IRLF ^^^^^^ GIFT B 1.6 REPORT OF THE STATE COMMITTEE ON Soldiers' Employment and Readjustment JANUARY 1, 1919, TO FEBRUARY 14, 1920 CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE SACRAMENTO 1920 REPORT OF THE STATE COMMITTEE ON Soldiers' Employment and Readjustment JANUARY 1, 1919, TO FEBRUARY 14, 1920 CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE SACRAMENTO 1920 REPORT OF THE STATE COMMITTEE ON SOLDIERS' EMPLOYMENT AND READJUSTMENT. This is a record, simply and concisely presented, of *tl)je- State Com- mittee on Readjustment, its organization, method of procedure aiitF principal activities. The .specific work, the detailed accomplishments of the fifty-eight' county divisions, and the two hundred placement bureaus cannot be included. These bodies received their legal status from this committee, and suggestions and general directions were given by the parent body, but it is to the resourcefulness and energy of the individuals and the county divisions of the State Committee on Readjustment, of the offi- cers and members that due credit must be given for whatever record was made by California in readjustment and reconstruction activities. To include only the names of county chairmen in the reports of the various committees and thus imply that they brought about the results accomplished would be manifestly unfair to the thousands of men and women throughout the state whose volunteer service alone made possible whatever was done. All labored toward the common end of readjustment to civil life of service men, placing them in suitable employment and to put before the proper federal authorities whatever claims were justly due them for their services to the flag and in the cause of democracy, and to each and all of them was dedicated and is dedicated our humble labor upon their return. Creation of State Committee on Readjustment. 1'pon the recommendation of Governor William D. Stephens, the California State Legislature on January 24, 1919, passed a bill which became Chapter 6, Laws of 1919, establishing a State Committee on Soldiers' Employment and Readjustment, the first to be established in the United States. The law specified the function of the state committee hereinafter called "State Committee on Readjustment" to be, "Assist in securing employment for soldiers, sailors, marines, and others, who have served with the armed forces of the United States during the European war; and. shall likewise have power to cooperate with all federal, state, county and municipal officials and agencies having a like object in so dealing with such prob- lems and in the securing of said employment for said soldiers, sailors, marines, and <:tlicrs. who have served with the armed forces of the United States during the European war: and to stimulate and coordinate public and private assistance and to encourage and develop federal, state, municipal and private industrial and con- structive enterprises in the meeting of these problems ; and said committee shall likewise be authorized and empowered to aid in the expeditious allowance and pay- ment of all allotments and allowances provided for by law for the protection of said soldiers and maintenance of their dependents. 359373 This committee shall succeed to all the activities of the state council of defense, and' said state council of defense is hereby authorized and instructed to deliver all of its records, files and property to said committee." On January 31, 1919, the office force and equipment of the State Council of Defense were taken over by this committee. On February 8, /1919, th Iffir^fc imjeeting was held. To carry out the provisions of the "above* law," \jr6vernoj- William D. Stephens appointed the following to "as *.jaoembtfs jof* the State Committee on Readjustment: MRS. ROBERT J. BURDETTE, Woman Director of Food Conservation for California, Pasadena. GEORGE I. COCHRAN, President Pacific Mutual Life Ins. Co., Los Angeles. ROBERT NEWTON LYNCH, Manager California Development Board, San Francisco. RALPH P. MERRITT, Federal Food Administrator for California, Berkeley. JOHN A. O'CONNELL, Secretary San Francisco Labor Council, San Francisco. GEORGE C. ROEDING, President State Board of Agriculture, Fresno. MRS. AARON SCHLOSS, President California Federation of Women's Clubs, Berkeley. STANLEY B. WILSON, Member State Board of Education. J. J. BORREE, Adjutant General, State of California. General J. J. Borree was elected chairman. Placement. As a result of this meeting, general letters were sent to mayors, boards of trustees, chambers of commerce and other organizations inter- ested throughout the state, requesting them immediately to appoint placement committees in each community, utilizing all interested organizations and agencies in this work, and to establish placement bureaus for registering discharged service men applying for positions, requesting a report on the situation in the respective communities and to recommend names for appointment on placement committees. The policy of the placement bureaus was to become, not