Evening star., 1940-08-02
Agency Placed
19,808 in Jobs
Here This Year
Washington Gains
For 6 Months Held
Less Than National

Public employment agencies in the
District placed 19,808 persons in pri-
vate industry during the first six
months of 1910 and 4,218 during
June, according to a report released
today by Federal Security Admin
istrator Paul v. McNutt.
While these figures represented
gains of 1913 and lib per cent, re-
spectively, over the same periods
last year. they are less than the ma
tional increases of 27.8 per cent for
the six months and 14.7 per cent for
June.
Maryland Virginia Gains.
Maryland and Virginia topped the
first-half year figures for the Nation,
with gains of Al per cent and 3O.6
per cent, respectively.
Total private industry job place
ments in the first six months of the
year by public employment agencies
were: For the Nation, 1,449,299;
Maryland, 1858, and Virginia, 49,
285.
June job placements showed an
increase over those of the same
month last year, but they indicated
slump from the May, 1910, rec
ords. Mr.. McNutt said that this de-
cline was the first noted in four
months and was mainly due to the
shorter work month. The Districts
record in these respects was worse
than those of Maryland, Virginia or
the Nation as whole. The local
June decline, as compared with
May, was l79 per cent, as against
1873 for Maryland, 99 for Virginia
and only So for the Nation.
ID. C. Leads in Applicants.
The District led the Nation and
all the States individually in the
proportionately larger number of
job applications received in June, as
compared with past periods. It's
1926 applications during the
month were 40 per cent more than
May, 1910, and 45.1 per cent more
than in June, 1899. The national
total of 1.3l7,775 applications was
ITO of per cent less than in May
and only 43 per cent more than in
June, 1899.
In total number of applicants on
the active file of public employment
agencies as of June 30 the Districts
1851 was 12.1 per cent more than
had been noted at the end of the
previous month. With the exception
Of Utah, where an increase of 1875
was registered, the District led the
Nation.
Registered job seekers at the end
OF June totalled 5,737,673: Virginia's s
part being 58,760 and Marylands, S,
72,511.
Jobless Payments Up.
A decline was noted in job insur-
ance benefit payments on a COM
parison of June with May, the ma
tional and District decreases being
2.3 and "a per cent, respectively.
But the Nations total payments
of $283, ,237 .527 in the first six months
of this year topped the amount paid
out In the same period in 1899 by IL
per cent. The District January
June payments of s1,040,897 were
21.6 per cent more than expendi-
lures during the same time last year.
Mr.. McNutt explained that the
high level of unemployment benefit
payments was due in large measure
to increased payments in some of
the States which began new uniform
benefit years in April.
Unemployment payments in Mary
land and Virginia in the first half
OF the year were also up more than
the national II per cent average:
Maryland's total of $3.814,366 being
a gain of 1877 over 1899, and Vir-
ginia's $3,142, ,306 being 1873 in excess
of payments made from January
through June last year.