The Cordova daily times., 1921-04-07
FOUR HUNDRED
 THOUSAND VETS
 WITHOUT WORK

NEW YORK, April 6 (by Associat- ed Press).-There were 100000 vet erans of the World war out of work in the United States on March last, according to an estimate re- ceived by the American Legion This is a reduction of about 100000 from lObIess ex-service men in the coun- try shortly after January 1 last, and the legion reports state there Is a promise of further improvement.
 The survey of the national situation on which these figures are based was made by the American Legion Weekly, official publication of the le- zion which states that the unemploy- ment situation as affecting the vet erans appears to have taken turn for the better"
 A chain of employment agencies operated by the legion ia every state has done much to relieve the situa- tion, say the legion officials. The Legion has been instrumental in ob taining work for veterans, in discour- aging the migration of unemployed men toward the great industrial cen ters and has encouraged a movement from cities to the farms. It has de- mauded that workers who left their positions to go to war should enjoy seniority with those of military age who stayed at home.
 Ex-service men who have suffered more in proportion to their numbers than other workers, according to the Yegion's survey, because of the opera tion of seniority rules and efficiency standards. Nearly a year is required for the returned veteran to get back to his old stride in industry, accord ing to the testimony of large employ CTS of labor Another thing that has handicapped the ex-soldier is his restlessness and nomadic tendencies, both products of the strain and cir cumstances of war service.
 Reopening of factories and mills in the textile regions of New England and in the mining and industrial cen ters of Pennsylvania leads observ- CTS in those parts to believe the worst is past, according to the legion's survey. The automobile cen ters of Detroit, Cleveland and In- dianapolis report slight improve ment of conditions. In Chicago con ditions are stationary it is said.
 Throughout the agricultural middle west general movement from the cities and towns to the farms is re- ported The average eX-soldier had little taste for agriculture when he came back from the war. It was hard to keep them down on the farm after they had "seen Paree." They chose to work in the small factories or stories in the neighboring county seat, where, during 1919, jobs were plentiful and wages high. When those jobs began to go there was at first aLL4 GAOuuS bOM al u IllE AhA eoCA SlIiSp' The legion strove to discourage this. That movement has about spent itself and farmers throughout the west now report little difficulty in getting help and except in the larger cities there are few able-bodied ex-service men reported out of work in the middle west.
 The south reports improvement Dixie has been burdened with a larger quota of winter fIoaters than usual this year, according to reports. Some are now finding farm work in the south, others are drifting north, largely to settle on farms.
 The Pacific coast, land where 1there are three great seasonable oc- equations of fishing, numbering and fruit raising, has been able to de- crease the number of jobless veterans by half in two months, according to advices from there. Ia Washington state there were 1000 unemployed veterans on January 1 and 2,000 on February 1.