Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-21
NO SHORTAGE OF
 LABOR IN STATE, industrial investigator Says There Are More Applicants Than Jobs.

There Is not shortage of labor 1T, the state, but on the contrary there are as usual more applicants for places than there are places to be filled, ac- elrding to Miss Charlotte Maiyneux Holloway, industrial investigator Of the department of labor, who has re- turned to Hartford from a tour of the factories in New Haven, Bridgeport, South Nerwalk, New London and Stamford.
 She noted that large number of men of draft age are applying for work in shipbuilding plants, and that this will remove men who might other wise be in the army, for work in the shlpyards. The reason for this. she thinks, is because they understand the government requires men in tafs branch of the service quite as badly as 1t needs soldiers, and they are giving i tan opportunity to use them in the industrial army rather than in the ranks.
 Carpenters Enough.
 Investigation of the state employ- ment agencies about the state, Miss Holloway said, shows that. there is a steady stream of applicants for work, though there is always a let down in February, the dullest month in the year. In New London, Norwich and Groton the demand for carpenters has been fully satisfied, and many have been signed up for call any time they are wanted. At present there is more of a supply of the craft that can be employed for some time to come. In Meriden, she found, where changes in the Westinghouse company made cessation of work necessary in tht various departments, the men sougf employment elsewhere, and nearly al the employees are at work now, eithei in the neighboring towns or in Meri den.
 Women Are Working. Great efforts are being made si New Haven to get the women to en
 ter professions which have previousl, been filled entirely by men. Womel are now working in some of them ant doing remarkably we'll, Miss Hollowa,
 reports. and many more are volunteer | ing. One of the workers is the wife 0 8 minister.
 Opposed by TroIleymen's Union. So far Miss Holloway has not seer ] any women working on the trolleys The demand seems to be small, as i l is understood that there is consider 5bAC OPpOo1liOtl tllS LIOIeyIl0u l union to the idea of employing women While there has been no direct oppo sition throughout the state, the genera
 attitude of the union, Miss Hollowa,
 feels, is not especially enthusiastic. l One line of work which Miss Hollo way thinks is not receiving proper at stention is the matter of teaching. Sh
 says that teachers are leaving the pro i fession to go into work in factories
 They are, paid such low salaries, it i
 asserted, that they give up teaching il
 disgust. Miss Holloway discovere1 l that She New Haven teachers are ex
 tremeN anxious to get an increase Ii their wages, which at present does no seem likely to materialize.
 The New Haven teachers claim tha their salary is not adequate for thei
 wants. It is claimed that living ex penses are somewhat higher in Ney
 Haven than in Hartford. Because c
 the fact that the teachers see littl
 likelihood of getting more money, the are going to work at Winchester's an
 at other munitions plants about tn city. They do considerable assemblin
 work in these plants.