New Britain herald., 1923-02-09
GOVT. SURVEY SEES
 GOOD BUSINESS HERE
Employment Situation All Over
 This Section Is Improved
nY aEoRaH U. AANNINa

employment sNuatloh thfphsovu
 Connecticut. and quite generally ir
 the other states. continued deeldedl,
 encouraging during January. and
 showed still further increases in ths
 number Of those employed in spite
 of unfayorable weather for outdoor
 work.
 So great is the demand for labor
 in the state that thousands of work
 CTS who were released from outdoor
 construction during the month due
 10 severe weather were entirely abs
 sorbed in other industries and the
 demand has still not been met. ae- ,cording to the monthly report on ems
 ployment conditions made by the
 employment service. II. 8. labor de-
 partment for January. and made pub
 lie today.
 The reports made to the employ
 ment service by its agents in every
 industrial center reviewing the labor
 situation for the past month and
 comparing employment conditions on
 January 3i with those Of December
 si, shows that the shut down around
 tho first of the year for the making
 of inventories in many plants was not
 for so long duration as usual because of unusual demand for products.
 Employment decreases observed in some industries were seasonal and only temporary. The great volume of building construction under way and contemplated continues 10 in- crease and apparently has not yet reached the peak.
 At New Britain the employment conditions improved further during January with all plants running full time. and some departments in the hardware trade running overtime.
 The industries showing the greatest employment increases during Janu- ary were electrical appliances, tex tiles and their products, railroad, locomotive and repair shops. auto mobile plants. iron and steel, leather and shoe industry, silk mills. paper and printing plants, shipbuilding and repairs and structural fabricating shops.
 Improved transportation in general business activity and in the labor situation was reported from Bridge port, New Britain, Middletown, Hart ford, New Haven. Bristol, Stamford, Glastonbury. Danbury, Norwich, New London and Danbury.
 The report of the employment serv- ice for Connecticut <general and for the cities of the state reads as follows:
 General-Steady improvement in Industrial employment in all lines throughout the state. Practically all v,1o 1t~ ,i,,o f,l number on overtime schedule. Short age of metal workers and unskilled 1aborers in certain sections. Elec- trical plants running at full capacity Brass industry on overtime schedule. Building trades active with all trades men fully employed. No housing problem. z New Haven industrial district. in cluding Ansonia and West Haven All plants running full time and em- ployment conditions are normal. Shortage of workers in the building trades and to some extent, among unskilled labor. One rubber plant closed and some others on part time due to lack of orders in West Haven. Building trades active. Improvement noted in the housing situation.
 Bridgeport-All plants operating full time. Electrical plants running overtime. Shortage of building tradesmen and heavy bodied laborers. Building program furnishing work for 1000 hands Local labor supply not equal to the demand. Ample houses for the present.
 Hartford--Number of unemployed  of skilled men in the metal trades |, Men reNased from farms and tobacco plantations have been absorbed in other lines. Local la4r supply in adequate. No housing problem.
 Waterbury-Very little unemploy- ment. All plants running full time. I Brass industry on overtime schedule. Shortage of common laborers. Build t ng trades busy. Shortage of one- C family houses. n New London--Industria conditions d Ihow Improvement in all lines. With lew exceptions, all plants are on full c inle basis. Some plants working u overtime. Labor situation about nor el nal. Shortage of machine workers. W Housing adequate. si New Britain - Unemployment e All plants running full . ime. Certain departments in hard sare plant working overtime. Con- truction of new hotel with other building projects will employ all local labor. Housing situa- ion satisfactory.
 Bristol--All plants operating full inc Metal factories working over- ime. Very little unemployment. Shortage of unskilled labor felt in peal factories. Building program af- ords work for 300 men. No hous- ng shortage.
 Winsted Employment conditions bout normal with practically all lants on full time. Some hosiery actories on part time. Shortage of ouses.
 Middletown--All plants running ull time and a few with overtime l certain departments. Shortage of nskiiled labor. Local labor suffi- lent for demand in building trades hich are very active. Housing in- dequatc.
 Windsor Locks-Industria employ lent containues to improve All