The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-17

Acute labor shortages in practi- sally every section of the state were reported by the 18 deld chfces of The U. s. Employment Service, Wm. Q. Ennis, director for Connecticut, stated today in making known the results of the August survey.
 To meet the growing need for pro- duction workers, to replace those salled into the armed service, MT. Ennis stated, employers will have to revise their labor standards in the cold light of the fact that there are no longer experienced and skill ed workers available on the market. New labor supplies must be develop ed and, within industry, there must be more extensive job breakdowns, so that less skilled workers can per- form simpler functions. Transfer ring within industry, so that work now being done by men could be performed by women, is another step that must be taken to meet the shortage. Importation of addi- tional workers from other states seems contra-indicated by the housing shortages which still exist in most industrial areas.
 Farm crops were beginning to ripen and the harvesting this year seems to be largely in the hands of volunteer workers, school children, ilousewifes and others working part time.
 Migrant labor has ebbed to a new low level, and the few out-of-state applicants ere unskilled and of a poorer quality than heretofore, it was reported.
 It seems evident on the basis of these reports, MT. Ennis indicated, that continued efforts must be made to get women; not ordinarily in the labor market to register and for employers to reconcile themselves to an even wider utilization of women. In this connection, it was reported in Hartford that the first real wholesale employment of women started this month with projected employment of 2000 women by lo- cal war industry.
 Only Danbury has failed to show increased industrial activity, but it has been reported that several new industrties may be located here.
 Unemployment compensation pay mentD showed definite decrease throughout the state, with every in dication that this trend would con- tinue.
 Waterbury
 For the first time since the war program started, Waterbury is feel ing a, shortage of male applicants in the unskilled classifcations. This does not mean that all the avail able men in Waterbury are employ ed, but that the types sought by in dustry for a great many unskilled jobs, particularly husky men for heavy mill jobs, are almost non-ex- astent. The market of available wo- men is still good in this area, and further recruitment is expected to turn up many more women who can and will replace men as the short age becomes more acute.
 Industrial activity in several plants increased sharply during the month. and in line with the conver- sion of the office to wartime activ- ities, placements on industrial jobs connected with the war effort in creased 27% over July. A core spending drop occurred in the non- essential service and. domestic placements.
 Unemployment compen t 1 n claims declined about 34% from July, and the trend is still headed downward.
 Bristol
 The situation in Bristol remains about the same with several small plants working at capacity and the larger plants still seeking additional workers. There have been no lay