Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 308, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1919 — FEW GOOD JOBS IN FRANCE FOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS. [ARTICLE]

FEW GOOD JOBS IN FRANCE FOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS.

For a month past, the office of the assistant to the secretary of war, in charge of soldier re-em-ployment, has been receiving many letters from ex-service men all over the country, inquiring, about reconstruction jobs in France at large wages. In some or other the report has been spread widely that there are unlimited opportunities of this character, which is very far from the truth. In a bulletin - issued recently, Lieut. Col. Mathew C. Smith, executive head of the .Washington bureau, says.: “Firms which have reconstruction .contracts for France have been cir- ! cularized by ,this office, and they i state that they are not employing I any labor there as yet. The supervising needs for such projected reconstruction are technical men already connected with their office personnel # \ ' “There are very few jobs of any kind for American soldiers in France at this time, and the state[ment that contractors are now offering good pay to all ex-service men who will sign up is without foundation. The report that the ■ French government wishes to hire former soldiers from the United ! States is also incorrect.” The number of discharged enlisted men seeking information about I jobs in France clearly shows that i the ex-doughboy, now that he has ‘been home for a little while, seems j quite willing to take another trip J overseas. However, his best oppor11unities are in America.