Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1945-08-10
GETTING JOB FOR Gl JOI
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Americas postwar highway con-
er.Ictlon program i going to
mean lot 81 jobs Tor our return
ius -erI Ice men. But setting liz
TN. W3r t-Lde may nor h,- - easy a.
j, sounds In The lirs' place W
must AaNr projects all ready 10
lluHch u provide employment
some highway departments insist
flaming is being delayed through
lack IL trained men. Yet trained
men are being discharged. and Eelr
~ have the problem already taxi
Ing form
Grateful government has pledg-
81 jOhs for Veterans and SCI up two
agencies 70 fulfill this pledge.
! hest ara The Selectiye Service
System and TIE United States En-
llO!uent SerS ice of The Wan Man
power Commission. This Is Joe :
routine:
Members OF the fighting forces
are dem0hlized in separation cen
tens located III the various service
commands. ami here the returning
Veteran gets his first taste OF Ills
c0nHirE'S anxiety 70 help him Sc
cure employment. Al tie center
wler, IL get, his Discharge papers
and pay and cuts army ties. ht j.
Interviewed with special emphasis
or his training and experience III
the army and What he has learned
III the service that will assist him
in civil life. II goes into Il record
tWD AGO FORM l0pD which the
veteran retains il backs up his APP
plicatiOn Wien he goes 10 look Tor
work.
II the veteran wants hi; old job
back, the selective service system
j. prepared 10 get il for him He j.
sent 10 his local draft board where
nearly lo.Vou unemployment COM
mitteemen serve G.443 boards.
These committeeman. most OF them
la" yers, tell him the proper steps
To take Under the SeleCtiye Ser
Vice Act. he i. entitled To his old
position or Il position OF like senlO-
lity, status and pay But he must
make this desire known within
ninety days after discharge. Should
IL wish To return To his former
employer. he has sacrificed moth
ing because OF his service i'll the
armed forces
Not all veterans want TO go
back In many cases, they will feel
that they have outgrOWn the old
job, want 10 explore new fields. ell
tel business Tor themselves, or
continue their education under the
SPECIALIZED "G-l Bill of Rights,
otherwise the Seryictman's Read
justmcnt Act Of 1914
contrary to popular belief the
Veterans Administration has no
employment bureau 1t leaves job
placement to the government ascn-
Cics. 5elective Service and t. 3 T.
). II should be understood that
these do not overlap. If G.. !. Joe
wants his old job back, that's the
province OF Selective Service. Sc
lective Service will also furnish
Guidance and advice on :resh
start. Ii Il unemployment commit
teeman knows of a job open, he'll
probably see that Joe gets a
chance at IT,
The United States Employment
Service. Il unit of the War Man
power commission, has some 900
tull and part time offices through
out the United States. and here
whether skilled or unskilled. tie
cX-serviCe man may go for work
Each of these offices Las a Npte-
rams Employee Representative
who is III touch with the employ
mcnt demands of his district and of
the country as Il whole These men
cndeavOr to direct manpOwer into
channels that are essential.
For example, az this is being
written. there is demand for 90
600 train men ranging from engi-
rcers and conductors to the lOwli-
est fOund-hOuSe helper keeling
our trains moving is vital at this
time; and naturally former rail
road men on their discharge from
the services are badly wanted A
certificate of availability, as tX-
pldlHeu ny I. >. T.. =. officials, is
rot To regiment the lives and hab-
its OF employees. but to make sure
that the type of work which needs
labor urgently gets the men. A
manpOwer shortage still exists in
this country.
What has been set down here is
bare outline of the way dis
(sn4EDGH
getting a job. But how this affects
highway construction will be i'm
pOrtant later on.
The billion dollar postwar high
way construction program has
several detectives and furnishing
employment for millions of vete-
rams and former munition plant