Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-11
WARTIME WAGES
STILL ASKED BY
LABORING MEN
Employment Bureau Says
Some Refuse to Work When
Given Jobs.

A large number Of men in Indianapo-
lis are still holding out for wartime
wages and others refuse to work after
they have received jobs, according to
statement made by the Indiana free EN-
ployment service, today. The statement
declares that only men who are willing
to make the best of the present situation
should apply for work at the bureau
1t is noted, also, that conditions are
slowly improving.
The statement follows:
an placing the men, who apply to the
Indiana Free Employment Service, 1887
South Capitol avenue, it Is the desire
OF the members of the service to have
the earnest cooperation of the individuals
as well as the manufacturers.
Daily the service refers men to oppor-
tunities who are not looking for work,
Lut are merely boomers This kind Of
man disrupts any kind Of an Organiza-
ton, and it is the desire of tho service
to weed out these men If possible and see
that they do not receive the benefits of
opportunities offered.
DON'T KNOW
WAR Is OVER.
For instance man applied for a po-
sition few days ago and gave us a
hard luck story. He had four children and
n wife to take care Of the rent was
past due two months and he was finan-
cially broke The service secured a
position for this man Immediately In
manufacturing concern. Upon calling on
the employer at the institution he said
he could not go to work until two days
later incidentally the men had been
out Of employment for i've months) The
manufacturer wanted the man imme
diately and the applicant could give no
reason for not wanting TO go to work
for two days. 1t was finally agreed that
the man should start to work the fol
lowing morning. The work was done
well and the employer was pleased the
remaining two days Of the week. Satur-
day found the employer loade dwith or
ders and he asked the new employe II he
would work Saturday afternoon at a time
and one-half rate The new emplOye
told the manufacturer it was impossible
for him to work Saturday afternoon, as
be had never done so before. and that
also he had some business affairs to be
attended to in town.
This incident is merely cited to show
the appreciation Of some men for favors
done in their behalf and also that at the
present time there are many men who
do not realize that the war is over and
that the wage scale has dropped.
MUST ADJUST TO
EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THE thing that every unemployed man
must do at the present time is TO adapt
himself to conditions as they exist and
make the best of the situation until con-
dtr%ons improve. We have mechanics
listed for positions who drew big money
during the war and who have been out
OF work for over a year, merely because
they believe there Is still big money In
that occupation and they will not be
satisfied with any other kind OF work.
The manner in which some Of the
men term the present situation is that
they still have a little of the money they
saved up during the war period and that
they will trust TO luck" that they receive
a similar wartime Job before their money
gives out Luck" that psycholog ical
element which supposedly brings Jobs to
a select few, will never gain man any
position OF merit In the industrial and
commercial world. But the great ma
jority Of the working men and the IN
employed men at the present time have
the spirit OF work, they are not asking
for charity, but have that stick-to-it-ive-
ness instilled into their minds which is
bound to better their conditions.
MUCH IMPROVEMENT
SHOWN.
Conditions, commercially and indus
trially in Indianapolis, continue TO i'm
prove and 1t is mainly due to the fact
business men and manufacturers are
forgetting the pessimistic view they had
taken upon conditions as they existed
during the past year and are now taking
amore optimistic view and are settling
down to going after business which
means a greater production and an in
creasing demand.
at is 10 be noted that the service had
OPS male applicants for Jobs during the
past week and that IA were registered
and 359 we're placed In positions. In the
week prior to the above mentioned there
we're 305 men placed. This report shows
a net increase in placements alone OF
II per cent"