Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-26
EMPLOYMENT GOOD
IN MOST DISTRICTS.
Industry Turning, However,
to More Judicious Methods
of Hiring Help.
BY J. C. RoYLE.
aisnateh 10 The star.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
NEW YORK, July 26.--The volume
of employment throughout the country
has not dropped off. In fact 1t Is IN
creasing in some industries ana IN
some sections Today this Is especially
so in the iron and steel mills, the
automobile factories, the tire factories:
the plants manufacturing business ana
Office equipment, and aviation. The
volume of building is holding up and
is giving employment to more than the
usual number of skilled artisans In the
building trades. The metal mines are
seeking experienced men and finding
difficulty in securing them.
There is an adequate supply OF help
in most of the farm districts. TINS Is
undoubtedly due to the supplanting OF
man power by motor driven equipment.
The canning industry is at top speed
and fruit pickers and packers are busily
engaged.
Selecting Employees Judiciously.
Never. however. has there been so
much effort made to select employees
judiciously. AS a group, would-be en-
ployers are seeking not for men, but
for the right man for the right place.
They declare that there exists today
as great field for the development of
full man-power as has existed for the
development of full power OF machines.
The fact that man Is failure
in one job does not now result, In most
instances, In his abrupt and uncere-
monious dismissal Most employers be-
leve it worth their while TO find out
IL he would not fit into another job
better suited for them. Labor turnover
is one of the greatest overhead ex-
penses which modern business has to
meet.
The Philadelphia Chamber of Com
merce Is cooperating with the United
Gas Improvement Co in campaign
to induce employers to abandon the
age rule in taking on new employees.
They declare. and they are supported
by over 1000 employers, that old age
as a bar to employment should be re-
moved. The campaign In the Phiia-
delphia district will be continued until
every employer In that territory has
been seen and urged to make no dis
crepancy on account of old age.
'The movement to bar applicants for
work on account of age" said one large
employer today. was having the effect
OF enslaving men who had already been
employed for a period of years by one
institution. 1t made such men feel
that they were compelled to remain
with their employers, as they feared
they could not obtain work elsewhere
if they resigned
This thought struck many employees
with terror and deprived them of that
independence which is characteristic OF
American manhood"
Encouraging Group Insurance.
There are humane methods of hold
ing employees on the pay roll and pre-
venting a big turnover One Is the
encouragement of group insurance. An
other is ample vacations with pay. A
third is the recreation of friendly
feeling and a real practical human
sympathy when sickness. death or other
misfortune overtakes worker or a
member OF his family
Those in closest touch with the en-
ployment situation declare that hum
cireds of thousands of workers know
how TO hold job, but that only a
few know the proper process of get
ting job. The fact is behind the
recent appeal of the employment and
vocational guidance section Of the well
fare council Of New York City, which
urged the industries of New York TO
help provide work for men and women
who have long been out of employment
The council declares that this appeal
does not indicate that there is extraor-
binary unemployment. but merely that
thousands upon thousands of persons
do not know where to turn for help
when they get out of Job.