Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-03-17
100000 VETERANS
Of WORLD WAR,0UT
Of WORK IN j. S.
AMERICAN LEGION REF PORT 5
THERE WERE 100000 LESS MEN
UNEMPLOYED ON MARCH l
THAN JAN. I.

New York, March l7.--There Were
100000 veterans Of the world war on
Of vOrk In the United States on Marcl
last, according to an estimate re-
ceiTed by the American Legion Thu
is a reduction of about 100 JOU IRON
the peak of more than 500 0ON JOB
les ex-service men in the countr,
shortly after Jan. last and tht
legion reports state there IS promise
Of further Improvement
The survey of the national sItNa
ton on which these figures are based
was made by the American Le2lO!
Weekly, official publication Of Ii
legion. which states that the unem
ployment situation as affecting tn.
veterans appears to have taken g
turn for the better"
A chain of employment agencie
operated by the legion in every state
has done much to relieve the situa
ton, say the legion officials The Il
gion has been instrumental in obtain
ing work for veterans, IN diScOuragin
the migration of unemployed men t
ward the great industrial centers an,
cities to the farms. 1t has demande,
that workers who left their position
TO go to war should enjoy senorit
rights on a par with those Of militia
age who stayed at home.
Ex-service men have suffered nc"
In proportion to their numbers thal
other workers, according to the il.
gion's survey, because Of the oper
ton Of seniority rules and efficienc,
sla4ltards Nearly a year is require.
for the returned veteran to get bac
to his old stride In industry, accord
irk t. the testimony of large emplo.
ers Of labor. Another thing that hi
handicapped the exsoldier is his rest
essne $ and nomadic tendenCie
both products of the strain and cir
cumstances of war service.
Reopening of factories and mills Il
the textile regions Of New Englant
and in the mining and industrial cen
tiers of Pennsylvania leads observer
in those parts to believe the worst /
past, according to the Iegions survey
The automobile Centers of Detroit
Cleveland and Indianapolis report
slight Improvement OF conditions. Il
Chicago conditions are stationary i
is SAID n e a.
Throigiiout the gagrcultura middle
west a general movement from tn
cities and towns to the farms is ~
ported, igThe saserage ex<solder ha,
little psteHfgr Eagriculture when h.
came BACK from the war It was hart
to keep them down on the farm aite
they had seen paree," They chos
to work in the small factories o
stores in the neighboring country sea-
where, during 1919, jobs We're plent
and swages high When those Job
begap ~ 30 there vas az first an exc
dus toward The larger cities, The le
gion stroye to discourage this. Tha
movement has about spent itself ant
farmers throughout the west now re
port little difficulty in getting help
and except In the large cities there
are few allie bodied eX-serVice men re
port ed out Of work in the middl,
West.~~
The south reports Improvement
Dixie has been burdened with a large
quota of wintef toaters than usua
this year according to reports Some
are now finding farm work In tn
south, others are drifting north
largely TO settle on farms,
The Pacific coast, land where
there are the three great seasonablt
occupations of fishing numbering ans
fruit raising, has been able to de
crease the number of jobless veteran.
by half tn two months, according t.
adtnes from there In Washington
ttara there were 1000 unemployed
vnn#ans Oh Jan. l and 1000 OF
Feb !,