Employers Don't Care, Is Charged by Inglis
Col. M. Inglis reports hundreds of job applications to the Veterans Welfare commission as Seattle employers favor women over returning soldiers. The piece blasts firms for denying ex-soldiers their old jobs, urges public shaming of greedy employers, and calls for square treatment and living wages for veterans.
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Inglis
Veterans’ Welfare Commission
Col. M. Inglis
Seattle
Chambers of Commerce
Star
Stetson Seethes Over Pitiless Publicity For Jobless Vets
Ex service men in Seattle face dire unemployment as Capt H J Stetson of the Allied Veterans Aid society estimates 2500 veterans are jobless, with many skilled in auto repair. He warns employers will face vigorous publicity unless jobs are provided now and notes a $500 state welfare loan to aid the ex servicemen through the Private Soldiers and Sailors Legion.
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Seattle
H. J. Stetson
Allied Veterans’ Aid Society
Capt. Stetson
State Welfare Commission
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Legion
President Short
State Federation of Labor
Everyman's club aids veterans amid looming destitution
At 110 Cherry Street the wartime employment bureau, known as Everyman's club and run by J. S. Stack, logged 2650 applications the week ending Saturday the 13th with about 60 placements mostly in short-term work. The manager Black warns destitution looms in days absent clerical and skilled labor. Alaska mining and cannery workers flood the labor market as Bremerton navy yard calls for skilled labor. Municipal and county work would help. A Benefit Ball to aid ex-service men is set for Friday at Dreamland. admission 50 cents under Private Soldiers' and Mercantile Legion auspices.
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Wellarge Hall
Cherry St
Everyman's Club
J. S. Stack
Alaska
Bremerton Navy
Dreamland Air
Merc’ Legion
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Japan
Rodney Gilbert
Orient
Olive Roberts Barton
Thornton W. Burgess
Roosevelt
Rachael
Kathleen Norris
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Stetson
Veterans’ Employment Bureau
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Everyman’s Club
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