the scope and influence of the serv-
Ice until now the active work OF lob
getting is done by the public employ.
ment Offices of the states and cities.
Activities of these local Offices are tab
ulated by the federal department for
clearinghouse purposes, and effort
also IL made TO stimulate and co-or-
dinate the work OF the states.
The new plan In the main calls for
continuation and expansion OF tn.
present service-the big problem now
being to establish n more effective
system Of Interstate clearance. Such,
department officials say. will result
from pending legislation by which
financial aid can be given the states.
The present federal service does not
maintain any employment Offices Of
Its own, but works through the locally
operated exchanges. In those states
where a public system OF employment
agencies is operating, the head OF that
system Is a dollar-a-year man Of the
federal employment service, while in
other states, the state labor commits
sioner or someone else designated BY
the governor acts for the federal serv-
ice. Thus In 40 states, the federal
now has cooperative arrange
ments. while In the others there IL no
cooperation between state and fed
service. Altogether 227 local en-
ployment exchanges are Joined in with
the federal service.
The state representatives and dlrec-
are merely channels of communi-
cation through which the state and
municipal Offices report to the federal
The local offices report the
of registrations or help-wanted
to the state director or federal
representative, and these are matched
against each other so that through the
state director there is presumably
a system OF clearance be-
tween the local Offices.
Establish Clearance Zones.
With the problem OF getting better
Interstate clearance before It. the fed
.rai service Is now establishing clear
ance zones by dividing the country in.
% ID divisions to correspond generally
the reserve bank districts. Each
will be in the charge Of a paid
agent OF the federal service, and will
heck labor supply and demand OF one
zone against that Of another. Inter-
or national clearance. Il is
will be effected through
Washington.
Men and women and boys and girls
all will be cared for by the federal
The junior division for the
'oys and girls. now in the initial
Itages Of development. also is a CO.
operative movement between the Ia
'or department and public schools and
'ther agencies interested in juvenile
'roblems. Aided by government funds.
he school authorities will maintain
Offices. with local officials
n active charge of job getting, and
he federal service setting Standard,
nd furnishing guidance and counsel
q the work.
To build up a stan of trained vo-
guidance workers for the
hid workers. the federal service will
study scholarships in the uni
Of the country. -Four already