Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-13
WORKERS PLACED BY
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
Some Sent to Lewes Today to
Work for du Pont Engineer
ing Company.

Hix OF the unemployed OF Whining
ton, including three carpenters one
machine hand one salesman and one
laborer, found employment this morn
ing through the Employment Bureau
In the oil CITY Hall. Several po-
sitions, II was stated. were filled when
Engineering Co. for extra help on con-
struction work at Lewes
Fifty applicants for work registered
this morning Miss Katherine Smith,
representative OF tho United States
Employment Service OF Washington
located In the office stated that she
will ask for tho cooperation Of every
manufacturer and employer In the city
An an effort 20 bring relief to the un-
employed. Since the opening Of the
employment offices, Tuesday morning,
Miss Smith has personally supervised
the preliminary work OF organization
and today she has on file nearly 900
applicants.
Young girls. az well as professional
business women. are taking advantage
of the service. A special office has
been fitted out for the reception OF the
girls and women. Miss blanche ].
Swayne OF Wilmington. VINO yester-
day Joined the STAFF is giving her per-
sonal attention to the wants OF these
girls. In many instances she is able
to make recommendations and find
employment
The Employment Bureau IS open
daily from $40 TO 4a0. There is no
charge for reglgtration and Whining
tons unemployed are urged to take
advantage OF the use OF the bureau.
Most Deserving Cases First.
That the most deserving cases may
be given first attention, that Is, that
the men who are most In need OF work
Imay be employed before those whose
lcondition Is less stringent officials OF
the du pont Engineering Co, are CO.
operating TO the fullest extent WITH
those In charge of thel Employment
Bureau The engineering company
has list of about $500 applicants foi
Jobs on the harbor project, many more
than have been filed for registration
with the employment bureau, and Il Ii
} felt that many Of those who have ap-
) piled there have also registered as un
employed with the Federal Office. I
Is to check up on their lists and I,
! eliminate as far as possible all duplica
; tlon of the work that the engineering
officials have taken up their confer
ences with the employment bureau
lonlcials. The engineering compan,
cannot at this time employ any NOR
men than are mt work. because Of tn
; non-arrival of additional material. bu
the company. II wa4 learned thi
, morning, is doing all II can to reliev
: the unemployment situation here.
! taking on additional men those wit
families and who are IN the most des
| tituto circumstances are 10 be give
, hrst choice and information on all sue
, cases will be secured where possibI
from the Federal unemployment offft'
/ The men who are registering at IN
: Labor Bureau are first-class mechan
, lics, craftsmen, professional men. man
of them college graduates. Some {
them declare they have formerly mad
very big wages, but all declare sthe
ARE willing now 10 take any kind OF
A position so long as 1t will pay thel
money with which to buy food.
n The employment office has launche
a campaign of education through II
il medium OF the advertising columns
A the daily papers in an endeavor
impress upon everyone the seriousne
: of the sitution and in an effort to II
duce the manufacturer and employ
a in general TO do what they can to he
relieve the stress of the unemploye
= Everyone is being urged to make roo
. for an extra man or women wherev
possible.
n Some few men have been secur'
: work through the medium OF the L
. Dor Bureau. However, after il n
! completed the work of registering q
a unemployed, or at least listed the m
j jority of them, it is expected those
charge will be able to get down
the real work of finding places (
the jobless Many of those who hs.
appeared, have declaredsthey are goil
to leave town to seek work elsewhel
Such men are being discouraged fro
of this thought. Conditions elsewhe
are as bad and in many places wor
r than they are here. A man here
he known, his friends and has his hon
r they are told, and consequently
lv much better off even though he shot
A. be out of work, than he would be In
40 strange city, among strange peol
~ and still out of a job.
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