The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-12-11
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than a quarter million additional
workers are scheduled to be hired by
March /, while $1,000 are expected to
be laid off, in the $500 defense manu-
featuring plants whose labor needs
are regularly surveyed by the Bureau
of Employment Security of the Social
Security Board, and it's affiliated state
employment services.
More than 70 per cent of, the ex
pected lay-offs were reported by auto
and auto equipment companies. How
ever, the net reduction in employment
in this industry will probably be con-
siderably smaller, Mr.. McNutt said,
since these same companies scheduled
more than 10000 new hires for Sep
tember and October, and an addi-
tonal 10,5C0 during the four months
ending March l.
Mr.. McNutt explained that the
paradox of such large numbers Of both
hires and lay-offs within the industry
is probably due to the expected hiring
of workers for tank, truck, aircraft,
and airplane parts production at the
same time that workers ordinarily en-
gagged in auto production will be re-
leased. Many auto workers who will
be laid off, the Administrator said,
will require some retraining before
they can be effectively used to turn
out these new products.
Industries producing iron and steel
and their products expect "a 300 new
hires and 1000 layoffs during the four
months ending March 1. Tire and
inner tube, and industrial rubber
goods plants anticipate small net re-
ductions in employment. In the case
of iron and steel, Mr.. McNutt at
tributed most of the expected layoffs
TO restrictions on the manufacture of
non-defense consumer goods which re-
Quire the use of iron and steel in their
processing. He stated, moreover, that
the steel industry may have to cur
tail its production rate before the end
of the year because of the shortage
of scrap. Reports from employers in
dicated, he said, that the expansion
of steel capacity will not be complet-
ed soon enough to offset the scrap
shortage.
The 255,OO0 hires scheduled for the
period November 1-March 1 by the
5000 plants included in the survey
represent a decline from previous hir-
ing rates. AS in the past, however,
aircraft and shipbuilding will continue
to employ large numbers of additional
workers. These two industries to-
gether expect to take on 145,OO0 ad-
ditional workers-almost 60 per cent
of all hires-raising their net employ
ment 80 and 81 per cent, respectively,
above September levels. An additional
Is per cent of the total number of
anticipated hires was reported by en-
ployers in the iron and steel and non
electrical machinery industries where
more than 47,O00 additional workers
will be needed in the next four
months. Other industries in which a
substantial number of hires are
scheduled are ammunition with about
$4,000 and electrical machinery with
1900.
Almost one-third of the total num-
Der Of workers to be taken on will be
needed in four Michigan, New
York, Ohio and Pennsylvania-cent
of the iron and steel and non-electrical
machinery industries. Some $1,000 ad-
ditional workers are expected to be
employed before March in California,
important center Of ship and plane
production. Expansion Of activity in
ship and aircraft production also ac-
counts for the large number of anticl-
pated hires in Maryland, where $1,000
additional workers will be required.
Michigan, where automobile produc-
ton is the outstanding activity, is the
only State which anticipates signifi-
cantly larger number of layotfs than
of hires by March l.
Among skilled workers, the types
most in demand will be machine shop
sheet metal workers. In the semi
skilled group, the greatest need will
be for detail assemblers and riveters
for the aircraft industry. Mr.. McNutt
stated that the supply of experienced
workers for such jobs has been de-
pleted for some time, so that these
future needs will probably have to oe
met through special recruitment ef-
forts by the State employment Of
fees, as well as by upgrading and
training. Among the unskilled occu-
pations, the demand is expected to be
heaviest for process laborers in ship
and building and repairing, ma
chine shop work, and aircraft manu-
, featuring.