The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-17

There has been c noticeable diTl- mutton of out.of-state applicants and although these continue to ape ply in large numbers, there seems to be Q steady decrease.
 There Is q strong demand through out the state for workers in the retail trades and an effort is be- ing made to bring married women Into the labor market to meet the peak demands of the holiday sea- son. Brief training courses have been established. notably In Harts ford and Waterbury, for intensive training in sales technique. It is estimated that 2500 additional de- pertinent store workers will be need. cd in the Hartford area alone.
 AnsOnlA
 There was . marked disparity bee tween the amount of talk about large scale layoffs and the actual number, which fell far short of early estimates. A few shops did re. lease some people, some others cut, time substantially and most have elivinated overtime, but the net re. suit was not nearly as bad as had been anticipated. This Is not to in. dicate, however, that the threat of priorities shortages has disappeared, Several manufacturers using rub- Der, steel and similar materials in- dicate that their present supply will last barely more than another month.
 There were few large scale orders for new workers, while the uiiem- pioyineflt compensation load con. tinues to increase weekly. Fifty per cent more claims were taken last month than during the previous period.
 Waterbury
 Industrial activity in this area continued ct approximately the same level as previously, with the exception of spotty layoffs in de- fense rather than non.defense in: dustries. Commercial business, on the other hand, particularly the re. tail trades, did not show the pre-. dicted gain over the previous month.
 Unemployment com ? pensattop claims climbed 90 per cent over the previous month and registrations showed Q l6 per cent increase.
 Continued difficulty is being ex- perienced in recruiting applicants for defense training courses and tentative plans have been formulat- ed looking toward the use of wo- men in some machine shop trades.
 Bristol
 The labor market in Bristol pre- sents the peculiar situation of neitli- CT supply nor demand. There is very little demand for workers and the supply of available workers Is at the same time practically exhaust ed.
 There has been Q sudden upturn in the construction industry In this community, and in the manufac- turing field most of the plants are working at capacity, with but few small layoffs for lack of material.
 Plants manufacturing consumer goods are particularly worried, as there does not seem to be any iln- mediate prospect of change over to defense work. While 1t Is difn- cult to gauge the prospects for the near future many believe they are not too good in these nCn-defense industries. The influx of out-of- state applicants has diminished very markedly.
 TOFrington
 Little change in the industrial picture in this territory has been observed during the last month. Most local plants are working at optiInuni capacity, taking new de. fense orders to take up the slack in civilian production.
 Construction is beginning to taper off. Stores are planning on unusual ly large holiday sales and are al- ready adding to their sales force.