The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-26

$500 900 has been saved for Indiana
workers through services rendered
by the State Free Employment Blu
reau, according to Perry w. Reeves,
director
Basing his computation on prevail
ing rates charged by commercial bu-
reaus. and taking into consideration
the time each successful applicant
worked on the job located for him
by the State, Reeves estimated that
S1O8,85O was saved. This sum can
be Increased from year to year,
Reeves predicted as additional en-
ployers join with the State in its
campaign to reduce unemployment
and its attending ills.
When the State places an unem-
pl0yed man to work it makes no
charge, Reeves explained. After a
man has been out of work any ex-
tended period his family begins to
suffer and the applicant is in no
position to pay any considerable
sum for his job, Reeves declared.
The first month of employment, If
foIltiwing close on a period of I'M
employment, is the worst because
the debts have accumulated, ac-
cording to Reeves.
Bureaus Related
Reeves, in addition to his position
as supervisor of employment for the
late Industrial board, is assistant
lrecfor for the United States De-
partment of Labor employment
Service. Work of the two depart
ments is closely related.
Commenting on the work, Reeves
said, ''the placing of 2,156,465 men
and women in jobs during the past
fiscal year emphasizes the wide use
Of the government employment serv-
ice and the necessity for such
service
Following the precedent estab-
lished by France in it's public en-
ploy1nent bureau in Paris, the State
Of Ohio in 1890 passed a law author
ling the creation of bureaus in five
Of the States principal cities. New
York followed in 1896, Illinois in
1899 and other States in rapid sue
cession.
4O,316 Employed
IN a report covering activity of
the Indiana bureau during the last
year, Reeves shows that positions
have been obtained for 40,316 per
sons. Since opening of the public
employment office in Indianapolis
] bn dana nv haG
placed 2,536 local men and women in
positions ranging from common la
Dor TO high office and factory jobs.
The Federal Government assists
the various States in their placement
work and operates as a sort Of ma
tionaI clearing house for labor. AS
a result men from one State quite
frequently are sent to neighboring
state when labor is needed badly at
the latter point. The Government
also lends material, financial assist
ance to the State bureaus, which in
RfrglS aid their municipal public EN-
5loynaent agencies.
whether conducted by city, State
or Federal Government, finding en-
ployment for men and women is
necessary public function. If it is
the duty of organized government
to provide schools to educate it's fu-
ture citizens, it is not reasonable for
the same governmental organization
to supply the machinery whereby it's
citizens may find suitable work."
Reeves asked.
Job Is Important
SsNothing on earth Is so important
to a man as a job. In this day and
age Industrial processes have become
SO complicated that the labor of
many kinds Of skilled and Unskilled
workers is necessary for the COM
pletion of a single product. One fac
tory employs thousands Of men-a
change in the process Of manufac
turing may throw many Of these
employees out of work, or an enlarge
ment Of the plant may require ad.
ditional hundreds of employees. Sud
cality may be looking for a job at
the same time, or employers in an
other locality may be asking for
more men than the immediate labor
market can produce. In such a COM
pIicated situation the public employ
ment service is an absolute neces-
sity If labor is to be had" Reeves
said.
Solution Of the problem, according
to Reeves, rests in a more hearty
cooperation on the part of employers.
Discussing the attitude Of the big
Aempioyer, he said:
Does he know how much it
costs an applicant to secure the
position he has to fill whe1Ahe calls
a Zee charging employment agency?
Can he picture the hardship that
may be imposed on the applicant by
having to pay that fee? Did he ever
stop to think that the person who
has been out OF employment is prob
ably not able to afford this unneces-
saIy expense? Had it ever occurred
to him that when he calls fee
charging agency for an applicant.
he is forcing the applicant to work
q large part of the first month with
out compensation"
Fees Run High
Fees charges by commercial