simply pro- fessional employment bureaus, but to preserve as far as possible that spirit of neighborly obligation that was evoked by the impulse of patriotism and to treat the men who registered at the bureaus as if they were fellow human beings. Within two months there were established throughout the fifty-eight counties of California 200 placement bureaus. Reports received from time to time were that every service man who applied for a position was placed in suitable employment. The obligation of these placement bureaus was put largely upon the communities. The principle upon which this committee worked was that the least the community owed to any man who had gone into the service was to see to it that he was properly taken care of upon his return. Information that the above mentioned placement bureaus were estab- lished for their benefit was printed in circular form and sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. ; Camp Kearny, Calif., and to the Presidio of San Fran- cisco, Calif., the three points of discharge for California service men, to be distributed among them. State Employment Slogan. The following slogan was adopted: "A JOB FOR EVERY SERV- ICE STAR," and publicity was given to the following system of recognition, urging its use by employers: "The State of California officially adopted the honor system of having employers throughout the state place a red circle around each service star for every man replaced." The following resolution was also adopted: "Recommended, that the War Department's Circular 77 be amended to read, that commanding officers having authority to discharge are hereby directed to release such men in whose behalf affidavits have been filed by employers certifying that situations are awaiting soldiers immediately upon their release; also, soldiers whose retention in the service brings hardships upon dependents." A copy of this resolution was sent by telegraph to the United States War Department, to the Senators and Congressmen of California. Discouragement of Unauthorized Solicitation of Funds. At a meeting held in Los Angeles. February 11, 1919, the following resolution was unanimously adopted and issued as a statement of policy of this committee : "Tin- Slate Committee on Readjustment, having succeeded to the activities of the State Council of Defense, will maintain the very necessary activities of the Committee on War Donations. The public throughout the state is therefore now requested not to subscribe to any war activity which has not received the formal endorsement of this State Committee on Readjustment. Public attention is called at the present time to irresponsible and purely voluntary efforts for the relief of discharged soldiers. The very great and proper sympathy to meet the immediate emergencies for discharged soldiers will doubtless be capitalized by unauthorized individuals and the public will be solicited by such voluntary agencies for all sorts of affairs, many of which may be of questionable character with no guarantee that the money raised will be properly used or that such affairs will be promoted with any exact information as to the problem involved. There will doubtless be many individual problems of discharged soldiers and it is a patriotic duty for individual interest to help definite cases where personal knowledge is had of the circumstances. There are now in existence duly authorized official agencies such as the Home Service Sections of the American Red Cross, which are prepared to meet emergency cases. Voluntary benefits for discharged soldiers should be discouraged except, where authorized by disinterested public spirited citizens, whose plans have received the definite approval of the State Committee 011 Readjustment. The State Committee on Readjustment is seeking to stimulate and coordinate all agencies, federal, state, and local, to secure proper employment for our soldiers. Every effort will be made to meet the problem as it arises, but the public should be protected against unauthorized and sporadic efforts for relief, and in view of the activities of professional charity pro- moters, who have great hopes of reaping a rich harvest out of the present situation the general public should be scrupulous in its demand for authorized credentials and explicit knowledge of the responsible character of each event." Committee on Program. A subcommittee was appointed to prepare a general program of work, which program was duly submitted and approved, with the recommendation that copies be sent to the Honorable William D. Stephens, Governor of the State of California, President of the Assem- bly, California State Legislature, to the fifty-eight county divisions of the state committee, to the Council of National Defense and to the press. Stanislaus Plan. This committee approved the Stanislaus Plan, as heretofore carried on by the State Council of Defense during the war period, which had been established in many of the most important agricultural counties of California, and decided to continue the same, asking