The New York Times/1918/11/11/Form 1,200 Labor Boards
FORM 1,200 LABOR BOARDS.
Every State Except Two Has One or More Community Agencies.
About 1,200 community labor boards are now organized and functioning as a part of the United States Employment Service. With the exception of Alaska and New Mexico, which have not yet reported, every State in the Union has two or more community boards active in supervising the recruiting and distribution of labor in their communities.
Out of a total of fifty States, counting Alaska and the District of Columbia, thirty are on record as having completed their full number of boards. Approximately 1,500 boards will be the final total, it is expected, and from the speed with which the work is progressing it is expected the goal will be reached within three or four weeks.
In nine States sixty-one boards report the naming of women members in accordance with the ruling provided for the appointment of two women members to each local community board, one of whom is to represent local labor and the other local management. The number of community boards to which women members have been nominated and the States in which these boards are located are: Colorado, 1; Delaware, 4; Illinois, 3; Montana, 4; New Hampshire, 29; New Mexico, 1; North Carolina, 4; Maryland, 13; and Rhode Island, 2.
Although all community boards are functioning the members have not officially been inducted into the Employment Service, and it is probable that they will not until all States have completed their lists. At that time all nominations will be placed before the Secretary.