Arizona republican., 1921-01-26
LABOR SURVEY SHOWS OVER THREE MILLION
 UNEMPLOYED IN 1920
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 WASHINGTON, Jan. 25-The num- Der of persons employed in industry the first of this month numbered B. 473,466 less than year ago, the de- partment of labors employment serv- ice announced tonight on the basis of a first nationwide survey.
 Director J. E. Densmore said this figure did not necessarily represent the number of persons actually unern- ployed as it was quite possible" some had found employment in agricultural or other pursuits not covered by the survey.
 On the other hand, some officials believed the army of unemployed pos- sibly was larger, as no effort was made to ascertain the reduction Of persons employed in pursuits other than those classed under mechanical industry"
 The figures represented 8 reduction of 36.9 per cent in the workers em- ployed in industry as compared with last January and 1t was announced that they were based -on the consen- sus of figures from neutral bodies state labor departmental state com missioners of manufacturers, state and municipal employment services workmen's compensation bureaus, em- ployers' and employees organizations and all other sources competent tC furnish authoritative information.
 Michigan led in proportional reduc- tion with S2 per cent and Ohio and Indiana followed with a reduction oi 50 per cent each. Next came Illinois with A per cent: Connecticut with 4; per cent: Massachusetts with 3S pel cent: Wisconsin, 32 per cent; New York. 2S per cent, and New Jersey. 2; per cent.
 1 Auto Industry Leads
 The largest percentage of reduction 1 fin specific industries. 6s per cent, oc' cured in the automobile and the ac' 1 cessories industries, and this wal 1 taken to account largely for the grea reduction in employment in Michigan i This industry, the announcement said employed about per cent of the tota workers in all industry year ago.
 Second in the reduction of employe was the building trades with approd about Il per cent of the total indus trial workers was employed in this in | dustry.
 i reduction of 35.5 per cent wa noted in the textile and related indus tries: 35 per cent in leather and it products, and 32 per cent in lumbe and house furniture. The reduction in metals and products, machinery electrical goods and foundry product was S0.5 per cent in packing an food products, 19 per cent and in clay glass, cement. and stone products, 1 per cent.
 Survey made in 1s2 cities, the em ployment service said, showed tha' numerically, the greatest reduction was in New York, where 234,243 wer reported discharged. Chicago had reduction of S6,000; Philadelphia, 70, 900; Detroit, 160,0O0; Boston. 25.O00 St. Louis, 49,350; Kansas City, 20,640 San Francisco, 13,000, and Portland Ore, 10000.
 The reduction in the New Englan industrial centers, including BostoI totaled 250,156.
 Reduction of the number employe in the cities in the middle Atlanti district (New York, Pennsylvania an New Jersey), totaled 677.743, this fig ure including New York city.
 Arizons's Low Figure
 Denver led the Rocky Mountain dis : trict cities with 10500 and with tn the only city to show a reduction a great as 4.000 The total for the dis trict, embracing Montana, Idaho. Wy oming, Colorado New Mexico, Arizon Utah and Nevada, was only 23,714. The total reduction in the souther states, including Kentucky, was onl i about 100000.
 The unemployed in Washington. ] C., was placed at S,613.