the aid of the California. Development Board in administrating said plan. Report of Women's Committee of State Council of Defense. The report of the Women's Committee of the State Council of Defense was noted, and it was decided to incorporate in a program of work many of the valuable recommendations therein contained. Stimulation of Public Construction. The Council of National Defense urged that action be taken by the various reconstruction committees for the stimulation of public con- structional works. This committee adopted a resolution, a copy of which was sent to Governor William D. Stephens, President of the Senate, Speaker of the Assembly, and the California State Legislature, urging that any extensive building plans and projects made and pro- vided by the United States Government, and, also, by the State of California, that were delayed from being put into immediate operation, because of insufficient appropriations, should begin at once, and meas- ures adopted for that purpose, urging serious consideration to the advisability of immediately appropriating sufficient funds to cover deficits. U. S. Merchant Marine Policy. On the request of the Council of National Defense that aid be given the United States Shipping Board in determining the national policy to the United States Merchant Marines, the committee ordered that effective publicity be given to the request of Chairman Hurley, which was done. Farm Bureau System Bill. On March 10, 1919, a subcommittee was appointed to consult with Senator Breed with regard to the amendment of Senate Bill 556, for the purpose of giving full support to this measure which made pro- vision for the continuation of the farm bureau system, which was in danger of being crippled by the failure of the United States Congress to make necessary appropriation. This bill was subsequently passed and signed by the Governor as amended. Bill to Aid War Risk Insurance Cases. Recommendation was sent to the State Legislature, urging the pas- sage of Senate Bill 485, providing for free certification of public records in connection with cases arising under the War Risk Insurance Act. This bill enabled dependents of service men to obtain certified copies of birth certificates and other documentary evidence necessary in applications on claims. This bill was subsequently passed and signed by the Governor. Modification of $60 Bonus Regulations. All assistance possible has been given service men in obtaining the $60 bonus. On receiving reports of embarrassments suffered by many service men in their application for work after having sent to Wash- ington their original discharge papers, a telegram was sent to Wash- ington, urging the War Department to modify the existing regulation so that true copies of the honorable discharge certificates duly certified by notaries public might be sent to Washing-ton for the purpose of discharge. In response to this request, the War Department amended the regula- tion and permitted applicants for the bonus to apply to the nearest recruiting officer who would certify copies of original discharge papers. There being but two recruiting points in California, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and many discharged service men residing at remote distances from these points, the chairman sent a telegram to Washing- ton pressing for the further modification as originally recommended by this- committee. The result was that there were assigned six additional Army recruiting officers to various points. War Risk Insurance Aid. Appointment of volunteer attorneys to give advice to all service men and women and their relatives, as well as aid to division chairmen in all matters requiring legal counsel; and, further, in accordance with the provision of the act creating the State Committee on Readjustment, "to aid in the expeditious allowances in payment of all allotments and allowances provided for by law for the protection of said soldiers and the maintenance of their dependents," a department to give aid in all cases arising under the Bureau of War Risk Insurance Act was estab- lished in the office of this committee. Victory Button for the Navy Forces. A Victory button being issued by the War Department to discharged soldiers, letters were sent to the Secretary of the Navy and California senators and representatives, recommending that a Victory button of similar nature be given to members of the Navy, Naval Reserve and Marine Corps. The Navy Department acted upon the recommendation and the Navy Victory button is now being distributed. Occupational Register of Returned Service Men. To facilitate placement, daily telegraphic reports were received, through the courtesy of the Adjutant General, United States Army, concerning the approaching arrival at the Atlantic seaboard of return- ing overseas units, and in compliance with our request, the commanding officers of these units, upon their arrival in port, wired this committee the names, occupations, and residences of all California men in their units. Upon receiving