Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-30 | Page 14 | Plan Employment for all Soldiers

fM EMPLOYMENT FOR AUJOLDiS" Government System to Make Fighters Self-Sustaining Explained. Largely a Community Responsibility, Re-sponsibility, Director General Declares. The question of providing returning soldiers with employment id a "community "com-munity responsibility," says Nathan A. Smythe, director general of Ilia federal employment service, in a letter received by P. J. Moran, slate director of labor, .yesterday. Mr. Sin y tho urges that immediate im-mediate steps be taken toward placing" soldiers in positions .where they will bo self-sustaining. The plan of the government, according v to the director general, is to establish il system in connection with the United and large town throughout the country and large town throughout the country that will bring about co-operation of all local effort to provide Hi is employment for the men who enlisted in tho servlca of the country during the war. Mr. Moran, is urged to start the organization of such a bureau, to fu net ion throughout the , state, uing local offices, community In- y bor boards, public service reserve agents, and hi getting assistance from other organizations or-ganizations i Tt places where tho service lias no representative. Plan Work for All. This scheme is consistent with orders issued by Provost Marshal Gctieral Crowiier reci Hiring tlie placing of a representative repre-sentative of tiie labor department in every ev-ery camp, as well as in towns and cities. Tt is proposed so that when the men havo returned to civilian life there will bo work; for all. lnormation is to be assembled at all points where bureaus are established estab-lished regarding the labor supply anil needs, the communities lo supply Ibis information in-formation direct to tho labor representative representa-tive in charge at the camps, with such other necessary information as will enablo tlie returned soldier to proceed about tho business of procuring work immediately on reaching home. In this employment-finding work, cooperation co-operation of town and city executive officers, of-ficers, local councils of defense, labor iinions, chambers of commerce. draft board members, county agents and other like organizations are to be enlisted and encouraged to render every possible help in this enterprise. Tho federal employment employ-ment service is to furnish a central clearing clear-ing nouse and uniform system of operation. opera-tion. Will Open Offices. Where employment service offices are not advantageously situated, separate offices of-fices in public buildings arc to be opened for the soldier employment service, biit. in all instances rent for such office should be volunteered, as well as the; help, in carrying on the work. A Orders of the director general to Di- 1 rector Moran read: "Keep central control and Itrection of all work for purposes of clearance and record, but encourage each community to feel that the work is being done by the community and that facilities of this service ser-vice are given for purposes of centralization centraliza-tion of information and intercommunity clearances. Make every effort to get . men back to the farms."' Problem for Nation. ' Mr. Smythe. directing attention to the probabilities of many problems outcropping outcrop-ping from the rapid demoliblization of men who must, of necessity, be provided with work Immediately, says: "b'xtremelv rapid demobilization of army on unit bases, while changes pending pend-ing and during winter months, presents to country the problem of readjustment la its most difficult form, and renders imperative im-perative immediate and most energetic, action and co-operation of best organizing; ability in every community throughout the state."