The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-20

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&lzoxat In ul6-CctotRr the total
number Of wewknF1 employed N HsR
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good old lnN Further rxoerrsa was
nnAde IN November reports the Ma
tional AEsxaafsnsa ax PtErxhaksnx
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be teinr<xrd b. the fact that We
have an estimated 9Aao0o0 more
potential wokerx nov THAN we
had IN fsze As Tor prospects nf
absorbing sosns 0 those On the
basis q actual defenAe-goodk orders
already On tire BOOKS a q NO
vember !. nearly 4ooe 900 addltson-
al tchs VII be pruvtded-to turn out
those Roods-hy next june. Re-
member that's fer defense Eoock
alone: and the payroak these jobs
bring viii step W demand Tor
rpacettme RoodB-ioEhtng. food.
amnsennent-1n that there surely
yin be additional unemployment IN
many q those Inca too
%
MILLIONS FOR wAsTE-House-
wives served BY New YORK citys
-anstqnAted market Eystem-whlch
In large measure sets food prices
for the nalton-are paying ss50olooo
too much every yeKs for their fresh
fruits and vegetables. a special re-
port BY the Department Of Agrtcul-
ture shows Costly and unneces-
sary handing have inflated the pro-
duee nll 70 ne point where the total
costs OF distribution-after fresh
fruits and vegetables reach the
city-axe almost Is much as the
costs o. producing and transporting
them to the city Government Of
ficiAls recommend construction Of
. new market which would permit
adoption Of direct handing methods
such as have been developed ard
perfected BY chain store distributors
methods which -cut every possible
unnecessary operation within the
marketlng system Eliminated on
reduced. they say. would be such
charges rs carriage. congestion. port
erase. dealer margins and many
0ther1
NEW MOTH FOR 4i-Ordinarily
around this time Of year the bust
ess folk would be asking them
selves. rs business going TO be good
IN the next Year, But q tip-off on
the present situation L that this
year the year-end question is dif-
ferent. II runs something like:
Are available capacity and man.
power sufficient 20 meet the produc-
uon burden OF the defense program
and expanding peacetime de-
mards7@ The answer TO that Ia
hard to dredge up. out Of the weiter
OF current production questions
about whether we can hang onto
the ftve-day week: about how 70
train large numbers OF workers for
tasks requiring special skiIls; about
whether TO reward overtime workers
by bonus. or By modified overtsme.
or BY straight wage increases, and
so on and 60 forth. Main point.
though. Is that Isz1 win start off on
q new note. with businessmen not
worrying so much about whether
things viii hold up" as about
whether they viii be In position 10
handle the big production JOB that
has 70 be done.
STRIKE MEDICINE Tncreas-
ing recourse 70 arbitration for set
Ting disputes that might disrupt
production and stem the flow Of de-
Tense materials has been noted by
Cornelius v. Whitney. new president
OF the American Arbitration Associ-
alton. In q single week Of Decem-
Der, Whitney said. more than zoo
firms and unions have sought In
formation on procedure IN arbitrat-
Ing disputes-ar0 9 majority Of
these requests have come from
parties engaged IN important de-