this information, the names were immediately segregated and transmitted to the respective California bureaus, and the bureaus notified that the men so indicated would arrive at their homes and would need placement within a fortnight. These rosters were also immediately given for publication in the 900- odd newspapers and magazines of California. The above plan has proved of great value in assisting immediate and intelligent placement. Miscellaneous Activities. This committee acted as a clearing house between the county divi- sions on the one hand and the Council of National Defense, reconstruc- tion division and all federal departments on the other. Some idea of the scope of the work handled can be gained from the following brief notations which supplement the material given in the previous chapters: Victory Loan. Assisted in stimulating subscriptions to the Victory Loan. Sending telegrams to the county divisions and giving full pub- licity. Farms for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines. No provision had been made by law or private arrangement whereby service men would be given small farms at initial cost to them. Owing to the many inquiries of returned service men, this committee encouraged the men to become interested in farm work, and endeavored to stimulate, on the other hand, farmers to give service men who might apply to them for work, an opportunity to train themselves in farming. The underlying thought has been to relieve the congestion in metropolitan centers by diverting the attention of returning service men from such centers to the farms. NOTE It is believed that provisions should be made by law or the extension of private credit whereby this demand on the part of service men could be satisfied ; also, if the farmers would awaken to the benefits that would accrue to the common- wealth by an army of young men eager to acquire theoretical and practical knowl- edge of farming they would actively assist in stimulating this demand for farms. Mondell Bill. The various bills before Congress relative to land for soldiers were given the earnest consideration of this committee, and the Mondell bill was reviewed and a recommendation sent to Washing- ton that it be amended so that discharged service men would not require too large capital to enable them to acquire land. Land Settlement Board. Applications of discharged service men for Durham farm allotments were received and filed with the Land Settle- ment Board. Forty Million Dollar Bond Issue. To assist in the dissemination of information respecting the $40,000,000 bond issue, which was sub- mitted to the vote of the people July 1, this committee expressed its advocacy of the carrying of this measure on the ground that it would supply employment to discharged service men and put into effect the state slogan, "Roadism versus Bolshevism." AVomeii Advisory Members. The division chairmen were requested to appoint three members of the county divisions, that is, chairman of the women's committee, chairman of food conservation and chair- man of the largest unit of women's activities as an advisory bureau. Their duties were to act as clearing house for the placement bureaus of their county and in the hope that women members would be able to stimulate community obligation and public construction in their coun- ties by such intimate contact with placement work. 10 Service Men on Placement Bureaus. In order that the members of the county divisions of the state might have a more intimate knowledge of the local situations with respect to returning service men and the problems correlative thereto, it was suggested that wherever possible from one to two returned service men be placed on the placement com- mittees to act as liaison agents between the returning men and the employers. Smileage. At the request of Major Stanley J. Coar of the Commis- sion on Training Camp Activities, state-wide publicity was given to his request that all unused smileage books be turned in to the office of this committee to be forwarded to Major Coar so that the returning soldiers might have the benefit of their use. Cooperation With Recruiting Officers. At the request of the recruit- ing officer, all counties were called upon to type free of charge true copies of discharge papers and to fill out all necessary application blanks in these cases so that discharged service men needing the $60 bonus and extra mileage might personally take or send them to the recruiting officer. As a result, the recruiting officer stated that this appeal brought an effective response. Nondelivery of Liberty Bonds. Many applications were made by discharged service men and women for aid in obtaining the United States Liberty bonds, which they subscribed and paid for while in the service. Through letters written by this committee to the Director of Finance, Washington, D. C., the delivery of these bonds to their right- ful owners was expedited. Welcome Home Celebration. The original date for the "Welcome Home" celebration having been postponed by Governor