Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-03-25 | Page 2 | Idaho to Place 3000 Men at Work on Roads

mAH TO t JO MEN AT AI WORK 0 ON N Returned Soldiers of Gem State to Be Given Preference in Filling Requisition of Great Job JobI i I I has sent an urgent wire wire to the war camp community I service headquarters in n New NewYork I York asking for men to besent bo be sent to the Gem state imme- imme mediately to work on the large road construction contracts recently authorized authorIzed author author- by the state legislature The request re- re quest from Idaho for tor workmen specifies ties fies that returned Idaho soldiers are areto areto to be given preference in filling the requisition but It these are not available avail avau- able men from other states will be I welcomed The bureau for tor placing returned soldiers sol sol- diers and sailors In employment established lI hed by the war camp community service service ser ser- vice at the Hall ot of States in New York has become a clearing hou house e for tor labor for tor all sections ot of the United States and is III becoming the central distributIng Ing for tor messages to returned men from their tolls folks at home Representatives from Western states have havo been most active In the work and It Is probable that many new citizens will be added to the lists In the states west o of the as a result ot of the campaign Indications are that work I will be plentiful here in a few tew weeks hence when the authorized public works have gotten well under Way and that many men sent In here by the federal ted fed eral employment service will establish I themselves In the West Vest The Oregon Idea has gained favorin favor tavor I In many ot of the Ea Eastern tern states accord accord- log Ing to from the New accord I York headquarters and promises to be taken i up In all parts ot of the country Tills I i Is t that hat for tor employer who hung out a service flag to take back a man I tor each aeh star displayed and to place a a l white star on the red border for or each ench man thus taken back Into employment j i The local federal employment bureau has now been reestablished at 12 and I 14 place and work worl there is progressing satisfactorily