Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-21
Humanity In
Government
HUMANITY IN GOVERNMENT
VIII
BY JAMES j. DAVIS
Secretary of Labor


Garner in such need Of intelligent
and effective attention to his well
fare as when he is among the unem-
ployed. When the worker is out OF
a Job, he is more than likely to be-
come the victim of the fake employ
ment agency, which fattens upon the
needs of the unfortunate. To aid
the wage Garner when he is seeking
employment congress authorized h
establishment in the Department of
Labor of the United States Employ
ment Service. Under this authorize
ton the Employment Service was
directed to maintain a national sys-
TEN of employment Offices. and to
coordinate the public employment
Offices throughout the country by
furnishing and publishing informa-
ton as to opportunities for employ
ment and by maintaining a system
for clearing labor between the sew
eral states.
Under this act federal cooperation
has been established with the State
Employment Services Of thirty-six
states and Municipal Employment
Services in four other states, with
the result that cooperative employ
ment services have been maintained
in forty states and 176 cities OF the
nation. Through the coordination
Of these federal, state, and municipal
employment services, approximately
10000 people are registered for en-
ployment monthly. 10000 requests
for help are received, 100000 re-
ferred, and approximately $4,000
placed. These placements are made
without charge to either the employ
err or the employee.
Through these state and municipal
employment services in cooperation
with the u. S. Employment Service,
a system Of public employment Of
fees throughout the country has
been coordinated for the purpose of
furnishing and publishing informa-
ton as to opportunities ft- employ
ment and maintaining a system of
clearance of labor between the va
rious states.
In addition to the maintenance of
a national system of coordination
Of public employment offices, the U.
S. Employment Service conducts an
industrial employment survey
monthly, providing an accurate in
dex to employment conditions in the
forty-eight states of the Union, the
leading sixty-fve cities of major in
dustrial Importance and three hun
dred fifty-five cities of minor indus
trial importance. The scope of this
survey covers the fluctuations in m
ployment in the fourteen basic in
dustrial groups as set up by the
United States Census Bureau. The
organization necessary for the col
lection of these data consists Of dis
trict directors situated in nine geo.
graphic divisions of the country who
have selected voluntary agents loca-
ted in each industrial center. These
agents have accepted the response
bility for the collection of informa-
ton monthly concerning the mum
Der of workers on the pay roll in
industries usually employing 500 and
over" For the purpose of COMPARE
son the actual number of workers on
the pay roll are collected from the
same identical concerns monthly.
These volunteer agents have been
appointed special agents. The 142S
establishments report to this service
through special agents and repre-
s~entatives Of their industries. These
industries have been selected from
diversified sections of the country
and include those who usually GA
ploy 500 and over. General employ
ment comment is collected by the
district directors and authoritative
sources, supplemented by intelligent
opinion.
This bulletin serves chambers of
commerce. trade unions, large indus
trial concerns, railroads, employers
Of labor, and the general public with
systematic, accurate, and unbiased
information which assists them in
the distribution and clearance
of labor, and the expansion of bust
ness.
For a number of years the U. S.
Employment Service has maintained
a Farm Labor Bureau for the pur-
pose of assisting in caring for such
crops as require especial seasonal
labor help. In performing this SER
vide the Farm Labor Bureau has CO.
operated with the labor departments
| Of the different states. In many To-
| calities where the bureau has 1iree-
| ted it's activities the agricultural as
ISOLATION and county farm agents
have been Of great assistance and
have added materially to the eff
| cheney and the effectiveness of the
work.
The headquarters of the Farm La
| Dor Bureau is at 2014 Main street.
Kansas City, Mo. The Bureau has
no definitely defined boundary lines,
although thus far it's work has been
conducted chiefly in the Midwestern
States from the Mississippi river to
the mountains and from Texas and
Louisiana to the Canadian line. In
all of these states federal directors
and special agents of the U. s.. En-
ployment Service assist the field rep
! resentative and constitute an organ
ization that is rendering services that
are coming to be looked upon by
| mi and business men alike as
indispensable to agriculture. The
L ha milling az thu 1uhaak harvest labor