Evening star., 1931-11-27
ABNORMAL DECLINE.
| OF LABOR CHECKED.
President Green Sees I'm
provement Due to Efforts
l.. to Keep Men in Jobs.

The abnormal rise Of unemployment
Nas checked during october and No.
Rember William Green president of the
American Federation of Labor, said yes
terGay In his opinion the leveling of
sis due largely to efforts to keep men
ht work"
The federation leader said that from
reports received from afflliated organ
liza atoms unemployment today amounted
10 100000 persons. Trade union
weighted figures for the first part OF
this month show 20 per cent out OF
work.
One encouraging fact appears from
.6ur weighted figures" Green cited,
R'Unemployment in November has in
.reased no more than is usual at this
eason, even in the most prosperous
I'm october also" he added. "the
Rncrease in industrial unemployment
lWaS no more than seasonal. Thus Tor
kwo months in succession 1t appears
hhst the abnormal rise OF unemployment
R1as been checked This is the first
Time since February that unemploy-
ment has not increased more than nor
nlally.
Improvement on Farms.
"On farms the number laid off by
No.en1ba. / was less than usual. Thus
the total increase in unemployment by
November was less than expected by
100000 persons"
In citing that the general check may
De due largely to concerted enorts 10
keep men at work, Green asserted IL
Is worthy of note, especially since trace
and industry were declining curing DC
kober. that it has been possible 10 pre-
EVent employment from declining corre-
Rpondingly."
He said there have been only five
Lspther months since october, 1929, when
unemployment did not increase more
khan normally. .
Nnutlook a little" the federation leader
pXplained. 1T does net alter the fact
Rhat the present unemployment crisis
Awiu far exceed any we have expert
.enced in this or any other depression
In recent years.
Already there are 100000 out OF
work. Unemployment in industry IN
4kressed by 120. 900 last month and 300
300 were laid off on farms the usual
November lay -on is 100000.
Prospects for January.
"If unemployment increases as much
IN the next two months as 1t did in
khe years 1928 and 1929. on the av-
Erage. we may expect from 100000 to
q .O0O. 900 to be laid eff from farms
and industries in December and from
500 900 to 100000 in January. Unless
these lay-offs can be prevented by in
creased efforts to keep men at work.
some 7 SOC, 900 will be out of work by
january.
"As yet relief funds at hand are
Totally inadequate to meet the need
Although the Community Chest drive
has brought in IA per cent more than
n year ago, only s36,0o0000 are on
hand and we are told that 70 per cent
Of this will be needed for the normal
expense of the community organiza-
tionss Thus only 80 per cent, or
Si1 .OuO, 600 is available for the unem-
floved. Compare this with the $ll,-
900. 900, 900 that wage earners have lost
this year Relief available is only
one one-hundredth OF their loss. IL
is impossible for families to exist en-
one one -hundredth of their normal in
come. The result is already manifest
dn eases of undernourishment and
starvation in our hospitals in children
who are born without the energy to
develop into normal human beings"