Evening star., 1944-07-09
Pupils in Jobs
Credited With
Saving Cafes
Wilson Says Owners
Count on VINO Plan
To Fill Cops Later

The influx of $500 youngsters and
teachers on summer vacations to
Washington restaurants has saved
the restaurants from collapsing, !"
Robert j. Wilson, executive secre-
tary of the Washington Restaurant
Association, said last night.
The restaurants would have been
In terrible fix" without the vaca.
tioning students and teachers work.
ing full or part time. he said, adding
that the restaurants are counting
heavily on the War Manpower Com
missions priority referral program
to I'LL the gaps when the summer
vacation ends, as we'll as to meet
current needs for more than 1900
additional workers.
Since the new program started
last week, restaurants are getting
100 new employees day, an increase
of so per cent, he said. Employers
who had quit placing orders with
the United States Employment Serv-
ice for workers because they got no
results now are beginning to Ale
Job openings again, he said.
Has Cut Turnover.
The program also has cut labor
turnover, he reported, citing cases
of new workers who told him if they
got a job they would stay because
1t was getting diffcult to change
jobs.
Speaking for the hotel industry.
Arthur J. Harnett. executive secre-
tary OF the Hotel Association of
Washington. reported hotels had
been worried in advance about the
program because they feared work
ers they interviewed for jobs would
be steered into other work by the
USES. During the past week, he
said, a substantial" number of
workers had been referred to USES
by the hotels for clearance and in
every case USES had sent them
back to the hotel which wanted to
hire them.
Meanwhile Ernest v. Connolly
acting Washington area VINO di-
rector. reported that job openings
called In by employers had Jumped
from 307 on Thursday to 1865 on
Friday. While the holiday makes it
difficult to compare last week with
other weeks, he added, nearly 1000
job applicants visited the USES last
WeeX-an increase of approximately
oo per cent over the average weeks
business in May.
Mr.. Connolly reported these de-
Velopments after a meeting of the
washington VINO Labor Manage.
ment Committee yesterday:
l. ManpoWer Priorities Commit
tee has delegated to Mr.. Connolly
authorlty to pass on the requests
OF trms with so or fewer employees
Tor higher priority for workers
as well as for adjustments of their
employment ceilings. From these
nrms have come about O. third of
the 100 applications made by Wash
lngton firms so far for hipher
priority or employment ceiling ad-
Justment.
To Pass on Applications.
2. Inc Manpower Priorities Com
mlttee is expected to pass on some
OF the applications filed by larger
nfms at its meeting Wednesday
Until this is done, all essential and
locally needed firms have an eouaI
chance to get workers.
3. Several ARRANGEMENTS under
which employer associations and
union hiring halls will be allowed
10 place workers without channel
Ing them through the USES ar.
now under consideration. One has
been completed-with the Washing
ton Master Builders Association
and the Washington Building and
Construction Trades Council and
another with the laundry owners
is under considera ton. The laundry
owners are scheduled to meet with
VINO officials Tuesday.
No hiring arrangements will be
made with individual employers un-
til the Manpower Priorities Com
mlttee has determined whether thev
have q great enough need for work.
ers and are doing sufficiently urp-
ent work to rate the special con-
sideration.
4. Pamphlets describing the prior
ity referral program will be maSa
available to every employer in the
Washington area this week to clear
up some misunderstanding"