Show FIGHTING MEN NEEDING WORK SA VS t GENERAL f 4 t 10 Replacement Cl Work ork Goes on w Although Troops Arc Are Demobilized I By y Ma j. j Gen Win G. G ASSIST ASSISTANT T T OF or TAFT J-TAFT IV IS OK or EMPLOYMENT J T OF OR SOLDIERS S J cn I rIT for Ser Ice u Washington ton Jan 31 Boar U. Horr arc aro they going ns back la 18 asked e a dozen times a aday day with Tv reference to our returned men 2 i iNo Wo No have a wide nation machinery with moro more than 2500 2000 bureaus us finding jobos jobes for sol soldiers lers nn and sailors and lIn finding finding find find- ing men to fill tin thorn them The United States State has been divided Into four tour districts with offices In Boston Now New York In Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis In- In and San Franciso an and dally reports roach reach our central office In Washington which give Indi Indications of or how tho the work Is progressing I think tho time has como coma when I mo may safely say that wo hayo tho problem in hand I though It Is sun still a genuine ono as ast t shown by the tho number of or men mon applying applying- for work worl 1 t 12 Working In all tho districts 1 4 cities I in tho the past four weeks we wo have o had 1321 ox service men registered Of these theM have o been put In satisfactory tory or Figuring Figurine n on population Uon It shows hows that ono man out of or 2412 Inhabitants Inhabitants Inhabit Inhabit- ants has hns sought employment as ns against ono man out of or 2000 four weeks ago On the other hand nd while 47 GIG ser men applied during during- tho the same period four tour weeks ago o which is fewer fower men mon re registering wo 0 placed four tour weeks ago no which Is ll iG more than tho the number of or m men n who found Jobs for tor forthe forthe torl the l later This sho 1 period shows that tho o men now applying lor for worK are aro the hardest cases case men cases men who have o had temporary temporary tem tem- Jobs and now no must find permanent permanent permanent perma perma- nent ones or men who have hao had f seal sea seasonal occupations out of ot doors and now nova must must get bet an inside position of or which there aro are not so many flint Int Sonic Some e Done Dono Figures from some of or tho the larger cities are ere Interesting In Now Kow York for the I last Jast week weak reported 1102 1192 were wera put nt jet work out of or 2318 applying whilo hUo Chisago Chi Chi- Chicago cago sago with mth only 49 applying had 1 GOS men Wien placed In Jobs job thereby catching up Tory ray well wall on men longer on the lists Philadelphia placed ever every ono one of ot men applying end and Detroit had Jobs for or t 3 out of or St. St I Louis reports that th 2 It can put to work ork everybody but chauffeurs salesmen and clerks and found places for out of or tS 82 apply apply- InS flag Los Angeles has placed more more than 1000 soldiers and for tor Its last week had Ol names and put 0 men at lot work I Baltimore placed out of or 2 9 nn and Portland Ore are out of ot Kansas Kana I City took care caro of or applicants out of or 13 and Indianapolis placed out of ot I could go on Indefinitely but I these figures show MOW about how the tho work Is s running today In the matter of or readjusting readjusting read read- our fighting men While these figures show a n. slight decrease decrease de lIe- crease creaso In the number of ot men out of or employment employment em em- who who seek positions from tho various arlous bureaus still sUB the thEs actual number number number num num- ber of or men applying for aid his decreased de- de creased or very vary slightly There Is a a. cOn cOn- decrease so In the percentage of ot situations found for tho men applying This makes It Jt perfectly evident o from ho tho largo large number of ot registrations which still till continue that there Is a great s-reat ne necessity no- no for continued activity In our bureaus In assisting discharged service servicemen men In obtaining positions Want C Cent A great deal liar has been a a. very splendid work has been done dono but tho the Job Is not Quito quite finished Some ot of f the most difficult cases remain unplaced un un- placed cold weather will In all probability proba- proba bring bring- bringus us a a. number of or others W Wo e owe It to the tho men and to our past PMt record ecord In this this' work not to q quit il until wo we r reach ch the tho per cent mark marl We should hould should not stop with this goal In sight Where there Is any question as to the advisability of continuing tho the work we should give the men tho benefit of or tho the doubt It Is very much better that wo we make malco the mistake of or continuing our efforts ef efforts et- et forts torts a Q little too long rather than make tho the mistake of ot stopping a little too Boon soon |