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migrant" worker, under the plan,
is one who has not lived within nor
NAL committing distance of the
prospective employers establishment
for the 80 days before he was hired.
Mr.. Werts gave several examples
of how the migration control system
would work. Before taking a job
here, an Immigrant, he said, would
have to get statement of availa-
bility from the USES in the COM
munity he left and another state
ment of availability or referral card
from the USES here.
| II a worker wanted to come to
Washington from Raleigh, N. c., he
said, the Raleigh USES would have
to decide whether his skills could be
used there and whether he was
needed here before issuing him a
statement of availability. The Raj
eigh USES he said. also could de-
eide that he wasn't needed in Wash
ington but could be used in Balti-
more. In that case, Mr.. Werts said,
the Raleigh Office could refuse to
give the worker statement of avail
ability unless he consented to 70 to
work in Baltimore.
If the worker comes here without
statement of availability and seeks
job. the employer is supposed to
send him to the USES, which, in
turn, can send him back home" by
refusing to give him the statement
of availability he needed to get
job.
Hardship Cases.
Mr.. Werts said that for the next
two weeks, until the plan is pub
licized, local USES Offices OF the re-
gion have been instructed to be
lenient in hardship cases, either
giving Immigrants statements of
availability or checking with their
homes to clear up the cases. BY
June l, however, he said, the plan
will be enforced strictly.
The departure of Washington
workers for other cities, he said.
could be controlled in the communi-
ties to which they went for work.
/ All regions, he reported, had been
circularized with this regions plan
so that Washington workers would
be refused jobs if they could not
produce statements of availability
from the Washington USES even
though another region might not
have the same Immigrant controls
in effect here.
Special provisions are made in the
plan for hiring of immigrants for
the railroads, the War Shipping Ad-
ministration and agencies of the
Federal Government. The Civil
| Service Commission is required TO
clear its Job openings with the local
USES before recruiting outside the
area except in the case of Civil Serv-
ice job openings governed by Fed
eral law on the apportionment of
Federal positions to States.
Penal Provisions.
! If the VINO determines that an
employer has hired a worker con-
trary to this program, under the
plan the employer must release the
worker, who will then be referred to
his last previous employer or to
another job through the USES or
through hiring union.
In addition to the penal provisions
of the hold the line" executive
order on wages, the plan provides
form of punishment for employers
who fail to conform to the order.
AS long as the employer fails to
abide by the stabilization program.
the USES can issue statements of
availability to any of his workers
who request them whether or not
such workers would otherwise be
entitled thereto
The plan provides that recruiting
OF workers outside an area shall be
done only after clearing with the
local USES but the assistance of the
USES is promised if out-of-area re-
cruiting is necessary to meet the
labor demands of war industry and
essential civilian activities, includ-
ing the Districts seven locally
needed activities.
Recruiting Conditions.
out-Oi-lUWI recruiting OF WORK
ers, however, is permitted only un-
der these conditions:
l. That the employer is making
full use of his present labor force.
2. That all local sources of labor
supply have been exhausted.
g. That the need for workers is
hindering or in the near future will
hinder war production.
4. That the number of persons re-
quested by an employer represents
his minimum needs.
S. That the employer will indi-
cate the range of wage rates he will
pay and that his specifications
represents the minimum specif1ca-
tions for performance of q job.
s. That the employer will do his
recruiting In the areas specified
by the USES and will pay for ad-
vertising at recruiting points If nec-
essary.
7. That If medical examinations
are required, they will be given
where practical at the point of re-
cruitment and, except where other
wise provided by agreement, at the
employers expense
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