Caption: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 3
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the efliciency of that organization. The officer on the beat is frequenth in a position to secure information, make inquiries and injMtigata conditions much more easily than any one e The invaluable service rendered by the police of New Yoik City duiing the hard times of three years ago in helping to cope with the pioblcm (if unemployment i> illuMi ative of what may be done alon.ir this line. There is no reason why the police olheer in these war times should not secure data le^ardini: unemployment, destitution, location of aliens and main other matters about which the municipality ou^ht to keep itself informed. In short, il our cities were to make a careful inventory of their present resources and use their imaginations and ingenuity, they would be astonished at the extent of the war service w * m they could render with very little expense merely by this effective mobilization of their property and the spare time of their public service servants. 4. Employment and the Labor Supply A fourth form of war service open to the municipality relates to labor and employment. If there ever was a time in the history of the country when there was no excuse for idleness, now is that time. And yet the problem of bringing together the man who can do the work and the job that needs to be done is not an easy one. One of the most common forms of municipal, county and state war activity has been that of trying to solve this problem of the distribution of labor. A free employment agency constantly endeavoring to keep in touch with men available for work in war industries or on the farms renders invaluable service when cooperating with those state or national agencies which are attempting to place most advantageously every available unit of labor. Such an employment bureau or labor exchange can also keep a register of the persons who are willing to volunteer for various forms of war service and act as a medium between them and those who can effectively direct their patriotic efforts. 5. Relief—Charities—Health \ In the fifth place, an important work can be done by our cities in the dispensing of needed relief, the administration of charity and the safeguarding of public health. First of all, the families of the men who are in the army and navy will frequently need at least 5
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