PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 26& -JUNE 22, 1944 veterans' Place- in the field of gainful employment. For the purpose there is hereby ment Sce Board. created to cooperate with and assist the United States Employment 48 stat. 113 . U.tS 1 . 3 C. 49; Service, as established by the provisions of the Act of June 6, 1933, upp. m, 49 note. a Veterans' Placement Service Board, which shall consist of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, as Chairman, the Director of the National Selective Service System, and the Administrator of the Federal Security Agency, or whoever may have the responsibility of administering the functions of the United States Employment Service. The Board shall determine all matters of policy relating to the administration of the Veterans' Employment Service of the United States Employment Service. Cuhairmans of Bord (b) The Chairman of the Board shall have direct authority and responsibility for carrying out its policies through the veterans' employment representatives in the several States or through per- s8 U. S9. C . pp . sons engaged in activities authorized by subsection (g) of section 8
- 308(g).
of the Selective Service Act of 1940 (Public Law 783, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved September 16, 1940, as amended (U. S . C., title Eecutivesecretary. 50, sec. 308)). The Chairman may delegate such authority to an executive secretary who shall be appointed by him and who shall thereupon be the Chief of the Veterans' Employment Service of the United States Employment Service. aiabity of (c) The public records' of the Veterans' Personnel Division, National Selective Service System, and the Veterans' Employment Service of the United States Employment Service shall be available to the Board. Veterans' employ- to the Board. ment representatives. SEc. 601. The United States Employment Service shall assign to Assignment to each of the States a veterans' employment representative, who shall be a veteran of the wars of the United States separated from active service under honorable conditions, who at the time of appointment shall have been a bona fide resident of the State for at least two years, and who shall be appointed, subject to the approval of the Board, in accordance with the civil-service laws, and whose com- 542Stt. I 61; pensation shall be fixed in accordance with the Classification Act of Supp. IIIm661 et . 1923, as amended. Each such veterans' employment representative shall be attached to the staff of the public employment service in Apodmnbltive the State to which he has been assigned. He shall be administra- tively responsible to the Board, through its executive secretary, for the execution of the Board's veterans' placement policies through the public employment service in the State. In cooperation with the public employment service staff in the State, he shall- Duties. (a) be functionally responsible for the supervision of the registration of veterans in local employment offices for suit- able types of employment and for placement of veterans in employment; (b) assist in securing and maintaining current information as to the various types of available employment in public works and private industry or business; (c) promote the interest of employers in employing veterans; (d) maintain regular contact with employers and veterans' organizations with a view of keeping employers advised of veter- ans available for employment and veterans advised of opportu- nities for employment; and (e) assist in every possible way in improving working condi- tions and the advancement of employment of veterans. t st -ign SEO. 602. Where deemed necessary by the Board, there shall be assigned by the administrative head of the employment service in the State one or more employees, preferably veterans, of the staffs of local employment service offices, whose services shall be primarily [58 STAT.
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