Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-06-09 | Page 6 | Employment Service

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE. Ono of the, war time organi.ed agencies agen-cies of the government which hns justified jus-tified its creation is tho United Slates Employment Ncrvice, a summary of whose activities has just been made public, in Washington. Nearly nix million mil-lion persons, according to the figures given out, by the bureau, have been directed di-rected to employment since Ihe organization organi-zation of 1 he ncrvieo in January of 11HS to May 21 last. Of this total over ,-"j00,O()0, themselves or through their cm plovers, reporl cd back to tho service that they had been placed. I'igurcs mado public by tho department depart-ment of labor show that in this period, and with the ret urns from April nnd the firn. three weeks in May not yet com pie 1 p, G,."7S,fi00 persons a pplied at the offices of tJie federal employment, service for employment of nil kinds, front unskilled hibor to positions call ing for men and women of professional and techuic;il training. Of this number num-ber 70,li n.'J were directed to positions and lprw'l,"H7 were reported placed. With returns from six stales missing during t lie week ended Mny 21, the service placed IVOOO persons, of whom 'I'JL'') were men and 01 7 I women. Of t 1 mi IHiilil placements l."),!'.." Were lit I - diers and s.'iilors. It is a record of which I he department of labor can be proud. It snjgesls tlm desirability of continuing the employment service as a federal agency a f t er I he nece; sit ies created by t lin wa r period lia vo, in Inrgn measure, been done away wilh.