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EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
BROUGHT MUCH RELIEF
Secretary Davis Says Another
Unemployment Crisis Must
be Avoided.

Proposals for tho prevention Of
future unemployment crises and for
the reduction OF the normal number OF
voorhees, men I'm the country were
put forth by Secretary OF Labor James
j. Davis i'm his annual report. just
made public. Secretary Davis pointed
out tho results obtained through the
Federal Employment Service during
the industrial depression OF the las,
year and asserted that the Employ
mcnt Service offers an-aEency for the
solution of the unemployment prob
lem. lie said:
Less than n year ago IL was es-
timated that between five and six mil
hon workers were without jobs. We
we're In the throes OF one of the great
est industrial depressions we had
over known. There was n grave danger
that the mere operation Of the law
OF supply and demand would force a
drastic Encouragement of wages which
would seriously deprcss our standard
of living and radically alter our whole
economic structure. The Nation
fought it's way through this period of
unemployment. and today the demand
Tor labor practically equals the sup
ply. We are back at normal in our en-
ploymcnt. But we have made the start
ling discovery that normal in America
means that approximately a million
and half'worl<mcn are detached from
any payroll.
Here we have two problems 10
meet--to prevent n rcCurrentr, Of the
employment depression which threw
between five and six million men into
idlcness and 10 reduce the number Of
our workingmcn who are daily with
gu; means OF livelihood.
We have a powerful agency in
meeting both of these problems in the
United States Employment Service.
which. fully organized and equipped.
would have iis finger at all times upon
the pulse OF the labor supply and de
mand Of the country The past year
TINS service. with its cooperating
agencies. proved its effectiveness. IL
listed between $500 600 workers seek
inc employment. and placed nearly
100000 of them In jobs without ex-
] pense To the worker or employer. Its
! usefulness and the nc,d Tor its Il -
NclopmCnt are plain.
The causes of idlcness among our
worlmen call FOR instant remedy. In
dus;rial strife and unemployment OFFER
opportunities TO the enemy OF govern
ment too favorable for us TO overlook
them. Wherever worker and employer
clash and wherever men are in en-
forced idleness. there is the oppor-
tunity for the INSCRIPTIONS employer
with his hired guard, his mercenery
Plug ugly. There. too. the ultra-rcd
radical finds conditions ripe FOR his
efforts. Both threaten the subversior
of all government. "a they preach
contempt for law and order. and b,
stirring the passions and hate of mcr
bring 10 fruition their gospel Of Vio-
lcncc and bloodshed Thcso things ar,
g menace TO our whole national cxis.
tcnce. They threaten the fundamental,
Of our Government. No duty is NOR,
pressing upon us today than that o.
Safeguarding ourselves from thcs,
dangers"
Secretary Davis suggested that tn
workman himself. in order 20 NEE
periods Of depression should be will
!ns 10 accept employment at othel
trades than he is usually engaged In
on this point he said:
= THE lessen OF the past year seem
20 be not so much a problem Of al
actual dearth OF employment bu
rather one Of inability OF the Ameri
can workmen 10 adjust themselves {,
changing circumstances. We recog
nize that the exalted place 81 ou
craftsmen has been attained through
specialization. bus in specializing W
seem 10 have lost sight OF the fac
, that there are other lines Of employ
ment than these habitually followed
l would he the last one 10 sugges
that skilled craftsmen should under
take 20 become so-called Jacks OF a.
trades" but ] would urge upon ever,
idle workman that when there is IN
activity IN his trade he use every ef
fort 10 adapt himself TO some othe
, line OF work. Manifes,ly, the skllle,
workman can. II he will. do work o
some other kind. but my experience
has been that too often when idlenes
!s forced upon him he rejects tn
thought OF other employment for on
or more % several reasons: He ma
not be able 10 secure az high wages 4
! ether employment; he may be unde
; the impression that the secondary EN-
ployment will lose him prestige in hi
primary occupation. There are, {
| course. so-called seasonal occupation
IN which there Is known intermittent
OF employment. but in these occupa
tons usually the wages are highs
and the man who follows such a on
J can fortify himself against the seaso
/, OF unemployment.
Tho United States Employmer