The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-14
crisis IS PAST
IN CALIFORNIA
Distress Of Bread-Winner
Over, Declares Jobless
Report

SAN FRANC1SCO-lmproycment
| IN industrial building aud agriyul-
| tural activities 'throughout California
| has practically ended unemployment
so far as acute conditions OF distress
are concerned,
This declaration was made today
/ I'm a report issued by Charles H.
ituckor secretary OF tho mayors
unemploym committee.
So encouraging has boon tho im-
pruvoment that active voth of the
organization has been concluded exc
cCpt coordination uf all agencies.
80 that In event of emergency. Cl-
forts may he quickly centralized
The unemployment survey OF san
Francisco's metropolitan area made,
by the chamber OF commerce last
October revealed approximately H.
600 unemployed hroadwiuncrs. In
yluded TN this number were those OF
the regular labor turnover including
persons changing from one job TO
another. casual lahorors ana those
holding ont for higher wages or for
better working conditions. The num-
| her " these is fairly constant the
+ year around, without regard To de-
precision or prosperity This NUM-
]
/ they do not enter into the acute con-
/ ditlous to be considered. This LEFT
approximately eight thousand, which
was later incrcasod by 1900. dus TO
/ the final closing ~ shiphuilding ac-
/ Itiyitics. This number was again in
creased due to publication OF news
/ concerning public works I'm Oakland
and san Francisco and an influx or
outside unemployed, by $500, max
ing Il total of $4,000.
| Actual results accomplished. nc
Icording to Fuckers report. show
] that, by coordination OF effort and
| COO operation OF all social agencies
and placement bureaus, In tho win
| ter OF lO2t-1122 u total OF 43,0i2
| tohs, temporary and permanent, were
found for unemployed, as compared
/ with 36,4S2 Jobs found for the un-
employed during the winter OF 1920
! 1921. showing n total increase of
/ 1850 Jobs found IN l92t-l922.
OF those for whom employment
was found during the past wiutsr
$500 were men, an Increase over
! the preceding winter OF 6,5b2, and
| l0,343 were women, an increase OF
| 00s over the preceding winter.
! OWING To an intensive campaign
] conducted ny the mayors q tOininll -
/ tee, tho central iZation OF placement
through the agancios effected "A con-
siderable reduction In tho number
who received Jobs through feo agen-
| cies even though tho number OF
those out of employment was much
greater than In the year before.
The mayors committee concludes
with the following suggestions:
That immediate steps be taken TO
assure the continuation of "A mayor y
unemployment committee, each unit
being held In readiness for action,
That the mayor and tho board of
supervisors indorse "a plan for semi
official state employment board
under direction OF the state labor
luommissioner. which shall function
as co-ordinating body for th'
state and arrange In each commun
ity and county for employment dur
ing the winter upon public work, so
aside during the summer, provided
for In various bond Issues. foi
schools. roads and irrigation dis
trlcts.
And that In the future all omer'
lgency organizations of inexperienced
persons and emergency approprin
ltions he discouraged, since diffusion
of effort results In confusion In re-
suits, and. II appropriate measures
lare taken in time. It Is possible tt
Iprovldo work for those who become
Idle