The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-23
Growing Shortage
Of Skilled Workers
Gain of4l.79o In Placements
In Regular Private
Industrial Jobs

regular private industrial jobs up
ALT per cent in 1910 over 1889, Ad-
ministrator H. C. Atkinson of the
Ohio Bureau Of Unemployment Com
pensation today reported to Governor
John w. Bricker a growing shortage
Of workers in skilled defense occupa-
tions, and predicted that the situation
may become acute within the next
few months.
The Ohio Bureau chiefs statement
and prediction are based on the re-
port of BUG activities for the month
Of December, which included COM
parative statistics for 1910 and 1899.
and the fact that additional thousands
of Ohio workers will find employment
when greatly increased defense pro-
duction facilities in the state become
available.
A special inventory, made Decem-
Der %, disclosed that 1924 workers,
classified in 2S2 selected defense oc-
cupations, were registered with Bu-
reau Offices throughout the state, Ad-
ministrator Atkinson said.
"For the last six months, the Bu-
reau's employment service division
has been actively engaged in survey
ing the Ohio labor market, encourag-
ing the registration of skilled work
ers and those formerly employed at
skilled trades, and urging workers
not to migrate to defense production
centers but to keep themselves avail
able for employment through their To-
cal Employment Security Centers,"
the Administrator stated.
employers have been asked to re-
fer work applicants they cannot hire
at the moment to Employment Sc
curity Centers for registration" the
BUG chief continued "1n addition,
employers are being encouraged more
than ever before to use the facilities
of the Ohio State Employment Service
in hiring additional workers, to mini
mize 'raiding' of other employers
personnel and attraction through ad-
vertising Of more workers than are
needed"
Comparison of 1910 and 1889 sta
tistics in the Administrators report
reveals that the BUGS employment
service division made 9l,263 place
ments in regular jobs in private indus
try in 1910, 27,S72 more than in 1889.
Total placements, including regular
and temporary private jobs, and pub
lie work placements, numbered 1885,
SO in 1910, an increase of 23.7 per
cent over the l4S,3l4 total for 1889.
New, initial claims for compensa-
tion received by BUG offices last year
declined 19.1 per cent, from ,264
in 1889 to 293,924 in 1910. Continued
(weekly) claims dropped 2.7 per cent,
from 3,6SO,969 in 1889 to 1851 ,299
in 1910.
Benefit amounts paid unemployed
Ohio workers increased in 1910 over
1889, the report shows. Net amount
of benefit payments made last year
totaled $24,5S6,755., SO per cent more
than the S23,662,121 paid out by the
Bureau in 1889. Average weekly
benefit amount for total unemploy
ment increased from $10.25 in 1889
to $10.36 in 1910.
A total of 2,621,716 benefit pay
ments were made by the Bureau in
1910 for 2,619,541 weeks of unem-
ployment. The number of benefit pay
ments in 1910 was an increase of 8.4
per cent over 1889 payments, and
weeks of unemployment compensated
increased 1912 per cent.
Balance available in the Ohio un-
employment compensation trust fund
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