William D. Stephens at the suggestion of a resolution from this committee, a vote was taken throughout the counties as to what date would be favored for a state-wide celebration for California service men, date finally decided upon being Armistice Day, November 11, 1919. Proclamation was issued by the Governor to that effect. The officers of the county divisions cooperated to the fullest measure, making this indeed a wel- come home. Cooperation with Federal Board for Vocational Education. Appli- cations for relief were received lay this committee and referred to the District Vocational Officer, Flood Building, San Francisco. In this work there has been a cordial cooperation at all times between this committee and said officer. Rice Growers. The Rice Growers' Association of Glenn County requested that efforts be made to secure for employment in the rice fields a number of discharged service men. At the request of this committee, the press of California put a feature "ad" in the daily 11 papers and within twenty-four hours, the central office, acting as a clearing house for the adjacent counties, was able to send all the men needed. It is a matter of gratification to quote from the minutes of the association meeting in this connection : "At a meeting of the Glenn County Rice Growers' Association held at Willows, Friday afternoon, August 8, a very interesting discussion occurred regarding labor for the rice fields the coming season, and it was the unanimous opinion of the rice growers who spoke, and the sense of the meeting, that the most profitable work was done by dis- charged sailors and soldiers." Service Rendered. According to biannual figures made public by Colonel Arthur Woods, Assistant to the Secretary of War, and head of the government organization for reemployment of service men, San Diego, California, stood at the head of the list of American cities in the percentage of returned soldiers placed in jobs, percentage being 152; and Los Angeles, California, the third on the list with a percentage of slightly more than 70% of the fighting men being satisfactorily placed. During the year's activities pertaining to readjustment and rehabili- tation of returned service men, 10,051 special cases were settled. The following is a fair specification of the various cases that w r ere handled : Affidavits, bonus and mileage 4,714 nothing affidavits _ 211 Compensation, allotment and allowance 1.348 Back pay and reservists' pay 169 Insurance 178 Liberty bonds 408 Whereabouts of service men 68 Lieu certificates 125 Placement 19 Land 117 Naturalization 24 Miscellaneous 449 Specific claims 1.221 Grand Total 10,051 The minimum specific claim of a discharged service man is for $60, that is the bonus; the maximum specific claim is approximately $500, that is the arrearage in allotments and allowances; a fair average is $300; showing that claims amounting to approximately $2,700,000 have been handled. Payment of at least 70 per cent of these claims has been obtained and the balance are in process of liquidation with every indication that the same will be paid. Of the above 1221 cases were of a nature entailing such legal work, as proof of "birth of dependent's child," of "divorce," of "actual 12 bona fide residence," checking up Avith records of company com- manders in France, and frequently some portion of the claim would go through every branch of the War and Treasury departments requiring months of correspondence and an additional specific cor- roborating affidavit. Of these 623 are, in full, completed, the balance clearing up at the rate of 136 per month (month of January, 1920). "Method of Operation." All the state work on readjustment was handled directly through this committee or indirectly through the county divisions. Each county division was represented by a chairman, and the county divisions were further decentralized into corresponding committees of local or com- munity placement bureaus and volunteer attorneys. Under this arrangement it was possible, within twenty-four to forty-eight hours, to reach several thousand active readjustment workers. Intercourse with the county divisions was maintained chiefly through mimeographed and multigraphed "Bulletins" and "General Letters," addressed to the chairmen, secretaries, and volunteer attorneys. A "Bulletin" was a circular of instruction, direction or information which did not require an answer; a "General Letter" was a com- munication which required action and a reply. This material was, in turn, relayed by the county committees to their local organizations. Under this plan, w r hich functioned with a gratifying degree of accu- racy and speed, news or matter pertaining to the welfare of service men was quickly spread to every district throughout the fifty-eight counties of California. In all its work this committee had the full support of all organiza- tions and departments directly concerned in readjustment and recon- struction work, and of all groups and individuals indirectly affected. The unstinted cooperation of practically every individual and every organization made this possible. Bulletins and General Letters. No. Subject. 