Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-05-22
Unskilled Labor
Tops Census List
Of Employables
Two of Every Five are
Listed i'm Skilled or Pro-
fessional Groups.

Approximately two out of every
five workers in Pine, Kanabec, Isanti,
Mile Laos and Chisago counties, who
are registered for jobs at local Of
fees of the employment-security di-
vision are in the skilled, semi-skilled
and professional groups, according to
a statement issued by William j.
Stotts, local manager in charge of
the divisions office at Mora.
This is one of several interesting
facts about the number of employ
ables in such area, as of April 26,
when the division completed its most
recent ''all-out" inventory of regis
trants, to determine the number of
persons available in the various job
categories.
The analysis includes data from
the Mora, Cambridge, Milaca, Pine
City, North Branch and Sandstone
offices of the division.
Many Workers Available.
There are 1899 local registrants
who currently are available for work
OF this total, Is or two per cent are
in the professional and managerial
group; II or five per cent are in the
clerical and sales group; SO or seven
per cent are in the service occupa-
ton group; $50 or 81 per cent are in
the agricultural group; 312 or 81 per
cent are in the skilled workers group;
277 or 18 per cent are in the semi
skilled group; and 255 or II per cent
are in the general labor group. In
Guided in the total are 158 veterans
Officials of the division pointed. out
that So per cent of the total are
either unskilled or "non-skilled", ap-
plying this latter term to those job
categories that do not require special
skill or educational training.
More Girls Than Boys.
Though numerically there are more
young men than young women, the
ratio of this group to the whole total
shows nearly four times as many
girls as boys to be looking for work.
Six per cent of the men and % per
cent of the women are under 81; So
per cent of the men and 81 per cent
of the women are 81 to a.; 81 per
cent of the men and "a per cent of
the women are over As. The area s
active file contains 1888 men and 116
women-92 per cent males and 8
per cent females.
The April inventory was required
by Victor Christgau, the divisions
director, to provide the agency with
essential acts about Minnesota
available employables. In the state
as whole, the survey shows that of
900 registrants, $4,000 workers
are available for immediate referral
OF this latter group approximately
$4,000, or So per cent, are in the
unskilled and "non-skilled" category.
Problem is State Wide.
1.-THE unemployment in Minnesota
that is causing us the greatest con-
cern," says Mr.. Christgau, sis found
in this backlog of unskilled and
'non-skilled' workers. The situation
confronting this group is more des-
perate than that facing those in the
professional, skilled and semi-skilled
groups. Working in behalf of these
latter categories is a more active
demand for their talents. In addition,
they are the special benefciaries of
their associations and unions and
other agencies for group action, but
the others-the unskilled and the
'non-skilled'-the are at the mercy
of our industrial economy. They
constitute the bulk of those general
ly dependent on governmental and
other social agencies"