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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
September II, 1942
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and The Legal Chronicle
Saginaw, Mich. Extends Best Wishes to Jewish Communities
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Basic economic forces which
effect the nation leave their
mark on the Jewish group as on
all so-called minority groups.
This is even more pertinent in
time of war. Complete coopera-
tion among all groups is essen-
tial if the democratic way of
life, for which we are fighting,
is to survive.
Recognizing that discussion of
Jewish occupational adjustment
problems must start, therefore,
Happy New Year to All!
W. L. CASE Fl CO.
UNDERTAKER and
AMBULANCE SERVICE
Phone 7371
413 ADAMS ST.
Saginaw. Mich.
A Happy and Prosaerous New Year
Saginaw Foundries
Company
Saginaw, Mich.
831 S. WATER ST.
Rosh Hashonah Greetings
Colonial Flower
Shoppe
Funeral Designs
Parties — Weddings
Cut Flowers—Potted Plants
Telegraph Delivery Service
Day or Nite—Call 3-3711
2939 S. WASHINGTON
Saginaw, Mich.
Season's Greetings and Best Wishes
Cooper Wall Paper
Stores
137 N. BAUM ST.
Phone 2-7614
Saginaw, Mich.
JEWS, JOBS AND THE WAR
A Guide to Youth's Career Planning
By DR. JOSEPH SAMLER and LOUIS H. SOBEL
EDITOR'S NOTE: In this chapter from "Vocational Guidance
Through Groups," to be published shortly by the Bnai Brith
Vocational Service Bureau, Dr. Samler, director of the re-
training division of the National Refugee Service, who is on
leave of absence from the New York City Board of Education,
which he has served for some years in connection with its
vocational and guidance placement programs: and Mr. Sobel,
director of the Federation Employment Set-vice, appraise in
strictly factual terms the wartime economic changes which
will affect the economic structure of the American Jewish
community.
with the factors affecting the
economic adjustment of our
country as a whole, Bnai Brith's
Vocational Service Bureau is
publishing a new study on "Vo-
cational Guidance T h r o u g
Groups," (of which this article
is a chapter) to deal with the
general current economic situa-
tion.
Primary among these factors
is the life or death struggle in
which the nation is engaged.
The effects of the war pro-
gram have already been felt by
nearly everyone.
The
near
future is bound to extend this
influence to every aspect of life.
Our immediate concern here is
with the impact on our economic
and occupational structure, the
full effect of which has yet to
be realized. Certain changes,
however, are already obvious.
Nearly 60 million men and wo-
men will be needed to do the
nation's work and therefore, ap-
proximately nine million new
workers will be needed, The
unemployed, boys and girls leav-
ing school, retired workers, and
handicapped workers will he
called upon to take necessary
roles. An estimated eight to 10
million men will eventually be
enrolled in the armed forces of
the nation. Industries not direct-
ly related to the war have been
curtailed or have gone out of
business, resulting in the dis-
placement of a large number of
workers.
While most of these workers
will eventually find jobs in war
industry, the period of adjust-
ment will be difficult. Until all
productive capacity is utilized,
curtailed industries, particularly
in one-plant towns, make for
distress areas. The government
SINCERE NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
RAINN Boe BREAD
RAINBO BREAD CO.
SAGINAW. MICAL
A Happy New Year to All Our Jewish Friends
HOTEL BANCROFT
MODERN
FIREPROOF
CONVENIENT
SAGINAW, MICI I.
Sincere New Year Greetings
SEVERANCE TOOL MFG. CO .
R. M. SEVERANCE
Manufacturers of
MIDGET MILLING CUTTERS, SPECIAL CUTTERS
For BURRING. COUNTER SINKING. ETC.
PHONE 2-5225
1514 E. GENESEE
SAGINAW, MICH.
GREETINGS
AND BEST WISHES
GARBER - BUICK - PONTIAC
SALES AND SERVICE
208 N. WASHINGTON AVE.
SAGINAW, MICH.
PHONE
2-4141
is proceeding with steps to aid
such areas. War industries call
for workers with skills in the
metal trades. As a consequence
of a tightened labor market
wages have increased, and in-
adequately paid, frequently sub-
standard jobs have gone unfilled,
as in the domestic and agricul-
tural field. With the exhaustion
of available labor reserves, the
institution of labor priorities is
being viewed as a possibility.
Other forces and trends pre-
sent before the war and con-
tinuing to play and important
part arc:
The growth of labor organiza-
tions, their sanctions by the ex-
ecutive and judicial branches of
the government, and their in-
creasing importance ;
The assumption of govern-
mental responsibility for the wel-
fare of the people as indicated
by provision for unemployment
in surance, old age pensions, the
entire social security program.
anti-discrimination activity, and
so on;
The continued development of
the process of commercial con-
centration with its tendency to
eliminate the small merchant as
well as the small manufacturer;
The considerable increase in
civil service and "exempt" em-
ployment by the government;
The persistence of anti-union
attitudes and action by employ-
ers, with suspicion of all who
might in any way be identifies!
with unions.
