Show RELEASE OF MEN BEING ARRANGED demobilization PLANNED ON BASIS OF industries ABILITY TO ABSORB WORKERS men will not be turned loose to shift for themselves but will be provided with employment before being discharged from service washington demobilization of men in tile the military and naval service of the united states after their return from prance france will be carried out largely on a basis of 0 the ability of trades and occupations to absorb them according to a plan being worked out by the labor war and navy cepi departments and the war industries board it was said that the plan will be submitted to president wilson sion scion the war industries board has sent questionnaires to employers in all industries dus tries asking the needs of each tor for men und and the answers will show where when and how rapidly jobs will be ready tor for discharged soldiers and sailors and what trades are most la in need ot of them supplementing this information will be that received from draft boards and community labor wards boards which are to operate cooperate co in the word bodies to be combined the war labor policies board and the united states employment service will be combined to handle the labor departments part ments end the war d department is expected to establish a new bureau or to convert the activities ot of provost marshal general crowders office to this end gendral crowder was suggested by some officials RS as tile the man best qualified to deal with the task ot of preserving uie the balance of power of tile labor supply without delaying demobilization operations with the conversion of industry from a war to a peace basis many workers also will be released from emergency jobs created by the war but this problem lias has been taken into consideration by the officials who are working out plans for it a general stabilizing bil izing of labor conditions when the soldiers are returned to civil life much work ahead in this connection officials pointed out that with the ending of hostilities there will be 1 1 great resumption of private construction and ing held up and restricted because ot of war work and that thousands of skilled laborers will be needed in fill all parts ot of the country for tills work secretary baker said every phase of 0 demobilization ot of the army Is being carefully studied by war department agencies but as yet no plans haye been formally formu formulated lafed tile the only aders so far issued curtailing war work deal with projects upon which work lias has not actually started lie he said the qi question estlow of the number of american troops to be relented released in france or elsewhere in L europe drope Is being studied on that side mr baker taid said while the general staff is pre recommendations recommendation as to tile part lug number to be kept under arms in tills this country the problem in europe remains of joint operations with the allied nations in atter after the war guard work to be done by tile the ing ng an and dother other nill tary forces and no conclusions on oil tills his point can yet be made sir raker baker said several which men luen will be govern the order in released from the army it Is ob obvious lie he said that as a matter of 0 justice men who have been longest in the service should be released first but the industrial situation and aind the special need for men of ft a certain calling probably will modify the principle of making a jell thy service kenlice to guide tor for mustering out th the 0 labor employ employed emp loyes are confident that tile the demobilization ot of the 4 at home and men now under brills overseas find the conversion of industry status will no not t cause to its peace e any serious problem of un unemployment employment |