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Show uncle m mm MORE STENOGRAPHERS Salt Lake Women Urged to Qualify for Service With the Government. Unable U obtain er.i:;s:i women stenographers ste-nographers to handle the enormous correspondence cor-respondence ent;iilei by its war activities, the Unite-1 State? government is launch-ins' launch-ins' an orcanie.-l campaign, t hmiich its eiiiplovrr.eiij. i-ervi'i e. to mro!! C.uOl im-ine::ate)-- :Vr yusitic-rs that are awaiting applicant in Wasi-irjrton and other eastern east-ern cities. Salt Lalie women who are auahfied to accent positions are urged to file their application. at the local onice of the employment service in the Judge , b'jihime at once. i Some or" the positions are under the! civil sen ice "am: Vi'.l necessitate the tak- , n o'" an examination, but many of them are not. ami applicants for these places -.v-ji! mtrelv be remhed to furnish one or more references from former employers setting forth that they are capable stenographers ste-nographers of average ability, according to instructions received in Salt Lake yes-terdav yes-terdav from D. M. Reynolds, head of the publicity division of the employment service ser-vice at Washington. That the government is doing everything every-thing in its uower to protect its employees employ-ees "at the capita! is indicated by the fact that it is spending millions of dollars dol-lars in the constriction of hotels and apartm-mt houi.?s for them. The influx of population to AW. shine-ton since the war s"t;i-tej became so sreat that housing hous-ing facilities were taxed to the utmost, end the profiteering landlords reaped a rich harvest. To protect its employees from the rent profiteers, the government, writes Mr. Reynolds. -,arpropriated $10.-00.000 $10.-00.000 for hotels and apartment houses. and the first of these is now almost reaoy for occupancy. It has been erected opposite op-posite the Union station and will accommodate accom-modate -iyo Lirls. Kaeh room has running run-ning water, commodious closets, and the furnishings are in keeping with the latest Ideas in interior decoiation with, the latest also offers many other attractions for women engaeei in war work." There are eighteen departments of the government, according tu Mr. Reynolds's letter, in which no civil service examination examina-tion is required, and the salaries in these positions are SHOO a year and upwards. In the .lobs under civil service the salaries range upward from $1350. Adding ma- i chine, multisraph. dictaphone and mimeograph mimeo-graph operator? also are in urgent demand de-mand at similar salaries. The following statement was given out last night by the local office of the United States" employment service for the guidance of those wishing to apply for positions: po-sitions: "Apply at this office for registration blanks and copy of our instructions to applicants. Read the instructions care- j fully, and follow them closely in making out your application. Attach to your registration card at least one letter of recommendation from a former employer. When you file your application, attach a late photograph of yourself to it. which will be retained in the files at Washing- I ton. Send in your application at the ! earliest possible moment. When an ap- pointment is tendered you. send in the acceptance ac-ceptance cards which we five you with the application, at once. And, finally, before be-fore you go to Washington get in toach with the national council of defense, which is co-operating with the employment employ-ment service in securing suitable living quarters for you upon your arrival at the capital." |