The Washington times., 1923-06-21
EMPLOYERS
CAN 7 GET
HELP
y. S. Employment Service Says
Prosperity Has Absorbed
Former Army of Idle.
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON.
International Nnnura anrrinA

BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON.
International News Service.
A labor shortage of 100000 men
confronts American employers as a
result Of steady Improvement in in
dustriaf and agriculture conditions,
Il was learned today from reports to
therUnited States Employment Ser
vice.
The unemployment crisis, which
forced 6,E35,000 men to walk the
streets" in 1921, has completely
vanished and all the jobless are
now back at work, the bureau an
nounced in q special survey com.
piled for international News Service.
In place of not enough jobs, men
now are needed by mills, factories,
railroads and farmers.
q Government officials d clar d
every man, able to work, can find
employment at once due to the
labor shortage. They likewise pre-
dicted a continuation Of prosperous
times" for at least another full
year.
Prosperity for Year.
IT look to see the employment
situation continue on its present
prosperous basis for the whole new
fiscal year lending July /, 1920"
said Francis 1 Jones, director gen.
eral Of the Employment Service.
Industry is only returning to the
sound basis which guarantees
steady employment while the coun.
try has not get made up it's war.
time losses in building construction
and natural improvements. Good
times in employment should con.
ttnue for another full year"
:. The bureau was swamped with
reports showing shortages Of labor
IN mills and for common work. The
only unemployed situation was re.
ported among clerks.
Some clerks are unable to find
positions Of choice" said Jones,
but If they accepted the jobs
Qffered them, which they can per-
form. they could all go to work at
once. Those ROW out of work re-
fpse to soil their hands; they want
only white collar jobs. IL.
There will be some seasonal de-
creases when the fruit harvesting.
canning and road building programs
are concluded, but the men losing
these jobs can be used at once in
other positions
Reports to the bureau indicated
z present shortage of 100000 men
IN agriculture alone. This shortage
-of permanent farm employees
ranges from Maine to California.
South Badly Off.
There 10 likewise a shortage of
100000 common laborers, particu-
hrly in industrial States as Penn.
sylvania, Ohio, illinois and New
York. In the South, there is a
shortage of 100000 common labor
ers, whose places were formerly
filled by negroes.
The Employment Service, how.
ever, declared the Government had
taken steps to meet every demand
Tor the harvesting of wheat and
cotton crops" despite the agricul-
ture shortage. The harvesting needs
are partly being filled by college
men who went into the fields when
their schools adjourned. Hundreds
OF these college men now are work
ing in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas.
A sample Of the industrial EN-.
ployment situation was contained in
q Department of Labor report show.
ing an increase of $2,500,O00 in the
weekly payrolls and of 1000 men in
the personnels Of forty-seven manu-
featuring industries in May this
year over the month of April.
These industries have a total en-.
ployment of 2,249,000 men and
payroll Of $60,200,0O0 a week. I'm.
proved wage conditions were also
reported quite generally throughout
the foundry. machine shop iron,
steel. wooden, cotton and lumber in.
dustries.