Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-24
LEGION FINDS MANY
NEED EMPLOYMENT
job Situation Not as Bright as
It Was, From Veterans
Standpoint
OTHER NEWS OF POSTS

Employment conditions arc not ms
bright as they were from the standpoint
of the American Legion.
Within the past week nj
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| s&FMfSsN3UH 2 GUS kinds have been re
ASNNsSSS&HF ceivcd at the county head
NySsNsS% quarters. Two months
VassaaesrNaf ago. employment officers
representing three fourths of the posts
| in Philadelphia county reported only
| fifty former service men out of employ =
ment.
| OF the fifteen men who were referred
| to headquarters, about ten were sent 10
the Office of the state Employmnt Bu =
reau. at 1919 Arch street, but in the
majority of cases the bureau was unable
to place them. -,
That it will be necessary for the
! American Legion in Philadelphia to
plan Immediately to meet this situation
is apparent. A committee on employ
ment and rehabilitation has been au i
| thorized by the bylaws of the county
committee. and the names of the men
who desire appointment on this com d,
mittee have been placed in the hands OF
the chairman. In view of the urgency
of the work confronting the Legion as
to employment, it is anticipated that
the appointment will be made possibly
Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.
Applications Keep Up
Reports received from the War De
partment Indicate that the number oi
new applicants for positions diminishcS
very little. On January |, there wctt
II. CSC ex- service men listed as unem
ployed during the month previous and
lO,347 for whom positions were found
| by the various soldier employment bu
reaus in the United States. In the same
period. reports from the entire country
for 10 cities aggregate 81 2Oo mei
applying for work and 2S,SIS placed
New York city shows a falling off in the
number of men applying, but appar'
emily not so many jobs are open now
In Pennsylvania. according to the
statement of the Assistant Secretary %
War, conditions are steadily improvin,
and the large cities are handling appli
cations as rapidly as they come in.
would seem, however. from the presen
trend of employment matters amoni
service men represented in the Legion
in Philadelphia county that large
percentage of discharged soldiers ar
out of positions than ut any time durini
the last four months.
! he tDlllllIIItP VII "
which Miss Patricia f. Crosby is chair
man, held its initial meeting yesterda
aud organized for the purpose of co
operating with the posts in the matte
lof providing entertainment. Mis-
Crosby reiterated her request that au
information as to available talent shoul
be forwarded to her at Room 32O, 1O1
Chestnut street.
Post No. 211 of Frankford, which ha
passed the 600 mark in membership, an
which has just finished an aggressiv
campaign for building fund. reported
yesterday that the effort has been yer.
successful. Joseph A. Allen, one o
the leaders in the post. stated tha
Frankford through its campaign ha
been placed in the forefront among TIL
various posts in the city.
War Risk Notices Sent Out
A largo number of notices were sen
out by w. Veryl Walton, Of the bureau
of war risk insurance, to members o
the Legion asking them to come t.
headquarters of the war risk insuranc
revival campaign, 1907 Walnut street
any Tuesday evening, between an,
8 clock, and any day between and )
for the purpose of being enlightened a
to any difficulty in connection wit
| war risk insurance.
1t is estimated that between 25,O0