The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-27
Washington, D. C., June 27-The

Washington, D. C., June 27-The hardships of unemployment fall more heavily upon the unskilled, untrained workman, than upon the skilled, trained workman according to the tabulations released today by John D. Biggers, administration of the unemployed census.
 And the hardship, due to lack of skill, is an increasing problem in the United States according to the de- auctions, since the records of the recent Unemployment Census show that at present the unskilled work men constitute 42 per cent of all male workers unemployed, whereas the figures of the Bureau of the Census taken in 1930 showed that only 27 per cent of all male workers at that time were classified as un- skilled.
 Classification
 Out of a grand total of 5,816,975 unemployed male registrants in the recent census. 2,177,150 were classi- fled as "unskilled". The subdivisional groups of these were made up as follows: Farm laborers 677,909; servant classes 177008, and "other laborers," such as factory, construc- tion, and general laborers, 1922, ,233.
 In addition to the 2,177,150 un- skilled laborers, total of 1.158, 8,409 male unemployed were classified as "semi-skilled."
 The general classification of male unemployed, as shown by the recent census were as follows:
 Unskilled 2,177,150;
 Semi-skilled 1,158,309;
 Skilled workers and foremen, 972,- 878;
 Clerks and kindred workers 491,- 397;
 Farmers 165,712;
 Proprietors, managers and officials (other than farmers) 90,7O3:
 Professional persons l30,633.
 The foregoing figures covering un- employed males include workers on emergency projects, and cover all males unemployed from IS to "A years of age and able to work.
 A similar story of unemployment among the relatively unskilled is shown in the tabulations concerning women registrants.
 Women Workers
 Of the 2,028,041 women who reg istered as totally unemployed, in- cluding emergency workers, 421, ,191 indicated that they were new workers" that is that they were first job seekers, or persons who had not had recent work experience but who now wanted work. These could not be classified as to occupation. Of the classiflable balance, 35.1 percent were semi-skilled; 293 per cent were clerks and kindred workers, and 23. g per cent were in the servant classes.
 "This evidence of very high ra- tio of unemployment among the un- skilled emphasizes a real national problem" Administrator Biggers said in discussing the report. If, as is in- dicated, the developments in indus try call for workmen of higher Skills, the obvious demand is to give more attention to proper vocational training so that the nation may be able to utilize more easily these un- employed workmen."
 Of the 7,845,016 persons who reg istered as totally unemployed or as emergency workers 5,8l6,975, or TAI percent, were men, and 2,028,04l, or 25.9 per cent, were women.
 Of the 5,816.975 unemployed males 51l,855, or 8.8 per cent. indicated that they were new workers; that is, first job seekers or persons who, in most instances, had not had re- cent work experience. For such per- sons the designation new worker" was entered in place of a specific occupation or industry designation. In addition, there were 118,333 male registrants who did not report an occupation and are therefore not classified in any specific group.
 The proportion of "other labor ers." of skilled workers, and of pro- fessional persons were higher among the male emergency workers than among the totally unemployed, but the proportion of male semi-skilled