Excerpt from How the Government Handled Its Labor Problems During the War: Handbook of the Oranizations Associated With the National Labor Administration, With Notes on Their Personnel, Functions and Policies

Industrial problems involving women were dealt with by Miss Van Kleeck, by virtue of her seat on the War Labor Policies Board and as director of the Woman in Industry Service. The imme diate task of this Service was to develop in the industries of the coun try policies and methods which would result in the most effective use of women's services in production for the war, while at the same time preventing their employment under injurious conditions. The Service considered general policies with respect to women in industry and advised the Secretary of Labor as to the policies which should be pursued. It kept in touch with the work of the other divisions of the Department in so far as they related to women, and also with the women's departments of other governmental labor agencies such as the Women's Branch of the Industrial Service Section of Army Ordnance and the Women's Service Section of the United States Railroad Administration.

The Government's attitude toward the employment of women in war industries as adopted by the War Labor Policies Board is briefly summarized as: Policies: The shortage of labor in essential war industries should be met in part by further introducing women into occupa tions easily filled by them, such as clerical, cashier and accounting services. They should not be employed to replace men in occupa tions clearly unfit owing to physical or moral conditions, such as barrooms and poolrooms. Nor should girls under 21 years be employed in occupations for which their youth unfits them, such as public messenger service, as bell boys, etc.

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