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Show 1CLEWM EMPUmVOr A6ERT Salt Lake. Aug. 17 Uncle Samuol is to qualify as a labor agent without pay, according to H. T. Haines, who returned yesterday from San Francisco, Fran-cisco, Avhere he attended the recent convqption of labor commissioners, heads of employment bureaus and atlier persons Interested In labor. The convention was called by W E. Wil- labor. At the conclusion of the con- vention, Secretary Wilson expressed himself as well satisfied with the progress made, said Mr. Haines yesterday. yes-terday. The principal thing aimed at h; the organizing of a system of employ ment bureaus by means of which the ' department at Washington will be- , ' come a clearing house for labor employment. em-ployment. Mr. Haines said the con- 3onsus of Opinion at the convention ' was that this could "best be accomplished accom-plished through the maintenance of free employment bureaus by tho states under the direction of the fed-Aral fed-Aral department of labor. Tim, it is believed, will enable the department to equalize the demand for laborers and employment throughout the United Unit-ed Slates to introduce the unemployed unemploy-ed to the employment that he is unaware una-ware of, even though they should he widely separated. Some advocates pf federal construction construc-tion of railroads and highways In .the Interest of supply work for the unemployed were heard at the convention, con-vention, said Mr. Haines. Whether any such suggestion may perhaps he adopted as a,, result of the convention ho was unprepared to give an opinion, opin-ion, but he said that the convention v generally was voted a success from the standpoint of ideas gained by the delegates upon the question of employment. |