The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-12

The growing volume of war pro Suction combined with improvement in seasonal industries resulted in further factory employment increas- ss during July, it was reported today by William G. Ennis, Acting Direct pr of the U. S. Employment Service Tor Connecticut, on the basis of re- ports received frmo the 18 field of- tices.
 The expansion rate was apparnet- " higher than during the previous month, even though many plants ceport increasingly serious difficult ties in recruiting and retaining workers.
 In some industries there are evid- ence that peak employment may shortly be reached and hiring em- phasis is shifting toward recruiting more highly skilled workers for re- placement of loss skilled ones. Some plants report that inability to re- cruit skilled supervisory workers in preventing the hiring of unskilled wrokers.
 Further sharp employment in creases may be expected in those districts in which plant additions are still in the process of construc- tion or in which restocking for war production has not bee ncompleted, MT. Ennis said. Areas thus affect ed will include Hartford, Bridge port, New London, Bristol, South ington, Willimantic, New Britain and Stamford. Plants still expected to show large employment increases by the end of the year include those engaged in aircraft, non-ferrous metals, boat building, machinery and parts, and electrical manufact- uring production.
 Small scattered layoffs il smaller volume than during the preceding month occurred in several of the metal trades located in Hartford, Bristol, Middletown an dNew Haven. Workers displaced in these plants were generally absorbed by war pro- duction plants in the same areas
 The textile industry in eastern Connecticut continued to lose work CTS to the more highly paying metal working establishment located III Hartford and New London. Trans portation and housing difficulties will make it difficult for the tex tile mills to replace these workers. The apparel industry generally inn proved it's position by recalling workers to full time employment following the usual seasonal pat tern, although the hating industry in Danbury and Norwalk failed to show muc Improvement.
 Public preemployment training courses in several areas reported in- creasing difficulties in recruiting sufficient numbers of trainees tc continue capacity operations. This condition has resulted in referral to training courses of considerable umbers of women in several dis tricts. In other districts, MT. Ennis stated, it leads to courses operating at less than capacity or the discon- tinuance of certain courses entire.y One or two additional courses were started during the period, in order to meet specific needs of employers Similarly, other courses were diScon- sinued as employers found sufficient workers had been trained for specific purposes.
 The previous uncontrolled migra. Sion of workers into Connecticut wal :enters has been replaced to large extent by more orderly procedure oy which workers are given some assurance of employment before coming here. Employers are recruit ing in other areas, are using thu facilities of local public employmen offices for clearance, and arrangint pooled interviews in other states, al of which tend to give workers { greater opportunity etoanishrdl, greater certainty of employment be-