Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-03
Humanity in Government
By James ,. Davis, Secretary of Labor
 SEVERAL OF THE BUREAus

Be
 The headquarters of the farm lAbor bureau is at 2o14 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. Tn all of these states federM directors and special agents of the U. S. employment service assist the field representative and constitute an organization that is render ing services that are coming to be looked upon by farmers and business men alike as indispensable to agriculture The handling of the wheat harvest labor prob lem is the largest job the farm labor bu- reau undertakes. Tn 1921 the farm labor bureau handled through its various offices and field men 7o,959 harvest laborers This was only a part of the men used in the harvesting of last years crop, but it was essential. Without these men, mil lions of bushels of wheat would have gone to waste Through the farm labor bureau hands were obtained for the harvesting of more than 3o.572, 500 acres of wheat The wheat belt is located in the northern and panhandle section of Texas, Oklahoma Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and North and South Dakota During the harvest season, in addition to the mainte- nance of temporary employment offices in these states, numbering 30, employment offices are maintained in St. Louis. union I station, Kansas City, Sioux Falls and l Denver.
 The U. S employment service also
 maintains 8 junior division which deals l with the youth of the country, both sexes ] between legal working age and 21. Its l fn a oh ;,,a
 boys and girls to select and prepare fol some definite occupation in which they
 may be efficient, productive and constru l tive workers, and to offer to employer: | the best possible facilities for the selec 1 tion of their junior employees. Information l is supplied to schools regarding organiza | ton requirements and changes in indus ttry. As an employment agency the junio 1 division has as it's aim pooling the junio 1 labor supply at it's source and distributin, | 1t in such manner that each individua will realize his best possibilities and con
 tribute his utmost to the welfare of tn
 society. A junior placement office equipped with personnel familiar witt
 business conditions and trained to under
 stand the needs alike of industry and o
 boys and girls, and the obligation of pub lie education to both-does this with al 1 immediate and practical effectiveness
 The activities of the junior division are devoted mainly to the establishment
 and maintenance of a number of loca
 centers in which methods of junior c115d
 anee and placement have been studio
 and developed. They are located in six
 teen, cities which have been chosen wit
 the View of representing various sec
 tions of the country They also preser
 considerable variety in size, industris
 conditions, and guidance and placemen
 problems.
 The U. S. employment service also Cd
 operates with the U. S. veterans burea
 in the placement Of rehabilitated dis i-abled war veterans of the World war.
 The U. s. employment service is i
 daily receipt of applications for employ
 ment from \ practical ever stat in the Union, which are i turn referred to the federal director and superintendents of municipal em ployment offices in the sections, district! , or cities in the states from which the an kplications come. l. is also in receipt c complaints oe- abuses .ry private employ ment agenc.es, which are promptly refer : red to the various Sta:ss il z-Iicl ta , complaints lare mads. An exem?le ( , this was the establishment of a p-tvat } employment agency offering future em
 ployment to people ss Muscle Sh1l's, fo ? stipulated fee. As ! mater f fac r Muscle Srtals presented 1o ,pD ,r.uniti4 f for employment, an1 thr }ig7 the agenc r of the U. S. employment sel s,c> .n cc f operation with the war depar: mont, :hi : agency was compeile1 70 cease :;s activ I ties. Another exampis Is -he clrcul: . tion of an advertisement purporting { : represent the U. }. employment se-v;e s giving Washington, D. c, which WA e promptly closed thr ,rgh the agency