All of these factors affect
Jewish occupational adjustment
as they determine the adjustment
of all so-called minority groups,
and of all workers in the na-
tion. However, the Jewish com-
munity faces certain problems
which may be characterized as
peculiar to it. Even though these
problems are inseparable from
the nation's pattern of social and
economic adjustment they may
be identified and treated separ-
ately.
1.
While factors are at work
which may change the occupa-
tional distribution of the Jews,
it does not follow that the pres-
ent occupational distribution is
necessarily unbalanced. It is
probably fallacious to compare
the economic status of Jews with
that of the general population.
If Jewish occupational distribu-
tion is compared with groups
possessing similar characteristics
he may be needed. This is
any case a differentiating char
acteristic which sets him apar
front his fellows. The diffIculti.-
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JEWS—Page 15
Happy New Year to
Those stemming from the
concentration of Jews in
certain occupations.
The present occupational dis-
tribution of the Jewish group
can be traced back to anti-
Semitism and discrimination.
Historically, the Jew was barred
from land holding and from
membership in the guilds con-
trolling the skilled trades. Barred
All!
YEO FS YEO
PUBL IC ACCOUNTANTS
102 2nd National Bank Bldg.
Phone 78 i 8
Saginaw,
Rosh Hashonah Greetings to
All
Saginaw Plating t4
Specialty Co.
Chromium. Nickel, Copper, Brass
Polishing Li Lacquering
Light Manufacturing
WEBBER AT JEFFERSON
Saginaw, Mich.
Season's Greetings and Best Wishes
W. B. Baum 8 Son
INSURANCE
301 WIECHMANN BLDG.
Phone 2-5662
Saginaw, Mich.
Le Shono Tovo Tikosevu
—urban, white, of similar socio-
economic status, the differences
are not as noteworthy as many
people believe.
Bruno Martin Co.
3.
ROOFERS
Individual difficulties arising
out of personal maladjust-
ments, religious observation,
recent immigration.
AND SHEET
METAL WORK
The Jewish worker meets dis-
crimination not only because he
is a Jew but occasionally pre-
sents certain other handicaps in
814 JAMES ST.
DIAL 3-2212
Saginaw, Mich.
the labor market.
Observance of holy clays means
absence from work on days when
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SEASON'S GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES TO Ali!
AND
SAVE
Those arising out of anti-
and job-discrimi-
Semitism
nation.
The closed doors in certain
occupations and the quota sys-
tem in training and job oppor-
tunities in others have restricted
the occupational choices of Jew
ish boys and girls. Those who
have hurdled the barriers of dis-
crimination have had to present
qualifications usually suprpassing
those of their non-Jewish col-
leagues. The average or above
average Jewish student, in fields
such as engineering or teaching,
has little chance of securing em-
ployment. In periods of general
unemployment the Jewish group
is among the first to feel the ef-
fect of discrimination.
The Jewish community has at-
tempted to meet the problem of
discrimination on several levels.
Various cities have organized
non-fee-charging employme nt
services to help the Jewish job
seeker. A number of specially
created anti-discrimination agen-
cies have attempted to educate
employers to a more tolerant
attitude. The conference on
economic relations and organ-
izations like Bnai Brith have at-
tempted on an educational level
to meet the provincialism and
prejudice which precede discrim-
ination. With other minority
groups, the Jewish community
has supported government ac-
tivity in combatting discrimina-
tion.
2.
as well from all other gainful
occupations, the Jew became a
peddler, sal coma n, merchant,
business man. It was inevitable
that familiarity with certain oc-
cupations, relative avialability of
work opportunities, the tendency
to repeat what was done before,
gave impetus to continued choice
of occupations in which Jews
met relatively less discrimination.
The traditional respect of Jews
for formal study has made occu-
pations which demand schooling
seem more desirable. Long de-
nied opportunities for equality
put a premium on choice of work
which carried with it consider-
able social prestige, real or imag-
ined.
With
refinements and
changes brought about by Amer-
ican culture, and in a vastly
more complex industrial scene,
these factors are still operative.
Today Jews are heavily repr:-
sented in the distributive field as
small retailers, and middlemen; in
clerical occupations and in pro-
fessional pursuits as in law, medi-
cine, dentistry. While vocational
guidance tends to' expand the
vocational horizon of Jewish
boys and .girls, few have had
access to counselling service. The
occupational pattern of the Jew-
ish group may be influenced by
the war production program with
its emphasis on metal trades and
technical and scientific skills.
"THE BUYWORD OF THE NATION"
107 E, GENESEE
SAGINAW, MICH.
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
H. E. YSBERG
Plumbing, Heating and Power Piping
REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO
For the Best Service — III HOYT ST.
PHONE 8361 —
SAGINAW, MICH.
Best Wishes to All for a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
WALZ HARDWARE CO.
611 E. GENESEE
PHONE 2-7145
SAGINAW, MICH.
Rosh Hashonah Greetings to Our Jewish Friends
Monarch Service Stations, Inc.
229 W. GENESEE
POTTER
and WASHINGTON
PHONE 2-1112
SAGINAW, MICH.
SINCEREST GREETINGS!
DAILEY PICKLE 8 CANNING CO.
\V. E Dailey, Pres.
1116 MAPLE ST.
PHONE 2-3644
SAGINAW. MICH.