The Denver Jewish news., 1924-04-10

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Street; Star Agency. 132 Nassau
Street; Duane Employment Exchange,
DOG Broadway David Agency, II West
i2nd street, Sasse Agency, no Nassau
Street; Reid Agency, 200 Broadway;
| Efficiency Agency, 141G Broadway :;
City SVrvice Employment Agency, 30
Broad Street; Acorn Agency. 81 VIII
linn Street Standard Employment
Agency. % w. 42nd Street: Iazare
Agency. G2I Madison Avenue: Clark
Agency, . Beekman Street; Aspell
Agency, 1866 broadway Mercantile,
10 Nassau Etreet: Elsie Diehl Agency.
Inc l Bcckman Street. Personnel
Company, . Church Street and Nation
nj Employment Exchange, 30 Church
Street.
This array of employment agencies
includes almost everyone of impor-
tance in New York City and every day
they advertise that they have more
Christian jobs than they have appli-
cants TO fill them. That the employ
ment agency offers nothing for the Jew
ish applicant can be proved in no bet
ter way than in picking up n copy of
the World" and glancing down the
list of the agencies in quest Of help.
One hundred and sixteen of the adj
vertisemcnts were of the state rclig-
ion" type rs follows:
Typist wanted for high class
position: must have high
school education or better;
chance to learn correspondence
debating: in replying give cdu-
cation religion age and salary
Respected to start, $50 \. Y.
Times. Brooklyn Branch.
We picked out lifty-four of these ad-
vertisemcnts which Were most likely TO
bring n reply and addressed an appli-
cants to them which followed this style:
so y. Y. Times,
Brooklyn Branch.
Brooklyn, y. y.
Dear Sir:
Your advertisement in this morn
ing's Times is of particular interest
ing to me.
l am 22 years of age. Il Christian
and of>protcstant faith. I am n grad
uate of high school and attended Col
umbia University for two years. l
have also had two years Of experience
as "A typist in a large manufacturing
office. would he willing TO START for
500 week although salary is second
airy where the position offers good OPP
portunity for advancement.
l am hoping that you will afford me
the pleasure of n personal interview.
Yours very truly
lSfgncd) .HARRIET SMITH
In all of the iifty-four letters that
we sent out we made the qualifications
of Harriet Smith fit the position in
order that we might have n better
chance of obtaining n favorable reply.
We also sent ont another letter. some
to the same firm as that Of the Christ
ian applicant bearing the signature of
Frances Levy who stated that her
religion was Hebrew Harriet
Smith was soon in great demand ana
twenty-five firms replied that they
would he pleased ito afford her the
pleasure of IA personal interview" One
firm was so eager to beat the others
to it that it wired for Harriet Smith
to come for an interview. But no cne
wanted Frances Levy" even though
her qualifications We're made even
more impressive in the letters of ap-
al, rin smith,
American of Protestant faith and re-
sided in the West Eighties OFF Central
Park while Frances Levy" admitted
that she was an American of Hebrew
faith and resided in Harlem. Twenty
two replies out of fifty-four applica-
tions is remarkable percentage even
for II Christian applicant No replies
out Of more than score of a Hebrews
applications TO such n type of blind
advertisement is in keeping with the
law of averages
Thirty-two of the total number of
advertisements which fell into the
Christian only" and christian CON
Germ classes gave the address of the
employer but did not give the name.
An advertisement of this type follows:
Boy wanted Christian, age 16,
by bank. Apply 2nd floor. Al
Beaver ST.
All that remained to be done i'm this
case was to go 10 the specified adj
dress and find out whose place of bust
ness il was Seventeen firms gave their
name and address in the original adj
vertisement.
The result of our investigation of
advertisements appearing in only a
single week gave us the names of six