The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-03-17
400. 900 VETERANS OF
VAR OUT OF WORK
According to an Estimate Received by
the American Legion This is
Reduction of About
100000 Men.

New York, March l7.-There. were
100000 veterans of the World war out
of work in the United States on March
last, according TO an estimate re-
ceived by the American Legion. This
is a reduction of about 100000 from
the peak" of more than 100000 job
less ex.service men in the country
shortly after dan. | last and the lie
gion reports state that there is promise
of further improvement.
The survey of the national situation
on which these figures are based was
made by the American Legion Week
ly, official publication of the Legion,
which states that the unemployment
situation as affecting the veterans zap
pears to have taken turn for the bet
ter"
A chain of employment agencies OPP
Grated by the Legion in every state
has done much to relieve the situation,
say the Legion officials. The Legion
has been instrumental in obtaining
work for veterans in discouraging the
migration of unemployed men to-
ward the great industrial centers and
has encouraged movement from cit
les 10 the farm. 1t has demanded that
workers who left their positions to go
to war should enjoy seniority rights
on a par with those of military age
who stayed at home.
Ex-seryiee men have suffered more
in proportion TO their members than
other workers, according to the Le-
gion's survey, because of the opera
tions of seniority rules and efficiency
standards Nearly a year is required
for the returned veterans 10 get back
to his old stride in industry, according
to the testimony of large employers of
labor Another thing that has handi-
capped the eX soldier is his restlessness
and nomadic tendencies, both products
of the strain and circumstances of war
service.
Re-opening OF factories and mills in
the textile regions of New England and
in the mining and industrial centers of
Pennsylvania leads observers in those
parts to believe the worst is past, ac-
oording TO the Legion's survey. The
automobile centers of Detroit. Cleve-
land and indianapolis report slight
Improvement VI NbiANili0lr- III Niti-
cago conditions are stationary, it is
said.
Throughout the agricultural middle
ives a general movement from the cit
les and towns to the farms is report
ed The average ex soldier had little
taste for agriculture when he came
back from the war II was hard to
keep EN- down on the farm after they
had seen Paree' They chose to work
in the small factories or stores in the
neighboring country seat. where, dur
ing 1919, jobs were plenty and wages
high When those jobs began TO go
there was at first an exodus toward the
larger cities. The Legion strove to dis
courage this The movement has
about spent itself and farmers through
out the west now report little difficult
" in getting help, and except in the
larger cities there are few able bodied
ex-service men reported out Of work in
the middle west.
The south reports improvement. Dix
ie has been burdened with r larger
quota Of winter fosters than usual this
year, according to reports. Some are
now finding farm wrk iE the south,
others are drifting north, largely to set
Tie on farms.
The Pacific coast, land where there
are the three great seasonable occupa
tions of fishing. numbering and fruit
raising. has been able 10 decrease the
number of jobless veterans by half in
two months according to advices from
there. In Washington state there were
1000 unemployed veterans on Jan. ]
and 1000 on Feb. |.