STOP THE WASTE!
tE Not long ago, a mechanic waking on the But if both this employer and workman had
‘ ‘ Pacific Coast heard that men of his partic- worked through the U. 5. Employment 3e.“-
ular trade were badly needed in the .East. vice,this wouldn't have happened. The right
So he quit his job, put practically all his men would have been chosen and sent to
available cash into a railroad ticket and took jobs where their skill fitted them to earn full
the train East. pay. Only the men actuaily
needed would have been sent,»
Butwhenhegottohisdestination, P RE 5 I D B NT ’5 and neither time efiort m”. .
ashock awaited him. True,men S T AT E M E N T money on the part of the work-
were needed. The trouble was '3,“d““’{pl"i,§‘””“t‘i‘lmdf‘m' man or the employer would
or e I C a. ‘
that the word which reached him do‘om“ 1511;; "$33“ch d, have been wasted. -
had also gone to thousands of oth- "Wm“ the "“‘h °‘ the but “'°
must also see its necessary implications
ers,and the vacancies ofhis partic- ;;m¥&tffingf'mfflg§etm} lt . t i. . t ‘3 fl
ular trade had been filled. With- support and assistance of tlic nation." 015 0 pre “CHE Jib V" as " “u?! 1:?
- . - * * * overnment r3: ”ream tire .
outeventroublrngtoaskhisqualr, “Them”, 1 ”kmnly ‘ l ‘ L
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' urge all employers eng ged in . r , [k S. Employlnenl DCTViCC as a Bit
ficallon5,the foreman to Whom he to refrain after August3 lst. I‘ll; Winn f H D l‘ L b t p
0 t. e ept. or a or. .s r-a- . ~
applied’said WCaTlly: “We may recruiting unskilled labor in any man- ' m ' ' "2 ' .
tronal (mice is in Washington.
, neaexcljptsthirougl; this censtral agent);
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“€04 you ”(all ”1071,11. Why urge labor to respond as onally as it has 50.“. bwwfl‘n Off“ ‘3 and
dont You go out Westfithey hcretolorc to any calls Issued by this : * '“"“ ‘ ‘ "
, " agency for voluntary enlistment in es- 20 000 U S PUlJllC A“! VlCt“
need yourklnd ofmen out there! aential industry. And I ask r‘wm both ‘ ' ' ' "‘ ’ ' ’
alike to remember that no sacrifice Mill RCS‘CTVC enrolluaant agnnh In
have ban it:i valiln. if we are able to P r , ‘0 . J "p”
‘ prove yon a question that the ,- 1‘13 :' ’h's “ 1 'J ~ -
NO‘V, the faUIt 1‘65th Dellher highest and best form of efficiency is ('1 l [‘11 O l L "l G ' Julia.
the spontaneous co-operatiov of a free -
with the worker nor the indus-
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’ try. Bothwere amiious todo their P p WOODROW W‘FSON lt is equipped to amist workmen
best iOr their country. ‘The work _ . ' ‘ to find the right jobs, and em-
. had tobedone——men were needed—andthe ployers the right men, to make it possible
Efi . RN industry sent out the call broadcast. This . to bring about maximum production in cs-
’ § 2 " patriotic mechanic threw everything aside: sential war industries. lt assures a fair and
. . h j invested his money to hasten East, without square deal to both, and the use of its ser-
f5: \g definite assurance that HE would be hired. vice is a patriotic war duty. ‘
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usnep‘t oust»: “WilsmSecy.
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by the Division of Advertisingoi
This advertisement prepared for
Committee on Public information
use at the Department of Labor
s This is the seventh of a series of full on e articles published by patriotic citizens as a
ivir movement to inform all rt 'tiuu an r t Elation to industry;
é its act bearinr on their 3mm: and the a of tie war.