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Show RELEASE OF MEN ! BEING ARRANGED i DEMOBILIZATION PLANNED ON BASIS OF INDUSTRIES' ABILITY TO ABSORB WORKERS. Men Will Not Be Turned Loose to Shift for Themselves, but Will Be Provided With Employment Before Being Discharged From Service. Washington. Demobilization of men in the military and naval service of the United Slates after their return from France will he carried out largely large-ly on a basis of the ability of trades and occupations to absorb ihem. according ac-cording to a plan being worked out by the labor, war and navy drparuncnts and the war industries board, it was said that the plan will be submitted to 1 'resident Wilson soon. The war industries board has sent questionnaires to employers in all industries in-dustries asking the needs of each for men and the answers will show where, when and how rapidly jobs will be ready for discharged soldiers and sailors sail-ors and what trades are most in need of them. Supplementing this information informa-tion will be that received from draft boards and community labor boards which are to co-operate in the word. Bodies to Be Combined. The war labor policies board and the United States employment service will he combined to handle the labor department's de-partment's end. The war department is expected to establish a new bureau or to convert the activities of Provost Marshal General Crowder's office lo this end. General Crowder was suggested sug-gested by some officials as the man best qualified to deal with the task of preserving the balance of power of the labor supply without delaying demobilization de-mobilization operations. With the conversion of industry from a war to a peace 'basis many workers also will lie released from emergency jobs created by the war, but this problem has been taken into consideration con-sideration by the officials who are working out plans for a general stabilizing sta-bilizing of labor conditions when the soldiers are returned to civil life. Much Work Ahead. In this connection, officials pointed Out that with the ending of hostilities there will be a great resumption of private construction and manufacturing, manufactur-ing, held up and restricted because of war work, and that thousands of skilled laborers will be needed in all parts of the country for this work. Secretary Baker said every phase of demobilization of the army is being carefully studied by war department agencies, but as yet no plans have been formally formulated. The only orders so far issued curtailing war work deal with projects upon which work has not actually started, he said. The question of the number of American troops to be released in France or elsewhere in-Europe is being be-ing studied on that side, Mr. Baker said, while the general staff is preparing pre-paring recommendations as to the number to be kept under arms in this country. The problem in Europe remains re-mains of joint operations with the allied nations in after-the-war guarding guard-ing and other work to be done by the military forces and no conclusions on this point can yet be made. Mr. Baker said several factors will govern the order in which men will be released from the army. It is obvious, ,e said, that as a matter of justice, men who have been longest in the service ser-vice should be released first, but the industrial situation and the special need for men of a certain calling probably prob-ably will modify the principle of making' mak-ing' a lengthy service to guide for mustering mus-tering out. The labor employes are confident that the demobilization of the 4.000,000 men now under arms at home and overseas and the conversion of industry indus-try to its peace status will not cause any serious problem of unemployment. |