Evening star., 1943-05-23

| States Employment Service sending
q worker with his consent to q
specific job with a specific employer
for consideration Of hiring by such
employer.
I. Normal committing distance
Normal committing distance except
as herein otherwise defined shall
be deemed to be an area within
which workers normally travel daily
between their home and their place
OF employment by usual methods
Of travel. For the purpose of rail-
road employment normal commut-
Ing distance" shall mean railroad
operating division.
Section III-Hiring Procedures.
A. No employer shall hire or solicit
any worker whose most recent en-
ployment was in an essential activ-
ity unless such worker represents
either a statement of availability
from his most recent employer or a
referral card from the United
States Employment Service. The
referral cards when thus used in
lieu Of statements Of availability
shall be stamped, This shall serve
as a statement Of availability"
Employers shall retain and file state
ments Of availability or referal
cards 50 stamped and shall make
them available for inspection upon
request by a representative of the
War Manpower Commission.
B. The above contemplates no re-
striction on the hiring of a non in
migrant worker, last employed j an
activity other than essential, by an
employer engaged in an essential
activity.
c. No employer engaged in an ac-
tivity other than essential shall en-
ploy at higher wage any worker
last employed in an essential ac-
tivity, unless there is no full-time
job available locally for that worker
in an essential activity.
D. No employer shall hire or So
licit any Immigrant worker except
with the approval of the United
States Employment Service. Since
appointments to the Departmental
Service of the Federal Government
In Washington, D. c.. are required
by law to be apportioned among the
several States, the Civil Service
Commission is not required to secure
clearance from the United States
Employment Service before recruit-
ing outside the area to fill such DO
sitions, and persons recruited to f1ll
such positions may be hired with
out clearance from the United States
Employment Service in this area
| However, the provisions of any en-
ploynent stabllization plan in effect
IN the area from which the person
is recruited will be complied with
| Hiring by departments and agencies
OF the Federal Government for DO
sitlons which are subject to the
rules and regulations of the United
States Civil Service Commission
shall be made only with the ap-
proval of the United States Civil
Service Commission, which, so far
as is consistent with the laws under
which 1t operates, shall conduct its
recruiting activities and make re-
1errals IN accordance with the War
Manpower Commissions policies
procedures and standards. The pro-
visions OF this plan shall not be ap-
pncable to transfers between aeen-
cles OF the Federal Government
Except as indicated, the Civil Serv-
Ice Commission shall clear its ioh
openings with the local United States
employment Service Office before
recruiting outside the area.
e. Railroads shall hire in-niprant
workers only through the Railroad
retirement Boards Emplovment
service, which shall clear all orders
1or workers with the United States
employment Service prior to max
Ing any attempt to secure in-migrant
workers. '1''
+. Wherever there is in effect an
employer-union agreement, where
Dy the union acts as the EMPLOYERS
hlr1ng agent, the union shall. if in
migration Of workers becomes neces-
sary. consult the Area Director of
the War Manpower Commission to
determine whether its needs can be
met locally. II they cannot, work.
ers may be transferred in bv the
union IN accordance with the provt-
sions Of this plan.
G. A worker last emploved in
agriculture may be hired for work
IN non-agricultural activities only
upon referral by the United States
employment Service, except that
this will not be required for tenn
porary employment of IS days or
less. 0
H. Section D of Hiring Procedures
does not apply to the hiring of in
migrant workers referred bv the
War Shipping Administration. This
agency shall conduct its recruit
ment activities and make referrals ir
accordance with the War Manpower
Commissions policies, procedure;
and standards.
Section IV-Issuance of Statements
Of Availability.
"A. When an essential worker is
discharged by his employer or is laid