The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-12-12
SURVEY HERE ON
LABOR SITUATION
NOW UNDER WAY
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LABOR DEPARTMENT
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ty Children Tuesday.

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cooperating wItL the chlekasha
Chamber Of Commerce, an unem.
ploymsni survey of this city IL being
made today. according to an an.
nouncsment made this morning by
T. 7. Montgomery. city saperintend-
ont.
Tho survey IL being made for the
state department ~ labor and tho
program la being carried out ac.
cordinE 10 Instructions from ciaai
connally. commissioner of labor Of
tho state. The purpose of the sur.
vey u 10 ascertain the number OF
workers in the city who are uuem.
plcyed. whether the father works
full time or only part time. whether
the mother works. whether the fam.
lly Is dependent upon the work Of
father or mother or both for is
support and other facts dealing with
The labor situation In this ana other
cities Of the state.
The department Of labor. Il IA
pointed out in instructions given TO
the city superintendent. "a desirous
Of obtaining accurate Information on
ric subject and tho plan OF making
tho survey through the schools was
adopted.
Today has been designated by the
state labor department as the day
ON which tho survey will be made.
In Chickasha. the department of Ia
Dor furnished 5000 blank forms.
These have been placed in the
hands OF the teachers 81 the various
buildings. Tho teachers will hand
them 10 the students who will take
them home this afternoon and have
tho forms filled out by their fathers.
mothers. or guardians. with lnstruc.
tlons to return the TO the teachers
tbiioiioN floIHtuk.
This report when filled out. will
tell In every case whether the father
or mother are living, II II Is nec-
essary for one or both to work TO
support the family. II the father IL
employed full time or part time and
II the mother, where she works, is
employed full or part time aud In
either case. if not. how many days
per week they are employed. The
reports will tell how many there are
in the family, the total number OF
persons contribute to the support of
the family. the number at home who
do not go to school who are en-
ployed, the number OF children who
attend school and who work after
Moons and Saturdays. The blanks
when filled out will tell whether or
not the parents own their home, the
number of persons at home who are
unable to do work Of any kind, the
occupations of the head OF the fam.
lily and what the prospects are for
future employment.
The reports are expected to be
returned tomorrow morning to the
respective teachers. They will then
be collected by the superintendent
and assembled at the Chamber Of
Commerce.
In the Chamber Of Commerce
rooms, the reports will be compiled
into general survey which is ex.
pected to give comprehensive idea
of the actual labor situation in
Chickasha today. This information
will be kept on file in the office Of
the local Chamber and will be sent
to the department Of labor of the
state where it is to be included in
a survey of the entire state relative
to the labor situation.
The city school heads and Chamber
of Commerce officials today asked
that every patron Of the city schools
cooperate with them in making this
survey, by filling out the cards
promptly this evening and returning
them to the teachers through the
school children tomorrow morning.