Evening star., 1944-07-02
Hiring Control Begins
Without Complaints
By Jobseekers Here

here yesterday. The job-SeekerS re
porting to the United States EN-
ployment Service apparently wer
willing to take the jobs offered ther
and were resigned to giving up jo
opportunities frowned on by tn
USES.
Actually, the first days operation
OF the new program under which Al
hiring Is channeled through tn
USES meant little difference t
most Of the workers or to the inter
viewers of the USES. 1t was de
scribed as a typical Saturday. bu
with fewer job applicants thai
usual.
Occasionally, however, a Job ap
phcant was steered away from a joI
for which an employer had inter
viewed her. A woman worker VIII
had been offered job by a depart
ment store as an assistant buyer an,
referred to the USES for its ap
proval was told she had a skill
stenography-for which there wer,
job openings in essential activities
Department stores are classed q
"less essential" She decided to tr,
to get back on Government jol
she had recently quit.
On the other hand, a woman
worker was permitted to switch
from one department store t.
another. An interviewer explained
the woman's only experience was a.
a salesperson and she wasn't Suitee
for any other work.
Workers Fear Delays.
Some job seekers interviewed a
the USES Office said they thought
the new VINO program would make
1t easier for them to find jobs Will.
others feared 1t would delay then
In getting the work they wanted
USES interviewers reported tha
most Of the job applicants were re.
ferred to work similar to the job.
they had left.
In several cases where job seekers
asked for work for which no orders
were on file. they were instructed
to return later. rather than take
jobs they didn't want.
In other sections of the country
the Associated Press reported, the
adoption of the Nation-w wide
priority referral system met with
warnings from VINO officials about
nonconflrming employers and work
ers.
No, Official Penalties.
Texas VINO Director C. E. Belk
said there wouldn't be any official
penalties but added, "Ill just get
three fathers who have three sons
on the battlefront and go to see the
fellows. These regulations are en-
forced only by public opinion"
In Philadelphia. Acting Area VINO
Director Claude o. Lanciano warned
that "stalling workers will not be
granted referral cards and stalling
employers will not be sent workers. y
The one Associated Press report of
direct opposition to the program
came from Chicago, where four of
the five industry members of the
lo-man Labor Management Com
mittee Joined in a statement assert
ing that the new system will OBJ
struct management and labor in
their war production efforts"
Employers Are Resigned. !.
The VINO director in Los An
eeles reported an attitude of res
lRnation' on the part OF employers
without high enough priority to
get first call on workers in the Cam
ton tOhio) area the main problem
was to provide sufflcient workers for
approximately II war plants behind
schedule on must" contracts and
all entitled to high priority on
workers.
In this region, Henry E. Treide.
VINO director for the District and
four nearby States, declared the
success of the program depends on
the salesmanship of USES inter-
viewers in persuading workers to
take war jobs as we'll as on the
corporation Of workers and en-
ployers.
While he promised that USES
offices in this region would give
job seekers the utmost freedom
possible" in their choice of Jobs.
he warned that in areas where war
production falls behind schedule q
USES interviewer may refuse to re-
fer worker to any more jobs after
he has turned down all the prime
jobs that day"
The worker" he explained. will
be offered the same jobs. if still
open, or other jobs which develop
among firms holding mAnpower
priority ratings whenever he re-
turns to the local office"
Job Vacancies of $4,000.
Mr.. Treide reported that the labor
force in this region now numbers
more than 100000 nonagricultural
workers. He added that 10000
1ob changes were being made by
workers in this region each month
before the start of the new program
ana that many of the shifting
workers were changing jobs without
being told about the war work where
they were most needed. Untitled
job openings listed in USES offices
in this region totaled $4,000 as the
new program went into operation
he said.
Meanwhile. Charles M. Hay. newly
appointed VINO executive director.
described as IAN amazing observa-
ton the charge made Friday by
Representative Buffet. Republican.
of Nebraska. that the new program
constitutes "a decisive step toward
slave labor battalions." Mr.. HAY
called the legislators statement "a
reflection on the workers of this
country and added that the average
American wants to work where he
can do the most for his country"