Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-17

tAOQi0tlOuS auu COulYb0I lMVHS OL tftt
data submitted by Legion oficials
prove several other conclusions N In
terestinE ~ and only less funda-,
mentally significant than those just
presented. Among these are:
Tho ratio OF permanent to tempo
rary Jobs obtained for veterans by
the Legion Is steadily increasing.
Tho peak In the veteran uncmpioy-
ment crisis was generally reached be-
tween October and December OF last
year.
been little touched by the blight of
unemployment Is wholly unfounded.
The drifter and tho penniless I'D
venture-sceker are decided minority
among unemployed veterans mar
ried men and mon with dependents
predominant everywhere.
II Is possible because it Is true) to
prove TO employers that tho ex-service
man Ia sound investment
Public works, particularly road and
building construction and improve
ment, provide the most effective
methods of caring for large numbers
of unemployed
An industrial map OF the United
States, with the manufacturing areas
shaded. shows the heaviest concentra-
ton Of black ink in the northeast
New England, southern New York
and the eastern portions OF the Middle
/ Atlantic States. Here the situation
/ = typically mixed. In New England
/ llone. for instance. Maine and Mas
sachusetts find the outlook cheerful,
thanks in the latter State, which of
course has been faced by much the
vaster problem. TO intensive Legion
organization and heavy-artillery CAM
paigning. Massachusetts has reduced
her eX-service unemployed about so
per cent: Maine, where the problem
has been confined chiefly 70 the cities
of Portland and Lewiston, by 80 10
40 per cent.
The most imposing statistics Of the
veteran unemployment situation are
naturally provided by New York II
Is possible here to give a reasonably
accurate figure, because last month
New York department headquarters
submitted a QUESTIONABLE to every
post in the department in an effort
TO learn the exact situation. From
the answers to these Questionnaires
the department estimates the number
of veterans out of work in the State
at $4,000 of whom the great majority
are in New York City. The fight fol-
the unemployed is necessarily being
waged In New York on a more inten-
sive scale proportionately than in any
other center. and in the face CT heavy
odds. \ similar situation exists IN
Pennsylvania, where by great effort
the Legion has held its ground agains
conditions, reporting the situation
about the same as IL was four month,
ago. New Jersey. too. sees little i'm
provement in sight and believes tina
a recent estimate CT 10000 unemploy.
ed in the State is probably an under
statement OF the present situation
Nine thousand of Maryland's 1900,
tobless are in the city OF Baltimore
where 4 Legion committee is render
ing effective aid.
In the South conditions and stats
'.Cs vary with the proportion of larg,
Industrial cities TO farming areas. Il
Kentucky, for example, unemploy
ment is virtually a one-city problem
This Capitalization OF the task ha
helped Louisville 10 reduce the mum
Der Of jobless veterans so per cen
from the peak.
What is true Of the Atlantic Coas
and the South is equally true Of tn
Middle West-conditions vary Will
the ratio OF Industrial 10 agriculture
population. In the more purely agri
cultural States the outlook is brigh,
and steadier markets add a tint @
real silver to the unemployment cloud
The Kansas Legion believes the turn
ing point will soon be reached wher
jobs begin to outnumber job-seeker,
and expects TO have no unemployment
IN the spring. although a spell Of haI'
weather late in the winter has some
! what checked this optimism.