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Show RIEWSPftPER MEN TO ASSIST IN EA800 AGENCT A. L. Olasmann, manager of the Og-den Og-den Standard has been named acting director of the I'nited States eruplo-ment eruplo-ment service as special agent for the i o-operai ive Newspaper Labor Agen-CJ Agen-CJ hi Ogden at the salary of $1 a year J. V. Eldridge. Jr . of the Examiner, has also accepted a similar position All newspapers ol i he :U6 American Cities of populations above 10,000 hae been asked to assist the government in i he establishment of a co-operatne larm labor agency to aid in securing and 'supplying farm labor during the sea6n ot need. The letter from Secretary of Labor W. B. Wilson, which explains the plan, is as follows: "Managing Editor The Standard. tg den. Utah. Dear Sir. There is no more worthy demand than the farmer's farm-er's for help to produce the nation's food. The department of labor, cooperating co-operating with the department of agriculture, ag-riculture, is expanding its U. S. employment em-ployment serVlce to find all available j labor and correlate every activity to- n.-.rl mi-i-liri" this demand " The postmaster generaJ has authorized author-ized rural carriers and postmasters in rural communities and smaller towns to aid (his sen ice as labor agents. But over 100 of the 316 American ciUes above 20,000 population havt- no public pub-lic employment Office and in many of such offices no special farm service Is given. There is hardly time to open and train the needed offices for this .i.-un's farm needs. "In this emergene . I am asking the patriotic help of the 736 daily newspa i pers of these cities, to establish co-op- j erative farm labor agencies. The plan of organization is outlined in the attached at-tached memorandum. If your publication publi-cation feels that it can give its very great influence to this campaign, may I ask that you advise me, naming your active labor agent? Faithfully vours. (Signed) W. B. Wilson. Secretary " Upon notice of the acceptance of the position each newspuper will be formally for-mally designated as a farm lubor i SgenC of the United States employ-ment employ-ment service, depariuient of labor, reg- Istered and assigned a serial number The person named as labor agent will edit the labor department of th news-1 paper daily and will be supposed to I have a certain amount of space in each iBSUi carrying special news of local farm labor demands and supply. The service will furnish frequent brief bul- I letlns and paragraphs of interesting j farm news. |
