Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-04
The ndexng Ad Here Readers FmdWhat IheWant rc

for studying labor conditions. ard 10
machinery could be used ayairsf unefn-
ployment ns we'll as against sh0rtae,
At present this government bureau .
Just barely alive. DUrlng 1919 u reoeivc1
appropriations ~ s5,5Do,DOO. F0r lgzC
and 1921 Cgnuess haa gwen II 800 O00
and s225.OcO respectively. In other words
IL has received just enough n keep n n
existence with a skeletln organization.
Even that existence " dependeut upon
further legislation. The Nolan HIil
which hss been reported iavorabiy ~ fhs
House Committee on Labar, Vunld make
10 a permanent bureau. Unlaes this b.l
II passed u viii presumably go out ~
existence
How would the Employment servies
20 about preventing unemployment 4 lt
were made a permanent hureau2 no
most direct and effective way would fq
/ for II ~ open employment Offices n ovcry
industrial city of the oountry. uiih .'s
Washington Office acting ~ "a clearing
house. By uich q system. 10 oouid brng
the man ard the JOB tngrther, ald reduce
unemployment % a minimum II thou
sand mon were thrown out a lofs hy Do
olOaing Of a factory 90 Massarhuaetis tf
the same time that a thousand Hrrn
needed for a Stste road-hmlding proleri 100
Pennsylvania, The Employmert -err
would know 10 and move ths mef Thfr
they were neeced
This would not Solvs tho problem
oourse. II would not create lots tn'
would give ths man Dut ~ a w.
source 4 hop II would make thr
and nature q the problem evident
would be ar iramenss advanc' over
attitude II Indifference miTed Fitf
philanthropy with whirh we havf
met the unemployment prDhleu
This national employment Tys'ern
/ was operated during the var ooliidns
ON political ideals n il rrEardef u naf
quarter 81 a violation of states ngh'e aNi
aneItension n The evil n paterraiisrn n
y no present prospeet n re-osfahlisf ?
gich 4 systefn sentiment ~ ~ nNf
is, goes against 70
sTATF AND YEDERAL c0-oPERaTiof
But q very similar rvrtern a. -
tsblished ~ oo-opers'i0n ns'ween
Federal government and 80 state g0r
ernmenfs " rlch system 'ha'
contemplated by he Nolan hil A
which he prssent officials q the Frnpir
unent Serviee hope n estahlrsh nv
three states already have emplovue
services with Offices IN anOrf I'D TifiFa
n aoule Federal AID were 0ffered y q prr
tabHsh ernplovrnent sprvio~~ and thsf
Of the principal industrial o~rtsrs wonIi
te served n return for slsh federa
appropriation, these s'ste -ervire~ Won.l
- bound 70 furnish th~ E.mpioyuf
Se-vir~ IN Washington with AT svsarshir
information concerning lahor rnndilHfh-
and they would also perhaps, @ 90
PEELED n msintsin certain sfsndAr1r
efficiency IN order % get ths feneral AZ
In thi. vrav a sv~-~-- sirYiiisr - tne Pei
e-sl svs-ern. With Wn.nington s-rans a.
clearing hou~e. would - established VII
out violating Stste- rzhts ~ sx,ennlns
very much the authority q NJ fecieFai
government.
LABOR srnv-r.
The g. s Emplovu~nt s~---s. ghiie
waiting 20 .er what ths ns~ Cn-ss
gong 20 do 20 u, = preparl1g 20 ilasr
survey n the labor srtuar,on- 1'inn = 80
vey = MADE once q month nnW ~ "a
Bureau az Labor statistics. nut t1le III
plovment Service oontexnplaaAs . mlrh
more intensive and exf>nEve -fn--- ~
couhfrv viii be DIVIDED INTO rfne zroxnin
icai dlrlslonA ana agents ~tA4 pe rs'N
llshed u the principal lndusrriai g I'd
each. These vii make ni-rnnnrh-y f-
r,orrs. showing The exact condItiors % ~
tries IN Al uarts of the United --2tss. z his
information vii nla<e ciear - ernpio'-f-
70 lsbor !eaoers. % ConSreS-, lle "a.
conditions 81 al times. ~ vll supply tae
facts. which 3 certainly ne lr-t -tep
toward sowing Any problem. he nAfniff
Of Commerce of ne Cnited -tat1s
lnderstood 70 nave endor--d ms Hr'-
reedrng Manufactures arr ne<E-flii :
20 realize that the nan 0uL q a 90 u
Their worst enemy, & they VISA 20 nial.
tain ne Industrial stAtns-4uo n as
country And he - "A enemy Eno otNall.
be put IN lall OF slnppca - hlesia- "r
only way 70 get 1d of hIm q 20 nnd An 4
lob Hence the manufacturers savuf l'i-
hunting machinery.
> The most direct way % overoomlne 2
employment, 4 course. would oe 90 fi.
VIDE work for AZ VINO Wers vlling to Eorh
Nv state or FeGersl action lh,s t ni'
been suggested that ne unemployed
: nut 10 WOrk aL The reclaEnallon, l4.'
government SUPERVISION, 0f swamp
desert lands task which mlst - o..
! before long. But this asaln H0tlid
rAternalisun 70 would rol Hict ntn".
political .deSls 4 mCiylGuAllssa.
Noae-the-less. be establshmell ~
Z emploSIusut service by state anc FEEDER
p co-5perat,ou would very lsely ea-
; SonsthlrS ike thls. a state uveiilin'
: could yer, vel leave sQEt & r. more
: biu3,-s road-bulliins pro.ects Ala Nt-"
! public impr0N euelfs, 4Gll 10 elntla'
! rueut service -gpCrted mAay mSl n e,
~ y,cra In other NUrcs, state cAqea a
lures f1r pubic works c1uld oe a. amee a
80 relieve ultmp4o} ment.