The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-29

porting and self-perpetuating. The
volunteers have already made thou
sands of cells upon business men and
have carefully tabulated results,
which were said to be encouraging.
Volunteers See Chance.
Gately said that instead of going
over prepared ground the volunteers
decided to apply their energy to yir-
gin soil. careful study of posi-
bilities was klade and these fields
were found to offer new opportuni-
ties for the engineers in such lines
as manufacturing, construction and
consulting, firms, banking, account
ing, insurance, department stores.
filing, publication.
Here is a golden opportunity"
said the memorandum of the volun-
teers, mot merely to remedy an
acute temporary condition, but to
help the profession take a long step
forward in reaching it's proper plane
in the business world"
The volunteers were optimistic
over ultimate results, although they
said that existing conditions were
far from good and that united ener-
getic effort were needed if the sit
uation was to be adequately met.
Mr.. Brown stated that during 1921
the number of men registered at the
federation's employment service was
1905. OF these 1866 were placed.
More men were placed in December
than in any other month. More men
were registered in June than any
other month. the. low mark in this
respect being reached in November.
civil Engineers in Distress.
II Is thought that nationally the
civil engineers rank next to the
mining engineers in unemployed
numbers, with the electrical engi-
neers third, although there are no
dennlte figures on which exact con-
ciuslons can be reached. The Amer
lean Society of Mechanical Engi-
neers, the largest organization of
professional engineers in the coun-
try, with membership of over
$4,000. is believed to be least az
fected. although the unemployment
situation with all the big engineer
ing societies was said to be such as
to demand extraordinary measures
of relief. The engineering situation
possesses peculiar interest because
OF the large proportion of univer-
sity and technical school graduates
who are either idle or have been
forced into other and less remuner-
alive lines
The Federated American Engi-
neering Societies has taken up the
whole question of unemployment on
a nationwide scale, and a special
committee has been appointed to
frame plan for a permanent ma
tional employment service for engi-
neers.
Committee Is Named.
BY authority of the executive
board of the American Engineering
Council, President Mortimer Z.
Cooley, dean of the school of engi-
neering at the University of Michi-
gan, has appointed the following
special employment committee:
Morris l. Cooke. chairman, Phila
delphia; William Mcclellan. presi-
aent of the American Institute of
Eiectrical Engineers, Philadelphia;
w D. Powell, Buffalo; DIR. II. f.
howe, Washington; w. E. Rolfe. st.
Louis; r.. l.. Humphrey, Philadel-
phia' +, B. Craft. New York: Fred ].
Miller. New York; William M. Corse,
Bayonne.!N. ].
Al the next meeting of the execu-
tive board of the council this COM
mittee Is expected to make a report
on plans which, engineers hope, will
FORM the starting point in a pro-
gressiNe and comprehensive policv
OF national engineering employ
ment.