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work rolls of the WPA as being
"employed." They are not en-
ployed in the sense that they have
permanent employment. The A. F.
of l.. considers them as emergen-
cy workers, working for the gov
eminent on "madc work" because
private industry is not yet able
to absorb them. There appears to
be a good argument for the A. +.
of l.. in making its estimates, to
exclude WPA and CCC workers
as employed. The A. F. of l.. fig
urcs on unemployed do not in
clude those unemployed, but UNI
able to work for physical reasons.
The National Industrial Confer
ence board estimates the unem-
ployed at 100000 it is not
known by the writer whether it
includes or excludes those on the
government relief roll.
Senator Nandenbcrg, Michigan,
in senate debate, estimated the
number unemployed as 5000, 900.
Students of the subject believe
his guess is too low.
The United States Employment
service, with offices established in
many cities, has enrolled at this
time 4,S53,350 applicants for
jobs. Obviously these persons
want employment; that is the rea.
son they have registered. But all
cities do not have these employ
ment offices; this is especially
true in rural sections. So those
who have applied for work at
these employment offices do not
by any means represent all OF the
unemployed.
No government agency has
made, at least for publication, an
estimate of the number of unem-
ployed. Indeed there is belief on
the part of congress that govern
ment agencies have avoided max
ing an estimate. The Labor de-
partment makes a monthly or
quarterly report on the number
of persons gainfully employed.
but cannot be persuaded to even
guess" on the number unem-
ployed.
1t is known that the conserva-
tive American Federation of La
Dor does not have faith in the
method to be used by the govern
ment in asccrtaining the unem-
ployed among employablcs. 1t
would consider as accurate "A real
enumeration conducted by the
government census bureau, but
believes that the so-callcd "volun-
teer registration" will not dis
close the complete number of UNI
employed. The fact that in red
hot political campaign many thou
sands of citizens fail to register
for voting purposes suggests that
no complete registration, by vol
untary act, will be obtained on
unemployment figures. 1t is the
belief, however, of labor officials
that much important and perhaps
helpful information will be OBJ
tanned relative to those unem-
ployed, even though the number
unemployed will not be ascertain
ed.
1t is pointed out too that there
is an incentive for unemployed
persons to register with employ
ment bureaus, which give free
service, because to do so gives OPP
to obtain jobs, yet only
4 ,S53,350 are so registered.
But no matter the degree of ac-
curacy as to numbers, students of
the subject believe that much sig
nificant information will be OBJ
tanned.
Tuesday and Wednesday are the
light" delivery days for post
For this reason Tuesday
and Wednesday. November 16 and
II, have been chosen as the days
for delivery of the questionnaires
to all households of all states and
of outlying possession. Those re-
ceiving the cards will be asked to
fill them out before the following
Saturday.
In the effort to obtain a regis
tration as nearly accurate as pos
sible, considering the method
used, the cards will later be check