The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-22

scanie effective, easing the need Tor Enanpower, Q more lenient ath-
 ide was taken on appeal decisions.
 The most outstanding work which fhe 0. s. Employment Service BtabiIi5ation unit performed, during Riie many years when materials pro- K7uced in this area were vitally need- ed for the prosecution of the war, was that of getting workers to re- turn to their jobs before they ap- piled formally for a statement of Availability. A great number of workers were salvaged for industry hn this area, and convinced that 1t was their duty to remain on the lob if 1t did not cause them undue personal hardship or If their skill Eas not under-utilized.
 To facilitate the speedy handling of cases, the U. s. Employment serv- Zee established review unit, cof1- pisting of a supervisor and two in- ferviewerS. Whenever a difference of opinion arose on any individual ease, Q committee of three in the U. s. Employment service reviewed khe case and cast their votes. This group of workers interviewed each applicant who applied for 8 state nent of availability or @ referral 10 a specific employer. Whenever the decision was not in favor of the applicant he was urged to ap- peal to the area labor encouragement committee, which in turn heard each case individually and passed upon the merits of each without preju- dice. Though almost 1900 cases were heard, and not one complaint by either employer or employe was ever registered against either the D. s. Employment Service Review Unit or the labor management com- anittee for decision on either state InentS or availability or refusal to refer appeals, the report points out.
 Violations
 Though violations of employment ktabilization totaled 394, during the gears the employment Stabilization program was in effect, the report States that employers in most in- stances signif1ed their willingness to cooperate when notified of their violations, and very few repeated the violations.
 The promotion of programs to recruit workers throughout the en- tire area was another rhase of the work done by the Employment Etabilization program, while every effort was made to keep employed workers at their specific jobs and to utilize them to the fullest ex- tent. Tn order to fill the manpower needS where the most critical Short- age of production was hindering the war effort, priority of referral be- came part of the Employment Etabilization program, which was administered in the same manner hs the availability section.
 Appreciation of the cooperation offered by Waterbury doctors in aid- ing the unit in its work is expressed by Mrs. Dewey, in her report. Much credit is also given members of the various committees who aided An administering the program.
 U. g. Employment service repre- eentatives assigned to the handling of the Employment Stabilization program were: Ruth MitkowSky, Mar3oGy Lynch, Marion Cavanaugh, hGEs. Margaret Mulcunry, and Jo- seph Berhlum.
 SEving on the labor-management committee were: Warren F. Kay. tloE ". II. Norton, E. 0. Bradley, z. 2. Alderman. D. s. Hart, T. r. Brennan, J. E. Kenisiaea, Bronis vaiciuli1, T. Collins, and as alter nates, '. O. Bradley, Jr.. George Eaho, and Renato Ricciuti.