A MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY OF LABOR
Wilson, W. B.
A Message From The Secretary Of Labor By W. B. WILSON T'O lessons high school boys and girls can learn from a study of the Department of Labor. The first is that, as representing the wage-earner,...
...The employer can count on getting men who are the best available and who will want to stay...
...Through the great network of offices which the United States Employment Service is extending throughout the country, every one who wants to find employment or to better his conditions, whether a common laborer, skilled artisan, or professional man, will be able quickly to get in touch with an employer...
...The interests of the country, while the great war is on, demand that you should both learn and work...
...Through its mediation, questions between employers and employes can be quickly and fairly adjusted...
...Everyone in this country should be at work...
...Girls can help in the home gardens...
...The first is that, as representing the wage-earner, the Department can serve not only men who are out of employment, but every one who wants to work where he can help win the war...
...Through the United States Boys' Working Reserve, boys between 16 and 21 years old can find a way to help the farmers...
...The American people have been slow to realize the vast possibilities of a Labor Department...
...The man out of a job will not have to give up part of his first wages to get one...
...It will facilitate great movements of labor from parts of the country where jobs are scarce to places where men are in demand, and thus help to reduce the evils of unemployment...
...The second lesson concerns what you can do today...
...Its services will be without pay...
...Every boy or girl whose eyes are open can find a way to work to help our country win the war...
...The Department of Labor is calling on all of you who can to help produce food...
Vol. 10 • May 1918 • No. 5
