Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 56, Hammond, Lake County, 15 August 1918 — Page 9

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PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT

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"Industry plays as eiawitial and honorable a role inthii great struggle as do our military armaments. We al! recognize -the -truth of this, but wa must also see tits necessary implications namely, i that industry, doing a vital task forsthe nation, must receive the support t and assistance of the nation." . . . Therefore, I solemnly urge all employers 'engag-ed in war work to refrain after August ist, 19:8, from recruiting unskilled labor in any manner except through this central agency Tbe U. S. Employment Service. I urge labor to respond as loyally as heretofore to any calls issued by this agency for voluntary enlistment in essential industry. And T ask them both aliVe to remetr.ber that no sacrifice will have been in vain, if we are able to prove beyond all question that the highest and best form of efficiency is the spontaneous co-operation of a free people." WOODROW WILSON.

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SINCE America entered the War there has been a great shifting of workers, skilled and unskilled, to speed up essential industries. CJBoth employers and workers have suffered through an unnecessary shifting of labor. Employers have sought men before the jobs were ready. Workmen have gone hundreds of miles in search of a job and wages which might have been found at their door. This has resulted in confusion and the loss of time and money. CJThe winning of the war depends upon the Nation's ability to bring about maximum production. This means that the right man must be on the right job. CJ Therefore, the Government has created within the Department of Labor a national employment system known as the U. S. Employment Service. It's national headquarters are in Washington. It has 500branch offices in the principal cities of the United States. It has 20,000 U. S. Public Service Reserve enrollment agents.

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Cflt's service affects employer and worker alike. By having sole direction of all recruiting it helps employers to secure workers without injuring or crippling other essential industries. Tt brings the man and the job together.

CJThe U. S. Employment Service protects labor from insincere and thoughtless appeals made to it under the plea of patriotism. It places men in jobs where they are most needed to win the war. It urgently recommends any man now employed in useful war work to stick to his job. It asks the loyal and patriotic support of workmen and employers to assist the governmentto p lace properly every man necessary to bring about maximum production. It gives a fair and square service to both. The use of this service is a patriotic . and intelligent duty to your country.

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