1. Appointment of Members of County Divisions. 2. To Newspapers Requesting Cooperation and Publicity. 3. To Mayors and Boards of Trustees Requesting Cooperation. 4. Qualifying Letter No. 1. 5. War and Relief Donations. 6. Buying Campaign. 7. War Risk Insurance Department. 8. Placement Bureau Progress Charts. 9. Placement Bureau Progress Charts. 10. $60 Bonus for Discharged Service Men. 11. Community Council Branches. 12. Information on Location of Placement Bureaus. 13. Certifying Copies of Honorable Discharge. 14. Placement Bureau Progress Chart. 15. $60 Bonus for Discharged Service Men. 16. Telegram from Council of National Defense on Placement. 13 17. Welcome Home Celebration. 18. Modification of Discharge Regulation. 19. Santa Clara Placement Work. 21. Letter on Placement Matters. 22. Welcome Home Celebration. 23. Discharged Soldiers Retaining Uniform. 24. Report on Los Angeles Placement Work. 25. Placement Bureau Reports. To City Superintendents of Schools Regarding IT. S. School Gardens. Regarding Legislation for War History of California. 26. $60 Bonus Claims. 27. Pasadena Placement Committees. 28. Welcome Home for Soldiers. 29. Better Acquaintance. 30. Wider Dissemination of Circular Letters. 31. Advisory Bureau Appointments. 32. Weekly Reports on Placement Reports. 33. Appointment of Members Advisory Bureau. 34. Appointment of Chairman Advisory Bureau. 35. Appointment of Advisory Bureau. 36. Retaining Clothing and Equipment. 37. Additional Aid in $60 Bonus Cases. 38. Placement Questionnaires. 39. Placement Questionnaires and Introduction Slips. 40. Assistance to Service Men and Their Dependents. 41. Request that Peddling by Discharged Soldiers be Discouraged. 42. Use of Name of State Committee on Readjustment by Placement Bureaus, etc. 43. Community Organization Meeting at Montague, California. 44. Liberty Loan Bonds, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed. 45. Members on Soldiers' and Sailors' Welfare. 46. Special Division Meetings. 47. Premium Rates for Government Insurance. 48. Volunteer Attorneys Regarding War Risk Insurance Act. 49. "War Risk Insurance Act" and "Protection of Civil Rights of Service Men." 50. "War Risk Insurance Act" and "Protection of Civil Rights of Service Men." 51. Roster of 125th Infantry now in Germany. 52. Letter from Colonel Edw. G. Heckel. 53. Officers Detailed to Certify Discharge Certificates. 54. $40,000.000 Bond Issue for Good Roads. .".. Unused Smileage. 56. Better Housing Accommodations for Men on Farms. 57. $40,000,000 Bond Issue for Good Roads. 58. Travel Pay Circulars. 59. Information Necessary to Secure Delivery of Liberty Bonds. CO. Public Construction in Tula re County. 61. Exploitation of Uniform. 62. Sending Discharge Papers by Mail to Recruiting Officer in re $60 Bonus. 63. Soil and Sunshine for Soldiers. 64. Soil and Sunshine for Soldiers. 05. Soil and Sunshine for Soldiers. 66. Soil and Sunshine for Soldiers. 67. Farming for Soldiers. Sailors and Marines. 68. Aid to Recruiting Officers in re $60 Bonus. 69. Aid to Recruiting Officers in re $60 Bonus. 70. Explanation of Blank Forms to be Used on Application for Bonus or Mileage. 71. Community Councils. 72. Government Life Insurance. 73 Farming for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines 74. California's Enlisted and Inducted Service Men. 75. State-wide Welcome Home Celebration for California Service Men Set for Sept. 9, 1919. 76. The Soldier as a Student Farmer. 77. Victory Buttons. 78. Bonus, Mileage and Victory Buttons. 14 79. Placement of Service Men. 80. "America Day," July 4. 81. Victory Buttons. 82. War Risk Insurance. 83. Placement Reports. 84. Program, Welcome Home Celebration. 8.~i. Allotments. 80. Liberty Bonds. 87. Activities of San Francisco Placement Bureau. 88. Recommendations to Congress for Amending War Risk Insurance Act. 89. Report of Los Angeles Placement Bureau. 90. Treasury Decision on War Risk Insurance. Postponement of W T elcome Home Day. 91. Questionnaire Regarding New Organizations, etc., for Discharged Service Men. 92. Conversion of War Risk Insurance. 93. Form No. 2308, War Risk Insurance. Publicity. The duty of the publicity and information division was to give wide circulation to all state and county news, and to disseminate all read- justment and reconstruction propaganda by every means possible. The usual news channels were employed for matters of immediate interest. The newspapers of the state donated practically unlimited space to the publicity work of the state and county divisions. "Readjustment." The initial number of "Readjustment," official bulletin of this committee, was issued April 1, 1919. It was the first bulletin of its type in the United States. The employment department of the War Department, Washington, D. C., declared "Readjustment" "to be of great value." The Bureau of War Risk Insurance has said that "Readjustment" rendered "val- uable aid." Originally, "Readjustment" was intended