Evening journal., 1922-07-19

, the following figures of its operations
/ iup to the close OF business last sat
, urday
...... PIT TABLE INSERT.
According to Miss Smith there
has been little change in the wom-
ems division. the figures for last
week being relatively normal II
is the mems division in which the
trouble has arisen.
Wasting Good Money.
In explanation of the reason for
closing the bureau. Rr. Odell. its
director, says:
REGISTERED Referred Placed
6l67 63Ss 55Os
WOMEN
Registered Referred Placed
TOTAL
Registered Referred Placed
$3.50 1897 1893
EN-SERVICE MEN
Registered Referred Placed
1880 1908 800
The sudden slump in placing Of
men in jobs is shown by the follow
ing report, covering the bureaus
operations last week alone:
Registered Referred Placed
so % IS
WOMEN
Registered Referred r9sed
! TOTAL
! Registered Referred Placed
q5 1871 IS
After n careful review OF the local
situation l find that we are wasting
money As trust officer for the
Pierre s. dupont Fund which has
financed the Employment Bureau
from the beginning. 1 cannot consent
that a dollar of that money shall be
expended unnecessarily
There are innumerable instances
in which the men to whom we have
given cards for employment have
taken the cards ard have not show
ed up at the job There have been
times when numbers OF laborers
have been congregated in the Old
City Hall and jobs have been offer
ed them, which they have refused
to accept II seems as If the time
had come when the men who are out
of employment are men who do not
want work. and / am not willing 10
spend our money just to make the
Old City Hall a convenient loaflng
place.
Up to July-1, the Service Citi
zens has spent on the Employment
Bureau S5442.41. During the win
ter when the industrial situation was
acute the Bureau did valuable work.
Altogether we had placed 1899 !
people in permanent or Temporary |
positions. II we could have coDtinu- |
ed being of real service, we would |
have been happy to do so.
Il must thank the general public
FOR ~ splendid spirit during the
,ritical days and especially the news
papers Of the city. for the immense
lelp they have been to US from the
beginning"
GOOD Jobs Refused
Miss Smith. government expert in
.harge of the bureau, has made the
ollowing statement:
THE past week has been the
worst since the opening of the bu
'eau as regards both conduct or
he applicants and placements.
-Four different labor opportunities
we're placed early in the week, the
wages varying from 20 cents an
lour TO 80 cents an hour No labor
rOuble was 10 be encountered on
any of the jobs Notification cards
we're sent to every man registered
n the bureau under "labor"-99S ,
IN ALL To date. July rs, only fifty
i've men have responded to the no ,
.ihcations. only three were willing
10 accept any OF the jobs.
IAN opportunity for locomotive
,ranc operator was received. The #,
Job was at Milford. Delaware Of A.,
-ering steady work for three months /
With the possibilities OF a permanent .
lob. The salary was $40 per week. {
An applicant who had been out Of
permanent employment year and {
/ half was notified of this oppor- {
unity and refused-"because 1t was q
90 far from home"
"a cali was received for an oil |
burning fireman, steady work All ]
applicants registered as such we're
in all. The man with
he best reference was selected and
-iven a card to go to the job on Tues
lay. This man had been without
teady work for many months. The
ollowing Thursday when we called
he plant to see IL the man was
working satisfactorily we were in
ormed that only on that morning
ad he reported-two days after re-