The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-04
.RtABSORB|NG INTO
PEACE TIME INDUSTRY

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heulty of the task which confronted
the government in reabsorbing in
As hting men into peace time industry
may be gained from a. years figures
made public today by the office of the
assistant to the secretary of war. III
charge of re-empioyment for soldiers
| and sailors.
| Reports to Washington. which cover
| all forty-eight states and the District
| of Columbia, show that l.2ss.365 men
have applied for employment in twelve
months at the bureaus maintained by
F., the various governmental and welfare
agencies. OF these, sis.754 have been
placed at work. or II per cent of ali
seeking employment. Detailed igures
are given for sol cities.
In the Southern states $4,000 men
have registered for employment. and
per cent OF all applying. Figures by
states are.
Alabama. registered 1882. placed
1896; Arkansas. registered 27.7s6.
placed 2l.9s5; Georgia, registered 15,-
2as, placed 1921; louisiana, registered
! 1885. placed 6.00s: Mississippi. regis
tered 13,4ls. placed 9,2es: North Caro-
lima. registered 7.s45. placed 3.e7s.
South Carolina, registered s,295, placed
4 },
1869: Florida. registered 5.431. placed
sl7s.
A years figures from some of the
larger Southern cities show men placed
in jobs as follows:
Birmingham. 9.7s7; Mobile. 5.2e4;
Little Rock, 1890; Texarkana. 1890.
Pensacola, 2,a75: Jacksonville. ei.ls7.
Augusta. 3.ao3; Savannah, 2.944: At
lAnta. 3,So7: New Orleans, 5,4Sl: Jack
NC A.. I'M rf,.,,
LAS; Charlotte. sss; Charleston. 2,123.
Columbia, 1.344: Norfolk. 5.s4s: Rich
,.sond. 5,6o4.
TT is estimated that about Is per
cent of the more than 1000, 900 of our
domobilixed men went back to theis
former positions, or found employment,
without asking assistance" says Lieu
nant-Colonel Mathew G. Smith. gen.
eraf star, of the service and informa
ton branch. which now handles all the
problems OF discharged soldiers and
sa flors.
we have on file to date the names
Of SS.1e4 firms and individuals pledg-
Ing themselves to take back everybody
who left them to serve in the war. and
the war department has issued govern.
m.nt citations to them in recognition
Of this patriotic attitude. However
this office has been chiefly concerned
since March of last year with those
other men who were so fortunate as
to find their old jobs waiting for them
The public can Judge of results b. the
figures themselves.
No s.nEie agency, government or
otherwise. could have hoped to solve
this stupendous problem. The work
needed the assistance OF all agencies
and the cooperation OF the general
public. Roth were fcrthconinr
promptly and in full measure Investi.
CATION showed, however. that there
MIS- neither uniformity OF method nor
c. ordination OF effort In the work be-
ing done to secure employment for for.
mer service men. This resulted in
many casea In inefficicncy.
..The employment bureaus lacked the
confidence Of both employers and men
There was an urgent need that each
.tsss a have IA its disposal all the re-
sources avanahis f6f tisiS imporfhanff
~ I'D. with Il centraI committee whose
governing body should be made IN Of
d representative from each or the
agencies furnishing the means for its
operation. Empioyegs and mon could
teen deal with one agency.
A. m example Of these activities, In
one day this week more than $1,000
In elk checks was sAcured from various
dxr NY Till Nj
Vice and information branch for az.
Hnrvice men. TIVE OF them were for
mere than $1,000 each.
Ksatucky tobacco lands have in.
n ~ \ M rrsnl yt5U nm mere 10 ", 600,
The stSte'a crop ~ tho swao1ss 80
vnar NlAa. valued ~ 31o0, ~.