to carry state committee information to the county divisions. With the completion of the county and community placement bureau and the curtailing of circular correspondence "Readjustment" took on more the character of an official record of national, state and county readjustment and recon- struction work and information. One page of each issue was devoted to reconstruction news solely and another to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance work, a woman 's column, labor news and soldiers ' legislation ; and from one to two pages given to California county news. At the time of its discontinuance, January 10, 1920, "Readjust- ment ' ' was being mailed free to more than 2000 workers in the state. In addition, copies were also sent to the public libraries, officers of state in other states and to the departmental offices at Washington, D. C: ; and the American Legion, at their own request, were given 2000 copies to circulate to their posts throughout the State of California. 15 Financial Statements. The funds for the use of the State Committee on Readjustment were available under section 5 of the creating bill : "For the purposes of this act fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. Claims against such appropriation shall be approved by the chairman of the state committee on soldiers' employment and readjustment, p.nd when so approved shall be audited and paid in the manner provided by law. The term of said state committee on soldiers' employment and readjustment shall expire not later than January 31, 1921, A. D." The funds were handled in the same manner as those of other state departments. Vouchers approved by the chairman were presented for all expenditures, audited by the State Board of Control and paid by the State Treasurer. Copies of all vouchers were filed, and the books verified and checked by the State Board of Control. The total expense, extending over a period of a little more than one year, was surprisingly low, the cost to the people of the State being barely 1J cents per capita. The financial statement following shows the disbursements by months for the period beginning February 1, 1919, and ended June 30, 1920. The unexpended balance of the appropria- tion for "Expenses, Committee on Soldiers' Employment and Read- justment," on June 30, 1920, was $21,911.26. The cost of printing and the expense of distribution of this report will be future charges against this appropriation, which charges cannot now be determined. FINANCIAL STATEMENT. February 1, 1919, to July 30, 1919. 1 19 February March April May June July Salaries $3,153 22 $3,037 94 $2,393 00 $1,965 00 $1,766 66 $1,690 00 Travel 470 45 251 80 170 15 6 20 38 90 43 30 Postage 205 02 160 00 236 92 207 20 204 30 115 30 Express 16 00 12 87 8 32 4 75 3 98 4 03 Telephone _ _ _. 149 59 160 18 I'S 44 106 14 90 19 55 88 Telegraph 61 66 49 86 134 13 162 09 142 49 74 57 Office rent 75 00 75 00 75 00 75 00 75 00 75 00 Printing 10 48 100 70 311 62 71 13 75 96 101 12 Press clipping* 21 16 11 11 13 65 8 63 9 00 9 00 Drinking water 1 00 i 50; 1 00 1 00 1 00 oO Office supplies 156 79 133 23 103 96 61 13 70 89 39 43 Miscellaneous _ _ 7 05 26 52 7 20 7 70 6 40 3 65 Hall of States . _ 250 00 250 00 250 00 Totals $4 327 51 $4 020 76 $3 585 39 $2,925 97 $2,734 77 $2,461 78 16 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Continued. August 1, 1919, to January 31, 1920. 1919 1920 August September October November December January Salaries $1,168 69 $978 00 $1,067 00 $1,030 25 $975 00 $525 00 Travel 58 10 Postage 56 78 14 30 71 40 103 96 53 30 28 64 Express 3 23 5 50 12 34 7 45 5 96 4 45 Telephone 68 43 65 54 55 78 51 32 8 05 Telegraph 43 69 16 81 27 10 24 14 18 39 7 92 Office rent 75 00 75 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 76 10 76 82 87 38 316 71 126 42 129 80 Press clippings 8 00 8 60 8 65 7 35 13 15 7 55 Drinking water and towels 50 50 2 50 2 00 2 00 Office supplies ~ Miscellaneous _ 877 5 50 26 26 24 05 1264 50 71 2738 60 41 18 33 6 57 1 81 4 45 Hall of States 250 00 Totals $1,817 79 $1 291 38 $1 493 00 $1,731 47 $1,319 12 $819 67 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Continued. February 1, 1920, to June 30, 1920. 1920 Grand Totals February March April May June Salaries $525 00 $20271 76 Travel 1 40 1 040 30 Postage 3 40 1,460 52 Express age 1 01 $* 00 91 98 Telephoning 42 17 961 71 Telegraphing" 5 58 $3 07 771 50 Office rent 100 00 1 100 00 Printing 1,484 24 Press clippings 4 00 129 85 Drinking water and. towels 1 50 15 00 Office supplies 5 24 665 91 Packing and shipping" records 51 50 3 25 54 75 Miscellaneous 210 21 Hall of States 1,000 00 Totals _. $740 80 $5 25 $307 S29.277 73 NOTE. No compensation was received by the chairman or other member of this committee for services rendered; salaries were paid to the clerical force only. MRS. ROBERT J. BURDETTE. ROBERT NEWTON LYNCH. JOHN A. O'CONNELL. MRS. AARON SCHLOSS. J. J. GEORGE I. COCHRAX. RALPH P. MERRITT. GEORGE C. ROEDING. STANLEY B. WILSON. 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