National Employment Bureau; Hearings Before the Committee on Labor, House of Representatives, Sixty-Fourth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 5783, a Bill to Provide for the Establishment of a National Employment Bureau in the Department of Labor. February (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...Just the names of them and give an idea of what the bulletins cover. I think that will be sufficient. Mr. Meeker. All Members of Congress get our bulletins, whether they know it or not. Mr. Browne. I got your last one. I do not remember getting one of those monthly bulletins that you had at the last hearing. Mr. Smith. Getting a half dozen a day, a person can not keep very close track of all of them. As the chairman says, you get confused to know which to read. Mr. Meeker. Shall I submit the names of our bulletins that deal with the irregularity of employment and the possible regularization of employment? Mr. London. Yes. Mr. Meeker. Some of our studies in the clothing industry have been very interesting along that line, although they have nothing to do with a Federal employment bureau. Mr. London. Simply make a reference to the fact that a particular investigation of a particular industry has been made and point out the fact that in that particular industry an effort has been made to regularize employment. That will be sufficient. Mr. Meeker. Yes. Is there anything else? Mr. London. No. We will adjourn until next Thursday at 10. (Thereupon the committee adjourned to meet Thursday, Feb. 17, 1916. at 10 o'clock a. m.) Exhibit A. ESTIMATE OF COST OF NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT BUREAU IN DEPARTMENT OF LABOB. The following estimate is submitted of the probable cost of a Federal employment bureau in the Department of Labor, basing the estimate upon the present cost of the labor distribution work of the Division of Information in the Bureau of Immigration, and the probable needs in extending this work and coordinating it with the employment bureau work of the various States and cities which have employment offices. The present cost of the labor distribution work carried ...