Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-16
PEACE HTS HARTFORD;
100000 WAR JOBS GONE
Big Plants Getting Back 90 Peace
Basis: Laborers Face
Big Problem.

Hartford Jan 16 There arc l5.OO
war workers unemployed in Connect
cut, according to figures compiled nv
the Federal and State oficialg, Who aro
endcayoring 10 straightcn out The at.
normal labor situation brought utolt
by the cancellation ~ the governrrn'
war contracts.
with about 800 idle in Bridgeror
almost as many IN New Haven and
about 900 an Waterbury, this lsavrr
appro ximatcly 1000 out of work r
the other cities of the state The hr,
three places have tho nost dihcul
problems confronting them. In ~ pfhf
docs the number Of unemployed rcac'
beyond tho hundreds.
There have been 5000 or more gors-
ers laid of in he state IN the las' 'hTfr
weeks Some have found tnrloyruer'
IN peace industries, but the numrrT
small. compared 70 those Who f8v.
wisely decided n seok work elsevherr
STATE NAY AID USEyPLoYvD.
There has been Some talk II -'afr
/ legislation 10 enable those workers r-T
have spent al their earnings 20 return
/ h their former h0ncs. possibly havirg
| carfare advanced ~ them and z re'ur'
made out of their future wager
| The Legislature bas Just opened f
seFsion, however, snd bas not faker
| up the unemployment situation Govcru'~
, Holcornb rag inaugllratcd Vefk aV,.
I Yesterday Tomorrow. the first -rol
! business will be introduced, 1nd .hen
/ there viii be an adjournment until IIos-
! dav
| Suggestions of possible state help
/ to Improvidcnt workers have met ss
4 nile, with declarations that sIIcb
move would 10 impractical, Ubdoufh-
cdly such d proposal you'd meet vi't
| opposition.
The women's section, ~ tbe United
/ States Employment 5ervire here, III
which Mrs j W. AIsop IS IN charge,
l has planned . aYng squadron r-it
~ the Offices and stores N Bridgeport
I and New Haven, TO get list n avsii-
| able positions hat women workers NAV
/ fll Ii IL estimated hat here are l.OOD
women In those two cities Who are out
/ of work, and who are dependent On their
wages for livelihood some have others
| dependent upon them.
GIRLS BACK FRoM CAPITAL
In addition ~ those discharged from
| the war plants. girls VINO had been working
| in Washington have returned % their
homes, to md no places for them gianv
| yeovoTncn have been discharged ~ the
navy.
The women employment workers are
expected TO start tomorrow - make
canvass Of all the stores and oftces, -
list the positions vacant and cadeavor ,
place the Idle in them.
C r. JulIn, Federal Director IN Con
nec. icut of the L nited states Employment
service who mas established quarters "a
the rotunda 81 the state Capitol herr,
Z -, IN Hfs
} World correspondent 10 this way.
II the open winter ana business keeps
I'D. we wli be out ol the woods by April ! {.
Mr. Julin also used an expression as
sociatled with the name ~ his home citv
View H2ven-wncn, N speaking ~ ine
labor problem, ne said.
HI cannot be unscramDlcu over night
All of the officials expect large orders
FOR peace commodities in the next ~lTfY
days. some Of the manufacturers, VINO tooN
sub-contracts for munitions, moved 1ls
machinery and tools that aad been =
stalled for other work hese are ociuN
brought out 81 storage. II take, time VI ~
40 machinery. Then, thc urst - f7s
year, inventories re gong on, ana
new work Vii not be IL .Iil s1Ing lntt
these arc comp eted Gpt ous d'ns
plans are going ahead, and the tXtcnsis
railroad construction work around N''s
Haven i another promising e9I.o' &.
FINISHED PRODUCT -rTtE-.
One reason for rne situation .l ~
Haven and Bridgeport Mr.. IuiIn polntei
out, Is that hey aT. -o-CAAcu nnl,i.' 1
product ritie> They -ar tgeI1 proGur'
in T. -eml-complctci ta-c- tud do 13
finishing, shipping ne ARTICLES ~.
package treigh. Before acv ge. hle>
into their peace manufacturing ,tua',
they must wait Tor the producers
other 1tlcs TO do thu l9'IlG r. -oG "a
/ rough work.
In this connection, tae .ir~, stage pro-
ducers Of other cities hoped the GovcrE-
ment would continue the n4nuiac'ur 3
for which materials had been cGt Tins 7as
not done. and, rs 4 result OF the drastic
cancellations oi war orders, great quantities
0i materials that had been cut, p4rucL-
larlv brass, have been scrappcd.
The vcstibule schools, when ~
war work plants established, ana ~
which 'hcv were able 10 tram unsAGled
abor and thereby carry Jut Their c,n-
tracts. brought many workers - the
state, but also have resulted in creating
2 supply which IS no longer needed. Inc
laborers who have become machine hands
do not want 10 20 back 70 their former
occupations Although the wages ot
ordinary l4pDg iLEC rs NlEA - ft.fg p
dav, some Of the men balk 81 taking
the positions offered them. The term
..laborer' is what seems TO deter them.
In Hartford there IS much 81 this
really unsAlled labor that calls itself
skilled, but fortunately there has been
1 great exodus Of workers from his
! city. many OF them having gone back
to New Hampshire ana Vermont Tbs
has left an opportunity for Hartford, with
its many manufacturing plants, y re-
, adjust its workers.
There are practically no unemployed
here, and the factories are Ia 4 healthy
condition. What few there ARE idle can
4 get work, but they are demanding more
than their services are worth nov.
The Colt Patent Arms Manufacturing
Company, the largest war working plant
here, employed 400 men and women on
Nov. 23. II has reduced that number
| TO 3,65S, and next week 100 more arc
expected 10 be laid of.
The Pratt and Whitney Company, one
Of the largest machine shops IN this cOun-
try, had 1850 workers on November g.
1t now has . 500. Some of the leather
| manufactures have reduced their forces
BY ono half. but, on The other hand, tho
Cheney Brothers silk mills the Underwood
and Royal typewriter companies and the
Hartford Rubber Works arc going aheat
on peace orders.