The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-02
Frederic Haskin's Lette,l
Unenpl oyment.

tenn, Is It was operated dur,,, -
war. c0llides with our nos;,s.
deals. 1t is regarded in masy -
tiers Is . violation Of states ~.
and an extension Of the Evil
paternalism. There 10 no nr...
prospect Of reestablishinr susA
system. Sentiment, a. The 49,
Is, goes against il.
State and Federal Cospsrst,,.
But q very similar system IN.
established by cooperation bstv.s
the federal government ana a.
state governments. It n m.a
system that is contemplated 6v n.
Nolan bill. and which the r..
omcials Of the employment sarI.. |
hope to establish. Thirty.thss
states already have emplom..
services, with Offices in aboct -
cities. II some federal aid ver.
fered, it. is probable that the ress !,
the states would establish emnass
ment services, and that all 81 n.
principal industrial center, MN
be served. In return for 4 mai
federal appropriation, these IN.
services would be bound to furpiS
the employment service in wa
ington with all available infnsr
ton concerning labor condilan.
and they would also, perhaps \
compelled to maintain cer,ah
standards Of efficiency In order !.
get this federal aid. In this NV !,
system similar to the federal su.
TEN, with Washington acting a !,
clearing house, would be establiah.
ed without violating states rights or
extending very much the authority
Of the federal government
A Labor Survey.
The U. S. employment eery,,
while waiting to see what The nm
congress is going to do 70 n +
preparing to make q survey Of u,
labor situation. Such q survey \
made once a month now BY n
bureau of labor statistics, but n.
employment service contemplate /,
much more intensive and extnslw
effort. The country will Be divida
into nine geographical dkisioe,
and agents will be established h
the principal industrial cttiss q
each. These will make bi-monthly
reports, showing the exact cooli.
tions Of the labor market In oil q
the fundamental industries n Ill
parts of the United Statea Nis
information will make clear b W.
ployers, to labor leaders, y ON.
gress, the exact conditions 4 Oh
times. It will supply tho fads
which is certainly the first step n
ward solving any problem. Tn
Chamber Of Commerce Of the Unit.
| ed States 10 understood to have O.
dorsed this proceeding. Manuiac.
turers are beginning to realize la
| the man out of a job is their wofs,
enemy, If they wish to maintain u.
! industrial status-quo in this CON.
try. And he is an enemy who an.
not be put in Jail or shipped to Ras
STA. The only way to get rid d
| him is to find him a job. Hence IL
manufacturers favor job-hunthl
machinery.
The most direct way Of overcn
ing unemployment, Of course, woull
be to provide work for all who va
willing to work, by state or feden
action. Thus it has been suggestst
| that the unemployed be put to Won
at the reclamation, under govern
ment supervision, Of swamp ~
desert lands-a task which must b
done before long. But this asail
would be paternalism. It vcsli
conflict with our political Msals d
indivilualism.
None-the-less, the establishes
Of an employment service BY tlat'
and federal cooperation would ver!
likely lead to something like this.
state government could very We
leave some of its more ambitiCs
road-building projects and othe
public improvements, until IL en-
ployment service reported ma
men in need of work. In oshe
words, state expenditures for puh
lie works could be SO timed . !
relieve unemployment.